Canadian Election In Action

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 3:40 PM PDT

2008/10/09 · 15:40

As Canada wraps up its election after the (Canadian) long weekend of Thanksgiving, the United States is still in the midst of a campaign. While I've been following the American election with great interest, the Canadian election is much more personal and so it gets more attention.

The most significant development in the Canadian election campaign, for me, has been the surge in public awareness of the Green Party of Canada. In the first week of the campaign more than a month ago, the Greens dominated headlines most days due to a miscalculation by the New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, and Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper, who threatened the media with a boycott should they invite Green Party leader Elizabeth May to the televised leaders debate. The ensuing outrage from the Canadian public changed Layton's and Harper's minds, and the Greens made history by participating in the debate.

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Monday August 14, 2006 · 9:36 AM PDT

2006/08/14 · 09:36

Cross Posted to Abandoned Stuff.

Air travel is about to get crazier.

"Passenger [sheep] Doreen says she trusts authorities to do whatever it takes to prevent mid-air tragedies, including banning cameras and cell phones from aircraft cabins." - CJME.com

Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, in retaliation against the blogosphere for criticizing him for getting a pilot fired when the captain asked Harper to put away his cell phone for the flight, is making sure no blogger gets pictures on a plane, or any other person gets to keep their cell phone. Take that Free Canada! Read More

IAmNotAfraid.ca anti-terrorism wanking?

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Thursday June 15, 2006 · 11:02 AM PDT

2006/06/15 · 11:02

I've been critical of the popular terrorism awareness website iamnotafraid.ca created in part by blogger and journalist Warren Kinsella. To properly depict its true value in the fight against terrorism,

I've created IJustWetMyPants-.-ca on my blog. The British "wearenotafraid" website effort after the London bombings last year was the inspiration for Kinsella's site, and his site is now my inspiration.

Armed with a powerful photo and a simple contest, I think my campaign can only gain in poopularity. Try not to pee yourself laughing, as that might show the terrorists your fear.
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Canadian dollar soars against the US greenback

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Tuesday May 02, 2006 · 11:26 PM PDT

2006/05/02 · 23:26

Tuesday the American dollar closed down nearly another half cent against the Canadian dollar known affectionately as "the loonie". What does this mean? Americans will have a harder time travelling out of the country as their money is worth less in other places. It also becomes more expensive to import products from countries with stronger currencies. Over the past year the Loonie has risen about 5% against the US$, meaning the Canadian exports are suffering while importers in the States either have to buy less from the north, or take an expense hit they can't avoid.
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Vast Left Wing Conspiracy site grows

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Saturday April 22, 2006 · 11:35 AM PDT

2006/04/22 · 11:35

I've written previously about the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy (VLWC) and how the non-Right presence on the web needs to grow. Many of the blogs most read by bloggers are authored or controlled by conservative or ultra-conservative blowhards that couldn't give a damn about social issues that even affect people in their own family.
VLWC is open to all bloggers from english speaking countries, who have a progressive and non-conservative theme to them. It now has a new URL at vastleftwingconspiracy.net and it features member blog entries automatically on the front page. To increase your blog readership, or take the pulse of Left or Center spectrum bloggers, head on over.

The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy blog aggregator

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Wednesday March 22, 2006 · 7:29 PM PST

2006/03/22 · 19:29

A vast right-wing conspiracy has taken power in the United States, and is a force online, but where besides Daily Kos are non-conservatives gathering to share their non-conservative thoughts? A friend of mine saw that there was a need for a Vast Left Wing Conspiracy (VLWC), and taking the posts from liberal democrats around the world he's made a gathering point for bloggers to connect and thus conspire.
Kos was talking about a VLWC almost a year ago about how the Democrats won't get anywhere until action groups like MoveOn co-ordinate their messages with other action groups. Now that there's a blog aggregator available for any non-conservative blogger in the world to feature their material on, I encourage more "Conspirators" to join the online conspiracy to take back the western nations from conservatives parties that have lied to voters, and eroded our civil rights.

