Obert Madondo’s Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Day 7 Update
This journal entry covers days 6 and 7 (March 19 & 20) of my indefinite hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives’ draconian Safe Streets and Communities…
2012
GWPF & The Hockey Stick Curve
gwpf_0.jpeg The previous post in this series examined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) Briefing Paper No3 "The Truth About Greenhouse Gases". Despite its title, Briefing Paper No3 said very…
SCN proposal seeks to spend less on local shows
The proposed owner of Saskatchewan’s independent broadcaster SCN is looking for permission to spend less on locally made programs, something the provincial NDP isn’t happy about.
Banksters vs. Vatican
Not even the necrotic nerve centre Of Bronze-Age morality and misogyny known as The Vatican is safe from the Banksters’ grasping paws: JP Morgan Chase is closing the Vatican bank’s…
Higher temps, higher gas prices…$1.40+ in Québec City
Ahhh what a nice warm spring, and it finally caught up to the micro-climate that is Québec city, or as the signs here proclaim it…the capital of “la nation”. Oh…
Nathan Cullen Testifies
The most LPoC friendly Dipper lays it out: proposal is simple: In the next campaign, the goal would be to choose joint candidates in the ridings now held by Tory…
Tsk, what a shame
And the beat-down goes on at Komen for the Cure. Well, what did they expect? That’s just what happens when you let fetus fetishists run the show: Two top executives…
#TeamFord has no subway plan | #TOpoli #transit
Really, is there any point in rehashing all the LRT / subway comparisons again? Go read Steve Munro, Ed Keenan, CodeRedTO, or FordForToronto. It’s all set out there. I know,…
Cooperation: Nathan Cullen on same page as Jack Layton while Mulcair goes his own way
On the single most important issue facing the opposition parties in the next 3 years or so, Thomas Mulcair has come down strongly on one side of the issue, with…
No sentence could undo the harms caused by Graham James
I join the outcry today over the sentencing of convicted serial pedophile Graham James to two years in prison for the sexual abuse of Theo Fleury and Todd Holt. Counter-intuitively…
The Good, the Bad and the Meh on Monday Night Raw: March 19, 2012
WWE Raw: March 19, 2012 Apologies for not reviewing the last couple of Raws. Personal matters kept me tied up. Anyway, I’m trying to get this one done in a…
Shameful: Rick Santorum uses Obama daughter as political football
Children of presidents are normally off-limits to journalists. That is, Republican presidential children are exempt from scrutiny and mockery in the media. When Bush’s daughters were snorting coke and drinking…
Sometimes The Destination Really Is The Most Important Part Of The Journey.
AllTheLinksThatMayOrMayNotFit EightPlusOneStillEqualsNineVille All kinds of folks appear to be searching high and low for one Mr. Rick McKnight, who apparently does/did all sorts of things for Mr. Matt Meier and…
Should Canada start considering EVERY American woman eligible for Refugee status?
Government mandated rape with medical instruments, laws mandating that women be forced to explain to their boss why they are using birth control pills, laws mandating that even if pregnancy…
Obama Sojourns to "Pipeline Crossroads of the World" for Campaign Speech
Cushing .jpg It's the multi-pronged fight that never seems to end. The Alberta Tar Sands have been near the forefront of the North American energy and climate debate, thanks in…
Rob Ford’s Absolutism
In a report carried on CBC, Toronto’s monomaniacal mayor issued the following pronouncement regarding support for subways: You are either with us or against us. There is no middle ground.…
2012-03-20 16:37:04
Gone #paddling… If only to try and forget about #recallgardhouse
Even with a new leader, the NDP can’t defeat the Tories alone
I just can’t get excited about the NDP leadership race, which ends March 24 in Toronto, because irrespective of who wins, it’s hard to see it leading to a positive…