Heroes for Today: Sandra Fluke, standing tall for women
Watch this video in its entirety and see if you can find anything about this bright young woman that would justify the Pigman, Rush Limbaugh, in calling her a slut…
2012
Chicago Kills Coal
Great news out of Chicago yesterday. After a two-and-a-half year campaign, a well networked citizens campaign has managed to secure the closure of two outdated and heavily polluting coal-fired power…
The Noxious, Odorous, Slime that is Del Mastro…
Have you ever seen such a smarmy, creepy, two-faced, hypocritical, dishonest, schmuck as this guy??? He made a big show in the House of Commons to say that a Liberal…
Exactly How Dangerous Is Harper?
That is the title of a piece written by Gerald Caplan, in which he opines that the Harper Conservatives are like nothing Canada has ever seen before, a party that…
More Anonymous Videos
Two for one this week from OperationVic Tory
Iceland…
… is one of those places that I haven’t visited, but would love to. Would this make it easier? Even if not, they are a fellow northern nation, why not?…
Tar Sands, Tories and Ethical Oil – an interview with Shelley Glover, MP
St. Boniface MP Shelley Glover recently lectured Winnipeg broadcaster Michael Welch of CKUW-FM 95.9 on the virtues of “ethical oil” and the “balanced” approach of the Conservative government to energy…
Voter Suppression
Posted by David Nash Voter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone…
Voter Suppression
Posted by David Nash Voter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone…
Voter Suppression
Posted by David NashVoter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone who…
Voter Suppression
Posted by David Nash Voter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone…
So, what’s in Anonymous’ bombshell Toews video?
Early this morning, Anonymous dropped its Toews bombshell via youtube. I tried to follow the narrative but my hearing (Menieres/tinnitus) was not up to Anonymous’ echoed audio. I gave up…
To Hell with Democracy. . .
Here’s something to think about – the palestinians in the Gaza Strip elected Hamas with 45% of the vote (a victory well over most electoral victories in Canada) in an…
Peak Everything and a Perpetual No Growth Economy
Many heterodox economists and post-carbon researchers – most notably Richard Heinberg in several books but particularly in his seminal The End of Growth and Chris Martenson in The Crash Course…
Limbaugh- America’s Sweetheart
All over Canada and I suspect in the US as well, there has been much talk and speechifying about bullies…. Limbaugh has just said some unforgivably stupid and ugly things…
Roboscam: Where’s Poutine? Follow the map!
Hat tip to Saskboy for this fascinating post which hints that it might be possible to physically track exactly where the mysterious Pierre Poutine was when he made those voter…
We’re So Screwed
What’s most infuriating about the fierce debate over global warming is everything that’s left out. The denialists act as though the fact and severity of warming is the issue instead…
Vote-rigging, surveillance–and more torture
I have to rub my eyes when I realize I’m writing about Canada. Since July of last year, CSIS has had the official go-ahead to share information with torture-states even…
Washington Post ribs Iceland’s planned adoption of Loonie: "Step one in Canada’s quest for world domination"
The Washington Post isn’t too optimistic about Iceland’s plan to adopt the Canadian dollar. In fact, it finds it all a bit of a lark. More seriously, Iceland wouldn’t be…
4299…More Useless Cocktail Party Chatter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nick name is Bibi. The Ottawa Senator’s captain, Daniel Alfredsson’s wife’s nick name is Bibi. Coincidence? I think so. WFDS