Obert Madondo: For the next US president, Ron Paul is my choice
“I’m not an American. I’m a Canada-based citizen of the world. And an unapologetic progressive. If I’d half the chance to pick the next president of the United States, I’d…
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In the US, ‘progressive’ is the king of all political labels
Here is some good news for you progressives in Canada and elsewhere in the world. Americans dig the term “progressive”. A new poll from the Pew Research Center for the…
A Leaky New Year
Anonymous has cracked into Stratfor. What’s that? It’s a Shadow CIA that kept customer’s credit card info unencrypted and allowed mysterious “Robin Hood Hackers” access to millions of sensitive emails.…
Conservative MP seeks to open emotive abortion debate
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made it clear his government will not reopen the abortion debate. But Stephen Woodworth, the Conservative MP for Kitchener Centre wants to reverse course. And…
“End Medicare?” How Phony Bipartisanship Created a Fact Checking Disaster
pinocchio.jpg Just last week, I wrote about the core problem facing the new breed of political fact-checkers: The political right is more factually wrong, meaning that taking a strictly “bipartisan”…
Wind Through The Ears
The Windmill NIMBYs are in Saskatoon now. While other countries are getting rich off green jobs and renewable energy sources, we have old farts who are looking gift horses in…
The Climate-Media Paradox: More Coverage, Stalled Progress
who speaks for the climate.jpg For those of us who care about global warming, 2006 and 2007 felt like pretty good years. Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize for…
TVO’s The Agenda: Hope for the Holidays – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
We will be able to hold our heads high before the judgement of history if we can reply that in our season, we held on to hope, we put aside…
TVO’s The Agenda: Hope for the Holidays – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
We will be able to hold our heads high before the judgement of history if we can reply that in our season, we held on to hope, we put aside…
POS Canadian Government
WARNING: This blog post uses frank ideas that may offend idiots. The CBC link contained inside it contains a language warning, even though the offensive word is “shit”, and it’s…
Lies Don’t Matter
There may be no way to get fired from a cabinet job in the Harper Government. Well, unless Peter MacKay takes off his shoes and throws them at a helicopter…
Canadian Banks Made Millions from Illegal Secret Fed Loan
The other day I saw a video of Dennis Kucinich, an American Congressman, reviewing a scandal which I thought was years old. It was actually breaking news with important new…
TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being…
TVO’s The Agenda: To Lead or to Serve – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
Over the past quarter century, political parties have too often lurched away from being mass movements of individual Canadians sharing a common vision of the public good, and towards being…
That Annoying Twitter Access
I’ve seldom seen a journalist whine so much about politicians who are too accessible to the public. Look no further, you can find them in the Calgary Herald. Mayor Nenshi…
Banks Plotting To Undermine Protesters and Politicians
This should be unsurprising to those familiar with the HB Gary Scandal involving an attempt to smear WikiLeaks. We’ll have to see if this latest plot is smashed by Anonymous,…
Free Egypt, Free Syria from Regina
Protesters are clashing with authorities in Egypt’s Tahrir Square again. This video’s screenshot amazed me. Occupy Regina supported the Freedom for Syria rally in Victoria Park today.
No Engagement – Occupy Regina to be Occupy City Hall
Mayor does not want to engage the protestors Mayor Pat Fiacco maintained on CJME’s Morning News on Monday, he would not engage the protestors. “We’re busy, we’re very, very busy…
Occupy Regina – Private Security Doing Police Work
While the Occupy Regina protesters were stationed 24/7 in Victoria Park, I felt safe going there. Many people I know do not feel safe in Downtown Regina at night, and…
Occupy Links
Some random links about Occupy Regina and OWS in general: November 17 is going to be a big day in the Occupy Wall Street movement. The stock exchange may never…