Support hope not fear
One of the lines of persuasion Liberal supporters like to use on voters is what I call electoral blackmail: either vote Liberal or Harper will win a majority! Well that’s…
2014
Challenging university suppression of teaching on Palestine
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Illinois statement of support for Iymen Chehade, a professor at Chicago’s Columbia College, marks the latest, and most significant, step forward in the fight…
North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike Is Suddenly Flush With Creative Ideas
Don Maroc – Cowichan Conversations Contributor NC Councillor Woike wants amalgamation with Duncan and to do away with the CVRD North Cowichan Councillor Jennifer Woike is suddenly flush with creative…
You are reading the blog of a potentially disenfranchised voter….
…if Bill C23 passes in it’s current form. I may be one of those Canadians (potentially 4 million of us, according to Canadian election law experts) who may not be…
The pheromones of political power.
You can listen to the man but study the wife. Too many people think of politics as a man’s game but the real answers are from their women. Laureen Harper…
The Choices Bloggers Make
Yesterday I put up a post entitled Apocalyptic Scenes, which featured a video clip of severe storms in the U.S. The Mound of Sound, currently on hiatus from his blog,…
A Brief Personal Note: Tendinitus Can Be Rather Painful
And therefore energy sapping. Which is why there hasn’t been much activity around here the past couple of days. When I am more mobile and alert, things should get back…
Winning at All Costs.
I think we are all sick of the win at all cost mentality of our political parties and their leaders, this mentality is not restricted to just the Harper Regime,…
The IMF and Progressive Economics in Canada
It is interesting to note that the most recent IMF staff report on Canadian economic issues echoes some key concerns of progressive economists. I have reported these for the Broadbent…
Has the Time Arrived for a Canadian Spring?
Well I think I can now OFFICIALLY declare that Spring has arrived in Simonville, the small humble corner of Canada where it's never Harperland.And I must admit that all I…
Sheila Fraser and the Attack of the Con Rats
I'm sure Sheila Fraser knew when she called the Con's Fair Election Act an "attack on democracy" that the Cons would come after her like a pack of rabid rats.And…
What Occupy Vancouver Could Look Like
May Day, on May 1st: do you think we could get Occupy Vancouver up by then? I know how we can get this to work. I really do. And I’m…
Alexis Tsipras – A Left Political Alternative for the Refoundation of Europe – YouTube
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Saturday night blues blogging
To begin, this is an instrumental called Kirk’s Blues from The Mannish Boys. Kirk Fletcher, the lead player on that last one, turns up in this clip, in which Joe…
In Sunday’s Sun: the scandal that isn’t
Remember that old Sixties line? You know, the one from the hippie subculture that became a movie, and even a lyric in a Monkees tune? To wit: “suppose they had…
Puppy Love
April Reign Nothing of great social or political import just some cute shots of the dog. April Reign – In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a…
Bill C-32: Is This Even Necessary?
As I start to review the content of Bill C-32, the so-called “Victim’s Bill of Rights” legislation, I find myself wondering if this piece of legislation is even meaningful. The…
whither wmtc
I feel so disconnected from this blog, and from writing in general. I hate it. I love having this blog. I love that when I do want to write, and…