Bless You: Setting the Hungry Cat Amongst the Pigeons
Reblogged from Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities: Bless You: Setting the Hungry Cat Amongst the Pigeons Bless You is a delightfully humorous animated short film by Philip Watts. The…
April 2013
The pestering begins: Liberal leadership candidates with campaign debt (Updated twice)
I was very critical after the NDP Leadership election that the inboxes of supporters were full of emails from the candidates who did not win the leadership, but had extensive…
5864…Waging War For Peace
F*cking for virginity. And this from Pablo Coffey on Facebook: LOL. WFDS
BC Liberals, well, aren’t
Just got back from Ottawa and the federal Liberal Party leadership announcement, where Liberals were so abundant they had to open an overflow room at the convention centre so everyone…
Gil’s Hootenanny, this May Day
Miss Vicky received the following announcement in her inbox, from fellow blogger Laurie Kingston. Gil was a great activist, trade unionist, researcher, and mentor. Can’t think of a better thing…
One "news reporter" is feeling sad
“The Liberals could come out with an announcement heralding the sky for being blue and a good portion of the electorate would respond by criticizing them for ignoring the clouds.”…
5863…Bombings In Boston Fuel Conspiracy Freaks
Talking about you Tyrone Drummond. He posted this on Facebook: Tyrone Drummond Anyone else suspicious of the bombings today at the Boston Marathon? Black Helicopter people: sometimes a rose is…
Conservative Attack Ad – UPDATED
I suspect many will agree that this ad says more about the Conservative Party behind it than it does about its subject: UPDATE: This Star editorial provides some useful context…
Boston Marathon Attacked by Bombings
A typically joyful day in Boston was marred by a terrorist bombing where two explosions killed multiple people, and injured at least 50 with injuries as serious as amputations. It’s…
The Media Should Not Cover YouTube Attack Ads
If a political party isn’t willing to pay to put an ad into places people are likely to find it on their own (like TV, radio, newspaper or even paid…
A Socialist’s Lament
Let’s be clear about one thing: the New Democratic Party of Canada was never a socialist party. For all the hands wrung and tears shed over its newly amended constitution,…
A Socialist’s Lament
Let’s be clear about one thing: the New Democratic Party of Canada was never a socialist party. For all the hands wrung and tears shed over its newly amended constitution,…
Video: Vancouver Musician Takes on Kinder Morgan Pipeline, Tankers
Check out this new song and music video from Vancouver artist CR Avery, produced by the Sierra Club of BC. According to the organization, which released the video on its…
Justin Trudeau: Too Sexy For His Shirt, Too Sexy For Canada?
The only thing more predictable than Justin Trudeau’s win in the Liberal leadership race was that it would be followed by Conservative attack ads. For those curious what the sequel…
Canada Revenue Agency asks CBC to submit data on tax havens
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The use of tax havens is at an all-time high in Canada and it’s costing Canadians an estimated $7.8 billion annually, the executive…
Montreal, May 27: J. Sakai on The Politics of Security
The Politics of Security a presentation by J. Sakai Monday, May 27th, 6:30 pm @ QPIRG Concordia 1500 de Maisonneuve O., suite 204 (metro Guy-Concordia) The recent f.b.i. and grand…
America’s Enemy-Industrial Complex
You can own all the locomotives and all the rolling stock in the world but they’re useless without tracks. The same logic holds true for the world’s largest, most fearsome…
Preparing for Conflict? Bagpipers in Outremont
Bagpipe alert! Somebody was practising bagpipe scales (very badly) on Durocher between St. Viateur and Fairmount this afternoon. Will be interesting to see if the player persists. In the meantime:
Pressure from Canadians is starting to have an effect: Paradis signals discomfort with the Shaw-Rogers backroom deal
Today, on a call with reporters, Industry Minister Christian Paradis signalled that he may take a stand to ensure we don’t see even less choice in Canada’s already uncompetitive and…