#LPCldr "Debate" #2 – Not Necessarily Terrible
So, I finished watching the roughly three-and-a-half hour video on Liberal.ca of the most recent “debate” for the Liberal leadership in Winnipeg. While the “debate” was in fact a series…
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Revolutionary thought of the day: Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is humanity’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience…
That farmer ad
My God, this is just incredible. If someone had figured out how to fashion this into a political ad, they’d be President of the United States right about now. Sent…
Isn’t it wonderful about William and Kate….
.. and how Elizabeth and the Phillip didn’t have to pay a cent of the cost of their wedding. No. the whole thirty-eight million dollars was picked up by the…
The Mini Howlagrowl
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Auto insurance rate cut? Andrea Horvath, throw your base a bone would you? Call for public auto insurance
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horvath has announced three major legislative priorities for the newly rogued/de-rogued/re-rogued Ontario legislature and I must say I am underwhelmed. I see why she’s opted for…
With NO Quebec Referendum Looming Or Even Likely Why Does The Liberal Party Continue To Rehash The Clarity Act Over And Over And Over And Over ?
It is obvious that the Liberal Party of Canada is so completely void of anything new or relevant that they continue to rehash two of their more idiotic old pet…
New poll shows Redford Tories in the lead.
TweetOne month before Alberta’s Legislative Assembly reconvenes to deal with this year’s provincial budget, Leger Marketing has released a new survey of political party support in our province. Progressive Conservative:…
Even the Conference Board Warns about Income Inequality
A new Conference Board of Canada report should be an eye-opener to those who think that high unemployment and changes in the EI rules that will penalize seasonaal workers are…
Creeping Fascism Like Woah
Business Insider: The AP reports that 5,000 Golden Dawn supporters marched past the US Embassy in Athens, chanting anti-Turkish, anti-US and anti-immigrant slogans. The anti-US feeling was prompted by memories…
France Wants Lights to be Turned Off
France has passed a law that will make it illegal to keep lights turned on over night in non-residental buildings. Starting in July the lights need to be out an…
Regression
The Conference Board keeps churning out reports which should embarrass the Harper government. The Board’s latest report ranks Canada 7th out of 17 developed countries in terms of quality of…
Big Pharma Cashing In On Global South Vaccination?
The Graun: Médecins sans Frontières (MSF), the Nobel prize-winning organisation working on the frontline in remote and conflict areas, says vaccines bought with UK and other donor governments’ money cost…
On predetermination
Shorter Brent Rathgeber: What government backbencher would dare consider asking the Parliamentary Budget Officer for information if he can’t suppress any inconvenient findings? I’d rather stay ignorant, thank you very…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday morning reading. – Sixth Estate is the latest to weigh in on Statistics Canada’s findings about inequality: Progressive taxes are based on the idea that…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, February 4, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, February 4, 2013: Facebook’s 9th birthday: Milestones in the history of the social networking king – Tech…
God Made a Farmer…
Standing out by a country mile from the slew of rubbish advertisements sponsoring this year’s Super Bowl broadcast, The Richards Group agency down in Texas crafted this perfect, brilliant little…
Gyasi Ross: The Future of ‘Idle No More’ (VIDEO)
Indian Country Today and Huffington Post contributor Gyasi Ross discusses the future and impact of the Idle No More movement, and the lived experiences of First Nations in Canada and…