‘Nucks or Bruins? Does Orr trump all?
For me, this is more complicated than it seems. I grew up just outside Parry Sound, Ontario – the birthplace and hometown of Bobby Orr – the best player EVAH!…
The NDP have become “Liberals in drag”
Give a guy free housing and he becomes the Tories’ new BFF. Careful Jack, your naked ambition is showing.
The Last Post
Well that's about a wrap for the Disgruntled Democrat. I've said pretty much all that I have to say about the political economy. In doing so, I have had the…
President Obama’s Fracking Panel Unmoved By Pennsylvanians’ Water Concerns
Picture-11.png On Monday, the Natural Gas Subcommittee, from Energy Department Secretary Stephen Chu’s Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), held its second public meeting. Around 400 people ...
Help Jeff Jedras Out
Just in case some Liberals missed it, please check out this post by Jeff Jedras on his proposed sub-amendment to give us a leadership race in the fall of 2012,…
What is Really Going on in Libya?
I can't help feeling that this so called "mission" in Libya is just more blood for oil. You can't save people by bombing them, and yet we are bombing the…
NBC/GE, Dylan Ratigan Show, and the Methane Gas-Media Industrial Complex
Dylan Ratigan firewater.png Yesterday, I published an article for the Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch titled, "MSNBC's (GE's) Dylan Ratigan Show 'Firewater?' Series: Natural Gas Industry...
IEN Protecting Mother Earth Conference North Dakota 2011…
Importance of Health and CultureJuly 28 - 31, 2011Hosted by the people of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara NationsLittle Shell Antelope Society Arbor - 4 miles w. of New Town, NDPre-RegistrationRegister…
NDP MP Fin Donnelly Reintroduces Bills on Salmon & Oil Tankers
This week in Ottawa, NDP MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam-Port Moody Fin Donnelly reintroduced two private members bills he authored last year. The first calls for a legislated ban on oil…
All according to plan
Oh, that poor, unfortunate Stephen Harper. If he could have counted on his party's Senate majority to allow its own institution to be reformed, he might have faced some pressure…
I really like it when writers encourage us to think about organizing in more layered ways…
...especially when it comes to in-fighting among those with common enemies. it's always better when issues are dealt with out in the open. hate whisper and covert ostracism campaigns. these…
My On Trek To Washington trip!
I will be going to Washington next week I hope to keep you posted on my voyage. You may recall the title of this post it comes from the famous…
Chantal Hebert mocks Marjory LeBreton’s pathetic attempt to rewrite history
I'm glad someone in the media is reporting on LeBreton's idiotic attempt to wage a war on the media, which ironically is composed of 90 percent conservative turd polishers.
Lobbyist Watch 2: Ministers for Sale
A couple weeks ago I started tracking new registrations by lobbyists, professional political activists who make their living attempting to make sure that politicians and top bureaucrats are at the…
Parliament In Review: June 14, 2011
With the debate over Libya taking up the time for debate, yesterday didn't see quite as much of a range of issues discussed as some previous days. However, there's still…
QP: Who answers the gay questions?
With a Canada Post lockout now in place, one would think that Jack Layton would begin question period by asking about it. But instead, he began with a fairly standard…
I miss my ITV
There is something missing in my TV schedule. The programing is the same but I no longer get that old rush of adrenalin about the 10 and 20 minute marks.…
Incomes in Canda – Booming and Busted
Today’s release of the annual Income in Canada report is Statistics Canada’s first word on the impact of the Great Recession on Canadians’ incomes. The report in The Daily was…
Is Civil Disobedience Catching On?
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Wait, now cell phones don’t cause cancer?
In a follow up to my recent post Don’t worry, cell phones still cause cancer, I saw this today: Fears about the safety of mobile phones are overdone. His reasoning…