A publication from Peterborough, ON tells us the difference between Green and NDP, for those of us who are still waffling. Thanks, brevityAnybody just not interested in this politics stuff? Part of me is unsympathetic and would like to respond with "Well you bloody well should be!" ;-) but at heart I'm a nice person and if it gets too much I'll make a ( Read more... )

Globe and Mail article from this morning's online edition -- David Orchard, who has twice run for the leadership of the Conservative (formerly Alliance, formerly CRAP, formerly Progressive Conservative, and of course including a large cohort of adherents of the defunct [Preston Manning interpretation]Reform Party of Canada[end Preston -- seriously ( Read more... )

I'm a poll clerk for the election. Is that not nifty?

I'm disproportionately amused by that.

Will somebody please explain to me how it is that I hear very little talk of booting Bush out for flat-out lying about the justification for an entire war, and yet there was significant movement to impeach Clinton over a fucking blow job? Can someone enlighten me as to what the hell is going on in American politics ( Read more... )

( Canadians: Svend Robinson requests support for his Private Member's Bill C-250, that seeks to add sexual orientation to the list of included grounds under hate propaganda legislation in Canada. Here's how to help Svend make Canada a more civilized place by keeping hate out. )

CNN/Reuters: News reports have filtered out early this morning that US ( Read more... )

A day in the life of US citizens ( Read more... )

As you know, Bush's 48-hour warning to Saddam Hussein expires tonight. There will be another rally in Vancouver this evening, details below.

( Tonight: Emergency Rally Against The War! )

Let's engage in some uncharacteristic Canadian National Pride for a few minutes here:

PM says lack of UN resolution means Canada won't fight in IraqNot time to rest yet. Perhaps the US could still bully the UN into issuing support, and of course the far more likely scenario is that they'll just go in there anyway regardless of the official UN ( Read more... )