Rafe Remembers Elijah Harper, Constitutional Stand-off
Brian Mulroney needed political help in Quebec and persuaded all the premiers to support a set of constitutional reforms – labelled the Meech Lake Accord – whereby all the other…
Dr. James Hansen: Keystone XL, tar sands expansion “can be stopped”
By: Dr. James Hansen Today (May 9, 2013) 36 Norwegian organizations sent an open letter to Prime Minister Stoltenberg expressing opposition to development of Canadian tar sands by Statoil (the…
CPC Back-Benchers Say The Darnedest Things
Our govt has the highest ethical standards demonstrated by 3 resignations: 2 from Senate caucus & the PM chief of staff.@patbolland #cpc— Joan Crockatt MP (@Crockatteer) May 20, 2013
Harper’s House of Cards Disintegrating Under Weight of Conservative Senators
* We are living in interesting times, as the saying goes. Here in Canada, the house of cards that is the federal Conservative government of Stephen Harper is starting to…
‘One Thing Leads To Another’ – How Stephen Harper Single Handedly Created The Current Senate Scandal ..
When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela Wallin and Mike Duffy to Canada’s unelected, undemocratic Senate, he started in motion a series of events that has ultimately become an ugly,…
Obama Admin. Approves ALEC Model Bill for Fracking Chemical Fluid Disclosure on Public Lands
On May 16, the Obama Interier Department announced its long-awaited rules governing hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) on federal lands. As part of its 171-page document of rules, the U.S. Bureau of…
Robert Reich on Bringing MultiNationals to Heel
Robert Reich argues there’s just one way remaining to wrest domination from global capitalism. We need multinational tax policy to halt the excesses of multinational corporatism. As global capital becomes…
A Glimpse Into How A Former Journalist Became A Political Prostitute
…as the years went by, I saw Duffy transformed from what he was then to what he is now. Like so many celebrities, he started to believe his own baloney.…
Chris Hedges Call for Revolt
Writer, war correspondent, religious scholar, Chris Hedges has become increasingly radicalized over the past dozen or so years although he would argue it’s society that has truly changed, particularly through…
Make voting in federal elections mandatory, but put it on a Saturday or make it an official holiday
On this Victoria Day holiday Monday, I was reading some interesting Twitter tweets from Frank Graves, the President of Ekos Research, one of the polling companies here in Canada. He…
Conservatives Will Weather Duffygate
As my commenters were happy to point out, my last post on Senator Mike Duffy and Conservative political strategy was hilariously mistimed, since Duffy resigned from the Conservative caucus mere…
Cycling In Regina Isn’t Always Easy
What’s it like for a Regina cyclist to go see a movie? Besides homicidal/comical drivers (from Alberta), there are flooded Multi Use Pathways, and underpasses that are creeks. Persist past…
6023…Shoot Hillary In The What?
Vagina. That is what he said. Shoot Hillary Clinton in the vagina. He is Pete Santilli. Currently he is an online talk show host at www.petersantilli.com, part of the Guerilla…
May 20: Yesterday?…oh…..
….It was such a nice day. And I had to pick up my daughter after a dance and I didn’t get to bed until after midnight and I sat up…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Yes, there’s plenty more on the Cons’ Senate scandal, with Tim Harper headlining the latest discussion: Mike Duffy is radioactive. The one-time Conservative…
6022…Sidney Crosby And Mike Duffy
Both Maritimers. Both superstars, albeit one for real and one for surreal. Both have Victoria Day off and are spending it in Kanata. Both are hated, yeah that is the…
When the Loudest Government Ever Falls Silent
Steve Harper’s namesake nemesis, the Toronto Star’s Tim Harper, writes of a government known for its “in your face” bombast that has abruptly fallen silent. …our governing party has collectively…
Today’s a Holiday with a Good Name: La Journée des Patriotes
What’s this nonsense of starting a petition to change the May holiday from Victoria Day/the Queen’s Birthday to include reference to First Nations? I can readily understand renaming the third…