Ward’s slash
Simmo, wonderfully-written per usual, here. Watched it. Was clear it wasn’t intentional, but when he drew blood, that was that. Politics is like that. One guy can make a bad…
2012
Ontario PC MPP was told to make misogynistic smear by his leader
The sad tale of PC MPP nobody Rick Nicholls’ idiocy is now well-known. He made an offensive statement, and was called to account for it by the Ontario NDP’s Gilles…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 8, 2012: The Dirt: Mitch Kowalski offers entertaining insight on the future of law Legal Aid…
What The F-35?
A lawsuit, jets, lies, no accountability? “feel completely manipulated, completely lied to and they are pissed off; they want a corporation like Air Canada to be accountable for misleading them.”…
The Seal Of Approval
It has long been evident that both Stephen Harper’s cabinet and caucus are trained seals. With Pavlovian discipline, they have been trained to honk on cue. However, yesterday marked a…
Thwarting Democracy, Ontario-Style
I recently linked a post to a story from the Star detailing how Dalton McGuinty, Ontario’s Premier, has reported to his caucus the wooing of at least two more members…
Portraits of WWII Veterans From All Sides – Jonathan Alpeyrie shares 210 diverse veteran faces
The aged faces of men of many nations look into Jonathan Alpeyrie’s lens for his collection of 210 photographic portraits of men who fought in WWII. The goal behind his…
Cue Harper’s Banana-Republican Narrative On Mulcair
It’s an oldie but a goodie. Mulcair is… wait for it… DANGEROUS with extra reverb. Sound familiar? It’s the old “we’re rubber and you’re glue” routine. Whatever progressives say about…
may 15 is the internaional day for conscientious objection: your help is needed
You haven’t heard from the War Resisters Support Campaign for a while, partly because I was unable to attend meetings during the last school term (necessary, but very frustrating for…
Two of Mass Palestinian Prisoner’s Hunger Strikers “On Verge of Death” (VIDEO)
Over 1600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails are holding a mass hunger strike. Two of them have now gone 70 days without food. This video can be found at YouTube…
The Conservatives’ very small Canada, continued
A follow-up here to a post from a few weeks back. Remember Jason Kenney’s announcement on dialing back health care benefits for refugees? It was couched in a way that…
Ender’s Game
This is a fun and page-turning read about eugenics, institutionalized child abuse, and interstellar genocide. Humanity is at war with a distance race of aliens (called “Buggers”) and for some…
If you care about the Canadian Environment…
.. and what Harper and the Conservative is doing to it, wanting to do to Canadian environmental laws, and how they are trying to silence environmental advocates dissent, check this…
Justin Trudeau and Abid Virani talk Citizenship, Politics, AIDS, and Passion for Change
Justin Trudeau sits down with Abid Virani to talk about various things, including the challenge of using politics to create change. Justin is an active supporter of Hope In The…
In today’s Sun: handicapping the Grit leadership contenders
There is an excellent chance that nobody cares, but — for fun, if nothing else — let’s handicap the rumoured candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada,…
Quebec Students Should Take It!
A tentative deal has been made and agreed by all student groups including La CLASSE. I personally feel that this deal is pointless. It is a political maneuver to try…
Oliver on the defensive
It was a very lengthy and defensive statement delivered by Joe Oliver yesterday, read it here: “Statement by the Honourable Joe Oliver, P.C., M.P., Minister of Natural Resources, in Response…
Pots and Kettles #nlpoli
Pots and kettles are a staple of Newfoundland politics. Premier Kathy Dunderdale in the House of Assembly on Monday, May 7: We have had the Member for Torngat Mountains this…