EnoughHarper – "They’ll Go Negative"
From a week or so ago, this clever video again using Stephen Harper’s own words from 2006 to hang himself in 2011. And it is so deadly accurate. But let’s…
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Is Alberta Ready to Change its Political Culture?
We are into a very fecund time politically in Alberta. We have just finished province wide municipal elections. The results were surprising to many. The most dramatic change was the…
Ahh Spring….
The city has a general email account that people use from time to time to send notes myself or council. As we get in to spring I expect this won’t…
EnoughHarper – What Else is He Hiding?
What else is the Government of Canada The Harper GovernmentTM and its scandal–a–day operations hiding? {Video by EnoughHarper} Please send LVD your political and news videos and clips.
March 24, 1980 – Conservative Archbishop Romero assassination
1977: Oscar Romero, a conservative priest, appointed Archbishop of San Salvador 1979: Bloodless coup by reformist army officers backed by the United States. Military-civilian junta installed in El Salvador. Torture,…
"Specials" and "ALL SCIENTISTS, ALL SCIENTISTS !!!"
About the “Torture Program”, a very interesting post at Invictus Blog – March 22, 2011 “Means and Ends: Newly Published Notes of Bruce Jessen Reveal Real Purpose of Bush’s Torture…
10 headlines capturing the "work" of the Harper Regime
The Globe and Mail has released a photo slide show titled “A look back at the biggest headlines from Canada’s 40th parliament” with 8 of the 10 headlines either critiquing…
Good Ol’ Canadian Politics
So here we go again. The 4th election in 7 years, exactly what Canadians wanted. And in the midst of an economic recovery. You have the Liberals who are the…
Would Harper prorogue parliament again?
A thought for progressives to discuss: Layton has two votes this week with one potentially mattering significantly more than the other. If Layton supports the budget on Thursday can he…
The Browser Rankings
Remember the time when there was just Netscape Navigator, no option, no alternative, just a single browser that personified the world wide web. All that has changed, a lot, and…
Comment va votre armature morale?
Par l’entremise du blogue de Michel Hébert, je viens de prendre connaissance de l’explication que Joseph Facal donne au double échec référendaire. Si nous avons dit non deux fois à…
This post has been brought to you by cigarette cravings
According to popular opinion, parents who smoke cigarettes are the root of all evil. It doesn’t matter if a parent steps outside and walks twenty paces away from their house…
Attn Peter McKay: It’s too late to hype your "morals"
From the CBC — “Libyan mission a ‘moral duty,’ McKay says.” Well, that’s a relief. Just when I thought the Harper Government was devoid of morals, they put a mic…
Laugh from the Past
Gloomy Monday? This ought to brighten your day. Sections I and III are especially worth a read.
Canada’s nuclear waste management plan looks good on paper. Will it ever go beyond the planning stage?
Whooee! Well, friends an’ foes, the other day, I tweeted calling attention to an article in StraightGoods.com, Canadians can’t afford Candu complacency, by Paul McKay. One of my Twitter followers…
End Subsidies to the Fossil Fuel Industry by the next Federal Budget
This is the second video produced by our frenetic little team at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby (Toronto Chapter) about why the Conservatives paying $1.4 billion dollars to the oil, gas…
US Army ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan posed with photos of murdered civilians
US Army ‘kill team’ in Afghanistan posed with photos of murdered civiliansby Jon Boone, from The Guardian, March 21, 2011. Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and…
Quand la classe moyenne se tire dans le pied
Le Center For American Progress vient de publier The Origins and Evolution of Progressive Economics. Ce n’est pas seulement un bilan de l’approche progressiste en économie, c’est aussi le rappel…
Whose Chief is it anyways
I often find myself at odds with folks like PacificGatePost who recently posted online at an APTN forum. Pacific argues that all chiefs and councils are corrupt, and thinks Canada…
Civil War
In Libya, Canada is involved militarily in yet another civil war. I am disgusted. Is there no political party believing in peace, non-intervention and self-determination of nations? Is there no…