Conservative tries to sabotage Elections Canada complaint process
Is this legal? Inquiring minds want to know. Fake complainant Neil J. Edmonson has now deleted his Twitter feed. Small wonder.
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Evangelical group kicked out of Delta public schools
Two volunteers from the Pais Project, a group of fundamentalists, have been told not to come back to Delta schools. Superindent Dianne Turner reminded the group that “the Delta school…
More On Voter Suppression
The Globe has some interesting letters today on the voter suppression crimes of the last election. Of particular note is the first one, by an adjunct professor at the University…
The Rise Of The Uninterested
Susan Delacourt puts the robocall scandal into wider perspective. It has everything to do with “undecided” voters. The trouble is, Delacourt writes, “undecided” has become a synonym –an inaccurate synonym…
Blackitude by Vox Sambou evokes the power of resistance
Today we bring you Blackitude, a new music video from Montreal hip-hop artist Vox Sambou, filmed in Batey San Luis in the Dominican Republic by Ariel Mota. This latest video…
Dear Vladimir Putin,
The independent elections watchdog agency, Golos, found that “carousel voting” occurred during the Russian presidential election that you think you won. If you believe in democracy, maybe you should address…
Don’t Blame the Victims: Why Public Outreach By Climate Scientists is More Vital Than Ever
speakout.jpg In the last few years—and especially in the wake of the ClimateGate pseudo-scandal—climate researchers have become much more politically engaged. They’ve sought to become better at communication, and to…
4216…Biggest Trade In Baseball History
Was on this day in 1973. On that day New York Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich announced that they were swapping wives and families. I recall that they…
Canada’s Decline: Election Fraud & PetroState Politics
Wow. Where does a progressive Canadian climate blogger get started on this Monday morning? Political developments in this wonderful country have been snowballing into a bigger and bigger mess for…
4215…Don Cherry Educates The Masses
One can make an empirical argument that the centre of the hockey world, the place that produces the most players, is Ontario. An example thereof is the fact that in…
4214…OFSAA
OFSAA AAAA is the provincial basketball championships and they are in your capital this year!!! Finals are at Carleton University on Wednesday but the premlims are today and tomorrow. Look…
4213…Bob Rae Makes A Funny On Facebook
Bob Rae, Facebook friend of mine, is not funny in the Chris Rock way but I did bust a gut when I read this first thing this morning: Bob RaeGuy…
Sound Advice #nlpoli
Some people don’t like John Furlong’s ideas. Here’s his latest one – on the fishery, again – but it is equally applicable to just about everything in the province these…
The Dippers Vote
Ballots have arrived to thousands of NDP members, who now have until March 24th to vote for a leader. Originally, the field reminded me a lot of the 2006 Liberal…
Dear DND: Not even close
Officials at the Department of National Defence are defending their efforts in attempting to cover Peter MacKay’s butt when he took fire from the opposition over his own bad judgement……
What Rush hath wrought: 16-year-old harassed for being a "slut, a prostitute, a horny piece of trash that is out to sleep with every guy in school"
The fallout from Rush Limbaugh’s attack on Sandra Fluke has more far-reaching consequences that the public humiliation Fluke received at the hands of the radio star and the subsequent withdrawal…
Those Emergency Blahs
I’ve worked as an Emergency Department nurse for something like thirteen years now, and at my present position more or less for ten years. It’s probably safe to say I’ve…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, March 5, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, March 5th, 2012: Sh*t Law Students Say Discrimination must be proved, not simply assumed – Troy Media…
Why Stephen Harper really wanted those pandas
I fully expect to see these hairier versions of John Baird knocking on doors for the CPC in the next election Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed