SRBP on Radio: Muskrat Falls
For those who missed it, here’s the audio from your humble e-scribbler’s Labour day call to Open Line. h/t to Dave Adey who has been relentlessly documenting Muskrat calls to…
A Moment of Silence
The best poem i have ever read in my life; click here to listen to the poet reading it out loud:Before I begin this poem, I’d like to ask you…
Ten Years Later
This weekend, as we remember what happened ten years ago, our first thoughts should -- of course -- be for those who died at the World Trade Center. Many met…
The NDP newcomers… Hoang Mai
Member of Parliament for Brossard—La Prairie Have you met Hoang Mai yet? This is a bright spark from Montreal. He was born in Montreal in 1973 of Vietnamese parents, and…
A Tip of the Hat to Two Bloggers
Since joining the Progressive Bloggers' website, the daily listings of progressive posts have enhanced the depth and breadth of my understanding of social and political issues. Through their commentary and…
To Supporters of “Progressive” Parties: You Need Movements
Part of the unprecedented outpouring of emotion after the recent death of federal NDP leader Jack Layton was about the loss of a good man who had done lots of…
Tea Party North Is "Fair" Game
It is pretty amusing to hear some pundits SCOFF at this whole Tea Party North designation, as though mere manufactured labelling. Of course political opponents have picked up on the…
Uh -oh…
…might have to cancel my trip to D.C. Cuz, after reading this story, I suspect that the Cons on Twitter and elsewhere will be rounding up the names of all…
NDP Leadership will be Respectful
The NDP are off and running now. I am very pleased with the speed the party has taken to elect a new leader. The Leadership vote will be on March…
Dear Iggy
Where the hell was this guy for the five years you were in politics? Cheers pogge...
European Revolt Against Austerity Picks Up Steam
Strikers in Italy resist austerity. It seems apparent that European politicians somehow missed out the economics class where they explain how massive cuts to public spending in the middle of…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Jesse James, myth-making and pop culture
In the 2007 movie, The Assassination of Jesse James, we get to see a nascent American pop culture in a collision between its pop star (James) and a displaced fan…
Provincial Polling
Teddy here. I've complied the most recent polls I can find for all provinces and placed it on a simple grid.A note on Quebec, the new party is not polled…
On Royal Rebranding
In light of this week's ministerial command to "hang the Queen" in Canada's embassies abroad here are some comments from me in a story by Sarah Boesveld in the National…
The 9/11 decade
http://bit.ly/nEKt89 "While there are a lot of things a government might do, there are a few things that only a government can do: protect the people, rescue them when they…
Repealing HST Bad Move
BC moves to eliminate the tax that would now increase the deficit. In fact the B.C deficit is now tripled. The big loss is of course the 1.6 billion BC…
Traffic for September 5 – 9, 2011
ya know that something is going on when the traffic at ye olde e-scribbles starts jumping up by 25% from the previous month. And that’s a real 25%, not an…
Montreal Gazette Is But One Example Of False Reporting
The next NDP Leader will be decided by Labour. According to the NDP's constitution, unions will be receiving 25% of the vote in the upcoming NDP Leadership contest.Is that true?…
The Real Meaning of 911: This is not a war on terror – it is a war on democracy
A brief overview of the past ten years, and where we stand now 911 marked the beginning, not of a global war on terror, as the official story line…
Perspective. Now you have it
Twenty-one-million years ago, a star exploded, turned spectacular, and faded out. And we are now watching it go.