I am truly favored
Hey Everybody! With all the sad news we've been inundated with here on Kos, in the world and, speaking for myself, in my personal life, this past month, I have to say that the email I received today...
View ArticleLive8 Bruce Calls It
Listening to Bruce Cockburn right now on the Canadian version of the Live 8 concert. He's the guy who wrote "If I Had A Rocket Launcher". Bruce Cockburn is someone I have followed since my elder...
View ArticleHere's Bushco's problem
Update [2005-7-4 23:11:10 by Bionic]:Added a link to where you can find the doc online.Last night my husband came tearing out of the bedroom and flipped the TV on to CBC Newsworld. They were playing...
View ArticleI am Cindy Sheehan
What does Cindy want? She wants an honest answer to a simple question: What is the noble cause that her son died for? I've seen discussions here about the pros and cons of who should go to Crawford to...
View Article[UPDATE]Belinda Stronach's Dad doing something
Some of you Americans might remember Belinda Stronach as the Canadian conservative star who crossed the floor and saved the Liberal government last spring. Her father is the head of Magna...
View ArticlePSA: Recognizing a stroke
My sister in law just passed this on to me. Like her I am not one to pass on email letters but this one is too good not to share. And if it does help someone then it's worthwhile. Before passing it...
View ArticleNew Canadian Ambassador to US?
I just heard on the CBC that rumor has it that Preston Manning, the founder of the Reform Party, is to be the new ambassor to Washington, replacing Frank McKenna, who is rumoured to be the next leader...
View ArticleRemember Poland? About those black sites
Today, in the course of investigating another story I came across this headline in The Independent online edition: Britain named for colluding in US rendition flights The story is about an...
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Reflections on shop window
Crossposted at The Next Agenda and The Daily Kos As you may know, I was in England the last week of June. As I wandered around the neighbourhood around the British Museum, I came across a charicature...
View ArticleGitmo "hardly a gulag"
Crossposted at The Next Agenda Recently a team from the CBC was allowed inside the the infamous Guantanamo Bay Detention Center in Cuba. Journalist Rosa Hwang wrote about it July 4th. She notes the...
View ArticleAfghanistan on the edge
Crossposted at The Next Agenda Christie Blatchford had an article in the Globe & Mail the other day (July 4), about the state of affiars in Afghanistan.The article appeared on A1 and is also...
View ArticleGitmo Prisoner Fires US Lawyers
Crossposted at The Next Agenda For Progressive Canadian Politics Omar Khadr may be losing it. In a news report from Globe and Mail Omar's letter to his mother said that he had decided to put his trust...
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Ann Coulter is just a wannabe
Originally posted at The Next Agenda. Posted here with an introduction. +++ Americans like to think they lead the world, first in everything, the biggest and the best. The trouble is they just don't...
View ArticleAnother Fucking Waste
Crossposted at The Next Agenda This is a story that will make very few waves. Chances are no one will hear of it in the US who doesn't read this diary. And if they don't catch the news tonight in...
View ArticleIsrael shoots own foot UPDATED
Crossposted at The Next AgendaFor Progressive Canadian Politics On Friday, Israel declared its attack on the UN outpost in which four observers, including 1 Canadian died, was "deliberate but...
View ArticleDo you take the war on terror seriously?
Cross posted at The Next Agenda. That's the question that Tony Snow just threw out as the "defining question" of the CT Senate race. Obviously, in his view, Lieberman does. And that's good thing to...
View ArticleWho is responsible for 911?
Crossposted at The Next Agenda If there is any question likely to start a pie fight on this site it is probably this one.Who is responsible for 911? Those of us who consider ourselves "reality based",...
View ArticleAre you watching O'reilly on Oprah?
I'm watching The Oprah Show iwth Bill O'Reilly. I've looked for another diary live blogging this but couldn't see one. I'll delete if there is one. Bill calls the "whacko far left""SPs" for secular...
View ArticleNo money. Just your vote
The Canadian Blog Awards are open and we'd like your support to help us win in our categories: Best Progressive Blog: The Next Agenda Best New Blog: The Next Agenda Best Blog Post: Terry Fox by...
View ArticleVote for Canadian Bloggers Today!
The Next Agenda is a Kos style blog that focuses on Canadian progressive politics. We have some excellent writers and great diaries. And best of all, they don't scroll away madly!We have been nominated...
View ArticleThe dog whistle in Osama's beard
As we all know Osam bin Ladin has a new video out and all the kewl kids are talking about it.I'll leave others to discuss the content of what he said and talk about the other thing everybody has...
View ArticleWe Occupy Every Street
“Maybe we should all turn around and walk to D.C., American Spring style. #CongressFail”. — from Tyler Coulson's Twitter feed, @ibuildnosystem, July 28, 2011. Back in March Adam Bonin posted a link to...
View ArticleNeed a mobile app? Support NFTT
Last month with the subscription drive I found myself gifted with a lifetime subscription. I hadn't asked for it. I've been a member here since 2004, more or less active over that time.Somebody decided...
View ArticleDan Savage is not gay married anymore
This story popped up in my Facebook stream this morning.Canadian Gov’t Dissolves Thousands of Same-Sex Marriages (Including Dan Savage’s)As a Canadian it blows my mind to think that this could be...
View ArticleThe GOS Weekly Review, the new kid in town
The GOS Weekly Review is an iPad magazine available in the Newsstand at iTunes.We've gathered together some of the best writers on Dailykos (but not frontpagers) to cull through all the content that is...
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Updated: Rob Ford Mayor of Toronto goes to rehab
Reporting tonight Rob Ford is taking 30 days off from his reflection campaign to enter rehab after not one but two videos have surfaced showing him doing drugs. Some drug dealers says he has three...
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