Mark Steel’s Boston Tea Party
Mark Steel Lectures at BBC Open2.net
A surprising critique of domionism?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. It’s quite often progressives who find fault with the theory of “dominionism”. And that bothers me a bit. You would suspect…
2011 Ontario Election: Parkdale-Highpark All Candidates Forum Response
The following is my observations and reflections from attending an All Candidates Forum for the riding of Parkdale-Highpark. Click here for an overview on the candidates for this riding. While…
A message to campaigners: I’m really starting to hate the phone so stop using it
At work I use the phone when I need to talk in depth, trade ideas get feedback and work through problems. It's good for that. Especially if I use email…
From the “You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby” files
Read it and weep: A bus driver told Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to get on a separate bus from other Government leaders after mistaking her for one of their…
Faytene downgrades from red alert status?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. There’s a video call to prayer from Faytene Grasseschi from Sept. 11th on the ‘net now. Faytene brings some thoughtful things…
Election Update 2011 -=- The NDP
The NDP continue to ride the Orange “Crush” Wave as numbers show increased support coming their way this election. Right now, these numbers are simply numbers…what happens on October 6th…
NDP Leadership Poll
Yep.I know what you're thinking: someone here, in Canada, had the brilliance to poll the NDP leadership race? Not only that, they did it days after Layton's passing? Before anyone…
The Ugly Cons and the Broken Liberals
OK. Let me get this straight eh? The Con smear machine that destroyed Ignatieff and Dion, goes after Brian Topp.“Topp is a union boss and has deep union ties,” they…
Ontario PCs: For Tim…
...safety comes first.
Ontario New Democrats Steer Clear of US-Style Dirty Politics
“Unofficial political” websites are the new tools for smearing dirt on opponents. Both Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives and Dalton McGuinty’s Ontario Liberals have them. PC: www.ontariansneednotapply.com and www.liberalreview.ca....
PC Leadership Candidate Profile – Ted Morton
Candyman.Candyman.Candyman. If you look into a mirror and say it 3 times, so the legend goes, you're in for a VERY bad night. So it goes, too, with "Wildrose Party"…
The first big political story of the campaign… #nlpoli
And it’s got legs. The story appeared first right here on Monday morning. CBC Monday night with a blockbuster interview with Williams. (Would he have done an interview with…
File Complaints About Tim Hudak’s Robo-Calls
Stop Robo-Calls from the Tim Hudak Conservatives
Why Harper’s shot at PNCIMA also hit Enbridge in the foot
Thursday, September 15, 2011 The Canadian government recently withdrew suddenly and unexpectedly f...
The book, "Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be" too controversial for US yet available in Canada
But with Harper's Canada on the warpath against all things intellectual, fun or scientific, for how long?Daniel Loxton, an illustrator and writer, created a children’s book so outrageous, so outlandish,…
Hey GG, please strip Conrad Black of his Order of Canada
The bastard turned his back on Canada, relinquishing being a Canadian to become a Prickish Lord. He gave up his soul for a trinket. Screw him.Mr. Black, who was named…
Negative Ad Time
Manitoba is one of the five provinces having elections this fall, so along with many folks across the country, we here in “The Keystone Province” (yes, that’s actually its official…
Amusing Yahoo News story: Stephen Harper’s temper tantrum serves to alienate more Quebecers
Always good to see someone in the media lay the cards on the table, although 'temper tantrum' is a bit much.Most often, when you watch Stephen Harper at a news…
Consumer-directed health care.
Why should the government cover ONLY a drug-and-surgery mantra when the consumer (along with the health care provider and other taxpayers) believes an alternative to be more efficacious (eg acupuncture…