Strat Plan Part 5: Healthy Lifestyle
I suppose we can all agree that a healthy lifestyle is better than an unhealthy one. And to a certain degree, a municipality can help residents choose a healthier one…
2015
Um. Ok. Where are the Cons going with this one?
A Netflix tax? When nothing has been said about this by, like, anyone? Did the PMO shortpants get a rogue focus group? Were they eating shrooms when they came up…
Harper’s Campaign Against a Mythical Netflix Tax Backfires, Badly
Check out our savvy PM, getting all hashtaggy on us all! But to quote Mr. Layton from 2011, it’s become a #Fail, or, “Hashtag-Fail” if you will. You see, our…
Figuring out what the parties are doing in #elxn42 #nlpoli
If you want to get a really good summary of the contending election strategies at this early stage of the federal campaign, read Evan Solomon’s piece at macleans.ca. It’s simple,…
Thomas Mulcair makes his case for boosting corporate tax rate
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The move to take Canada back includes taxing the wealthy elements of our society. Public infrastructure Social programs, Education, Child Care programs have all hit a brick…
The Cheating Cons and the Fatal Hubris of Stephen Harper
Uh oh. It seems that Stephen Harper just can't help himself. They don't call him Dirty Steve for nothing eh?He claimed he fired the starting gun for the next election…
Harper’s baseball trip hit taxpayers with $45,000 tab
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger In a tight 3 way race Stephen Harper seems to going out of his way to alienate voters. Well he is succeeding, but that is OK with…
About Those Republican Debates Tomorrow Night
The thoughtful folks at AlterNet have put together a little drinking game for tomorrow night’s Republican debate on FOX News. WARNING – this game is potentially lethal. See if you…
Fair Elections Act injunction ruling under appeal, says Council of Canadians
The Council of Canadians and partners to appeal a recent Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling that favoured the Fair Elections Act’s restrictions on democratic participation. The post Fair Elections…
Albertans React Angrily To Harper’s Attack On The New Notley NDP Administration !!
#HarperBlamesAlbertans Takes Off After Harper Calls Alberta NDP Government A ‘Disaster’ Stephen Harper took an online lashing from Albertans after making a dig at the province’s NDP government this week.During…
The Duffy Trial: Has Stephen Harper Shot Himself in the Foot?
Should Mike Duffy demand that Stephen Harper be called as a witness at his trial which resumes next week, Harper would normally be able to invoke parliamentary privilege to avoid…
On unforeseen consequences
In retrospect, we should have figured that when the Cons made submission to enhanced interrogation a requirement for entry into their campaign events, they were setting themselves up for this…
Bob Dylan, Hiroshima, Great Balls of Fire
From an article at CommonDreams. “What gets in your blood?” the editor asked. “The whole culture,” Dylan answered. What do you mean? What are you saying? the editor asked. He…
Bob Dylan, Hiroshima, Great Balls of Fire
From an article at CommonDreams. “What gets in your blood?” the editor asked. “The whole culture,” Dylan answered. What do you mean? What are you saying? the editor asked. He…
August 5: The news in brief….
….…the American Empire is falling. Its governments, prodded by the billionaires who really operate them, have all but drowned in a series of unwinnable wars in order to maintain their…
The Harper Regime’s Contempt For Science
Those who follow the depredations of the Harper regime will know of the terrible attacks that science and research have undergone these past several years. Cuts to funding, closing of…
Cowardly Harper hides his CBC actions
Stephen Harper is doing things to Canada that he never received a mandate to do. He is changing Canada in ways that Canadians do not want. Many of his supporters…
Why Harper doesn’t tell Canadians what he’s doing
Stephen Harper has done many things since becoming the worst prime minister in Canadian history. One of the main difficulties I have his willingness to take actions that he has…
New TPP leak shows Canada would be required to massively overhaul copyright, damaging free expression and censoring Internet
tppleaks.jpg Trans-Pacific Partnership text reveals that U.S. pressure could result in new rules for Canadians that allow for website blocking, and new criminal penalties for copyright infringement August 5, 2015…