I just looked around and he’s gone
1968 was the year I was finishing high school. Martin Luther King Jr and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. There were violent riots at the Democratic Convention, Prague Spring ended in…
2013
Social Credit – BC NDP Declared War On Wild Salmon in BC
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger I received this bombshell of an email from Alexandra Morton revealing the illegal and certainly immoral political law breaking and criminal assault against our wild salmon industry…
Obama and the Shrinking of Stephen Harper
What a fairy tale day it was. What an awesome spectacle of democracy. What a great day to be a progressive.A black President on Martin Luther King Day standing up…
CONJUNCTION
GREAT CONJUNCTION: A great conjunction in the east south east sky tonight. Perfect visibility here in Winnipeg with Jupiter slightly to the left and above the waxing Moon. Gotta get…
March 15 and 16, 2013 in Montreal: two nights of…
March 15 and 16, 2013 in Montreal: two nights of anti-fascist/anti-racist Oi!, punk rock, hardcore, and a little bit of ska and reggae. It’s a party, not a political rally,…
Where in the world are Tory cabinet ministers?
TweetBrussels, Bucharest, and Juneau are three international destinations where Tory MLAs were scheduled to visit during Government of Alberta sponsored trips today. Environment and Sustainable Resources Minister Diana McQueen and…
5545…Corporate Welfare
That would be SUN TV.Their parent company, Quebecor, is whining coz they are losing beaucoup d’argent, forecasting in The Huffington Post “…that Sun TV will lose $19.5 million in 2013,…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Boring? Good
Interesting. “May you live in interesting times,” sayeth the font of all acquired wisdom – ie., Wikipedia – is an ancient “Chinese curse.” As in, if you live in an…
The Handsome Amanda’s smash hit, ‘GPS’!
The Amandas are me, Bjorn, Troy and Rockin’ Al. We recorded and mixed this GBV-inspired tunage on an iPhone in Vancouver over the holidays. Click The Handsome Amanda’s – GPS…
BC NDP Will Have To Be Smart, Tough and Green!
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor BC logs should be used to create B.C. jobs, says the NDP. Absolutely, and low cost B.C. electricity should be used to make BC manufacturers competitive…
Shameless
So let me get this straight: Unless the government steps in and order private companies to pay money a service that no one wants, SUN-TV will be unable to keep…
The litmus test
It’s now the official rule of thumb for Canadian journalists: if the Harper Cons aren’t attacking you for having the nerve to point out their falsehoods, then you’re not doing…
Progressive Taxation and Prosperity
Responding to Justin Fox, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group, How big should a government be? in the Harvard Business Review blogs. Interesting discussion overall, and it would…
Liberals. We’re big on policy.
This past weekend, at the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia policy conference, we passed many important progressive policy resolutions. Instead of doing the typical partisan thing and talking…
Calling In The Backup: Chiefs Unite To Face PM Harper
This is Day 40 of Chief Theresa Spence’s Hunger Strike. She has reportedly lost 30 pounds while living on a liquid diet to protest living conditions and treaty infractions faced…