Paulitics

Does May have a chance in Saanich — Gulf Islands?

Published on 2009-09-01 19:43:19

Short answer:  Absolutely, yes.  She has a very good chance. Long answer:  Still probably yes.  However, if she runs her campaign the way she ran her candidacy “announcement”, then she could be in serious trouble. Elizabeth May seems to have definitively chosen British Columbia’s Saanich—Gulf Islands riding as her choice in which to run in [...]

Harper has just ordered his government to try and destroy the opposition parties’ funding yet again.

Published on 2009-08-27 21:58:50

Very few things Stephen Harper has done while in power have genuinely scared me. Sure he’s done plenty of stupid things (denying gays the right to donate organs even if they’ve been tested, and opposing the UN conference to end racial discrimination to name two examples).   Sure, he’s done some mean-spirited things (creating a more [...]

Crimes against the rich vs. crimes against the rest of us

Published on 2009-08-24 21:14:18

“You simply cannot hang a millionaire in America.” -William Bourke Cockran “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” -Anatole France Contrary to the myth that Western capitalist society obeys the rule of law, it has [...]