On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s…
September 2012
On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s…
Short-term needs vs the long-term
President Obama promised to save the branch. My promise to you is that there will be plenty of firewood for you and for your family.h/t Ugo Bardi Romney’s ‘joke’ about…
Outremont up for Graps Again? Québec Solidaire Could Pull An Upset
Liberals, 33 per cent; Québec Solidaire, 27 per cent and PQ, 23 per cent! Been making phone calls for Édith Laperle, the Québec Solidaire candidate in my riding of Outremont.…
“Liberal Who”
Seriously, why does anyone give a rat’s ass? The North of the Queensway commentariat are all a-Twitter about it this morning, comme toujours. (Their bitchy solipsism drive me nuts, which…
Melissa Harris-Perry on Poverty in America
Very interesting and heated discussion on poverty in America by Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC.
Today
Today is: 1. A great Smashing Pumpkins song; 2. The day before school starts; 3. The day before the anniversary of Brian Mulroney’s 1984 win, and the last time folks…
5122…Chick Fil A Curse
WSB in Atlanta carries the story of a tragedy at Friday night’s Tennessee/NC State game in that town.The game, billed as the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game, was marred by the death…
That voice!
…is leaving The Current! Will be weird, now. Anyway, I can reveal now that said voice attended a couple SFH shows. Should’ve got him to intro us when we had…
"None of the First Nations in Quebec" will bend to "a foreign law adopted by a provincial government"
Chief Ghislain Picard in response to PQ Leader Pauline Marois' suggestion that no one who cannot communicate in French should be allowed to run for public office in Quebec. Especially…
And the Winners Are…
Congrats to Scotty in East Providence RI and Jeffrey in Las Vegas who won the Goodreads Giveaway for my book, Making Waves: The Continuing Portuguese Adventure. Your copies will be…
A Labour Day Reminder
On this Labour Day, as we reflect on the current dire situation facing many in the workforce, it might be useful to spend a little time with this video in…
The Pink Elephants Have Left The Big Top
Now that the Republican Convention is over, what have we learned? It would appear that not much has changed. Economic policy remains the same — the party favours the wealthy…
Holiday Movie Monday
So, the last weekend of summer is upon us loyal readers! I hope that you are currently enjoying the last day of the last long weekend, of this wonderful summer…
Off To Labor Day Parade
Won’t be up to much blogging today.
Anti-Gay Group Says Equal Marriage Leads To Abortion
The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), an anti-choice and anti-gay lobby group based in the UK, has distributed fliers suggesting that legal same-sex marriage will lead to…
Quote of the day
Uncertainty regarding global warming appears to be a legitimate basis for postponing action, which is usually identified as ‘costly.’ But this idea is almost unique to climate change. In other…