Most of what you’ve heard about Mexico is wrong, part II
Last week, I needed to take a taxi out to the suburbs of Oaxaca City to play some tennis. The place where I’m staying is close to the main bus…
2012
The Trial of Stephen Joseph Harper
I imagine the day, probably within twenty years, when Stephen Harper, former prime minister of Canada, will sit in the prisoner’s dock to stand trial. Harper and his co-defendants will…
Hotel stunt wins day one for Sherman
An election campaign is upon us and that means that each day will be filled with announcements, attacks, ideas, stunts and mistakes. It makes for an interesting time as Albertans…
Hotel stunt wins day one for Sherman
An election campaign is upon us and that means that each day will be filled with announcements, attacks, ideas, stunts and mistakes. It makes for an interesting time as Albertans…
Is Vic Toews Out of Control?
As you know I have long been concerned about the mental state of the Con zombie Vic Toews. And whether he’s fit to remain in office. First he came crawling…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
At Jan’s request…dapper cats.
Robocon: Keep your eyes on these seven ridings
With thethree opposition parties sitting on their hands in the face of convincingevidence of voter suppression in dozens of ridings during the May 2011election, Canadians can thank their lucky stars…
Gee wilikers but if you call that a balanced approach to defict reduction
I suspect you have a hard time standing upright. The McGuinty government released its budget and just so that they could put “everyone will feel some pain” in their talking…
Sierra Club Launches "Mr. Coal" Video Campaign to Mock Dirty Coal PR
The Sierra Club launched a funny new "Mr. Coal" video campaign this week in its ongoing 'Beyond Coal' effort to shut down coal plants throughout the United States. The campaign…
“Obamaville” Examined
Wow. I’d heard about this attack ad put together by the Santorum campaign and finally saw it last night on Hardball. Chris Matthews and his fellow chuckleheads all seemed to…
4390…Ontario Budget
Pain for all. In a lot of respects Premier Dalton McGuinty is the anti-Bob Rae. Here is what I mean. Premier McGuinty was captain of Ontario when we got in…
Tuesday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your day. – Carol Goar asked this weekend for a reasonable explanation as to how to allocate the pain in times of austerity. Not surprisingly, the…
GovernmAnt accused of rigging F-35 purchase
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/03/27/pol-fighter-jets.html
‘Cause This Is What You’ve Waited For?
. . In a word…… Yes. (stay with it through to the last verse) _____ And in case you are new here and don’t know what Mr. Hansard and his…
We’ve Been Warned
We’re down to the home stretch in the fight to save civilization from the ravages of runaway global warming. A report in Scientific American warns we’re within just one decade…
#AbVote Riding to Watch: Edmonton-Riverview
Edmonton-Riverview is a nominally Liberal seat just west of the heart of downtown Edmonton, represented by former Alberta Liberal leader Kevin Taft (2004-2008) since 2001. The riding has voted Liberal…
Ontario Budget Emulates Drummond
Perhaps the most striking feature of today’s Ontario budget is how close it comes to last month’s Drummond report. Drummond’s recommendation for 2017-18 was $134.7 billion of provincial revenue, $117.5…
Sixth Estate’s prediction for the 2012 budget…
… is that there will not be one single professional journalist who asks the only question worth asking: How does this government propose to create and maintain a balanced budget…
Too Many People?
Ian Angus and Simon Butler ’s new book about population control, or “populationism” in the widest sense, is invaluable for people concerned about climate change, climate justice, environmental racism, and…