This just in from Stephen Harper’s hometown paperThe Calgary Herald: For Harper Tories, prison spending trumps seniors The Harper government is prioritizing new prison spending over maintaining seniors’ retirement benefits,…
One of the things that struck me when I was in Shanghai five years ago was the number of adolescent boys on school outings. I knew, of course, that there…
Robo calls, robocon, election fraud. These things are on the minds of many due the alleged fraudulent phone calls from the Conservatives or their friends. Yesterday we learned from CBC…
Tomorrow marks the day Anonymous drops the big Toews bomb. But just to keep you warm by the fire, here’s a taste of what is to come.
Especially the boy Italians. They be in shock. They be in shock because the USA beat Italy for the first time ever, 1-0. In football. The Yanks did it on…
This news cycle is going to be a bit longer than the usual news story. Think months, may be years Stephen Harper. At the start of your career you were…
Just read this and can hardly believe my eyes. I won’t conjecture on the cause of death (‘natural causes’ according to sources) but I will say with all respect, the…
If this is not THE song of the year, I will be severely surprised. Download it and crank it…OFTEN.
This is a short video, a little bit silly but still absolutely on the mark. From the folks at Leadnow.ca. Pls sign this petition & share: Election Fraud 33,900+ messages…
OTTAWA — A leading American expert on dirty political tricks says the robocalls scandal is a “shock to the system” of Canadian democracy. “I was actually quite surprised because I…
I’ve run through a high-level analysis of the NDP’s leadership candidates this week knowing that paper ballots are being mailed out, that online voting starts today, and that the leadership…
In a speech to the St. John’s board of trade this week, Nalcor chief executive Ed Martin dissed natural gas as a possible alternative to his expensive Muskrat Falls scheme.…
Women are fighting back. They drew a line in the sand in Mississippi, where voters defeated a fetal personhood amendment. In Virginia, women organized to block a harmful ultrasound bill.…
And I think this may become an annual thing. Thanks to all of the volunteers and the following organisations who sponsored this event: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
“History doesn’t repeat itself,” Mark Twain wrote, “but it does rhyme.” Stephen Harper’s complaint that opposition charges of voter suppression are merely a “smear campaign” by sore losers, sounds remarkably…
Here, on the opportunities and limitations associated with the City of Regina’s new open data portal. For further reading, see David Eaves generally, but particularly his analysis of data licensing…
Works on more than one level, doesn’t it? Recommend this Post
Let’s finish my series of relatively brief NDP leadership candidate evaluations with a look at Niki Ashton. 1. What direction will she set for the NDP? There’s plenty to like…
There is an effective response to the climate crisis. In this TED Talk from 2009, Rob Hopkins speaks about a practical and inspiring solution to the challenges of peak oil…
Thank you, Thomas Walkom! You are a voice of reason in a sea of media ignorance. Read this column to learn the truth behind Ontario’s breed-specific legislation. Thanks to the…
