Harper’s ‘tough on crime’ agenda too extreme for Texan lawmakers
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Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to join Occupy Vancouver Wednesday?
Occupy Vancouver and Tom Morello? Sheeit. Perfection.When asked if he would try to join the Occupy Vancouver crowds in the street before his concert appearance at the Vogue Theatre Wednesday…
Liberal media? Check out this favourability chart of 2012 presidential contenders.
Next time someone complains about 'liberal media', point them to this chart:Only the inexorable Newt Gingrich fares barely less well than Barack Obama. Then consider this, Canadian news coverage is…
Occupy Vancouver live photo blog Day 3 Oct 17
12:00 Attended a moving ceremony/protest over the sham Missing Women’s Commission of Inquiry being held this week over treatment of aboriginal women.585
The right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism
Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to…
The right’s furious, desperate attempts to discredit the Occupy movement with charges of anti-Semitism
Yesterday while I was following the #OccupyVancouver twitter feed, I noticed something strange happening. The hashtag was hijacked by unrelated, idiotic counter arguments to Occupy (not necessarily those belonging to…
Occupy Vancouver live photo blog DAY 2 Oct 16
11:30 Much quieter today. Tents, cops, meditation, dogs, signs and more signs, media, sun, smiles, music, dancers, a ragtag bliss.Click images to embiggen. Updates below.
#OccupyVancouver live photo blog
10:30 What a glorious day for a protest! Huge crowd - larger than I anticipated. All ages, not many hippies, mostly smiling folks. Large police presence but mostly jocular types…
Tory Taber, fresh off Hoeppner tribute, soars the friendly skies with Lisa Raitt
Jasmine honey, get the fuck out of the way. I've got a new assistant. Hi, Jane!It never ends with our little Jane Taber. Her job as she knows it is…
Jason Priestley shines in ‘Call Me Fitz’
"You know the guy who said 'no man is an island'? Same douchebag who thought Denmark was rotten. Fuck that guy."Those are the opening lines of this week's episode of…
Amusing ‘oil orgy’ surprises Gordon Campbell. Disrupts UK energy summit.
'Sexy' environmentalists Peter Bearder and Emily Coats strip down as Brit and Canadian respectively, and douse each other with oil while embracing, kissing and generally fooling around. I'll say this…
Spiegel: The stench of money. Canada’s environment succumbs to tar sands.
One of the better and more personal articles on the damage done to the environment and native heritage by the rush to extract 'black gold' from the tar sands in…
Time: Kevin O’Leary sucks at business
Like Don Cherry and Ezra Levant, Kevin O'Leary likes to talk loud, puff out his chest and insult others. Problem with these bozos is that kind of behaviour requires the…
Gerald Caplan: welcome to Fox TV Canada
Sometimes the Globe manages to print some good stuff. Such is the case with Gerald Caplan and his darkly humorous column today on the Conservatives' drive to own not just…
Solidarnosc! Lech Walesa occupies Wall Street
You can’t get much better than that. Solidarity hero Lech Walesa is flying to New York to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. “How could I not…
Canadian firm postpones kicking Occupy Wall Street out of park. Police beat jubilant protesters.
So it goes in OWS land. Not long after hearing that the Canadian company responsible for kicking out the protesters from Zuccotti Park had backed down, police resumed their indiscriminate…
Solidarnosc! Lech Walesa occupies Wall Street UPDATED
I'm reposting this because it received few views. Lech Walesa is a formidable figure in the history of freedom. He deserves better. His presence at the Occupy Wall Street says…
Canadian firm postpones kicking Occupy Wall Street out of park. Police beat jubilant protesters.
So it goes in OWS land. Not long after hearing that the Canadian company responsible for kicking out the protesters from Zuccotti Park had backed down, police resumed their indiscriminate…
Reuters gets schooled by one its own writers – Felix Salmon
In a rare move by a modern news outlet, Felix Salmon on his Reuters blog schools Reuters over a wildly inaccurate and conservative-oriented take on the Occupy Wall Street movement…