Robbing Peter to Pay Paul – Vegas Style
From the “how f__king stupid can they get?” file. Las Vegas is fast running out of water. The city fears it may not even have drinking water next year. It’s…
2012
NDP 1st ballot and Donations
Teddy here. A simple graphic I made that I found interesting.
Water Wars Warning, Part Deux
Yesterday it was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning that many parts of our world are on the brink of instability and warfare triggered by global warming and the…
Sometimes Obvious Is A Whole Lot Better Than Stenography.
AllTheChichesterCathedralsThatFit BigCityColumnistVille “…In the news conference (to kick-off the Bye-Byes), the Premier was asked about $30-million in funding that Metro Vancouver mayors want to complete a raft of transit-related initiatives.…
All I Want In a Political Party
There are many things I’d like from a political party but, for now, there are two key priorities. One is a total ban on bitumen tanker traffic through BC inshore…
The Face of Vesta
A photograph from NASA showing the 500 km. diameter asteroid Vesta. The photo was taken by NASA’s orbiting spacecraft Dawn which is now moving on to a scheduled encounter with…
How Many Pierre Poutines Were There?
The noose continues to tighten around Pierre Poutine. We have a second alias, and multiple fake addresses. Conservatives have openly leaked that they know who he is, and even stated…
Caption Contest (#ndpldr)
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voting extended.
balloting has been extended by 30 minutes. the system for voting is getting a work out. It only took me less than 5 minutes in line to vote. it is…
NDP race…
… can Cullen pull this off? He’s definitely in contention… going to be an interesting 2nd ballot result. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Quote: Knowledge Production in Movements
All we have just said … however has also been reached via a series of different routes through the discussions internal to the movements of the multitude in the last…
Here at the Convention
Just arrived at the NDP Convention, after getting lost. NDP Delegates are very friendly however, and pointed me the way. Just getting settled in, and I think it should make…
Favourite Poems L
Yes, the fiftieth edition of Favourite Poems. You might wonder why a blog about nurses and nursing (and some other stuff, but mostly nursing) does poetry. The answer is simple:…
Mind. Blown. Sort of. #NDPldr
Mulcair ended up first, and Topp ended up second; that was, sort of, expected. It was either going to be Topp or Nash in second. But no, Nash is fourth!…
NDP Convention flashbang
First ballot, and the floor is aflame with speculation. Paul Dewar did not do well—7.4% of the ballots cast. He dropped, but will not endorse anyone. Martin Singh managed to…
Great line of the day
From the Jurist responding to Christian Paradis refusing to resign and Harper refusing to make him: as usual, the Cons think law, order and accountability are only for people they…
NDP First Ballot Results
Pretty surprising results on the first ballot: Turnout – 50%. Mulcair 30, Topp 21.3, Cullen 16.3, Nash 12.8, Dewar 7.4, Singh 5.8, Ashton 5.7. Singh out. Dewar out. Ashton out.…
Read Letter from 625 Canadian Scientists Urging Harper Not to Gut Fisheries Act
This past week 625 Canadian scientists onto signed a letter calling for the Harper Government to cease its plans to remove habitat protections from the Fisheries Act. The changes were…