The Coyne chrysalis
”This isn’t about the planes, in other words, or costs, or accounting. This is about accountability. This is is about whether departments are answerable to their ministers, and whether ministers…
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MacKay: We’re just as dodgy with our accounting as Sponsorship-era Liberals
Duhhhhr! Ooonnggg… errrrggg…. Out of the mouths of babes. It’s been an awkward delight watching Conservative spinmeisters trot out Plan A through Plan W in their Catalogue of Flimsy Excuses…
Alberta Leaders’ Debate Drinking Game
Every time there is a political Leaders’ Debate, the minuscule minority that is the “politically engaged all-the-time” populace jokes that there should be a drinking game associated with the debate.…
Campaign launched urging activist groups to build ‘One Big Campaign’
A new campaign urging Canadian social activist groups to work together under one massive umbrella to take on the Harper regime and his right-wing supporters is being born! The Campaign…
New Progressive Bloggers affiliates
Please welcome Paulitical Satire and On Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind’s Eye to Progressive Bloggers.
More Hash April 11, 2012
So the real costs of the F-35 program continues to make news, while from the opposition we hear calls for the resignation and/or firing of the Defense Minister who is…
Social activist groups can form powerful ‘One Big Campaign’ to take on Harper
Picture this . . . . The directors of 25 or 30 of Canada’s leading social activist organizations, unions and grassroots groups are hived away in a secluded location for…
On Abortion
After reading the post entitled “Why the Abortion Debate is Polarized” on The Scott Ross’s blog ( http://thescottross.blogspot.ca/2012/04/why-abortion-debate-is-polarized.html?showComment=1334114759988 ) and reading the subsequent comments, I got to thinking about my…
apropos of nothing
Aggregators aggregate and make it easier for me to find interesting blog posts from a variety of sources. Belonging to one does not need to imply approval of other blogs;…
Just saw the english Mulcair ad
My reaction: Why is this man on my TV looking all psycho-eyed in a suit and trying to make nice with me? As an anglo Quebecker, I really don’t like…
Four new affiliates
Please welcome to Progressive Bloggers: From Orangutan In This Corner Song of The Watermelon Warren Kinsella
How massive ‘One Big Campaign’ could defeat Harper Conservatives
A massive, well-thought-out campaign involving thousands of social activist groups, labour, and grassroots organizations would have an excellent chance of handing the Harper regime a significant defeat on a hugely…
News Hash April 10, 2012
Figured I should drop by and post some… stuff. You know, for the fun of it! Okay, let’s start today with the difference between climate and weather, trends and vagaries……
The "Heart of the Fraser"
Here is a short video about places and things we take for granted. Many of us drive through this area and never give it a thought, I for one have…
You Don’t Say… April 10, 2012
I’m not saying that Peter MacKay is a weasel-faced weasel, but if the shoe fits…he admitted over the weekend that he KNEW about the extra $10 billion that the F-35…
On Progressively Blooging
I return to blogging today because I understand there has been a disturbance in the Force. It isn’t right to say that we should consider whether or not a woman…
Why the F-35 Scandal Matters
If the 65 F-35 fighter jets are purchased by the Canadian Government, they will cost Canadians $25 billion dollars over a span of 20 years. Minister of Defense Peter Mackay…
Here is an idea Paladiea
Sometimes it is better to let sleeping dogs lie, let the storm pass, so to speak, you know STFU, because your explanatory post about why the Progressive Bloggers Administrators should…
By-product of the sex offender registry
In this story, CBC reports that a Brockville man has had to “spend a lot of time and money” to clear his name because he has the same birth date…
Progressive Bloggers: abortion-‘bortion, what’s that contortion?
I do enjoy reading the differerent blog posts on the Progessive Bloggers aggregate. There are a diversity of opinions expressed by bloggers who post under the progressive label. Bloggers include…