Saturday Morning Links
Asorted content for your weekend reading. – Ezra Klein talks to Bernie Sanders about how to build a more fair economy in the U.S. and around the globe. And Lynn…
2015
By invitation only
Yes, Paul McLeod’s report that Stephen Harper will go through a three-month election period without meeting a single person who hasn’t been previously vetted by partisan operatives is pretty much…
A Man Of His People
http://johnnyrush.com/conservatives The former head of Elections Canada, Jean Pierre Kingsley, says that Stephen Harper is “gaming the system.” And Kory Teneyche, the former head of Sun News, says that,when Mr.…
Grifts within grifts
Shorter Saskatchewan Party Ministry of P3 Giveaways: There’s always a risk that the corporate giants we’re paying to take over government operations might be more interested in making money than…
Sideshow versus reality in Toronto.
Toronto always has some carefully watched ridings in every federal election. It comes from being a major centre of liberal thinking in Canada and the ongoing schism of the city…
Celebrate!
It’s the birth of the Warren Child and the greatest day in Lisa K’s life!
Time of Use Billing
Until I sold my business, a few years ago, and started working from home again, I didn’t realize how much of an aggressive assault on many Ontarians – especially seniors…
On Rape on Campus
Since I saw Into the Wild and started reading Krakauer, I haven’t stopped. But this last one took a while to open. It’s about rape on college campuses, specifically in…
Musical interlude
Foals – What Went Down
The CPC, liars since 2006…
Yeah, forget about the Parliamentary Budget Office saying that we are already in deficit. Like, what do they know? The Harper Reform Party – lying comes so naturally to them.…
GMO labeling shows that "states’ rights" is just a convenient lie for the GOP
Imagine that the Democrats wanted to pass a federal law requiring food companies to label their products if they contained genetically modified organisms. What would be the Republican response? Undoubtedly…
GMO labeling shows that "states’ rights" is just a convenient lie for the GOP
Imagine that the Democrats wanted to pass a federal law requiring food companies to label their products if they contained genetically modified organisms. What would be the Republican response? Undoubtedly…
GMO labeling shows that "states’ rights" is just a convenient lie for the GOP
Imagine that the Democrats wanted to pass a federal law requiring food companies to label their products if they contained genetically modified organisms. What would be the Republican response? Undoubtedly…
GMO labeling shows that "states’ rights" is just a convenient lie for the GOP
Imagine that the Democrats wanted to pass a federal law requiring food companies to label their products if they contained genetically modified organisms. What would be the Republican response? Undoubtedly…
A Long Campaign Season Would Be Good For The Pirate Party
Well, the rumours are flying that Prime Minister Harper intendsto ask Governor General David Johnston to dissolve Parliamentthis Sunday. This would begin the longest election campaign inCanadian history. It seems…
If Canadians Have Any Self-Respect
…. this will outrage them. It turns out Stephen Harper is not going to interact with anyone during the election campaign that wasn’t cleared in advance by his staffers. Even…
Sandra Bland to be honoured with a candlelight vigil in Ottawa
A candlelight vigil honouring Sandra Bland, organized by Black Lives Matter Ottawa, BlakCollectiv and other allied grassroots movements, takes at the Human Rights Monument in Ottawa on Friday, July 31.…
The ad no one would air on Harper
http://www.straight.com/blogra/402951/watch-anti-harper-ad-cbc-refuses-air
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July 31: The good part is….
…it doesn’t take long read a newspaper of the Irving press. The headline this time is, though, a real one. “Moncton ExxonMobil jobs at risk” And they are. ExxonMobil is…