Strategic voting in Winnipeg South Centre: vote Liberal
Winnipeg South Centre: vote Liberal In my last post, I urged strategic voters in Elmwood-Transcona to vote NDP. In the nearby riding of Winnipeg South Centre, strategic voters should vote…
2015
Embracing The Veil
H/t The Toronto Star While our prime minister claims, when attacking the niqab, that Canadians hold openness and transparency as societal values, he is happy to keep us in the…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ian Welsh writes that the Harper Cons have destroyed Canada’s historic economic balance by scrapping the parts of the manufacturing sector which…
Stephen Harper and the Night of the Raven
It was weird out there last night. A massive modern art show was going on all over the city, from dusk to dawn.And in my neighbourhood there were all kinds…
Strategic voting in Elmwood-Transcona: vote NDP
Strategic voting in Elmwood-Transcona: vote NDP Strategic voting in Elmood-Transcona Winnipeg has become an important battle ground in the recent election. In the last election, in 2011, six of the…
What editing standards at the Toronto Star?
It has always been an understood thing that the editing standards in the sports section of a large newspaper are often more relaxed than those of the general news. The…
Vote, Vote, Vote – Vote ABC
Are you Registered to Vote? By this time you should have received your Voter Information Card telling you where your polling station is located, if you have not received one…
It’s About Labour, Not Captial
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ We’ve been told that this election is about growing the economy. But all of the parties are still focused on capital, not labour. Murray Dobbins writes: Just three weeks…
Stephen Harper’s Criminally Irresponsible Reefer Madness
As we all know Stephen Harper has an unhealthy obsession with marijuana, handcuffs, and Justin Trudeau. Not necessarily in that order.He has no respect for science, and has never seen…
Get yer Stephen Harper Wind-up Doll Here!
Even his supporters acknowledge that this fellow is a bit robotic but it is getting painful to watch Harper dependably spout the lines fed to him by the Lizard of…
Get yer Stephen Harper Wind-up Doll Here!
Even his supporters acknowledge that this fellow is a bit robotic but it is getting painful to watch Harper dependably spout the lines fed to him by the Lizard of…
Get yer Stephen Harper Wind-up Doll Here!
Even his supporters acknowledge that this fellow is a bit robotic but it is getting painful to watch Harper dependably spout the lines fed to him by the Lizard of…
Election 2015: An Escape Hatch for the NDP?
In an earlier post, I sought to explain (not necessarily defend) the Mulcair team’s decision to run balanced budgets as an election campaign tactic to counter being branded by the…
Brigette DePape, young activists to Storm the Dorm at university campuses to boost youth voter turnout
On October 5, Brigette DePape and other young activists will “Storm the Dorm” at university campuses to boost youth voter turnout during the 2015 federal election. The post Brigette DePape,…
The Company He Keeps: Meet Fromm’s New Friend Brian Ruhe
We briefly mentioned Ruhe a few weeks ago in reference to Paulie's horrible, rotten, no-good 2015, but didn't really talk much about the man himself other than posting a link…
Who gave CPC Candidate list of ‘Enemies of Israel’?
The Winnipeg Freepress reports (registration needed) that a Jewish audience, to its credit, reacted negatively to the Conservative candidate’s attempt to smear Liberals as ‘enemies of Israel’: Bateman, the Conservative…
Houses of Cards
While there are parallels between them, there is no direct, simple comparison between the original, British mini series, House of Cards, and the American series of the same name. The…
ISIS and Terrorism – A Reality Check
“The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies.” – Noam Chomsky “In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” – George Orwell…
The NDP "is not planning any changes to our current form of the parliamentary system"
It is not often I get to talk about issues related to the monarchy on this blog. I mostly keep that on the other blog I writefor. However the Monarchist…
Stephen Harper and the Monstrous Enemies of Israel List
Well we've always known that Stephen Harper has a long list of enemies, real or imagined.And we also know that he will do or say anything to pander to the…