On this F35 v. Buying A Car Analogy Spin
The F-35 is in the news again, or at least the Harper regime’s complete bungling of the acquisition and the subsequent complete misleading of Parliament on the costs of the…
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Breaking Spin-Watch: Rat(s) Off A Ship? John van Dongen Crosses The Floor
In a somewhat surprising move, Abbotsford-South MLA John van Dongen rose in hte Legislature in BC today and delivered a blistering critique of Christy Clark’s BC Liberal government, and then…
NDP Leadership Discussion, March 19, 2012
Politics, Re-Spun is on The Rational on Coop Radio on Monday, March 19, 2012 from 6pm to 7pm with an intriguing lineup! Listen live online or at 102.7fm in the…
Update: Legal Services Society of BC and the Definition(s?) of Sexual Abuse
A while ago I wrote about the puzzling decision on the part of the Legal Services Society of BC to publish a handbook on sexual abuse against men that defined…
Is Withholding Sex Now Sex Abuse?
Or, Is Lysistrata A Sex Offender? I attended today, along with Alex, a discussion panel to remember the Montreal Massacre where Marc Lepine murdered fourteen women at the École Polytechnique…
Can Freedom of Information Be Free? (Updated)
Updated below with more information. By now, it’s pretty much common knowledge that you can (attempt to) request information from government agencies and offices under the various Freedom of Information…
Translink: It’s the policy, that policy won’t change, and there’s no one you can speak to about it.
Pardon me for a rant about my commute. And about Translink. I hardly think it’s acceptable for a public organization that trumpets public consultation, taxes us, is governed by an…
A no longer radical, now reactionary campus: The SFSS CUPE Lockout
There’s an almost mythical status to the label that Simon Fraser University used to promote itself in 2005 during its 40th anniversary celebrations: the university was a “radical campus.” The…
I, for one, would like an HST job – and it might sway my vote.
If you’re registered to vote in BC, and provided that Elections BC hasn’t completely screwed up your voter registration (I have, at times, received three voter information cards for variations…
The Canada Post Filibuster Liveblog
Will the resolution to the Canada Post lockout come before your credit card bill that’s stuck in the mail? Will the Conservatives try to make Jack Layton cry by yelling…
Canucks Riots: Turn your neighbours in?
Yesterday, I wrote about the narrative of division that’s going around in the traditional media and social media following the Vancouver Riots. Jasmin wrote about the standard leap-to-blame-the-anarchists reaction that…
On the Canucks Riot, Protest, and Division
I was saddened and disappointed to watch Vancouver burn last night. Disappointed because the Canucks played so poorly and lost a game that they didn’t deserve to win, saddened to…
Hockey Politics, Maybe?
Join Tia and me as we liveblog/snark our way through Game 7! Go Jets! Hockey Politics, Maybe? Share the Love: Twitter del.icio.us email RSS Facebook Google Bookmarks Digg LinkedIn StumbleUpon…
PoliticsRespun.org Election Night Liveblog, maybe
Tonight’s the night many of us have been waiting for – whether it be because we trudged to a poll today, stood in line with credit card bills, drivers licenses,…