Asking Toews’ permission
Remember how every time a question about the RCMP came up in QP, Vic Toews would insist that they’re arm’s length. Except, it seems, if another parliamentarian wants to meet…
2012
Remember Bashir Makhtal
Friday, Jan. 20 is the fifth anniversary of the day the Kenyan government illegally put a Canadian citizen on a plane to Ethiopia. Bashir Makhtal is still in an Ethiopian…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-20 02:48:00
CANADIAN LABOUR LONDON ONTARIO: COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR LOCKED OUT CATERPILLAR WORKERS: Time ticks on until this Saturday’s mass demonstration in solidarity with workers at the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London…
Looney Lefties Call for End to Austerity
Lefties – as in the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization – have joined in a warning to western governments of the economic and social…
Nancy Pelosi: Keystone XL oil was "always destined for overseas … it wasn’t for domestic consumption."
No surprise here. “If the Republicans cared so much about the Keystone pipeline, they would not have narrowed the president’s options by putting it on the time frame they did,”…
Dalton McGuinty speaks at the Liberal Party of Canada Biennial Convention 2012
Favourite quotes: “Polls can impede our vision of the future.“ Laurier’s Definition of Liberalism: “I am a Liberal. I am one of these who think that everywhere, in human things,…
72 Percent of Ohioans Want A Fracking Moratorium, Citing Need For More Study
The unconventional gas industry's latest rush in the United States will land it in the state of Ohio, but a recent poll shows that the state's residents are not rolling…
Liberal Conservative appoints conservative Liberals to battle progressive conservatives, true conservatives
I’m with him… Conservative Alberta Liberal Leader Raj Sherman with his new chief of staff, Jonathan Huckabay. Below: Jeff Melland, from his Facebook page. Earlier today, Alberta Liberal Leader Raj…
The ironing is delicious: Jon Stewart vs. Boston Bruins.
I just love this mash up video that pits the Boston Bruins whining (and dirty play) against the Vancouver Canucks (and every other team). Puts it all into perspective. Bring…
Karma’s a cold-hearted bitch on wheels
Marianne Gingrich, aka Mrs. Newt Gingrich II, is warped, bitter, twisted and trash-talking at top speed as if the world doesn’t already know what Vile Scum with Snail Slime on…
Long Quote: History
So long as one operates within the discourse of ‘history’ produced at the institutional site of the university, it is not possible simply to walk out of the deep collusion…
What does it mean to ‘scan’ web content?
Trying to use numbers to settle an argument today at work I found this (somewhat old) Jakob Nielsen column about how much reading most people actually do on the internet.…
Stephen Harper’s Great Pipeline Humiliation
Oh dear. I see that Stephen Harper’s pathetic attempt to threaten Obama has been met with a chuckle and a shrug. The Obama administration is unfazed by Canadian warnings that…
Über Mitt!
Mitt Romney gets asked what time it is and responds with a stilted history of watch-making through the ages… Good grief, I didn’t even know there was yet another Republican…
To Infinity and Beyond: Media Matters Exposes Echo Chamber On Bogus Keystone XL Jobs Claims
Media Matters for America produced this spot-on video to highlight the manner in which the totally bogus Keystone XL jobs figures were echoed and inflated by Fox News and other…
Bracing For a Transit Fight in Toronto
This week’s humiliating budget defeat for Toronto mayor Rob Ford, which reversed $20 million in proposed spending cuts, has put new wind in the sails of those fighting to see…
So, Suzy ALLCAPS, Are You Promoting…MURDER??
Well, boys and girls, I know I’ve been gone for awhile. Blogging for me will still be sporadic as I am still dealing with health issues and learning my new…
Is the NCC a Super PAC?
It’s obvious, isn’t it? If you’ve been watching American television, and who hasn’t during the recent GOP convention Olympics, you know that Super PACs are third party funded operatives who…
The ‘One’…
YourBasicFormula YouCanDoAnythingYouWannaDoWithItVille …Which is, according to Tim Tebow’s lifestyle flip-side (in a good, good way), Bootsy Collins, the true formula for ‘The Funk’: You can hear all about how Bootsy…
JoeyO on… being a Progressive
(as posted at JoeyO.ca) Webster’s would define a progressive as “one who looks forward”. I’ve decided that, in my own efforts to define what a progressive IS, I’m going to…