Boston
As news first trickled in, and then came as a torrent, about the bombings in Boston yesterday, my thoughts naturally turned to the morning of September 11th. Not to the…
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Forum Federal Poll: 43% Liberal, 30% Con, 19% NDP
The first post-Trudeau-win is out from Forum, a special case given that they usually don’t release one in the middle of a month. This polls is, by the way, an…
After all, what would a Minister of Revenue know about taxes?
Committee studying offshore tax evasion will not question revenue minister A finance committee study on tax havens will be written without input from National Revenue Minister Gail Shea after the…
Autism and Seizures: Conor’s Second Grand Mal Seizure (That We Know Of)
The pictures above were initially posted on this site on May 26, 2012, several months before Conor’s 1st known Grand Mal Seizure in November. As I posted then, external conditions…
One value Premier failed to learn: truthfulness
In Sunday’s thirty minute TV commercial, Christy Clark said that leadership involves, “holding true to the values you were raised with…” If I were one of the people that parented…
Tide Turning Against Salmon Farms in Lead-up to BC Election?
As the BC election approaches, the Norwegian-dominated aquaculture industry suddenly finds itself swimming upstream. From the provincial Liberals and NDP vying to out-do each other in tough talk on salmon…
A Few Movies
Taking some time on the weekend to waste a little time, I caught up on some movies. “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” was extremely uncomfortable at times, and oh so…
Stephen Harper’s Kinky Attack on Justin Trudeau
We knew that he is the most grotesque political pervert this country has ever seen.The ringleader of the RepubliCon raincoat brigade who brought American-style attack ads to Canada.We knew he…
CBC Backtracks on Fact-Checking, Supports Government — But a Former BC Liberal Leader Disagrees!
Yesterday I published a fairly scathing review of CBC’s attempt at a fact-checking service payday loans lenders online , which appeared to conclude that the right-wing BC Liberal Party (a…
My response to the news about the bombing in Boston
Of course I feel horrible for those directly effected by the bombing in Boston, but I hate how it becomes a national tragedy. What right do we in North America…
Untitled (The Woman In Red)
This is a work that came about during my recent consolidation of images past, present, (and future?) . The projection happened in the early 90′s when I was experimenting with…
Capitalism efficient? We can do so much better
By Richard Wolff A Madrid woman holds a banner reading ‘Your benefits, Our crisis. Another world is possible’ at the Spanish headquarters of the European Commission. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters What’s…
Dream of Life: An Elegantly Impressionistic Portrait of Patti Smith
Reblogged from Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities: Dream of Life: An Elegantly Impressionistic Portrait of Patti Smith Patti Smith: Dream of Life, directed and mostly shot by Steven Sebring,…
Bless You: Setting the Hungry Cat Amongst the Pigeons
Reblogged from Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities: Bless You: Setting the Hungry Cat Amongst the Pigeons Bless You is a delightfully humorous animated short film by Philip Watts. The…
The pestering begins: Liberal leadership candidates with campaign debt (Updated twice)
I was very critical after the NDP Leadership election that the inboxes of supporters were full of emails from the candidates who did not win the leadership, but had extensive…
BC Liberals, well, aren’t
Just got back from Ottawa and the federal Liberal Party leadership announcement, where Liberals were so abundant they had to open an overflow room at the convention centre so everyone…
One "news reporter" is feeling sad
“The Liberals could come out with an announcement heralding the sky for being blue and a good portion of the electorate would respond by criticizing them for ignoring the clouds.”…
Conservative Attack Ad – UPDATED
I suspect many will agree that this ad says more about the Conservative Party behind it than it does about its subject: UPDATE: This Star editorial provides some useful context…
Justin Trudeau: Too Sexy For His Shirt, Too Sexy For Canada?
The only thing more predictable than Justin Trudeau’s win in the Liberal leadership race was that it would be followed by Conservative attack ads. For those curious what the sequel…
Temps Libre: an album filled with hope, inspired by the printemps érable
Something happened last spring: a whole generation of Montrealers was mobilized, politicized, made aware that they had a voice. Finally opening their windows onto spring mornings as the snow melted…