Tribute to Bob
I’m watching the leadership convention live at liberal.ca/live. It’s great – John Turner is giving a very funny speech at the moment – but the tribute to Bob Rae is…
April 2013
Continuing our way to aggregated no growth economy
Cdn sheds 54,500 full-time jobs in March, most since Feb 09, & trade deficit widens #Austerity does wonders, Jim tinyurl.com/cpeeq5n 8:59am · 6 Apr 13 · PressReader 1 FAVORITE Reply…
Last thoughts on Ralph Klein
I thought the prime minister gave an excellent speech in memoriam for Ralph. http://o.canada.com/2013/04/05/prime-minister-stephen-harpers-remarks-at-ralph-klein-memorial/ . BUT I am still right to ask: Did Martha and Henry completely pay off their…
Aboriginal Students Centre Launch at UofR
The expanded space for the ASC was launched on Thursday in the RIC building. Many dignitaries were on hand. Shawn Fraser was rep’ing the City, and gave a short and…
April 6: ?????????
Early yesterday, the story of the year broke. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has cracked the files of offshore banks which act as tax havens for the very rich…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Star makes the case for a serious crackdown on offshore tax avoidance: Thanks to a spectacular data leak Canadians are getting a…
Daniel McGowan Released After Lawyers Confirm He Was Jailed For HuffPost Blog
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/daniel-mcgowan-jailing_n_3021613.html on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://kersplebedeb.com/posts/daniel-mcgowan-released-after-lawyers-confirm-he-was-jailed-for-huffpost-blog/
Juxtaposition
Shorter tar sands shills trying to get the general public to do their PR work: Our oil industry affects every single Canadian from coast to coast to coast. Speak up…
In Sunday’s Sun: the hockey Dad vs. the aliens
The news that the Conservatives are planning attack ads against Justin Trudeau isn’t news. It’s what Stephen Harper’s party does, and they do it well. If the Harper Conservatives are…
More Praise for Kevin Page
Readers of this blog will know that I have a deep and abiding respect for people of real integrity, those capable of moving beyond narrow self-interest to embrace ethics and…
Saturday At The Movies
In this video that’s gone viral, Reverend Phil Snyder makes a presentation in Springfield, Missouri where the city council is debating whether or not to add LGBTQ folks to the…
Travels In LiberalLand
I have been granted the honor of blogging the LPoC showcase downtown today. I take these things seriously, so I will probably try to write a quick post about each…
Django; The ‘D’eath Is Not Silent
Watched “Django Unchained” , and realized that bodies were exploding because it was a Tarantino movie. It went about as expected. Some parts should not be watched, or it will…
Update on Kitchener Assault: McKee’s Name Mentioned
First, if any of our Edmonton readers know anything about this story, please give us a heads up: Racist grafitti on house focus of hate crimes probe We don't know…
Follow me on Twitter for coverage of the Liberal leadership showcase tomorrow
I’ll be livetweeting the showcase (I nearly typed convention out of a force of habit left over from OLP leadership) so follow me on Twitter at @WilliamNorman.
Musical interlude
Sneaker Pimps – Half Life
Ever since the world economy started crashing in 2008, a lot of…
Ever since the world economy started crashing in 2008, a lot of news has been uncovered about Ponzi schemes, financial institutions ripping people off, crooked government bailouts, banks laundering money…
Only when their lips move
On February 15, Times of India Film Awards flack Laura Ballance said, “About 35,000 tickets for the April 6 awards ceremony at B.C. Place went up for grabs Friday morning…
With all the stories across Canada of police brutality…
With all the stories across Canada of police brutality (including killings), harassment, rights violations, discrimination, perjury, political bias, corruption (e.g. bribes, smuggling, extortion, drug-dealing) – and seeing almost no consequences…