WTF…
… Is this new military logo for the Winnipeg Jets? Did the Harperites provide funding only if the owners adopted a warlike symbol for the new team? Crap. I really…
“No ‘elsewhere’ to go”
Friday, July 22, 2011 The Dene Tha’ First Nation has sought an order from the B.C. Supreme C...
Criminal Eyes: Is Toronto Sun Using Stock Photos on Its front Page?
This fellow seems to think so. Don't know what he's talking about re page 2, but that sounds interesting as well:So with Sun Media not being part of the Ontario…
The collapse of the moral universe of amerikkka…
from infoshop news...The Dark Future: America's DisappearedBy Chris HedgesDr. Silvia Quintela was “disappeared” by the death squads in Argentina in 1977 when she was four months pregnant with her first…
It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
The Christophers
Our "world class" tarsands PR monitoring plan
This week saw our federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers, minus Ontario, trot out a joint communique describing the tarsands as "sustainable and responsible", even as the Cons were simultaneously slashing the federal Canadian…
An observation of mine on the weather/climate change
When a cold snap or a blizzard hits the US deep South, those people who are climate change skeptics are quick to denounce “global warming” or “climate change” as being…
McFadyen and Crime
We know that Hugh McFadyen and some of his supporters think that issue of crime is a game, a ball to be taken out every once an awhile and played…
Oh, please
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission. I spotted this on the Facebook Wall of Faytene Grasseschi (the former Faytene Kryskow) on Tuesday. The “status” reads: Faytene Grasseschi…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, fine ‘n’ dandy
And look! He’s entertaining visits from some friends in high places…again: El Ecuadorable was there, along with Fidel and Raúl Castro. And it looks like a good time was had…
Global University Rankings
The European University Association (EUA) recently released a report they’d commissioned entitled Global University Rankings and Their Impact. The report was written by Andrejs Rauhvargers. According to the EAU, one…
Mayor Ford Says: Come To City Hall Thursday, July 28, 9:30AM
Well, well, well, normally an invite from Rob Ford would end up in my garbage quicker than a brochure to take out a subscription to the National Post. But sometimes…
Vancouver East MP Libby Davies joins the fight for an unmetered Internet
In a letter sent today, Vancouver East MP Libby Davies encouraged her constituents to join her in signing the Stop The Meter petition. The Deputy Leader for the NDP writes:…
On the Green Party platform.
Finally -- for now, at least, until the Tories and NDP release the rest of their platforms, and the Libs release anything at all -- I'm going to take a…
Pigheadedness Makes us Uncomfortable
Every summer, the topic comes up: why don't we have AC on Montreal's public transit. The basic answer is that our pigheaded mayor, Gérald Tremblay insists that it's too expensive…
Pigheadedness Makes us Uncomfortable
Every summer, the topic comes up: why don't we have AC on Montreal's public transit. The basic answer is that our pigheaded mayor, Gérald Tremblay insists that it's too expensive…
Same old story, slash-and-burn edition
So can Canadian progressives agree that eliminating environmental regulators is generally a short-sighted move which prioritizes a foolish focus on slashing government gratuitously over a society's long-term well-being?Of course, I…
Government Site Black Balls Dion’s Senate Reform Op-ed
A Parliament of Canada web page intended to provide information on the Harper Government's Senate reform legislation has mysteriously omitted Stephane Dion's opinion piece for the Edmonton Journal, "Senate Plan…
Could News Corp. Double Agent Neil Wallis Be Behind Climategate Hacking?
Olbermann-Murdoch.jpg As if this week's Rupert Murdoch Phone-Hacking Scandal wasn't enough, it now appears that the University of East Anglia CRU email hacking scandal (a.k.a. Climategate) might ...