Congressmen Kept Informed of Illegal Bush NSA Wiretap Spying

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Tuesday January 24, 2006 · 7:06 AM PST

2006/01/24 · 07:06

Key Congressmen Kept Informed of Illegal Bush Spying
"Bush also said he kept key members of Congress informed.

"You know, it's amazing that people say to me, 'Well, he was just breaking the law.' If I wanted to break the law, why was I briefing Congress?" Bush said, apparently referring to former Vice President Al Gore's accusation last week that he was "breaking the law" by authorizing the program.

"These are not phone calls within the United States," Bush said. "This is a phone call of an al Qaeda, known al Qaeda suspect, making a phone call into the United States. "
Mr. Bush, are you trying to get some Congresmen in trouble too by tattling on them knowing about your crime and their doing nothing to stop you? I'd like to know who those Congressmen are, and I think the American people would like to know too.

Rice talks the talk, but doesn't Walk the Walk.

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Tuesday October 25, 2005 · 12:37 PM PDT

2005/10/25 · 12:37

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has today claimed that the US government's word "has been as good as gold in international dealings and agreements". The price of gold must have bottomed out recently, because Americans owe Canada $4 Billion USD, and Bush has no intention of paying it back.

Rice is in Ottawa to talk trade and other issues. The softwood lumber dispute has been raging for years now, with the USA charging illegal tariffs and duties when they were prohibitted from doing so by the negotiated NAFTA agreement more than 15 years ago. Read More

Ontario adopts Bush Daylight Savings Time

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Thursday October 20, 2005 · 9:58 PM PDT

2005/10/20 · 21:58

You may recall that the United States of America is going to stay on Daylight Savings Time for several weeks longer in the name of saving energy. Well, Ontario is the first Canadian province to cave into the stupid change. More are sure to follow Bush's frivolous attempt at "energy conservation".

This time change is such a boondoggle. This is a make work project for computer programmers, and a trick to fool the unthinking into feeling that Bush is doing something to tackle oil use.

Here're some facts:

- The amount of oil predicted to be saved over the several weeks involved in the time shift, is less than all of the oil the USA uses in a SINGLE day*. [*Look at July 20, 2005 entry for the math proof.] Read More

Clinton, H. speaks out against inappropriate museum at WTC site

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Sunday September 25, 2005 · 9:44 PM PDT

2005/09/25 · 21:44

http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/US_Congress/Attacks_Museum.html
"Sen. Hillary Clinton is opposing a freedom museum planned for ground zero, citing concerns raised by the families of the World Trade Center victims who say the proposed museum would dishonor the dead."

I agree that a museum discussing the political aftermath of the terrorist attack in New York, is a bad move that doesn't respect the true nature of the deaths of those people. They were not soldiers in the cause of freedom, they were innocent passengers and business-people who died senselessly. To put a museum up to honour the hijacked meaning of the event that Bush's crowd pushed upon the world, is indeed dishonourable. September 11, 2001, has as much to do with the war in Iraq as September 10, 2001.

Canadian warships leaving Gulf coast

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Tuesday September 20, 2005 · 8:08 PM PDT

2005/09/20 · 20:08

I'm not certain what the ships will do when Rita, the next storm hits shortly, but I have a feeling they'll be headed to another US coastal region before long. Their primary mission of cleaning up using mostly manual labour in the Gulf was wrapped up quicker than initially planned for, and aid supplies were delivered weeks ago, so as long as there's no other crisis in the world, I think the Canadian Navy should stay helping Americans clean up if they are welcomed. As a Canadian, I'm proud of my armed forces, and want it to improve its reputation south of the 49th parallel by doing good deeds whenever possible.

A Canadian Press story on the ships pulling out, is posted below: Read More

Canadian effort in disaster zone impresses locals

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 11:29 PM PDT

2005/09/15 · 23:29

News from the UK has reported what Canadians have heard for a week now, that a rescue team from British Columbia on Canada's west coast, arrived to help save lives in stricken flood zones several DAYS before the US Army arrived on the scene. Clearly this demonstrates a failure of the US military to protect and save its own citizens. Read More

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