Getting It Wrong & Backwards

I was watching a news segment about yesterdays day of action this morning and heard the following statement out of a guy being interviewed that shows just exactly how much work the Aboriginal community has in front of them.

Gotta Get Mad About Something, I Guess

The URQs on Aboriginal Affairs, before and after the Day of Action.

Meanwhile, Up Where There Ain’t No Trains …

In the midst of all the grandstanding and chest thumping (on all sides), an Inuit hunter and a stubborn community give us some great news, with resonance for both the Day of Action AND Canada Day.

Climate Change Denial Exposed

If you have been feeling at all confused of late about all of the newfound media and right wing blog chatter about the “debate” surrounding climate change, then I invite you to visit the desmogblog.  Several weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a conference where one of the keynote speakers was James Hoggan.  [...]

Peaceful Protest

I will undoubtedly be in the minority on Editorial Board here at Stageleft this morning.  Both of my learned colleagues are experts in Aboriginal affairs.  I am not; not by a long shot.  My hat goes off the dozens of peaceful protests that will be conducted by First Nations across the country.  Decades of stupid [...]

Time To Get Tough On Immigration, Retroactively

Just in time for National Day of Being Confused About What Forms Of Protest Aren’t Actually Going To Annoy or Inconvenience Anybody, Drew Hayden Taylor presents a manifesto that surely both Aboriginal people and Persons of Pallor can all agree on.

Goddamn You

I can’t see much evidence these days that any religion infuses its believers with the sense of love that all claim lies at the core of their faith. But there’s no shortage of hatemongers preaching, praying, blogging or cursing in the name of their deity.

The Consummate Populist

CTV reports this evening that veteran Member of Parliament (MP) and former Liberal, Joe Comuzzi, has now joined the Conservative caucus. The only surprise here is that many guessed that Comuzzi, 74, would retire after the current session of Parliament. He has been an MP since 1988 and is a master of maintaining [...]

The Stageleft International Guide to French Fry Garnish

Whether thick-cut, shoestring, crinkle, curly, waffle-cut, wedge, bagged or boxed, the humble French Fry occupies a unique slot in our gastronomic landscape, from the terse austerity of the British “Chip” to the rococco, gallic exuberance of Québec’s poutine.

Out Of Town For A Bit

Am headed north for a few days (5 of them to be exact) and I’m not sure what sort of connectivity I’ll have while I’m there so activity may be light to non-existent until the week-end, and since I may go camping next week-end that advisory may be extended :-)

Thinking About Thinking

You may have sensed a powerful disturbance in the Force earlier this week. It was a surge of delight from the Bunker upon learning that we had been honoured with a “Thinking Bloggers Award”.

Open Trackback Sunday (The “I’m Too Old For That” Edition)

Send a trackback, leave a comment, or build a mountain and pontificate to the masses :-)

Bush Not Subject to Oversight Either

– and even if he didn’t specifically say so, in retrospect that’s what he meant, go ahead, ask him.

Your Two-Minute Hate In The Name of Love

A hideous, grinding speech, as of some monstrous machine running without oil, burst from the big telescreen at the end of the room. It was a noise that set one’s teeth on edge and bristled the hair at the back of one’s neck. The Hate had started.

George Orwell, 1984

Not Progressive Very Bad Ideas

Progressive Blogger DivaRachel has a post up about the Government of Australia trying to improve the lives of Aboriginal Australians by making it against the law for them to drink, or possess porn, and subjecting children to mandatory medical exams, in addition to…..

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