Back in North Van
…with the kids, Nana, Babs and Bjorn. To my great surprise, it’s been a torrential downpour since our arrival. Hill’s open, Shogun closed, old campaign office is now a Subway.…
2012
Intermission.
Gord had better come back soon or this crowd in gonna get ugly. Real ugly. Crashing scooter and clashing canes ugly! One can feel the tension. Man. (0) Trashy, Ottawa,…
It’s a water sport–enjoy it!
Stuart Mackinnon June 16, 2012 citycaucus.com The Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival brings paddlers on False Creek Why not enjoy the 24th Annual Dragon Boat Festival in all this…
Religious Bullshit and Assisted Suicide Law Struck Down
If you are a religious person you know that life is sacred and only god can decide when and how you will die. You also know that god has a…
The mosh pit…
… at the Lightfoot concert. Some of the peeps in scooters were getting rowdy. Police weren’t called. (0) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Del Mastro and The Peterboroughan campaign fund Scheme
The latest Conservative scandal reminded me of another scam that has been around for a very long time. I wonder if there were badly spelled emails going around about it?…
Baby Boomers Get Set To Hide The Loot
Regular readers know that I hate the youth of today: the green hair, the piercings, the stupid beards,and the fact they listen to disco music again after my generation did…
Dispatches from Rio+20
On 15 June, our first day at the organized Rio+20 events, a group of about 30 Friends of the Earth International delegates headed out on a bus to Santa Cruz,…
Liberal Leaders: Guaranteed Support?
Nothing succeeds like success, and nothing fails like failure. We Liberals have blown through four leaders in recent years (I count Bob Rae among the four because he has been…
Ideology Involves Action
Efficiency has no allegiances and your beliefs are meaningless if you do nothing about them. These are two messages for the federal Liberals in Canada and they come from Tea…
stop schedule 28: the mass privatization of ontario’s public services
As usual, the mainstream media foams at the mouth about a possible snap election in Ontario, but barely reports on what’s in the budget itself. If it weren’t for the…
Reflections on the Maypole of Spring
something sacred pulses in the bodies of the dancing children as their ribbons wind and unwind around the Maypole, as their feet so playfully touch, leave and then return to…
Saturday Photo: Balm for Bees, and the Eyes
This was taken a few days ago, when the bee balm was just beginning to bloom. Now a wide swath of the little front garden is full of yellow flowers…
Canada, the IMF and the G20
The Harper government decided to attack Thomas Mulcair on the issue of Canadian support for additional IMF resources to deal with the euro area crisis, implying that Canadian taxpayers should…
Premier McGuinty tries a fast one with his questionable budget
Just like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Dalton McGuinty is cramming major changes into a bloated budget document, hoping to force the NDP into supporting his budget rather than risk another…
June 16:
First, the news.Remember back to May 25 when the news was that the Syrian government had slaughtered a hundred civilians in a place called Houla? It was a big story,…
The Why of Leadership: Learning To Be Fearless Again
Stephen Harper isn’t fearless but he’s got a gift for intimidation and manipulation. He knows fear intimately and he knows how to use it. Smears, spin, attack ads, Harper’s got…
Welcome to the ’90s Alberta!
Alberta is notoriously regarded as the least gay-friendly province. Just going by word of mouth, it's possible Prince Edward Island is a close second. On Thursday, The Edmonton Journal reported…
Montreal: Anti-Capitalist Contingents in Saturday Night Demos in June
ANTI-CAPITALIST CONTINGENTS IN SATURDAY NIGHT DEMOS IN JUNESaturday 16, 23 & 30As well as in the CLASSE “National” demo on June 22 This is a call to form anti-capitalist contingents…
Well, I know of at least one safe seat for the Ontario Grits or NDP…
… if this comes true and Doug Ford runs for the Hudakites if McGuinty calls an election. (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario