The Real Horror of the Rob Ford Show
He's spent the last week running from the media. Refusing to answer questions about a video that shows him smoking crack with a bunch of criminals.Then he gets to go…
May 2013
6055…Front Page News
George Takei, from Star Trek, is everyone’s Facebook friend. He shared this tonight. Oy and vey. WFDS
6054…Mick Jagger On Rob Ford
Ewww. That is a creepy visual, doncha think? Toronto, which I read last week is the coolest music city in the world. Uh, right now. Like Seattle, Austin and Montreal…
Alexandra Morton Wants Atlantic Farmed Salmon Threatening Wild Stocks Tested
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I really wonder what the hell is going on with our Federal and Provincial Governments when it comes to protecting our wild salmon stocks. The Federal Department…
World increasingly dangerous for refugees and migrants, says Amnesty International
Global inaction on human rights is making the world an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said today as it launched its annual assessment of the world’s…
6053…Nick At Night, Justin Trudeau And Me
Nick at Night is this uber right wing fool who talks on CFRA. This clown is so right wing that he thinks, he said it tonight, that Stephen Harper is…
This Justin Trudeau Statement Manages To Offend Everyone
Justin Trudeau: Weapon of Mass Stupidity If Justin Trudeau isn’t reading off a script prepared for him, he is likely to implode with sheer idiocy and force his Liberal handlers…
Toronto Globe and Mail Hits A New Low In Canadian Journalism
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The feeding frenzy swirling around Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother Councillor Doug Ford has generated a new low from the so called ‘National Newspaper’…
The Video: Rob Ford’s Mounting Confidence
Mayor Rob Ford What a difference two days makes! According to Daniel Day, of the Toronto Star, a lot: Mayor Rob Ford unequivocally says there is no video that shows…
“Fight for liberation, not privilege”: For those who fight for Equity, not equality
Sometimes you read something that is so good and encapsulates what your heart has been wrenching about that you must share it. I have followed the Gay rights movement, the…
T.O Star Reporter Still In Contact With Folks Close To Rob Ford Video
The most important bits are from 1:20 minutes and forward; I can’t embed it on BCLSB, I don’t think, but you can find it here. Short version: not everyone associated…
Connecting People: The Internet and Infrastructure
Across Canada, and around the world, people are moving from rural areas and small towns into cities. Large cities, bedroom communities, and metropolitan areas have become the norm. Often people…
Woolwich attack on British soldier Lee Rigby was not ‘terrorism’
The killing on an off-duty British soldier on a street in Woolwich, London, had all the ingredients loved by the tabloids… dark skinned Muslim assailants armed with knives and machete……
Will Platts Pop Alberta’s “Bitumen Bubble”?
Platts, a global company with a remarkably flaccid name, finds itself smack in the middle of an international price fixing scandal and I really hope the Alberta government is paying…
There’s Only One Way for the Ford Bros. to Fight Back
With everything that has come at them from the Toronto Star and the Globe & Mail, bare denials won’t begin to clear the cloud that hangs over the heads of…
Shareholders vote for McDonald’s to assess its health impacts
Alarmed by the growing epidemic of diet-related diseases caused by junk food, moms, health professionals and shareholders urge McDonald’s to leave hospitals and stop marketing to kids. The post Shareholders…
Campaigns really DO Matter: Robocalls, Polling and the electoral impact of Big Data
Two weeks ago, British Columbians were preparing to cast their ballots in an election that was widely expected to be the NDP’s to lose. You see, public opinion polls on…
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