Dr. Don Ferguson has a prescription for Electoral Dysfunction.
“Thanks to our dysfunctional first-past-the-post system, the disconnect between how we marked our ballots and what we got was stunning, as usual. The Conservatives won 143 seats, when they deserved only 117. The Bloc won 50 seats when they deserved only 28.
“On the other side of the [...]
We finally found a reason to link to The Toronto Sun.
This year the Raptors have a brand new, former all-star centre, in Jermaine O’Neal . He has been doing the rounds with the media, letting Torontonians get to know him, and guess what? He believes in spreading the wealth around a little bit too:
“O’Neal believes [...]
Remember during the last week of our election when an avalanche of videos, almost all of which were anti-Conservative, hit the web? Well there’s 8 days to go in the American election and the same thing is happening there as well.
The original cast of the “Wassup” Budweiser ads has cut a pro-Obama advertisement that [...]
Because we’d rather be with friends, than with Republicans.
The Department of Culture invites you to watch the results of the US election roll in on Tuesday November 4th at The Gladstone. Bring your friends to drink as we witness the historic unseating of George Bush and Dick Cheney.
While things look really good for Obama, the [...]
America
Actor Matt Damon got the ball rolling
Britain
Actor John Cleese picked up the torch
Russia
A couple of Russian guys got in on the action
The future
The future is rife with the doomsday scenarios
And back to America
Of course, no one rips Sarah Palin like Sarah Palin. When she answers a question she hasn’t rehearsed the answer to with her [...]
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Moderator Hal Wake watches Michael Byers (NDP), Adriane Carr (Green), John Cummins (Con) and Hedy Fry (Lib) administer a vigorous pandering to the crowd
In the mayhem of updates and videos that surrounded the lead up to the election, we didn’t have enough time to keep you up to date on how incredibly well some of [...]
If there’s one thing the Harper Conservatives didn’t get this campaign, it was how to use Facebook and other social networking tools. The internet was a wasteland for them in this regard, and the above video is a testament to the potential of evolving web-based grassroots initiatives to raise awareness and impact a political process.
DoC founding members Izida Zorde and Michael Wheeler see nothing ironic in the early returns coming in behind them. (photo:Erin Hatfield)
We are not going to disappear.
After properly digesting the last insane and incredible seven weeks we will come up with a new game plan. There is a lot of momentum here. It will not be [...]
Dear friends, colleagues, volunteers, and everyone else we met along the way:
We wanted to take a moment to extend our deepest thanks to everyone who has given their time, passion, and imagination so generously.
We’ve made new friends and allies, learned a huge amount, and have been inspired by the overwhelming talents and dedication of all [...]
Once you’ve voted, if you live in the GTA come join us at The Gladstone Hotel any time after 8:30pm.
Watch the results come in with friends and all types of Ordinary Canadians.
