BRIAN TOPP FOR LEADER Of Canada’s New Democrats!!
Brian Topp is the BEST choice for Leader of Canada’s New Democrats!
2012
What are the Grounds for Dismissal of a Cabinet Minister?
This is the only question worth asking. Tomorrow I’ll be back to the robocalls, but for the moment, let me just repeat that I am disappointed, angered, but not surprised…
NOM Boycotts Starbucks
Nation for Marriage, one of the United States’ largest anti-gay lobby groups, is launching a boycott against Starbucks over the company’s support for equal marriage rights. Gosh, I wonder how…
Australia Steps Back from F-35 Buy
Another day, another F-35 fiasco. This time it’s Australia that’s getting cold, make that colder, feet on the overdue, over priced, under performer. The Canberra Times reports that Australia’s defence…
Can’t You Just Sense the Excitement?
After what seems like an interminable leadership race, Dippers are on the verge of selecting the next leader of the Official Opposition and… possible future Prime Minister of Canada (at…
Paul Dewar Is Apparently Going To Rap His Convention Speech
And he is not even slightly funky. Cullen was quite eloquent re Northern Gateway. Horwath got in a good line about Bob Rae knowing how to do what’s right by…
Harper Gives the Great White North a Cold Shoulder
Remember when Steve Harper couldn’t stop talking up Canada’s north and what he was going to do to defend our sovereignty and interests up there? Well, he was bullshitting. That…
Th (not) Premier’s Never, Never, Evergreen?
SerialShortcomings AsStrengthVille Yesterday, we noted that Robert Matas of The Globe caught Christy Clark and her handlers foreshadowing a prettybig lie in which they had their PoMoCo bye-bye candidate extolling…
Regarding the March in Edmonton Tomorrow
We've been in touch with a number of people who have agreed to provide us with photos and an account of the events as they occurred. We're also going to…
HarperLand’s View of Organized Labour – They’re "Animals"
Harper LabourMin Lisa Raitt apparently got into it with disgruntled Air Canada employees last night at Toronto airport. Three Air Canada employees apparently greeted Raitt with a round of slow-clapping,…
The Parable of the Prius
I was at a talk on dematerialization a few weeks ago, and one of the speakers told “the parable of the Prius” to illustrate Jevon’s paradox that efficiency gains do…
Don’t Tweet Me Bro
Vic Toews is one very creepy human being. Given his comments characterizing characterizing defense lawyers as getting rich off of guilty criminals , he really is a disgrace as a…
Rick Salutin Today
While the CBC’s Peter Mansbridge may often pronounce ponderously and authoritatively on issues, there is another source of information that should, in many ways, be taken more seriously, says Rick…
“Pretend it’s Obama”
During a campaign stop in Monroe, Louisiana, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum stopped at a shooting range for some target practice. Before aiming for his second target, a woman in…
The Natural Oversimplification of Very Complex Things
So, I was online perusing some political cartoons, which I do when I need a humours spin on the daily vulgarities of politics. For those Torontonians under a rock, yesterday…
Afghanistan – Rags to Riches to Rags
Iran, China, Russia and India are poised to become the real beneficiaries of the blood and treasure we’ve poured into the Afghan War. An investigation by the British newspaper, The…
Uniting Progressives? (#ndpldr)
I caught this sign being used by Thomas Mulcair supporters. It’s an interesting one because it fits with the narrative that Mulcair is attempting to broaden the NDP “big tent”.
Some upcoming talks
Sorry for the lack of posts this week – just some calm before gathering storm. April and May are going to be intense. For those interested in these things I’ve…
You Know The NDP Is In Town
..the TTC operators are extra surly. On my way to the convention center, a senior got on the bus in front of me with a couple of obsolete tokens. He…
Can You Smell the Hypocrisy?
NATO, stalwart defender of Afghan democracy, is planning to slash its financial support for the Afghan army and police by two-thirds. And, yes, that would be the very same Afghan…