Social Ownership: the Position of the Socialist Party of Ontario
At the founding convention of the Socialist Party of Ontario the bulk of the day was given over to the resolutions and platform planks proposed by members from across Ontario.…
Some improvement.
My hockey skills improve … slightly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1sTRwxX2YQ That is J playing centre..
Another Russian Gay Pride March Ends In Violence
For the sixth consecutive year, Moscow has forbidden a peaceful gay rights demonstration from happening within the city, and for the sixth consecutive year, equal rights advocates have defied the…
Your world. Your choice. Your future.
Memorial University granted an honorary degree on Friday to Edsel Bonnell. As the official news release put it: “In essence a man with two careers, Mr. Bonnell has excelled at…
Shrugging off accountability
So, one of the items coming out of the G8 meeting last week was that Harper is going to “encourage” Parliament to vote to extend the Libya mission. It's a…
Reckless Rookie’s Road Map for Ontario Revealed
Redux: the diva loves alliteration. Here's what the Tim Hudak Tories are promising:• MONEY- Couple income splitting up to $50,000; family earning $70,000 could savealmost $1,400 a year- 5% income…
Germany says auf weidersehen to nuke plants
Germany's centre-right coalition announced this morning that it is getting out of the nuclear power business entirely. All seventeen of its plants will be closed by 2022 at the latest.…
More Green House Gases: What Are We Going to Do about It?
Lots of stuff this morning about the increase in carbon emissions in the last year. The International Energy Agency has just reported that Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for May 30, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Lockheed Martin hit by cyber attack - Americas, World - The Independent - http://goo.gl/jv5tyHackers hit PBS, post fake Tupac story…
land of the free, home of the expanding police state: adam kokesh arrest video
In case you haven't seen it yet. On May 28, 2011 Television host Adam Kokesh and several other activists participating in a flash-mob were arrested at the publicly-funded Thomas Jefferson…
Bryan Hayday (1952-2011)
I'm going to be away from blogging, probably for a while. My Dad, Bryan Hayday, passed away suddenly on Thursday night, at the age of 59.His obituaries are in the…
The Ron Paul Risk?
Ron Paul was a Libertarian for a long time now even ran for president as a Libertarian. Ron Paul surprised many skeptics last election getting a lot of money in…
The Harperites Faked A Climate Change Report You Say?
I'm shocked, shocked! Not really. In fact I would have been shocked if they told the truth. Cats are cats and sociopaths are sociopaths
And it’s over in Ontario for Tim Hudak
They're laughing at you, Mr. Hudak. That's a sign.
Watch from Russia: What would you do…?
As most of you have probably already heard, violence erupted in Moscow on May 28, when gay rights activists and their hateful far right opponents clashed at the sixth straight…
Great line of the day
From Kevin Drum via Steve Benen:“Every once in a while I feel like I’ve succumbed to partisan madness and need to back off and assume a bit more good faith…
Hintonburg Hub – Meeting Wednesday
Want to find out the latest about the Hintonburg Hub's quest for funding, and how you can help? Come to a public meeting on Wednesday, June 1, 7pm at the…
Ontario Conservative candidate George Lepp butt of Tweet hack?
I’ll be brief. An Ontario PC candidate who has 19 tweets up on his campaign twitter feed, winds up with a 20th tweet which was online for about 20 minutes…
Kung Fu Panda 2, Trail Walking and Conor’s Autism Progress
Conor Enjoyed Watching Kung Fu Panda 2 in 3D ... and so did Mom and Dad In the early evening Conor and Dad got some fresh air and enjoyed the…
You know what? I don’t have to be totally prepared
I was out riding again today. 128km to Almonte and back. It felt pretty good. And I may have had the best luck of my life with wind because I…