Paul. Hat. Ring.
It’s official. Paul Dewar is running for the leadership of the NDP. In front of an enthusiastic crowd, so large that many couldn’t fit into the Pearson Room at the…
Brad Friedman has minor skirmish with phony ‘OUTLAW cowboy’. Hilarity ensues.
Reprinted from The Brad Blog:They make it so easy for us to mock them.
Alberta PC leader Alison Redford & the New Politics
There's an old Latin saying ex africa semper aliquid novi. Now that Alison Redford has become premier, it's time to change that.The new saying for Canada is ex alberta semper…
20 Tips for Mount Allison University Storify Collection
I don't know how many people outside of technology/social media/journalism circles have used Storify but it's become an incredibly useful tool for journalists and others to collect mentions across the…
(Provincial) election week in Canada
It would be nice if we did it as the States do -- schedule all federal, state and local elections and by-elections such that they all happen on the same…
Shades of Green: Salmon Farms Killing Sea Lions
If spreading sea lice, diseases and pollution weren't justification enough for removing open net-pen salmon farms from BC's wild West Coast waters, the latest outrage is the slaughter of California…
I love the pig!
Filed under: Miscellany
Another step down the Conservative evolutionary scale. Sun runs homophobic McVety ad. Bonus Shaidle charm offensive.
Pic by Chris Wilson-Smith (@thechrisws)Conservatives have a very well defined hierarchy of idiocy. The National Post is about midway down the pack, excelling at Disingenuous, Lacks Moral Clarity and Will…
Rachel Maddow raises some troubling questions about the assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki
"Can the United States government choose an American citizen to be executed without ever charging them with anything, without ever proving anything against them, without ever giving them a chance…
Music for a Sunday: That rich windy weather…
You are Bogart, he is George Raft, that leaves Cagney and me…
Newspaper Circ Figures
Note that most people still prefer holding a piece of dead tree in their hands. On-line is still a relatively small share of the pie, and I imagine its even…
"… we are not endorsing any of the three party platforms"
The Toronto Sun did not endorse Tim Hudak.Wow.That says a lot.I disagree with their slant and position but nevertheless, for the Sun not to endorse Hudak is a very big…
The Wisdom of the Great – Abraham Lincoln
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if…
Not Even the World is "Too Big to Fail" Any Longer
Noam Chomsky has an interesting article published in al Jazeera that reveals the trouble we're all in so long as we're under the rule of ideologues like our own Exalted…
The Sunday Setlist: E. And Friends
AllTheButtonsThatPopProudAsPunchVilleMy oldest kid first sang with me in front of an audience of about 500 when she was four years old. Now.There are a couple of things I should make…
Tar Sands "Bosses" Convicted of Ecocide in Mock Trial
No one was actually charged or convicted of anything. That's because the crimes contested in the mock trial this week in Britain's Supreme Court aren't on the books - not…
The Costs of Inequality
Alex Himelfarb writes that, like our neighbours to the south, Canadians are falling into The Inequality Trap. And he warns that accepting that trap as a fact will have horrendous…
Andrea Horwath Lied
And if she's lying about her son's visit to the hospital - something involving a member of her family - then how can we expect to believe anything else she…
The whole Truth
Belief: 1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in a person or thing; faith. 2. Mental acceptance or conviction in the truth or actuality of…
Lomborg’s Lolly Cut Off
Denmark's climate change enfant terrible, Bjorn Lomborg, is getting booted off the dole. The economist turned climate change denier had been receiving handouts of about $1.5-million a year from Denmark's…