DAY NINE: Platforms (part two)
In the previous post about media coverage of the NDP, my desire was to illustrate one of the many ways in which the media can help to marginalize ideas and…
Stephen Harper is working hard – People for Corporate Tax Cuts Canada
People for Corporate Tax Cuts Canada
CBC Calls Ronald Reagan a Dictator (New iPad App)
Dear fellow Canadians,I used to be a big fan of the CBC. But shows like Marketplace, TheFifth Estate and Rick Mercer never seemed to be TV worthy anymore(even with a…
Willing to Spring for Harvard, but Not the New York Times
In my experience, the cheapest people, demanding refunds,under-tippers, non-charitable, are the also the richest. So nosurprise then that a student at Harvard, perhaps the most over-priceduniversity in the world (think…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn't have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background.She is running for…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn’t have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background. She is running…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn't have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background.She is running for…
Stella Ambler, wtf? update…
update Upon reading my post after its appearance on Progressive Bloggers, I realised most wouldn’t have a clue who stella ambler is. Here is some quick background. She is running…
Tory majority still out of reach despite first-week gains, polls suggest – The Globe and Mail
Tory majority still out of reach despite first-week gains, polls suggest - The Globe and Mail http://goo.gl/5LaVs Thank God ! The Conservatives are projected to win 150 seats and 38.8…
Dobbin: Stephen Harper on “Our benign dictatorship”
Cross posted from Murray Dobbin's blog. Murray is a member of the Catch 22 Campaign team. ============================= I have just come across an article written by Stephen Harper and Tom…
Edmonton-Leduc NDP campaign diary, Day 9
About to leave for some more canvassing. Sign placement is going well. If you live in the riding and would like to have a lawn sign, please let me know…
Great blog. By the way, you are full of it.
Last week I was in Dallas, at the annual March meeting of the American Physical Society, attended by members of the Division of Condensed Matter and Computational physics. For different…
Green Party Canada: Week 1 of the 2011 Election Campaign
The Green Party is getting great publicity from their exclusion from the televised debate. They should have been ready to turn that into something electorally significant, instead of simply crowing…
Virtually Speaking Sundays: Maple Syrup Edition
VIRTUALLY SPEAKING SUNDAY APRIL 3 A Counterpoint to the Sunday Morning Talking Heads @4pm pacific|7pm eastern - DAN ELLSBERG & GLENN GREENWALD: WikiLeaks, the abuse of Bradley Manning and the…
Molly’sBlog 2011-04-03 15:52:00
CANADIAN POLITICS WINNIPEG: HARPER ESCAPES RIDICULE BY THE SKIN OF HIS TEETH: Here it was last Tuesday, and Molly was zipping along the roads of Winnipeg dodging the spring crop…
DAY NINE: Platforms (part one)
There's little chance that Jack Layton will get a fair reading of his platform and people's response to it from the mainstream Canadian media. A great example of this is…
Harper Party announces 2011 platform release date
For 2015-2016 if the budget is balanced. Maybe. Meanwhile, Michael Ignatieff and his Liberal team have put together a platform for families that aims to strengthen Canada through investment, education,…
election notebook
Some random thoughts on the election: Stephen Harper, who not so long ago touted himself as the champion of "open and accountable" government, will only answer five questions a day…
Election: First week roundup
Its been just over a week since the writ dropped and the 41st federal election was announced. Its been a wild one, to be sure. Here’s the Readers Digets version…
The Harper Legacy – Part 2
The Rise to Power, In Opposition and Before 2004 – 2006 When the 38th parliament fell in Nov 2005 the mantra from Mr Harper was about bringing in an “Open…