On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s…
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On The Benefits of Winning, In Canada
After reading this post on the future of the Liberal party from fellow DemReform blogger and every hopeful Liberal over at Curiosity Cat, I found my response turned into it’s…
Dead (or dead)
Although pains were taken to hide the identity of the SEAL Team Six officer who took part in last year’s raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, his true name was…
BREAKING! Republican National Convention Stunned As Ann Romney Asks For Divorce!
Richard Hughes Political Blogger First the threat of a hurricane, aka ‘A Sign from God” and then Ann Romney blows the convention wide open with news that she has had…
Since when was rape "legitimate"?
Just when we thought VP Joe Biden Jr had shot off his mouth yet again when he said that bank deregulation like what Mitt Romney is proposing would put Americans…
Romney: Assuring defeat with Paul Ryan?
Do Vice Presidential choices matter? For 97% of those who vote, no. But veep picks can often set the tone for the success or failure of a campaign or administration.…
Iran: Getting away with genocide, thanks to banks (maybe)
If the allegations about the British based bank Standard Chartered Bank PLC are true then a financial institution that has been at the forefront of a “corporate responsibility” campaign is…
Romney should audition for Keystone Kops with his mouth
Remember four years ago and Barack Obama’s goodwill tour of Europe — well before the Democratic convention — and how it brought out people in the tens of thousands; including…
Why Boy Scouts of America is allowed to discriminate: Comparing US and Canadian human rights laws
I recently expressed outrage over the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to continue banning members who were LGBT or atheists/agnostics. Ideally, groups like BSoA would be able to figure out…
A more realistic approach to limiting the influence of money in politics
Cenk Ugyur, host of the popular The Young Turks (a progressive, internet-based US politics show), frequently like to deride the pervasive and damaging influence of Big Money in US politics,…
Health Care Dissent: Here’s What The Conservative Wing Wanted To Happen
I find the entire argument conservatives are making against healthcare here so bizarre.As if healthcare were one type of market just like any other, it isn’t. First, we are talking…
Health Care Dissent: Here’s What The Conservative Wing Wanted To Happen
I find the entire argument conservatives are making against healthcare here so bizarre.As if healthcare were one type of market just like any other, it isn’t. First, we are talking…
US Supremes — courage in upholding health care
Who would have thunk it? The Chief Justice of the United States, John G. Roberts — and not Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy — proved to be the swing vote in…
Romney and the "M" word
CNN’s religion section notes today that W. Mitt Romney (W for Willard) still has a major hurdle to overcome on the road to the White House. His religion, Mormonism. Now…
Obama’s flip-flop for the good
I never thought I’d live to see the day, but finally a sitting US President — Barack Obama — has stated the obvious: Gays and lesbians should have the right…
Blast Furnace Canada Blog 2012-05-07 14:48:00
Today, David Frum in a column for CNN said the obvious, what most of us in the progressive movement have been saying — that Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican challenger…
i saw so much stupid, i got scared and ran away
I interrupt my Marxism 2011 notes to share with you a frightening vision. No, it wasn’t a vision. It was glimpse of horrifying reality. Last night I did a Twitter…
marxism 2011 program notes: workers fight back: lessons from wisconsin
These are my notes from the 2011 Marxism conference in Toronto. The series starts here. * * * * How can we stop the right?Christine Beckermann, member of ISMay 29,…