Burbocracy Drives North American Politics
The most tangible cornerstone that lies at the heart of the American Dream, at the heart of middle-class life, is the chance to own your own home. (Barack Obama) Before…
September 2013
Another Reason To Kill The Baby Boomers And Melt Them Down Into Soylent Green
This guy says if you’re a Millennial you are entitled and lazy. But in reality, he is of a generation that is stealing the social safety net so they can…
Politics and the Ethnic Vote #nlpoli
A few people people in Newfoundland and Labrador are getting agitated about the fact there’s a street in Nova Scotia called Newfie Lane. For those who may not know, the…
Mike Duffy’s Mysterious Visit to the Harper PMO
Oh my Satanic Sherlock. This PMO mystery just keeps getting more and more entertaining, in a nightmarish sort of way.Yesterday we found out that although the paper trail was lost,…
PTSD: No Room for Denial
What if NO ONE knows your name? Belonging? It’s pretty important. We don’t always have to go where EVERYone knows our name, but we do need to have people. People…
Strange political bedfellows are conjuring more than entertainment in Alberta
A poster advertising last night’s NDP-Wildrose leaders’ debate at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Below: Odd couple Brian Mason and Danielle Smith, captured in electrons by Dave Cournoyer of…
Twenty years ago today
Wanna feel old? Read these grafs, from the column I’ve filed for Sunday. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY THE RED BOOK CAME OUT. Holy crap, do I ever feel old. “…So…
Mason vs Smith: Wildrose and NDP leaders on province-wide debate tour
TweetThree years before the next provincial election, a public debate tour might not be where you would expect to find the leaders of two political parties. Breaking convention, Wildrose Party…
A Personal Look Inside W.E.B.
A few weeks back a series of messages were left on the blog detailing one individual's experience with the Calgary-based hate group WEB. Our readers are very well acquainted with…
Tories Handed a Little RoboCall ComeUppance.
The Tories, being the pricks that they are, thought they’d teach the petitioner/plaintiffs a lesson in the Robo-Call case. Not content on skulking away with their small, tactical, “trench warfare”…
Rafe: Farnworth favorite to replace Adrian Dix as LNG hurts Horgan
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: BCGEU) Today’s decision by Adrian Dix to step down as BC NDP leader, pending a leadership election next year, comes as no…
It’s official: Adrian Dix stepping down as BC NDP leader next year
The BC NDP’s outgoing leader, Adrian Dix (photo: Jonathan Hayward/CP) Read this Sept. 18 story from The Globe and Mail on NDP Leader Adrian Dix’s announcement that he will step…
Tahltan’s Sacred Headwaters defence has deep roots
The Sacred Headwaters (photo: Carr Clifton/ILCP) Few places on our planet have been unaffected by humans. Satellite images taken from hundreds of kilometres above Earth reveal a world irrevocably changed…
A Good Political Leader Knows When To Step Down – Adrian Dix Leaving Leadership Of BC New Democrats …
B.C. NDP Leader Adrian Dix has announced his resignation as party leader today in Vancouver, following the party’s surprising defeat by the Liberals in the May provincial election. Dix said…
NDP’s Chris Charlton speaks out for authentic choice in Canada
FANTASTIC! You made this happen, Canada. Thanks to the efforts of thousands of Canadians speaking out, decision-makers are taking a stand for your right to access independent, affordable wireless options.…
Stephen Harper: The Last Advertiser
The world of advertising has been at a crossroads for some time. The advent of digital more than a decade ago has taken most ‘traditional’ advertisers by surprise and left…
A Smoking Gun?
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BCNDP Should Keep Adrian Dix
The whole one-election-and-out-party-leader phenomenon has gotten entirely out of hand. But if your in opposition it means that your guy, when it comes to an election campaign, is always going…
Guest post by Barry Shell – the land where cell phone service costs just $13.50 a month
Barry Shell, one of OpenMedia.ca’s Allies, sent us this and we wanted to share it with the broader community. I just got the following letter from my friend and technology…