Why the Conservatives Are Stalled

In the spirit of public service and responsible, even-handed bloggery, this normally leftish facility is going to reveal to you why the Conservative Party has been so unsuccessful in winning over Canadian hearts and minds. I hope the senior CPoC policy wonks are listening. Pay close attention.
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Canadians want, need and deserve a [...]

News Flash: Canadians Mistrust Politicians

This is news? Who would have guessed that the numbers for either Martin or Harper were that high? Certainly not me…. I check my back pocket everytime I walk passed Parliament Hill just on general principles these days.
I could go on about how heartening it is to see Layton at the top of the heap, [...]

Suicide awareness group passes through Thunder Bay

Via Thunder Bay’s Source
It’s one step at a time for a group trying to raise awareness about continuing problems with suicide amongst first nation youth. Participants with the annual Youth Suicide Prevention Walk made a brief stop in Thunder Bay this weekend on their way to Ottawa.
This is the third year for the cross Canada [...]

Cross-country marchers promote awareness

From the Kenora Daily Miner and News
A day on the Trans-Canada Highway begins early for the small but dedicated group of marchers.
By Reg Clayton
Miner and News
Monday May 30, 2005
A day on the Trans-Canada Highway begins early for the small but dedicated group of marchers.
The eight walkers break camp after breakfast and by 9 a.m. they’re [...]

wOOt!!

I just got off the phone with the good people from Omni Film Group who called to make arrangements to have a consent form signed for Charlotte… they are doing a documentary series for the CBC titiled “Young Canadians Making A Difference” and will be hooking up with the group outside of Sudbury Ontario, and [...]

It Was Only A Matter Of Time

From the what-will-they-think-of-next department
This amazing device will answer all of your questions!

More Propoganda

We just tuned in to see what (Right)WingNut Bill O’Reilly has on the go this morning, we’re getting a best of Bill show with the usual anti-whatever format – this rerun includes some anti-Canadian spin where his guest Dr (I missed his last name – if I catch it I’ll edit it in) just announced [...]

Which Media Bias?

In an email this afternoon I was pointed to a page at OpEdNews titled The Insufferable Silence that opens with
How much is enough America? How much is enough before we stand up collectively and say, “No more”. America has become sedated, tranquilized by a corporate media that keeps the truth from coming to light on [...]

News From The Trail

Charlotte called this morning – it looks like they’ll be in Thunder Bay by tomorrow night and while she saws The 2005 Youth Suicide Prevention Walk is a very worthwhile project and has been a very positive learning experience she is looking forward to “being home” again.
In the extended text section is an article [...]

A Question

The following are a partial list of items gathered by the ACLU under US freedom of information legislation from US military documents

an Army captain took an Iraqi welder into the desert, told him to dig his own grave, verbally threatened to kill him and had other soldiers stage a shooting of the man.
A [...]

Diversity Is Confusing: Legal Opinion

According to Judge Cale J. Bradford, chief judge of the Marion Superior Court,
“There is a discrepancy between Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones’ lifestyle and the belief system adhered to by the parochial school. . . . Ms. Jones and Mr. Jones display little insight into the confusion these divergent belief systems will have upon (the [...]

One Mans’ Terrorist…

For reasons that Conservative Foreign Affairs critic Stockwell Day considers bizarre our Government has decided that The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran is now a terrorist organization. Otherwise known as the PMOI the organization was founded in 1965 as “a patriotic, Muslim and democratic organization” and while it has used military tactics they have not [...]

Is It A *REAL* Gulag?

Amnesty International says Guantanamo Bay is so lets take a look…… according to Wikipedia a gulag is
“The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps”) was the branch of the Soviet internal police and security service that operated the penal system of forced labour camps and associated detention and transit camps and prisons. While these [...]

The Last Star Wars Mystery

I was told that Revenge of the Sith would answer all my questions about the other five episodes, and by and large, it did. But one mystery remains.
If Yoda so great a Jedi Master is, why, after 800 years, a syntactically correct sentence in English formulate he cannot?

Say What?

(Right)WingNut Michael Savage:
Gay friendly equals child hostile
His on-air explaination made no sense….. anyone care to hazard a guess?

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