The Global Crises of Capitalism
From the Financial Times to the far left, tons of ink has been spilt writing about some variant of the “Crises of Global Capitalism.” While writers differ in the causes,…
2012
Democracy, for some, is an exercise in hoodwinking voters
Disgusting: Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. While the agency…
Grace Under Pressure
Paul Martin may have earned his reputation as Mr. Dithers. But, as Geoffrey Stevens points out, he possesses something that Stephen Harper and Vic Toews lack — grace under pressure.…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
A quick survey of what’s happened in the NDP leadership campaign over the past couple of days… – Niki Ashton has rightly criticized other candidates’ operatives who seem to be…
Weird news…
… that Neil Hope, aka “Wheels” has died – and has been dead for 5 years. Hope was a main character on Degrassi Junior High and later, Degrassi High. These…
Fraudulent Election Calls Traced To Edmonton Company Connected To Conservative Party
(Click on graphic to enlarge ….) “Conservative values are Canadian values.” Stephen Harper “Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company…
From Grover Norquist to Gary Webster: putting #TeamFord’s #TTC jihad in context | #TOpoli #Toronto
By now, the initial shock and outrage occasioned by the firing of Gary Webster has probably subsided. Most of the observers whose work I follow have had their say and…
Thomas Walkom Warns About The Real Cost of OAS Reform
While Stephen Harper stooge Diane Finley does her master’s bidding by sowing the seeds of conflict between young and old over Old Age Security, Star columnist Thomas Walkom warns that…
sir michael philip at the white house
I’m sure you’ve seen this everywhere already, but damn, how could I not post it. I love this man and I love this music. He may be short of breath,…
Rural Ontario Feels Entitled To Its Entitlements
Decides its different when the job losses strike close to home. Meanwhile, jobs at the horserace track are the only ones Joe Warmington has ever wanted to save. When Rob…
No more dumpster diving
In addition to getting rid of stuff, successful decluttering also requires that you stop bringing stuff home. Stop buying, stop thrifting, stop dumpster diving, stop online shopping, stop bringing more…
TED Talk Thursday: The Future Of Clean, Efficient Energy Is Here Now
This TED Talk features Justin Tipping-Hall, CEO of Nanoholdings, talking about the extraordinary work being done on nanotechnology that’s focused on creating alternative solutions for how we generate, transmit, store…
Bill C-30, Section 34: Where are all the Conservative libertarians on this?
Scary stuff found in Section 34 of Bill C-30, courtesy of Terry Mileski of CBC: Section 33 tells us that, ‘The Minister may designate persons or classes of persons as…
What A Surprise!!
The Conservatives never seem to stop amazing me on how much hypocrisy is in their government. When the gun registry was being battled in the house of commons one of…
What will Canada be?
I wonder if evangelical christian Stephen Harper would agree with views of American fundamentalist Franklin Graham. That million dollar a year American preacher is the son of Billy who began…
Fraudulent election calls traced to Edmonton firm with Conservative links
Odd story. I can hardly believe it was formal CPC policy — still, dirty tricks are not unknown from the CPC … http://natpo.st/x47VVy "In Guelph, a riding the Conservatives hoped…
Cost per vote: by-elections #nlpoli
One measure of campaign efficiency and effectiveness is comparing the amount a campaign spends for the number of votes it receives. It’s called cost-per-vote. Here’s a comparison of the cost…
Elections Canada investigates Conservatives redux
Big report by Postmedia last night: “Fraudulent election calls traced to Racknine Inc., an Edmonton firm with Tory links.” Some of the details and then a few thoughts below: Postmedia…
Tracking down the robo-calls
An investigation by Elections Canada has tracked the robo-calls harassing Liberal voters in Guelph during the last election to an Edmonton company with Conservative ties. But remember that the party…