Prog Blog meetup proposal.
We have had an offer to help host a Progressive Blogger event in Toronto. If you’re interested in attending, I’m interested in hearing which date is the best for the…
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August 3, 2011, 1:16 pm: We have applied a temporary fix to the feed plugin as suggested by the plugin’s creator., so we’ll let the site run as is for…
Turmel, No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished
I can’t know what went on in Turmel’s head, was it simple opportunism to jump ship at this time?, Did she have an epiphany and learn to love Canada? Is…
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Dreaming big: Canadian self-government must be preceded by reforms.
The Calgary Herald’s idea that international governments should negotiate with Canada as one government to another, rather than returning Canada to colonial status where the country can benefit from the…
Thoughts on Specific Land Claims
A few points about specific land claims in light of the “take-it-or leave it offers” the federal government is planning to offer 60+ First Nations. Minister John Duncan released a…
The Hamilton Oilers? I highly doubt it!
The biggest thing that irks me about the Edmonton arena debate is how the Katz group is using Oiler fandom to separate reasonable consideration from the debate over public funding.…
Debt Ceiling Debate is Moot: USG Owes More Dollars than in Existence
Image by Images_of_Money The current debate in Washington as to whether or not and under what conditions to raise the debt-ceiling has for the past week dominated global news coverage…
Playing with Team Ford
“It is clear that there is a program to eliminate the public from our great city.” – Kim Fry, the 11th deputant during the Core Service Review at Toronto’s City…
A Deficit of Progress
That the United States should find itself in this position is not exactly unexpected. The US Congress has been loathe these last 10 years to pay for the foreign adventures,…
A Reminder for Rob Ford Supporters
“No service cuts, guaranteed!”- Mayor Rob Ford”No major service cuts.”- Mayor Rob Ford”No service cuts in 2011.”- Mayor Rob Ford”These are not service cuts but efficiencies.”- Mayor Rob Ford
Put CBC News Network out of its misery
I am under self-imposed house arrest. I got back to Ottawa from London about three weeks ago. Technically I should be working on my dissertation, with its rapidly approaching September…
Jack Layton
Jack Layton’s news today was certainly upsetting. However, if anyone can fight an uphill battle it’s him. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, sir.
Get well soon Jack
On behalf of Progressive Bloggers, I’d like to wish Jack Layton a speedy and successful recovery in his newest battle with cancer. Canadian politics is a duller place without you.
Layton Steps Down Temporarily
A very gaunt and weak-sounding Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has announced that he has a “new” cancer and is temporarily stepping aside appointing Nycole Turmel as interim leader.…
Dispatches from a pool shark on the frontlines of Suburbia – Part 1
suburbia_diver_web.jpg Not that type of pool. I’m a lifeguard. I work at private swimming pools all around the island of Montreal as a substitute or stand-in. When you’re sick or…
Nobody does terrorism quit like an Arab/Muslim
At least according to Macleans contributor Colby Cosh … Breivik employed the Palestinian logic, hitherto almost unknown amongst Western-style spree killers (though implemented at Columbine), of the delayed second attack…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House751 George St. N.Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in…
Original Song #28: Phineas Gage
My name is Phineas GageNew Hampshire boy, born and raisedI drive a stagecoach here in ChileYou might say I’ve come a long way Drive the coach steady, drive the coach…
DIY, Homesteading, Radical Housewifery/Homemaking
Though I haven’t read the book yet, the lifestyle described in Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming domesticity from a consumer culture by Shannon Hayes is kind of seductive. I’ve flirted with these…