Duncan the Dogcat, living the good life
Duncan and his Vet, January 2008Ever since I adopted Duncan from the Humane Society, I’ve referred to him as a Dogcat. Half dog, half cat. Right from Day One. He…
Support The Strikes To Defend Pensions
Usually even the mention of Margaret Wente's name can ruin my day but her article in today's Globe & Mail is actually not too bad in terms of laying out…
NDP: the kids are all right, redux
My fears were unfounded. Surprisingly good accent, too. Bravo! ...
White Water, Black Gold
You can’t practice abstinence while running a brothel. Yet politicians of almost all stripes talk simultaneously about developing the Alberta oil sands while getting serous about reducing carbon emissions. Sound…
When It Comes to Expertise, You Can Always Fight a Guerilla War
Gorillas-fight.jpg You know how conservatives always have those big sign-on letters, listing X number of experts who disagree with evolution, or don’t think global warming is human caused? ...
Bad Nurse! Bad!
I guess my venting, raging post the other day offended and/or ticked some people off, or at least the use of the strong language did. No sooner had I posted…
VIDEO: Stephen Harper Announces Manning Centre’s New Findings 16 Years Ago
Recently, Preston Manning wrote a column outlining the results of an extensive poll done for the Manning Centre for Building Democracy. The poll was designed with the intention of better…
Incomes and the Recession
Today’s Statscan release “Incomes of Canadians” provides data for 2009 and a partial reading on the impacts of the recession. (I say partial because the 2008 annual average data were…
For Women, The Worst Countries On Earth
There are plenty of countries where it's no blessing to be born female but there are some where it's bloody awful. The worst, the very worst country is - why…
But she describes it so calmly…
FBI to Expand Domestic Surveillance Powers as Details Emerge of Its Spy Campaign Targeting ActivistsCivil liberties advocates are raising alarm over news the FBI is giving agents more leeway to…
First They Came For Our Slaves, Now They’ve Come For Our Coal.
Those goddamned Yankees! Far right Republican jackass, Senator Mitch McConnell, says the federal government is at war in the South again. "They have declared war, war on Kentucky's coal industry."…
Spend ‘em if ya got ‘em: the Alberta version
In light of the suggestion the provincial government needs a blue ribbon panel of experts to decide how to safeguard the provincial economic future, take a look at what is…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 15, 2011
Today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Exclusive: Judge Bars Woman From Suing Over Faulty Google Map - http://goo.gl/6cH1m Justice Department Accused of ‘Reckless Technique’ -http://goo.gl/iBBrMQueen of S&M talks…
Tar sands threat to First Nations – the world’s dirtiest oil
Good read on the Conservative and oil companies war on indigenous peoples.
I don’t bother to post about kkkanadian politics much but…
this one's a doozy...from dawg's blawg...Extreme? Consider: if I feed you poison, drop by drop, day by day, knowing full well that eventually you could die an excruciating death, what…
OpenMedia.ca campaign update from the Hill
As many of you know, we at OpenMedia.ca recently released a comprehensive report that establishes the need for the principle of openness to guide digital policy in Canada. We had…
This book looks like it could be useful…for some…people…
who are struggling with what it means to be Black, African, socially/historically/politically conscious and sexual.from fahuma books and pambazuka press...‘African Sexualities’ is a groundbreaking new volume, forthcoming from Pambazuka Press.…
Media Advisory: MPs to Discuss Digital Future with OpenMedia.ca on Parliament Hill
SONReport_Globe.png WHO: Reilly Yeo - Reilly Yeo is the Managing Director of OpenMedia.ca and editor of the report Casting an Open Net: A Leading-Edge Approach to Canada’s Digital Future. ...
Go Canucks…and a few other things
It's the big Canucks game day and all so people are likely not going to be very interested in Canadian politics. But some big things are happening that bear mentioning.…
Stephen Hoover?
The Hill Times reports this morning that the axe has begun to fall. Tony Clement, the Minister of Austerity, has declared that the government plans to chop $10.4 billion from…