The Occupy Movement: A Puny Little “Ant” That’s Messing With The Corporations’ Way Of Life
“You let one ant stand up to us, then they ALL might stand up to us. Those puny little ants outnumber us a hundred to one. And if they ever…
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Support Occupy Wall Street Through Blog-Bombing
What is Blog-Bombing? The term is inspired by the concept of Tweet-Bombing, in which many Tweeters engage en masse in tweeting a particular message in order to fill the Tweetosphere…
Banks Refusing Your Money?
Did you know it’s possible to try and use your good credit, and functioning Visa or Master Card, and have the transaction refused for only $10? Try sending money to…
Redford’s Four Big Challenges
Challenge Number One: Her Caucus is Divided This problem is just a problem in terms of unity and cohesiveness of messaging: As premier Redford can buy the support of several…
Lisa Raitt sends labour relations back to the 1920s
When I first saw reference to this on Twitter I thought maybe it was some sort of hyperbole. Or that some progressive soul, like myself, prone to Swiftian rhetoric, had…
Occupy Wall Street vs the GOP leadership contest
Since the 2010 midterms, the dominant topic in American domestic politics has been on deficit reduction. The rhetoric built up for a while and then culminated in the twin crises…
RCMP or a BC Provincial Police
A friend of mine recently sent an email to his MLA, which I adapted and sent to my MLA, premier Christy Clark. Her office (or potentially her personally) responded below.…
Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively…
Thomas Mulcair in Vancouver
It looks like I’ll be getting my chance to meet Mr. Mulcair on his way through Vancouver. Care of the Vancouver-Quadra NDP Association, Mulcair will be appearing at Dentry’s Irish…
Rob-duh-Mayor…
…just doesn’t get it. When you are elected to public office – especially the Mayor of a major city - your civic responsibilities as Mayor usually take priority over your…
9-9-9 plan means MORE TAXES!
A new study shows what the 9-9-9 plan actually does. This study shows who will benefit and who will not benefit in this tax plan. Under the current policy there…
Occupy Council
Occupy Regina has a speakers series this Saturday to listen to and participate in. I’ve invited the Regina City Council. I encourage you to also contact them. If you live…
The media’s questionable coverage of the Occupy movement
It can't be said that the mainstream media isn't covering the Occupy Wall Street et al protests. Indeed, a major difference between these protests and so many others that came…
Molly’sBlog 2011-10-21 01:40:00
CANADIAN POLITICS:STOP PUBLIC HOUSING PRIVATIZATION IN ONTARIO:The following appeal is from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP).***************Stop the Sell Off of Toronto Community Housing!STOP THE SELL OFF OF TORONTO HOUSING!Statement…
Herman Cain’s motivations for running
In a leadership contest like the GOP one that has multiple contenders who have nearly zero chance of winning, it is worth investigating various possible other motivations they might have…
Electoral cooperation: Rebranding negative politics
Another thought has struck me regarding Nathan Cullen’s approach, and it goes beyond my opposition to his joint nomination meetings suggestion. His key statement and drive seems to be a…
Harper support unequal provinces.
Because Harper promised that Qubec's will not be under represented in the house of commons other provinces are going to suffer. Ontario instead of getting 18 new seats will only…
Thoughts on the Nevada GOP debate
This post is a collection of miscellaneous thoughts regarding the Nevada GOP nomination debate. There is no particular order or theme. Cain and 9-9-9: In the previous New Hampshire debate,…
Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base…