Canada Line P3: More Lies
It was surreal hearing about the block party on Cambie Street on the weekend when “thousands of pedestrians took to the street to celebrate the completion of the Canada Line.” Was it designed by TransLink to keep the Cambie merchants from starting any more lawsuits? Celebrating the completion of the Canada Line? Right. As many [...]
No More Strategic Voting: Thanks STV!
This election will see the last strategic vote you will ever need to cast in a provincial election in BC. STV is polling quite high and I expect it to pass. This means that you no longer have to plug your nose voting for someone to keep someone else from running the place. And it [...]
Vindicating Politics, Re-Spun
It was nice to read Allen Garr’s piece last Wednesday in the Courier. It sure helps that he’s one of the handful of good journalists in the province, and this piece shows why. Essentially, he’s reporting on how national media skipped their fact-checking and trusted a highly biased civic blog that reported completely incorrect information [...]
NDP 6, Liberals 1, Plus 2 Doses of Fear
The week ended very, very badly for the Liberals, particularly Gordon Campbell, John Les, John van Dongen, Marc Dalton, Laura McDiarmid, Jesse McClinton. These 6 Liberals could provide very good news for the NDP, far more than Ray Lam’s resignation provided for the Liberals. They now have a scandal cloud over 6 of their candidates, and [...]
Poor Bashing in the BC Liberals’ Online Store
I was so annoyed listening to Gordon Campbell pull a Sarah Palin [I hear your question, but I think I'll just talk about this instead] on the leaders debate on CKNW this morning when asked about poverty reduction strategies. He talked about how he loves to help create high paying jobs and that the average [...]
VANOC’s Olympic-Sized Paranoia and Belligerence
Surrey man, 73, gets police visit after writing Vanoc “These are Gestapo tactics, and nobody, and I mean nobody, is going to stop me from speaking my mind.” “The instant questions that arise are around free expression. And then quite apart from the legal niceties, the issue of a journalist picking up on this and [...]
Gordon Campbell Actively Ignores the Poor
This morning’s leadership debate on CKNW allowed Gordon Campbell to continue to demonstrate how he totally ignores poor people. When asked about poverty reduction strategies, he continued his mantra that he believes in creating high paying jobs and then he pulls out meaningless statistics like how the average wage in BC is $22/hour. Of course [...]
Keith Baldry’s Sloppiness in Hiding His Bias
CanWest/Global’s Keith Baldry conveniently misses some details when sliding out some concluding statements lately. First case: An Opposition party usually wins when enough of the electorate desires a change in government. So far, there is little evidence to suggest that is the case in this province. via Are the days of mass political rallies over?. [...]
Time to Close Your North Shore Credit Union Account
A credit union whose board of directors includes a provincial Liberal candidate donated $7,500 to the party on December 29, 2008. But the credit union’s president said earlier this month that contribution had nothing to do with Naomi Yamamoto’s bid to keep North Vancouver-Lonsdale in the party’s hands. via Public Eye Online – Credit union [...]
De-Spinning the Enviro NGO Mess in BC This Month
One of the best things to come this month from the controversies about how environmental NGOs view the NDP’s opposition to Campbell’s awful carbon tax is that people are realizing that climate change is not a 6-second sound bite. Here is an absolutely amazing piece that reviews some truly sound points! Tapping Our Wild Rivers [...]
TransLink Police Harassment: The Olympics are Coming So Get Used to It
Know Your Rights | Megaphone. Watch this and learn! Know your rights, carry video phones/cams, question authorities. Call them on abusive behaviour. Watch the spread of CCTV in the city. Watch how things tighten up as the Olympics approach. Support the BC Civil Liberties Association. Remember, public servants serve the public. Share the Love: Twitter [...]
Memo to Harper: Bush Doesn’t Have Your Back Anymore
Someone should really tell the prime minister that George w.Caesar doesn’t have his back on angry imperialist rhetoric anymore. It’s one thing for Ignatieff to sit quietly, saying nothing, waiting for the economy to implode Harper’s government, but for Harper to show that he still thinks the Bush Doctrine rules the world means his crash [...]
Politics, Re-Spun Meets Coop Radio, a Vista Video Podcast
On Monday, April 20, 2009, Politics, Re-Spun met Coop Radio on “The Rational”, a Monday evening issues program. We talked about the myth of journalistic objectivity, the provincial election, the crappy media coverage, how the polls show likely increased voter turnout is bad, bad news for the neoLiberal party, as well as our 5-year anniversary party [...]
Some Early Justification for NDP’s Gender Policies
I saw today three examples that support the need for the BC NDP’s affirmative action candidate policies. As much as it has been and will continue to be controversial, today alone justifies it for me. But first, being in an anti-no-spin zone, my take on this issue is affected by being a white male, with [...]
The BCTF Says to Take 5 People When You Vote
YouTube – BCTFvids’s Channel. The BCTF’s YouTube videos [above] are pretty powerful. One of the best ideas in them is for each of us to make sure we take 5 people to vote for public education. Do a quick mental survey of people you know, those that are politically curious, those that tend to avoid [...]
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