An American Takes on Harper’s F-35 Snake Oil
Here’s another repost, this from April, 2011, wherein an American expert calls out Harper on his endless F-35 lies. From Embassy, a preview of remarks to be made tomorrow in…
April 2012
Dishon. Rona Ambrose Lies to Parliament, Must Resign Immediately
The following are the words of the Dishonourable Rona Ambrose, Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Spruce Grove and Minister of Public Works and Government Services, spoken in the Parliament of Canada…
F-35 – Kissing America’s Arse Takes Wings
I’m reposting this piece from 12 December, 2010. It adds some useful context to the depths of Harper’s perversion of our federal government and its insitutions. What’s not to like…
Gas price to drop 3.6 cents overnight
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On Recent Conservative Blunders and a good week for the Liberal Party
So, in the last week the Harper Gover…nope, can’t do it…the deceitful big C Conservatives have taken two massive missteps. And after all the bad press over Robogate, these blunders…
Montreal Gazette: "So that’s it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us."
“So that’s it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us. If Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s word is to be believed — and there is no…
Octomom: Back on Food Stamps
This is one of the weirdest stories which made mass media. Maybe she should go back to stripping. “Octomom” Nadya Suleman says financial troubles as she tries to raise 14…
Outtakes from the NDP Leadership Convention
The Krellant Evening News brings you the deleted scenes from our special report on the NDP Leadership Convention. Every wondered about the NDP’s position on the weaponization of space, or…
Hassan Diab: the next stop on the railroad
Unsurprisingly, Hassan Diab has been ordered deported by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson. He’s the Carleton University sociology professor accused by a crusading French magistrate of involvement in a horrific synagogue…
Alberta’s next cabinet: Bigots and Theocrats?
After Naheed Nenshi became mayor of Calgary and Alison Redford won the Progressive Conservative leadership race, becoming Alberta’s first female premier, I thought things were turning around for my homeland.…
Auditor-General Stops, Backs Up, Changes Doors
Well, well. I bet the Prime Minister’s Office is currently looking up what Cabinet order is required in order to sack an Auditor-General — and my apologies also to said…
tempting fate, a new @premierdanielle twitter account is created.
A screen shot of the @PremierDanielle Twitter account. Is Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith already measuring the drapes in the Premier’s Office? A Twitter account named @PremierDanielle has been created.…
Rae’s clever privilege motion on the F-35s
Here it is, the full text: Liberal Leader Bob Rae’s Point of Privilege (h/t to David Akin for posting) The most important parts are at pages 5-9. Essentially, Rae’s point…
The World We Are Willfully Destroying
Last year, I wrote a post on the power of the documentary. In it, I discussed how a good nature documentary can very powerfully help us to see both the…
Internets broken?
Is your internet connection fast and frisky today? Mine neither: it is, in fact, cataclysmically slow. I was just going to phone Shaw and give them another verbal asskicking when…
Dear Harper Government™: Fuck You. Love, Quebec.
And thanks so much for forgetting the Montréal Massacre, too. It only took you bastards 23 years to set us collectively back half a century. Bray-fucking-vo. Meanwhile, les Québécois(es) se…
Obert Madondo’s Indefinite Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Today, April 5, 2012, is the 23rd day of Obert Madondo’s indefinite hunger strike protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new Safe Streets and Communities Act (formerly omnibus crime Bill…
Budget Lands With Thud
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,060 Canadian adults, 30 per cent of respondents expect the federal budget to have a positive impact on the country,…
Founder’s Syndrome: Corporations and Civilization
Civilizations are like corporations. At some point in their evolutionary rise as innovative and unique organizations, they fail to adapt to changing circumstances and drift into fatal vulnerability…The corporate world…
Campaign Res. #AbVote Poll: 17.1-point Wildrose Lead
It’s not up through my usual sources but Globe and Mail mentioned it, and it originated on Stephen Taylor’s website. Apparently, the Conservative-backed pollster releases their polls through a Conservative-backed…