Friday night
Oh, what else would it be!Have a good night.
Nancy Leblanc
The lifeblood of parties
What a great blog post at digby's tonight. The post was about intra-party critics and their usefulness, in light of much of the Democratic generated criticism of Obama of late.…
Video: "CWB vote: Last chance to have your say "
From the Canadian Wheat Board Alliance, encouraging those eligible to vote: "All ballots must be returned no later than AUGUST 24." Great mood captured in that video! Go farmers!
Carbon taxes may be the new debt reducers
There is an op-ed in the Globe today by Todd Hirsch, a Calgary-based senior economist at a financial firm out there: "Debt is the new carbon." His premise is essentially…
Libraries and the governments that love them
Don't tell the Ford clan but some governments get libraries and why they are important: “The Burnhamthorpe Library plays an important role in the Mississauga community,” said Stella Ambler, Member…
National Post hearts Liberals today
Just noting the occasion. While some of this is begrudging and framed a little backhandedly, it is relevant to remember that our economic situation today that is standing us in…
Our Economist™ versus others
Interesting little wire crossing in Brazil as Harper meets the Brazilian President: At a signing ceremony with Harper for several modest bilateral deals, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff criticized the credit-rating…
Moneyball
The movie about Billy Beane and his revolutionizing of the Oakland A's and their baseball strategy is coming out soon, why I assume Patrick Lagace is writing about Beane today.…
Columnists gone wild
Quite a column from John Ibbitson for a lazy Saturday in August: "Will Cautious Stephen Harper let Wild Steve run free?" It's a musing on whether the thus far apparently…
Friday night
This is a little on the cheesy side, but heck, am a sucker for progressive house with piano, major key, etc. So infectious! Have a good night.
Thursday drive-by blogging
1. Wouldn't Andrea Horwath have more credibility in proposing conservation policies if her party platform didn't contain $2.8 billion in energy tax cuts on fossil fuels? 2. Robert Asselin's take…
Green energy contrasts
There are the federal Conservatives, speaking yesterday: “Canadians gave our Government a strong mandate to complete our economic recovery and focus on continued job growth,” said Minister Oliver, speaking in…
Reminder: T.O. blogger event tomorrow night
A quick reminder here...tomorrow night - Thursday the 4th - is the casual, Toronto-based progressive bloggers get together, organized haphazardly by some of we blogging types. 6:30 p.m. at a…
"Kenney amateurism"
So editorializes Embassy Magazine: Five down, 25 to go. But five what?The Conservative government, lead by Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, would have every Canadian believe that the 30 men whose…
Turmel’s day
Just a few points to add to the maelstrom. Have been out much of the day so forgive me if any of this is repetitive of anything seen elsewhere.Last week…
Tax value
This piece in the Globe today by a Toronto architect, Jack Diamond is worth a read because it's the kind of case that's not often made these days for what's…
Friday night
Going with an Amy Winehouse remix. It was released this week after her death and has been quite popular on Soundcloud. Very awesome. Have a good night.
Mark your calendars
It's that time again! Summertime is as good as any for another casual progressive blogging get together here in the Ford throttled city of Toronto. Time and date: 6:30 p.m.…