The Unpopular Reason To Support A Popular Trudeau
Voting for a celebrity because he is a celebrity may sound superficial but it is made all the more substantial by the changing context of Canadian politics. Party membership in…
September 2012
Climate SOS Ends with Shale Gas Outrage, Autumn Begins with Global Frackdown
Global grassroots activism is heating up alongside a scarily ever-warming climate. Since the beginning of 2012, we’ve seen the Arab Spring, the Wisconsin Uprising, the Tar Sands Action, and the…
If Alberta’s Tories loved Peter Lougheed so much, why do they have so little to say about him?
Linda Duncan at the Alberta NDP’s 50th annual convention over the weekend. Below: Ralph Goodale, Peter Lougheed. We have 28 federal electoral districts in Alberta of which 27 elected members…
The honoured dead
We just spent the summer watching all those “War of 1812” ads and now we find out that the Harper Cons have spent five years and three-quarters of a million…
Alberta Party decides to remain an Alberta party. Could a Liberal merger be next?
TweetMembers of Alberta’s eternally optimistic political party, the Alberta Party, met in Calgary for their annual general meeting this past weekend. At the meeting, members debated and decided to remain…
Cost of a botched coalition: A poll shows LibDem leader Clegg at MINUS 2%
How low can you go? If you are a politician of a party that traditionally has won around 20% of the votes cast in election after election, but with your…
Japan, China & Those Islands: Dueling flotillas increase tensions
A potentially deadly game of tit-for-tatis taking place at the two islands that are the centre of the dispute between China and Japan, both of whom claim ownership of the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
Amidst Record Drought, Report Shows Massive Water Requirements For Nonrenewable Fuels
If you haven’t heard about the major droughts afflicting most of the US this summer, then you may just have your head in the sand (or more likely a water-parched…
Chicago teachers push back "reform" agenda
Chicago teachers ended their strike and returned to classrooms this week. The strike was particularly significant – this was the first teacher union in the US to make a significant…
Nice help if you can get it
Hey ho, the gang is all back together. Bridget Mary McCormack, sister of West Wing alumnus, Mary McCormack, is running for Michigan Supreme Court and the above is her ad…
Nunavut man dies in custody
A sad event; the facts are not yet known so let’s all wait and see before jumping to conclusions: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/09/23/north-nunavut-man-dies-police-custody.html A 26-year-old Igloolik, Nunavut, man died early Sunday morning while…
5187…McDick’s McRibs Taste Soooo Good
Yes they do. Time Magazine’s Heartland Blog tells why.They have azodicarbonamide, it is “a flour-bleaching agent that is most commonly used in the manufacture of foamed plastics like in gym…
Obama Campaign Day 2.5 / Arab Americans : integrated into the USA
Why don't they ever cover this on the news? The area outside of Detroit is bustling with Arabs from Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, etc. With a burgeoning Yemeni immigrant population.…
Obama Campaign Day 2.5 / Arab Americans : integrated into the USA
Why don't they ever cover this on the news? The area outside of Detroit is bustling with Arabs from Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, etc. With a burgeoning Yemeni immigrant population.…
War On Office Supplies
With the War on Drugs deemed an abject failure, it’s time to focus our security state on some other threat. I propose Office Supplies. The police have a head start,…