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Canada Profit Decline Seen in Worst Market Since ’98 – Bloomberg The Harper Regime on  the Canadian economy suggest OGL should be asking Merkel for help over dinner: 1) S&P/TSX performance is the worst since 1998 relative to MSCI world index. Shares trail all of the world’s 24 developed markets.

Batman joins the police to take on Occupy Wall Street – thestar.com Political implications are not unlike those in the Showcase TV series Continuum, but, unlike the TV series, there is no ambiguity – Batman is defending the fascist 1% and corporate America, and the message is clearly antidemocratic: the people can’t

The Problem with Best Films of All-Time Lists — Even Great Directors Screw Them Up | Alternet I have no problem with lists that provide a rationale for the inclusion of a particular film. I taught the History of Film, Science fiction, and Canadian Film fairly regularly; and I know exactly why I

The Tyee – Understanding Harper’s Evangelical Mission This is truly scary stuff, especially if the claim that Harper believes this delusional crap has any merit.  Is there any doubt this is a form of neoliberal religion? ____________________________________________________________________________ “Unknown to most Canadians, the prime minister belongs to the Christian and Missionary

Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Are Working People Invisible in the Mainstream Media? | Alternet  We need something like the Economic Hardship Reporting Project here in Canada too, for, in case you haven’t noticed, the mainstream Canadian media has become increasingly inadequate if not  irrelevant in its coverage of just about everything,  a process

Colorado shootings: Where is the unstoppable force of public anger? – The Globe and Mail Must-read insightful, caring, responsible journalism. Is it too much to ask that out of respect for the victims we not watch The Dark Knight Rising? We live in a global culture of violence epitomised by

Climate Change? Blame Canada | | AlterNet Some really disturbing figures and trends gathered here. It’s enough to make you weep. We are responsible for much of the destruction of the planet under the Harper Regime, and yet the beat goes on – and, sad to say, we let it.

Council of Canadians calls Conservative robocalls motion defamatory and abusive A “wanton and officious intermeddler.” Add this to “professional agitator” and “virulent critic.” Sounds like t-shirts, bumper stickers, and badges to me. “Champerty and maintenance” – invoking such an obscure law surely suggests desperation. If you’re going to go medieval,

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