An Initial Reaction To The Budget
To paraphrase the Soup Nazi, young people, “No job for you!” This message brought to you by the Harper government, not hard at work for you. H/t PressProgress Recommend this…
2014
Crusty Clark’s Throne Speech – Barf
We’ve got nobody to blame for it but ourselves. Well, ourselves and that dork who led the NDP in the last provincial election. “It” was Crusty Clark’s throne speech delivered…
child sexual abuse in context: soraya chemaly asks, "are children supposed to document their abuse?"
Soraya Chemaly places Dylan Farrow’s claim in the context of rampant child sexual abuse, and the persistent myth of false rape claims. Dylan Farrow is in a situation that thousands…
Juergen Rudolph Interview
Stephen: This is an interview with with Juergen Rudolph. And it’s January 8th, 2014. Juergen: Excellent. Well so so first of all I feel very honoured that you have agreed…
The singularity can take so many forms!
Alltop has been ordered to destroy all humor aggregators.
The Hand They Will Play
Its a good hand. A surplus for the election year. Taxes to cut, and money to wave in front of people. Not unbeatable, however: some creative policy, an economy that…
is the food movement elitist? michael pollan connects the dots between labour and our tables
In an excellent interview in Truthout, Michael Pollan responds to critics who accuse the food movement of being elitist. He very rightly credits Eric Schlosser’s Fast Food Nation with explicitly…
A Boot Stamping On A Human Face
Heather Mallick writes, in today’s Toronto Star, that the essence of the Harper government is personal cruelty: I object to the Harper government for many reasons (harperwatch.wordpress.com provides a good…
Documents Reveal Calvert County Signed Non-Disclosure Agreement with Company Proposing Cove Point LNG Terminal
Co-authored by Steve Horn and Caroline Selle DeSmogBlog has obtained documents revealing that the government of Calvert County, MD, signed a non-disclosure agreement on August 21, 2012, with Dominion Resources…
Dan Calda, RIP
I don’t do this thing, for free, to play host to someone to let them libel me and everyone else. In more than 2,000 comments, no less. Buh-bye.
Another (budget) day, another dollar (cut): Canada’s slow-motion austerity
Yesterday’s federal budget was a non-event. Indeed, the no-surprises budget was itself no surprise: the Conservatives have long done their fiscal policy dirty work in omnibus bills and other dark…
Jimbo Flaherty and the Con Snake Oil Salesmen
I like to think that Jim Flaherty's recent illness has made him a better human being, because I'm a firm believer in the power of redemption.And he has come a…
No brainer #nlpoli
Tuesday’s scrum with Danny Williams proved at least two things The first is that the Old Man will say anything that comes into his head and most of it isn’t…
What is Soft Fascism, Anyway?
I keep writing about soft fascism. Why is that, anyway? Soft fascism is a process of anti-democratic governing that is not as overtly totalitarian or authoritarian as more historically memorable…
Phone poll suggests NDP MLA testing waters for leadership bid?
TweetIs there an undeclared race underway to become leader of the Alberta NDP? An interactive voice response poll calling Albertans on February 11 suggests there just might be. The automated…
Fair Elections Act would introduce Alberta-style partisan elections officials
TweetA proposed amendment to Canada’s Elections Act would introduce handpicked partisan elections officials into the current non-partisan election process. The ‘Fair Elections Act,’ a sweeping act introduced by Conservative minister…
Choo Choo Train Wrecks: A tale of cost cutting and de-growth
I’m not even going to bother trying to cover this budget this year, I’ve failed to cover it front-to-back two years in a row and I don’t like leaving things…
It’s called class
Eight years ago Canadian cross country skier Sarah Renner won a silver medal because a Norwegian coach threw her a pole during the race. And, as it turned out, Norway…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Mouthy cats.