February 2012
6 posts
January 2012
17 posts
It's not ironic if you're wrong, Bob
I see Bob Rae is out swinging at Jack Layton’s ghost today.
“There is a terrible sense of irony that while Mr. Layton didn’t hesitate to take a run at Mr. Dion in 2007, he didn’t seem to have the same view about his candidate or member from Outremont, Mr. Mulcair,” suggested Rae in the Globe and Mail.
It’s funny, the Liberal leader, simply assuming what Layton’s position would be today when he was...
An open question to Lise St-Denis
Dear Mme. St-Denis,
You have done what I thought impossible: for the first time ever I agree with the NDP’s call to have a floor crosser step down!
I’ve never been partial to the notion that ordinary MPs needs to provoke an unnecessary by-election to be able to evolve their political ideals and policies. Canadian democracy is ill served by the orthodox obsession with partisan affiliation. I hope...
“Poached eggs like contrasts, and are especially good at turning what looks like...”
– Tamar Adler, An Everlasting Meal
December 2011
5 posts
Ian’s big mouthed theories
I truly wish folks would watch the segment in question before freaking right out about a tweet. Let me be very very clear: I did not suggest Brian Topp would drop out. I suggested in the months to come he (or other frontrunners) could consider [it if it looked like he could not win] - due to the way the balloting system works any front runner would have to drop out before the ballots are...
November 2011
3 posts
Strategist Index [V.1.0]
Strategist Index : crowdsourced opinion from ten neutral NDP observers on the state of the NDP leadership race, the assembled group will grow to about 20 next survey. This is presented as an interesting point to debate - not a fully scientific survey. Let me know what you think!
Who should win the NDP leadership race?
Nash
Dewar
Topp
Mulcair
Cullen
Saganash
Chisholm
Ashton
Singh
Who...
October 2011
9 posts
Political and Cultural Invocation
When Shawn and I started to decide on the elements we wanted in our ceremony we kept returning to the question of how to include our commitment to not only one another but also to our community and country.
This invocation is how we decided to fit it all into our short ceremony. We think of it as a celebration of our queer identity and our political values. It’s our vow to working as a...
Dandelion Effect
For sometime within NDP circles I’ve warned against thinking the Liberals are going to disappear. It’s not going to happen.
Why? I call it “dandelion effect”.
Liberals are like dandelions - everybody has them, once you think you are rid of them - they spring back to life, and a lot of people will hold their nose and eat them if need be.
I mean, we’ve all been...
Thanksgiving or "Canada's love/hate relationship...
Every couple of weeks I submit a little rant to be featured on the menu of SPIN resturant in the Marriott Hotel here in Ottawa. Here’s this weeks:
“Thanksgiving always has me reflecting on the past year and the promise of good tidings to come. Fall is the most underrated of all the seasons. It’s more than passing strange such a glorious season gets so little attention....
“When a thing is current, it creates currency.”
– Marshall McLuhan
September 2011
13 posts
Crowdsourced Gym Music Suggestions
Ask and ye shall receive, especially if you’ve been on Twitter for three years. There are two topics that I always get a massive response on: tech-issues and oddly enough: Great Gym Music. Here’s what the crowd pointed me to this morning. Earlier today on Twitter I asked folks what tunes I should be downloading onto my iPod for my regular gym visits. A few wanted to see the...
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