Good police work in Boston
It seems the marathon bombers have been found and killed in a gun flight with police or captured. Since the bombing was this week and there were no obvious clues…
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NDP caters to conservative critique by nixxing ‘socialism’ references in constitution
Top: NDP leader Mulcair / Bottom: Atefa Akbary and Farshad Azadian The vote at the NDP Montreal convention to remove the word “socialism” from the party’s constitution is symbolic in…
Justin Trudeau to defend muzzled Conservative backbenchers?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Apparently, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s forthcoming Liberal Opposition Day motion seeks to defend Conservatives MPs who are being muzzled by Stephen Harper. At…
Friday night
Moose at Classic Blues Videos gets a hat tip for the opener. This is Joe Louis Walker with Let’s Rock a While Tonight. I didn’t note it at the time…
The CVRD Is Attacking South Cowichan Rural Values Again!
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It is not very often that I get to tell nice stories about the CVRD and South Cowichan. Fact of life is that we just ricochet…
Shoot first, ask questions later…
Am I the only Canadian who is extremely disturbed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cowboy mentality and the whole shoot first, ask questions later approach to terrorism?
"A picture is worth a thousand words, not $1000."
Canadians continue to express their outrage at the price-gouging and lack of choice in Canada’s cell phone market. Thousands of Canadians have taken action already, but we need your help…
Elections – a time to assert your environmental values
Friday, April 19, 2013 Tools and resources that raise environmental issues in the context of an election are always of interest over here at the West Coast Environmental Law Association.…
5885…Mike Duffy Makes Funny Joke
Scooped this off of Huffington Post Canada who in turn scooped it off a Global TV interview. “I’m a man of my word.” I laughed so hard I broke a…
5884…Priorities In America
From Kingston’s KROCK. Crazy, eh? WFDS
DISGUSTING: Rehtaeh Parsons case: Posters ask community to “support the boys”
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Canada, we’ve a big problem! “Friends, family and supporters of the four boys allegedly involved in the Rehtaeh Parsons case have taken their…
“Tim Horton’s Employees don’t deserve $14 an hour”
Ontario needs a $14 minimum wage just to allow full time minimum wage employees to earn above the poverty line. (Or more accurately, above the low-income cut-off line, one of…
Global Deforestation:
The buds on the trees are beginning to swell, so spring is on its way and once again I’m amazed at the way trees around here go from looking dead…
Ross Landry is liar
“It has become apparent that our laws have not kept pace with the world we live in,” said Landry in a release. Oh, really? So, the fact that she was…
WATER + POWER: Upcoming Presentations by Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis
In the lead-up to the BC election, Common Sense Canadian co-founders Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis are travelling to four BC communities – Kamloops, Merritt, Williams Lake and Prince George…
These guys…
…are used to working in the gutters, just like the CPC hyenas who hire them. (12) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Autism Rising? Not According to Behavior Analyst Steve Taylor Who Proclaims That Autism Is 100% Genetic In Origin
Since my son was diagnosed with Autistic Disorder in 1998 the rates of diagnosed autism have risen dramatically from 1 in 500 to the current estimated rate of 1 in…
The Disastrous Decline of the Con Regime
It was such a beautiful day, the first real day of Spring, that I spent hours pedalling around my magic island, out of touch with the rest of the world.So…