Austerity and Welfare State Practices
I'm going to dip my toe back into the blogging pool via a quick "Lookee here!" post. In the last little while, lots of energy on the left has been…
Turmel Turmoil
We all knew the NDP’s flirtation with the separatists would emerge as an issue at some point during the 41st Parliament. I just don’t think anyone expected it to move…
Janus Jack Layton and The Quebec Policy
Recently, having crushed the Bloc in the 2011 elections, there was a flurry of discussion in the media and blogs around the ambivalent NDP policy regarding the right of Quebec…
Ongoing support from the Liberal Party to Stop the Meter
The half-a-million Canadians who stood up for the Internet by signing and sharing the Stop the Meter petition received some support from the Liberal Party today. Hon. Geoff Regan, Industry…
Juxtaposition
Kenneth Rogoff describes the type of policy needed to push developed economies out of their current slump:too many policy-makers have relied on the belief that, at the end of the…
3973…Don’t Tell Lowell Green About This
Lowell Green is the biggest media star in Anglo Ottawa and not a fan of the Muslim community.So do not tell him about what is in the current Atlantic. Gallup…
Federal Government Asks Judge To Dismiss New York State Fracking Lawsuit
justice denied.jpg The U.S. government is asking a federal judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state of New York against the government that was seeking…
Defend Nycole Turmel as well as Quebec’s right to self-determination | rabble.ca
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3972…Perhaps She Should Wear A Helmet
So I am reading the Carlsbad Current-Argus over my afternoon coffee and learn a fun piece of information. Bojana Jovanovski is the 53rd best woman in the world tennis wise…
Nycole Turmel: more Harper Hypocrisy™
Once again, boys and girls, time to juxtapose: “I think Canadians expect that any political party that wants to govern the country be unequivocally committed to this country,” Harper said…
3971…Capital Hoedown Meets CKCU
Tommorrow morning from 7 to 8 Pembroke boy Jason Blaine's career hits its high note when he is interviewed by moi, the WFDS.Also a serious story about river problems north…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Martin Patriquin offers up the definitive response to the pearl-clutching over Nycole Turmel's Bloc membership (italics in original, bold added):(H)ere’s the wee nuance that…
A non-NDP contrarian POV on how much Turmel’s political affiliations will hurt the NDP
I’ve been on vacation this week and viewing the controversy over Nycole Turmel, the NDP interim leader who has a recent BQ past and still supports Action Solidaire today –…
United States of America: Has it lost its collective brain
There is a story on MSNBC that the US is considering to grab “nukes” from Pakistan because there is a danger they may fall into the wrong hands. I suppose…
3970…Nycole Turmel
Can we take a chill pill here folks?She didn't spend her college years as a stripper.Not that that would be wrong.She didn't steal cars for a living nor did she…
3969…I Wonder If They Ate In The Car?
Or went into the Tim's?Our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, and former Carleton University football player and Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, had some eats with fellow members of Team…
Feed update
August 3, 2011, 1:16 pm: We have applied a temporary fix to the feed plugin as suggested by the plugin’s creator., so we’ll let the site run as is for…
Is CBC British Columbia Carrying Water For Pro-HST Forces?
SayWhatYouMeanAndMeanWhatYouSayVilleIn another non-story story from CBC Vancouver (wireless division), reported by Jeff Davies, it would appear that at least one pollster has no idea what is going to happen with…
defend free speech: help the canadian arab federation beat jason kenney in court
From Defend Free Speech:Help CAF beat Jason Kenney in federal court!An urgent appeal for support. Please make a donation today.Over two years ago, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney…
3968…Make Up Your Mind Victor Toews
The Minister of Keeping Our Streets Safe is p*ssed coz the CBC would not run photos of his thirty war criminals.This is the same guy from the same gang who…