Cost of a botched coalition: A poll shows LibDem leader Clegg at MINUS 2%
How low can you go? If you are a politician of a party that traditionally has won around 20% of the votes cast in election after election, but with your…
2012
Japan, China & Those Islands: Dueling flotillas increase tensions
A potentially deadly game of tit-for-tatis taking place at the two islands that are the centre of the dispute between China and Japan, both of whom claim ownership of the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
doug ford: Chicago media loves rob…Chicago media: rob ford is a big fat idiot
The Toronto tea bagger team of rob and doug ford are whining, again, because media here, have the audacity to challenge what the twin trolls say. In addition to the…
Amidst Record Drought, Report Shows Massive Water Requirements For Nonrenewable Fuels
If you haven’t heard about the major droughts afflicting most of the US this summer, then you may just have your head in the sand (or more likely a water-parched…
Chicago teachers push back "reform" agenda
Chicago teachers ended their strike and returned to classrooms this week. The strike was particularly significant – this was the first teacher union in the US to make a significant…
Nice help if you can get it
Hey ho, the gang is all back together. Bridget Mary McCormack, sister of West Wing alumnus, Mary McCormack, is running for Michigan Supreme Court and the above is her ad…
Nunavut man dies in custody
A sad event; the facts are not yet known so let’s all wait and see before jumping to conclusions: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/09/23/north-nunavut-man-dies-police-custody.html A 26-year-old Igloolik, Nunavut, man died early Sunday morning while…
5187…McDick’s McRibs Taste Soooo Good
Yes they do. Time Magazine’s Heartland Blog tells why.They have azodicarbonamide, it is “a flour-bleaching agent that is most commonly used in the manufacture of foamed plastics like in gym…
Obama Campaign Day 2.5 / Arab Americans : integrated into the USA
Why don't they ever cover this on the news? The area outside of Detroit is bustling with Arabs from Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, etc. With a burgeoning Yemeni immigrant population.…
Obama Campaign Day 2.5 / Arab Americans : integrated into the USA
Why don't they ever cover this on the news? The area outside of Detroit is bustling with Arabs from Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, etc. With a burgeoning Yemeni immigrant population.…
War On Office Supplies
With the War on Drugs deemed an abject failure, it’s time to focus our security state on some other threat. I propose Office Supplies. The police have a head start,…
“Ottawa to open joint U.K.-Canadian diplomatic missions abroad” CBC
Foreign Secretary William Hague and Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird. British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird will sign an agreement to open joint U.K.-Canadian diplomatic…
NDP’s Mulcair challenges PM Harper to stop the hollowing out of Canada
Thomas Mulcair’s NDP is onto a good thing with its policy of taking steps to stop the continuous hollowing out of the manufacturing industries in Canada. Harper’s Tory government is…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Jonathan Bernstein comments on how the U.S.’ right-wing echo chamber may be preventing Mitt Romney and other Republicans from recognizing when their spin…
Ottawa earthquake?
Did anyone else in Ottawa just feel that? I think we just had a small earthquake. Nothing yet on the USGS, but pots rattled, and we felt something for sure!…
Leadership 2013 – The Basics
Before I start taking an individual look at the candidates in Saskatchewan’s 2013 NDP leadership campaign, I’ll point out a few areas of discussion from past leadership races which don’t…