About protest
Johann Hari writes about the proof that protest works: : The first ever attempt to hold a Gay Pride rally in Trafalgar Square was in 1965. Two dozen people turned…
The NDP were probably better at fiscal management
http://bit.ly/lkkmoS "Hard spending decisions have never been a hallmark of Mr. Harper's governments, which have cut taxes, dramatically increased the number of civil servants, driven up spending, eliminated the surplus…
The view from here
Mom mallard and 15 newborns stopped by for a snack.
Nanos Poll – End of the Bloc
Nanos has a new poll out with very slight changes for all the parties, except it shows the Bloc literally collapsing before our eyes. Topline numbers are 39.7% Con, 29.9%…
On fading reasons
There's plenty to catch up on in Canadian politics from the past week, and I'll try to cover the biggest news over the next couple of days. But let's start…
michael moore: canadians need to get in touch with their inner hockey stick
Did you hear Michael Moore has offered our hero Brigette DePape a job? I hope she has many such excellent opportunities coming her way. A young woman with that much…
Morton Is Wrong: Dissident Page Rawks
Grandstanding does work. The babilicious Brigette DePape did it and she's become internationally famous and probably refusing more job offers in the last day than James Morton gets in a…
racist bus ad in mississauga, part two: we win!
Remember this? I wrote about this here. Thanks to the tireless efforts of my comrade Peter, we were able to organize the requisite five complaints needed to trigger a City…
Cross-Border Talks and Cybersecurity Law Consultation Ended
You are not alone if you did not even know there was a public consultation on cross-border talks. Link to Pirate Party of Canada Press release: Transparent Public Consultation Needed…
Polling Since June 1978
Here's a fun look at the Canadian electorate's waffling since before Joe Clark was Prime Minister: You can view raw data here. I only managed from 1978 to 2001, since…
Liberals and Greens
Hello. I am Teddy. I am the admin of Riding by Riding, and, a new contributor to this blog. I am a liberal. I've always been a liberal. The problem…
Michael Moore hearts Brigette DePape – “the best contempt of Parliament ever!”
This will blow a few more wingnut gaskets. Good for Michael Moore for pointing out the facts of our apathetic public participation in voting responsibly. And good for an American…
A Memo to David Akin
On the Hill: Memo to Brigette: There are no shortcuts in politics. It takes long, dull, dreary work http://bit.ly/mC2SsL Everything you argue is based on the premise that political activity…
It’s Not Brigette DePape, It’s Our MPs
Can you believe there was someone in Parliament who acted rude? That a person would interrupt everything and everyone to grandstand? Can you imagine that? How juvenile does a person…
Ralliers March To Preserve Blair Mountain And Stop Mountaintop Removal
mountaintop-removal-mining-video.jpg This week, hundreds of marchers will convene in the West Virginian wilderness to walk over 50 miles in 5 days. Organized by Friends of Blair Mountain and A...
Arkansas Families Launch Lawsuits Against Southwestern For Polluting Their Water; New Brunswick Is Open For Drilling
Oilwell (WinCE).jpg Houston-based Southwestern Energy Co. is facing more lawsuits because of destructive hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) practices. Southwestern is already accused of conta...
Should getting tough on crime include jailing drug users?
So the Harper Conservatives want to get tough on crime, including the building of new super jails. The question of course begs, with crime rates falling who's going to fill…
Wegman Report: Not just plagiarism, misrepresentation
wegman98-2.jpg New Mashey Report Drills into Academic Misconduct The 2006 Wegman Report to Congress, already under investigation for extensive plagiarism, also appears to be guilty of falsificati...
Sunday drive-by blogging
With thanks to pogge for the blog post title. Meant to describe shorter, list-style blog posts that raise issues in a glancing sense, not a violent one by any means!…