REAL Women of Canada, and the naked far-right truth.
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Evidence for Democracy: A Group Championing Fact-Based Policy
Evidence for Democracy is a new organization in Canada that wants government policy to based on reality. The federal Canadian Conservative government (which openly hates the environment) continually cuts finding…
Worker Ownership for the 99%- Press Conference
The corporate model has failed society miserably as far as fairness, democracy, equity and responsibility is concerned. One well established and successful co-op model has been established in Mondragon. Word…
In U.S dead people can donate to political parties
So there is a life after death after all and one can remain active politically even after his/her death. The soul is still hovering around. Only in U.S. eh!!! graphit/Shutterstock…
Walter Benjamin – The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Probably the most important essay I have ever read in terms of becoming an artist, and understanding the political and art historical aspects of Photography. “ The uniqueness of a…
Mike Duffy Wants The Truth Known?
Is he just really bad at figuring out where his legal primary residence is? Is Duffy a victim of Harper PMO corruption? Seems like a willing victim until just recently.
Aaron Sorkin’s Commentary on Occupy Wall Street.
Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom is dealing with the topic of Occupy Wall Street, and while I loved the Occupy Movement, I’m forced to admit that Sorkin makes some pretty good…
Confessions of a Climate Change Denier
Yotam Marom, a political organizer, activist, educator, musician, and writer based in New York City, explains how the “Armageddon” narrative around climate change fuels denial. The post Confessions of a…
Libertarians return to school
The Wall Street Journal published an article this week that, in line with its usual far-right stance, argued that a libertarian approach to education is far superior to the American…
So I’ve Been Nominated –
Samara — a non-partisan group focused on involving more people into the political process — has nominated yours truly for its Everyday Political Citizen Project. As a young man of…
Sen. Brazeau’s fraudulent expense claims a breach of trust: RCMP
Senator Patrick Brazeau fraudulent Senate living and travel and expense claims are a breach of trust, according to a sworn RCMP affidavit filed in an Ottawa court on Thursday. The…
How To Beat Corporate Newspaper Pay Walls-Free Radio-TV & Alternate Media Options
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Like many of you I check the news, email etc. in the morning with a few cups of coffee. It is a nice way to…
Atheist and Republicans
I haven’t had time yet to deal with a piece of nonsense from last week on Canadian Atheist. The arguments put forward by the Monarchist League of Canada are entirely…
Some of the PCPO MPPs are being just plain ol’ scumbags today…
Like this guy, for example: I’m pretty sure that no one has been convicted of an offence. I guess Mr. Bob Bailey MPP doesn’t really care about stuff like “charges”…
Aggressive Cop Loses to Skateboarder
There might be a better way to entertain kids who want to skateboard in a city, other than yell at them, push them, and make their desired outdoor fun illegal.…
E Day in Ottawa South!
Woot! Come on everyone! Woot with me! I just don’t “get” people who don’t get excited about elections. It is the one tangible time when we, as citizens, can choose…
All the Hilarious Hypocrite Holyday Memes in One Place! #pcpo #onpoli #HypocriteHolyday #PoorSteveRyan
Before Doug Holyday was officially parachuted in as the Etobicoke-Lakeshore Conservative candidate, we had Steve Ryan, affectionately known as Poor Steve Ryan. The guy found out by Twitter he was…
First Report of Voter Turnout in Ontario By-Elections – Dismal #onpoli
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral…
The Ontario Conservative Party’s Hail Mary #pcpo #onpoli
Yesterday, the Conservative Party of Ontario released copies of emails it obtained that showed that Ontario Liberal staffers wanted to pressure the Speaker of the legislature into reversing his decision…
On Liberty and Death
One of the reasons I advocate for restrictions on personal freedom as a means to save our species from extinction is that I need my own behaviours to be externally…