Why the F-35 Scandal Matters
If the 65 F-35 fighter jets are purchased by the Canadian Government, they will cost Canadians $25 billion dollars over a span of 20 years. Minister of Defense Peter Mackay…
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Call for participation – Resistance Strategies – Digital book looking for proposals on Mayan resistance
The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics is calling for contributions for a “digital book” to focus on historical and contemporary Mayan strategies of resistance and their impact on the…
Radio Topics, April 10
I hope that everyone had a great weekend! This tuesday, at 8am we’ll speak with Caron Cheng of Mountain Equipment Co-Op about their upcoming bikefest. We’ll also touch on some…
Homophobia is a Conservative Self-Phobia
In recent years we’ve been treated to numerous examples of homophobic right wingers who get later get caught in homosexual scandals. It’s said the biggest closet in Washington belongs to…
Wiebo Ludwig, environmental activist and religious leader, dead at 70
Wiebo Ludwig last year in Edmonton. Below: John Brown, in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington; David York, director and writer of the NFB production Wiebo’s War; Richard Boonstra. Environmental…
George Zimmerman creates a web page
Here’s a screen grab of the page. The mind boggles. The photo features the defaced The Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center at Ohio State University. If anyone had…
I’m a Progressive Bloggers Moderator
That’s it. I’m outted. I have an email, a picture, and I’m physically able to attend your events.
Conscience Rights in Action
May 2011 – (AP) NEW ORLEANS A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children…
Funniest Political Ad In Canadian History?
I dare anyone to make it to the end without laughing so hard your colon touches your tonsils: Should be charged with fraud.
"Not $9-billion. Not $15- or $16-billion. Not $25-billion. Forty-billion dollars. So far."
Where is Wildrose Federal when you need em? http://www.nationalpost.com/m/news/blog.html?b=fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/04/09/f-35-price-gap-andrew-coyne 'And that information goes back to the year 2010. Those figures are there for all to see' — Peter MacKay, Defence…
10 Rules for Social Media Engagement
1. Pray. Bring Christ into the relationship at the very beginning, and let your prayer have more of the ‘Speak, Lord, your servant is listening’ than ‘Lord, open my lips…
It’s not that Elizabeth May is Right. It’s that she’s Wrong.
I find this HuffPo article by Green Party Leader/MP Elizabeth May to be hilariously silly. The post essentially claims that the Lockheed Martin F-35 jets are “useless” to Canadians and…
"The end of my white guilt": Writer at Daily Caller tries to outdo John Derbyshire
John Derbyshire received a lot of press for writing a post so racist he was fired from the National Review by his not-quite-as-racist editors. Not to be outdone, some Tucker…
Orange Blood II, the NDP Edition…
This is about the NDP Leadership Convention 2012, and why I think that democracy has failed. I became a member of the NDP for the BCNDP Leadership race. My partner…
4458…True Dat
Dat being the quote in The Wall Street Journal from Toronto mayor Fatty Arbuckle’s brother Doug Ford. In response to best-selling author Margaret Atwood’s “…short, high-profile campaign against him last…
How Do We Define Ourselves?
Given the ongoing dust up between the great folks over at DAMMIT JANET and the administrators of Progressive Bloggers, I have been giving considerable thought as to how to define…
A Sane Response to Collective Insanity
My version of the old adage nothing is certain but death and taxes is that the only thing we know for sure is that things will change. That’s true for…
Road Trips and Canadian Identity – Movie Monday
It’s Monday, which can only mean that my good friend William Matthews and I have made you another great movie! It’s a quick one, because it’s so beautiful outside I…
What Does China Want for Christmas? Coal, More Coal.
China may claim that it ‘gets’ global warming and that it’s going green. It’s not. This chart from the Washington Post’s WonkBlog shows who’s who when it comes to coal…
Glow-In-The-Dark Dinosaur Quarter
“The Royal Canadian Mint is planning to issue a special collector’s item 25-cent coin featuring the Pachyrhinosaurus lacustai, the first dinosaur discovered in northern Alberta, a region that would become…