Friday night Fabulous Thunderbirds blogging
All three of these performances are from the same show, recorded in 2003. But the first tune has been in the band's repertoire for decades. This is She's Tough. Welcome…
Parks and recreation must be open to all in Vancouver
by Stuart MackinnonStraight.comPublish Date: September 30, 2011 Vancouver’s natural beauty is worth protecting. Our children not only need places to play, but also places to enjoy and explor...
The Monster is Dead. Clifford Olson Is No More.
Cancer has finally erased Clifford Olson from the ranks of mankind. The serial child killer died this afternoon in a Quebec hospital.
Russian Unicorn and Misread Lipsync
These videos are not just misreading of lips, they are music videos in their own right. They all have lyrics that might make you blush, so don’t let any kids…
A shout may begin with whispers
"Wall Street's fear is understandable. If the public is ever given a voice to express its outrage, their party train will have to stop and some people will pay for…
Tim Hudak’s bus, part infinity
Seriously, how hard is it to obey parking signs, laws, etc? I guess for the Tories it’s impossible.
The 13th Premier of Alberta
Nation, in the middle of all the hubbub and fanfare and spin that is going on as PC Party members head to their local polling stations to elect a new…
"You can talk at your own town hall meeting"
Terrance Heath produces an excellent piece on the American 'Tea Party' movement brought to life by the Koch brothers and other plutocrats and apparatchiks. Is The Tea Party Over? Maybe.…
Outasite! Supreme Court bludgeons Con ideology with reality.
One of the few benefits of not having any political power is that you get to sit back and watch the majority power fall all over its own ideology and…
Sid Ryan = Deal Del Mastro, NDP = Conservative
Need proof that the NDP and Conservatives are more similar than not? Let me offer this up:The Ontario Federation of Labour has commissioned a new poll that shows New Democrats…
And You Wonder Why People Have Contempt For Politicians?
Watch/listen to this to find out one of the reasons:Recommend this Post
Fun with Jim Flaherty’s debt lessons
Mucho chutzpah from Jim Flaherty today: ...Flaherty told the Tory blue lunch crowd that Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty’s government has doubled the debt.Before the Liberal government came to power, the…
National Post and free speech
I find it not a little humorous that the National Post is backpedalling furiously over their publishing Charles McVety's repulsive homophobic ad. Even more humorous is the Post's high-minded explanation…
NDP Leadership Update: Cullen, Dewar, and Singh – wait, who?
Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen has announced his intentions; Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar will announce Saturday; and local Nova Scotia businessman Martin Singh will announce Saturday as well.One of…
More Conservatives hate women
This morning’s ruling was so promising, I thought we might sneak into the weekend without the need to get angry. Too late: Two more Tory MPs are taking swipes at…
The New Prosperity proposal raises a bottomless pit of questions
Friday, September 30, 2011 For almost twenty years Taseko Mines Ltd. has claimed it is impossible ...
Generic Drugs: A Million Saved Is A Million Earned.
WithPotentialSavingsLikeThisLeftUnpluckedNoWonderWeNeedMoreRevenueVilleIt's the Friday afternoon before tonight's big football game in downtown Lotusland and I'm pretty sure a whole lotta folks are starting to breathe a little easier now that they…
Time for another Slutwalk, this time in Brooklyn
In Saudi Arabia, the religious police regularly patrol the country for citizens who may be flaunting the Kingdom’s version of Islam, especially when it pertains to women exposing too much…
Victory for Insite
The Supreme Court's decision that Insite must remain open is a tremendous victory for reason over ideology. Canada's Conservative government sought to close a safe-injection site in Vancouver, despite physical…