Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Martin Lukacs writes that while a change in government offers some possibility of change, the Trudeau campaign wasn’t anything more than a ruse.…
October 2015
Harris Tries To Tramp The Harper Dirt Down
Thank goodness for Michael Harris. Helpfully providing an example of how journalists should not be thinking: .@alexboutilier Goodness, you've adopted a Levantism? #HDS should stand for Harper's Deranged Supporters. —…
Harris Tries To Tramp The Harper Dirt Down
Thank goodness for Michael Harris. Helpfully providing an example of how journalists should not be thinking: .@alexboutilier Goodness, you've adopted a Levantism? #HDS should stand for Harper's Deranged Supporters. —…
A Lesson from Down Under
A couple of retired Aussie commanders, including a former chief of defence staff, are warning that their military has neglected to plan and prepare for the challenges of climate change.…
Hey Alistair, So I Guess That You’ll Be Heading Off To Ottawa?
Raeside–So, I Guess You’ll Be Heading Off To Ottawa?
Climate Change Update – Mexico Hunkers Down
Southern Mexico is bracing for what could be the strongest ever hurricane in that nation’s history. Hurricane Patricia is bearing down on the Mexican coast, having reached a maxed out…
The Great One Says He’s At the Call of Any Prime Minister
Wayne Gretzky has set the record straight. He really didn’t mean anything by his blowjob endorsement of Stephen Harper in which he praised Shifty as an “unreal prime minister” who…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, October 23, 2015
Your news links for today: ‘TrudeauMetre’ Website To Track Every Liberal Pledge – Huffington Post Canada’s new Liberal majority: better than the Tories, still terrible for the Internet – Cory…
On value judgments
Apparently the Conservative exercise in spin isn’t about to end anytime soon just because Stephen Harper has lost power. Here’s Ken Boessenkool as a representative spokesflack on the Cons’ time…
On Progressive Legislation
While I am sure that the legalization of marijuana will not be a legislative priority of the incoming government, I have little doubt that Justin Trudeau will honour his pledge…
Welcome to FPTP-Central.
It was never of our choosing. First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) voting was just something we were used to. We never thought we would be an advocate for it. It was more of…
Eventually They Figure Things Out
https://www.cdh2a.com/ Monday’s election was historic. But the corporate media and its scribes are already trying to re-write history. Michael Harris writes: Nor is there much more of the historian in…
Stephen Harper and the Humiliation of Jason Kenney
I can only imagine how Stephen Harper must be feeling, as he looks down on the smouldering ruins of his beloved Harperland.Once he towered over it, and crushed all who…
A Political Party Sans Politics
A guest post by Pamela Mac Neil Conservatives are looking for a new leader and in doing that, the conservatives may have to make an important decision. Harper and his…
Well-behaved women seldom make history
This tweet, about the possible candidacies of Rempel and Raitt: Guys dismissing @MichelleRempel @lraitt et al. for their voices, or looks, or “style” – dumb. You sow seeds of your…
blue jays vs. royals, library style
Library smackdown? Toronto Public Library vs. Kansas City Library, via Twitter.
Michelle Rempel’s Bizarre Late Night Twitter Eruption
One of the worst things about the election campaign was having to watch so many hours of the Con clown Michelle Rempel, especially on the program Power and Politics.Because she…
Guest Post by Mimi Williams: When the NDP abandoned its socialist principles, it abandoned its chance of winning
PHOTOS: Federal NDP leader Thomas Mulcair – whatever was he thinking? Below: Guest Post author Mimi Williams; Jeremy Corbyn, new leader of Britain’s Labour Party. Many New Democrats were shocked…
Notley creates Economic Development ministry, appoints rural Municipal Affairs minister
Alberta’s provincial cabinet grew from twelve to thirteen today with the appointment of Lesser Slave Lake MLA Danielle Larivee to the posts of Minister of Municipal Affairs and Service Alberta.…
The Lives of Others
I have this poster on the wall of my classroom: It’s important to know. It’s necessary to understand how things work. And then it’s vital to act rightly in the…