Worth Sharing: A Special Olympian Calls Out Ann Coulter’s Choice of Insults
Via the Special Olympics blog: Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?…
October 2012
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Basket case cats.
“You’re a priggish, gullible, British Fool”: Conrad Black
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Oh, this is special. Jailbird Conrad Black strikes out against BBC Interviewer. The National Post and of course PM Harper are falling all over themselves to cater…
Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman: Chilean student leaders receive award in the U.S.
Top: Camila Vallejo and Noam Titelman – also bottom left and right. Like their counterparts in Chile and Quebec, students on US campuses have been seeking to organize to combat…
Mulcair Speaks Out About the Canada – China Foreign Investment Agreement (FIPA).
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Steve Harper Wrecking Crew, aka Our Canadian Government, are in high gear selling out the rights of Canadians, our democratic practices and our soverignty. Federal NDP…
To Mini or Not to Mini, that is the iPad Question
I ordered the iPod touch the day Steve Jobs announced it September 2007. I payed $329 and it was worth every penny. 5 years later and you can buy the…
Campaign Update: Cam Broten
Planet S Magazine: LINK Cam Campaign Video: LINK Building on his release last week about strengthening our democracy, Cam’s campaign has been quick with sending out links bemoaning the status…
Campaign Update: Ryan Meili
Ryan’s Website: LINK Gender Equality: LINK Continuing along with the latest developments, Ryan Meili’s campaign has brought forward a throwback to the past as a means of developing policy future.…
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Challenges Shell in Legal Hearing
Today the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) is arguing that Shell Canada’s proposed expansion of the Jackpine Mine in the tar sands is in violation of constitutionally protected aboriginal rights…
Rate-Hike Redux
Today’s Bank of Canada announcement has apparently caught many of the “experts” by surprise. I’m not sure why it’s surprising, nothing has changed and therefore nothing has changed. Alongside the…
Obama bombshell?
So says Donald Trump. You know, the guy who’s convinced Obama’s not American. I always knew Trump was an asshole.
What the Hell is this about?
Anyone got deets?
Leadership 2013 Roundup
A quick look at the latest developments in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership campaign… – Erin Weir has unveiled an ambitious child care plan intended to make publicly-delivered daycare and early…
Harper Government Winging It With Canada’s Future
The Auditor General has slammed the Harper regime for spending tens of billions of dollars without cabinet, much less Parliament, knowing the long-term consequences. In his fall 2012 report released…
More lipstick please
Is Shirley Bond the Attorney General or a new arrival to this province? She sounds like the latter in presenting another BC Liberal plan to address backlogs and improve management…
Nunavut legislature reconvenes in Iqaluit
MLAs will debate the capital budget for the coming year — it contains money for buildings such as schools, arenas and community halls, as well as sewage lagoons. Story
Campaign Update: Erin Weir
Erin’s website: LINK Costing Backgrounder: LINK Erin Weir’s campaign also made a major announcement today with their introduction of Erin’s childcare proposal for the province. In addition to the link…
Let’s Stop The Use Of Pseudonyms On Blogs And Internet Sites.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The Comments Section of blogs alternate and mainstream newspapers and radio stations, and a wide range of internet publications is often turning into a cesspool of slander,…