The tale of the Hair and the whore.
As you recall the Supreme Court decided that the Conservatives need sex education. Long overdue, you might add. The only problem was that nobody could agree on who should teach…
2014
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rick Smith hopes that the Cons’ backtracking on income splitting means that they won’t go quite as far out of their way to…
Against Me! do Janie Jones! SFH do in Rob Ford!
SFH played it at Strummerfest in K-W at Christmas, but these guys do it better. And remember! We’ll be releasing ‘Mayor On Crack’ at the Bovine Sex Club at the…
Picking Up The Tab
Jim Flaherty’s budget may have been full of happy talk. But, Frank Graves writes, Canadians — particularly young Canadians — are not happy. They know they’ve been had: The simple…
Ukraine
I presume that most readers are at least vaguely aware of the situation in the Ukraine. While there are many complex reasons for what is happening, I will do as…
Yes, time travellers are idiots
Besides, killing Hitler is such a 1st year in the time-travel academy thing to do. Alltop is a great way to kill time.
Stephen Harper and the Con War on Medicare
He has waited a long time to make his move. From the day he was first elected with the support of a group that was founded to kill medicare.He had…
Thinking about the Unthinkable #nlpoli
Only a decade ago, voters turfed Roger Grimes and the Liberals from office as punishment for – among other things – signing a deal to develop a nickel mine even…
A Brief Note: On Walmart Pizza
Had a Walmart-brand pizza for dinner for the first time last night. They’re a terrific bargain. They come in an edible box. Or at least the box tastes identical to…
8 Years Of Stephen Harper – Dislike!
The NDP youth wing has gotten creative with a spoof Facebook “look back” video highlighting some of the low points of Canadian politics over the last eight years of the…
Britain’s, Not France’s, Middle Class Is Being ‘Run Into The Dust’
http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/02/middle-class/ Filed under: Capitalism Tagged: Britain, Capitalism, France, investment, productivity
The Airline Ticketgate saga continued… Alberta’s Redford Tories, forever young, now have Young forever
Former Progressive Conservative Whip Steve Young gets ready to give it to his premier and party leader at yesterday’s caucus meeting in Edmonton. Actual unrepentant Tory MLAs may not appear…
Tough austerity measures in Greece leave nearly a million people with no access to healthcare, leading to soaring infant mortality, HIV infection and suicide – Europe – World – The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/tough-austerity-measures-in-greece-leave-nearly-a-million-people-with-no-access-to-healthcare-leading-to-soaring-infant-mortality-hiv-infection-and-suicide-9142274.html Filed under: Austerity, Greece, inequality, Neoliberalism Tagged: Austerity, crisis, Greece, neoliberalism
New Rob Ford re-election poster
(As seen on the Tonight Show)
New Rob Ford re-election poster
(As seen on the Tonight Show)
New Rob Ford re-election poster
(As seen on the Tonight Show)
First impressions of #Lib14 Montreal Biennial
– There are a lot (I mean a LOT) of people here for a non-leadership convention. I hear it may be the largest of these they’ve ever seen. – The…
New Rob Ford re-election poster
(As seen on the Tonight Show)
Canadian Blog Awards: Help Progressive Proselytizing Win Best Political Blog
Click here: Canadian Blog Awards. Four years and a quarter million views later, my humble political blog is still going strong. If you have enjoyed my writing, I’d love a…
Climate Change Denier Roy Spencer Says People Who Use Word ‘Denier’ Are ‘Global Warming Nazis’
Prince Charles is a “global warming Nazi” and, apparently, so is U.S. President Barack Obama. That’s according to Dr. Roy Spencer, one of the world’s most often cited deniers of…