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So, something pretty big happened in Canadian politics yesterday. For you Yankees, the short-form of Canadian politics is: we have multiple political parties, not just two. We have the right-wing Conservatives, who are like (in so many ways) your Republicans; we have the centrist Liberals, who are like your Democrats; and we have the NDP, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘NDP’
NDP leadership election marred by DDoS
March 26th, 2012 
Jason Thibeault 
Posted in Canada, Politics 
Tags: Canada, DDoS, democracy, electronic voting, hacking, leadership, NDP, politics, script kiddiez 
13 Comments »Jack Layton, 61, falls to cancer
August 22nd, 2011 Jason Thibeault 
Jack Layton abdicated leadership of the NDP less than a month ago to tend to the cancer that he once fought back. Today, that cancer has finally claimed him. “We deeply regret to inform you that the Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, passed away at 4:45 am today, Monday [...]
Greenpeace Australia ensures more land will be used for crops
July 16th, 2011 Jason Thibeault Greenpeace Australia recently took action against a genetically modified wheat trial in Australia by scaling a fence, donning showpiece costumes that look like hazmat suits, and using a gas-powered weed-eater to destroy the entire crop. They also put up a Flickr slideshow showing their handiwork. The hazardous materials tape is a really nice touch for [...]
Some very good sites that link me
May 15th, 2011 Jason Thibeault I’m a total jerk, and don’t check my incoming links nearly often enough. It appears a number of very good sites have me on their blogrolls or have otherwise linked to me, and I haven’t yet reciprocated. This is a small token effort to even those scales, considering these blogs deserve all the attention I [...]
Election projections for your riding; who to vote for to simply beat Cons
April 26th, 2011 Jason Thibeault Canada’s election at the moment looks like a choice between another Conservative minority, or a Conservative majority government, unless everyone were to suddenly vote Liberal strategically. In Canada, one can gain a majority government (e.g., enough seats to mean your party basically wins every parliamentary motion) with a mere 35% of the popular vote with [...]
Posted in Canada, Politics Tags: bullshit, Canada, Conservatives, election, Liberals, NDP, privilege 8 Comments »It’s incredibly easy to make an informed vote May 2nd.
April 18th, 2011 Jason Thibeault In case you’re unaware, we’re having an election up here in the Great White North. Pretty well everyone I’ve talked to around these parts, however, doesn’t seem to care enough to actually vote. Or, alternately, they feel that they aren’t informed enough to make a proper decision. The funny thing is, with the internet, it’s [...]
Posted in Canada, Politics Tags: Canada, climate change, election, NDP, politics, privilege, science 8 Comments »CRTC: a pawn in Harper’s larger game?
March 6th, 2011 Jason Thibeault 
In reading news about the CRTC of late, I can’t help but notice a few converging threads. I legitimately feel that I am above conspiracy theory, and I like to say that without evidence, our understanding of reality is potentially unreliable. Therefore, I write this post tentatively, knowing I may be drawing incorrect conclusions. But [...]
RCimT: Stuff to be mad about
February 18th, 2011 Jason Thibeault As I implied yesterday, there’s far too much going on in this world right now that deserves my ire. I have to mete it out carefully or I won’t have enough to go around, because the meds for my Stretch Armstrong leg are seriously putting a damper on my ability to draw from my bile [...]
Zombie death windpocalypse
December 15th, 2010 Jason Thibeault So… we survived the apocalypse. Ben and Stephanie avoided a snowpocalypse in Minneapolis in their vacation to the Maritimes, but couldn’t avoid a low pressure system that brought winds up to 100km/h on Monday. It was pretty doomy though. Signs exploded, trees fell, roofs took flight, the dead rose and feasted upon the living… pretty [...]
Why prayer is nonsense – part 5
June 4th, 2010 Jason Thibeault 4 – Even if it IS useless, what’s the harm? This is the final part in a five-part series. Please see the Master Post if you haven’t already read the previous parts, because this part relies heavily on definitions and arguments that have been set down in those previous sections. so why pray? The conclusion [...]
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