Contemplating the Jays and Democracy
Right now we’re determining who the best baseball team is in the AL East, over 5 games played over more than 5 days. The winner will go on to play…
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Advance polls are open. Be sure to get out and vote.
From here, you can smell the fear.
There was a candidates meeting the other evening for the federal election candidates in the local electoral district. It was this national election in microcosm. The event in a church…
What’s in Store for Canada
In 2011 Harper ‘won’ a majority government on the heels of lying to Parliament about the true cost of the #F35 boondoggle (which we still don’t have a plane from),…
Just Try and Vote, I Dare Ya..!
Just got back from voting ..had to wait an hour. The advance polls here in Victoria (on the People’s Republic of Vancouver Island) are showing us, first hand, how Harper…
Just Try and Vote, I Dare Ya..!
Just got back from voting ..had to wait an hour. The advance polls here in Victoria (on the People’s Republic of Vancouver Island) are showing us, first hand, how Harper…
Is NATO Chastising Russia Because They’re Beating ISIS?
Do we really understand who the ‘good guys’ and ‘bad guys’ are in the Middle East? Maybe we need to pull back for a few moments to reevaluate what we’re…
Agony Amidst the Ecstasy
I think of my greatest heroes, the people I admire and respect the most – Martin Luther King Jr., Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voltaire, Thoreau, Emerson, Walt Whitman, Blake,…
A sinking world, and sane responses to it
My country is sinking like a rock (for reasons of corporate oligarchy, neoliberalism, corporate rights agreements, and an addiction to oil revenues and the politics of a resource extraction-based economy,…
Say’s Law – Supply Creates Demand
“A well-known dictum of macroeconomics is Say’s Law: that supply creates demand.” I independently discovered this, I didn’t know it was called Say’s Law. Before I created the Pet Foil…
This Guy Came Asking For A Job Renewal Today …
Let’s take Stephen Harper’s attack ad on Justin Trudeau and treat this election like a job interview …
Election Numbers … Yes, We’re That Close
Swing ridings hold the key to the October 19 election. PLEASE discover all you can about the leading progressive candidate in your riding and consider helping Leadnow within the next…
Composure Under Pressure…..
I am trying with great difficulty to ignore the current campaign for a new Parliament and, if there is any justice, a new PM. I have been also trying, somewhat…
Composure Under Pressure…..
I am trying with great difficulty to ignore the current campaign for a new Parliament and, if there is any justice, a new PM. I have been also trying, somewhat…
Reasons I Can’t Vote Conservative
Originally posted on jadecypress: Some of you are aware that I am fairly active on Twitter, which is my social media of choice. (@CBCGardener, if you’re looking for me there.)…
Local Ontario Debates on Rogers #elxn42
Looking for local debates for Canada’s Federal Election 42? See them here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC22i7hNE51BtJRF7HnFN_Ag/videos
A Closer Look At Stephen Harper’s #barbaricculturalpractices
#barbaricculturalpractices are everywhere. Especially when you fund the companies that help Saudis do the deed.
BREAKING: Federal Court of Appeal F-U to Stephen Harper’s Campaign of Hate
Now that a piece of fabric can’t be used as a wedge issue, how will Stephen Harper and the Conservatives distract Canadians from the real issues like corruption, fraud, economic…
Another Conservative “cover-up”
It’s bad enough that there’s no sight of Conservative candidates campaigning to public crowds in Regina, but Conservative-friendly orgs are also trying to cover-up their interview contents. Sloppiest. Cover-up. Ever.…
Nostalgia for the era of the monster rally.
As the ground game became more important in Canadian politics during the second half of the 20th Century, the monster rallies for the major parties lost their importance. The work…