The Harper regime targets @frankejames
Franke James » Blog Archive » Canadian Government Tries to Silence Franke JamesWe can't really say we're surprised, now, can we. Subtle and not-so-subtle threats, putting the squeeze on NGOs…
Coal Ash Ponds Contaminating Groundwater In Tennessee
The Inspector General of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) released a new report showing that coal ash holding sites at several TVA-owned coal-fired power plants has managed to contaminate groundwater.…
No Jonathan Kay, Mark Steyn is not a “thoughtful, mainstream thinker”
Today’s NatPo column by Jonathan Kay shows how he is as guilty as any right wing journalist in exploiting the current climate of fear and hate against the left. He…
Glenn Beck Compares Dead Norwegian Kids to Hitler Youth
There is no form of life lower than Glenn Beck."...the rightwing US broadcaster and Tea Party favourite, has compared those who were massacred on the Norwegian island of Utøya to…
Norway and the Bigot Bastards
As Norway mourns its dead. And sorrow turns to anger.The right-wing monsters of this world continue to try to turn tragedy into triumph, by blaming Muslims for the massacre.Or condemning…
Bell’s Magic Man: Jim Prentice
It appears that Bell is expecting rough regulatory waters ahead. Following their faltering, and rather unpopular proposal for aggregated volume pricing (AVP) at this month’s UBB hearings, Bell has recruited…
Get well soon Jack
On behalf of Progressive Bloggers, I’d like to wish Jack Layton a speedy and successful recovery in his newest battle with cancer. Canadian politics is a duller place without you.
Boom goes the dynamite?
So the Republicans have screwed the pooch on raising the debt ceiling and Obama is speaking to the nation tonight.With any luck, he'll tell the Republicans to sit on it…
moby duck: "that’s the difference. there are things afloat now that will never sink."
I've re-started reading Moby Duck. I don't know if this ever happens to you, but sometimes if I pick up a book at a particularly busy time when I don't…
My Central Tension in Moral Philosophy
It would be nice to be able to say that my moral leanings followed a consistent system of moral belief and didn't leave central questions such as the source of…
No Jonathan Kay, Mark Steyn is not a "thoughtful, mainstream thinker"
Today's NatPo column by Jonathan Kay shows how he is as guilty as any right wing journalist in exploiting the current climate of fear and hate against the left. He…
Jack Layton’s antecedents – a remarkable political family
Jack Layton's father Robert was a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister. His grandfather Gilbert was a cabinet minister in the Unione Nationale government of Maurice Duplessis. Finally, Layton is related to…
Get well and give them hell!
If you don't like Jack, you don't know shit
EDL Co-Founder Paul Ray Denies Being Anders Breivik’s "English Mentor", Names Names
Mr. Day objects to my speculation, and offers some of his own:Ive been perplexed about this all day due to how serious the nature of being linked to a political…
Tim Hudak’s candidate’s comment on abortion
Since Dammit Janet! helped vault Hudak’s position on abortion into the internet stratosphere, I’ve been reading the various blogs and MSM articles on same and I was struck by a…
You Shall Overcome
From one old folkie to another ...
And You Still Think That We Are Not Slipping Into An Extreme Right Wing Paradise Here In Canada???
The following comments were screen captured before the Toronto SUN closed comments on its Jack Layton story earlier today:(Click to enlarge)H/t to Youstayclassy blog ...
Michael Coren and Glenn Beck
Each other’s evil twin. Nothing gladdens the heart of the exterminationist Right more, after all, than an island full of dead progressive kids. ...
Bob Rae, Opposition Leader?
I wish a speedy and complete recovery for Mr. Layton. That said, I wonder if it is only me who immediately wondered whether the NDP, looking for an interim leader…