On Friday, Paul Krugman wrote that the technological revolution is leaving even some of the well educated behind: Today, however, a much darker picture of the effects of technology on labor is emerging. In this picture, highly educated workers are as likely as less educated workers to find themselves displaced
Continue reading350 or bust: Happy Father’s Day
Here’s a shout out for all the dads out there, and especially the three in my life – my husband, my father, and my father-in-law. You are all awesome, and I love you. May your pancakes be piled high! * *
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Wow, so you want to vote for Chow.
MP Olivia Chow’s campaign for the Toronto mayoralty might be peaking too soon. Any political apparatchik can tell you that the time for a campaign to peak is when people are heading for the polls—not more than a year ahead. The municipal election rules say nobody can campaign for election
Continue readingLeDaro: Dylan Mahalingham: Make the world a better place
It is an amazing story. Dylan Mahalingham,s achievements at a very young age are extraordinary. “When I was around 8 or 9 years old, my family went on a trip to India. … I saw people begging for money on the streets and there were people starving in the alleyways,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Throwing juice isn’t the way to go
Someone, now charged with assault, threw juice at Rob Ford. Twitter lit up with those cheering her act while others deplored it. Myself? I just see it as a rather weak media stunt. When a protestor threw a show towards George Bush it resonated as there was a deep cultural
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Things I miss now I’m poor
My old apartmentWomenMemphis Blues NachosOld moviesA couchA couch to lay down to watch old moviesBeerScotchGoing out for an eveningFriends who by habit or upbringing don’t lie to you or steal from youDedicated internet connectionWatching CFL gamesNot going to: Shrinks who haven’t got a clue Social Workers with even less of
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Grim Reminder Of Who Is Leading Our Country
It’s a dreary rainy morning in my part of the country, so this rather grim reminder of present political realities seems appropriate if one is familiar with the notion of pathetic fallacy. H/t Scott Monette Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Will CETA Help Tories… Or Hurt Them??
With Prime Minister Harper making the diplomatic rounds in Europe, media interest has heightened this week regarding the potential free trade agreement which his government is trying to negotiate with the European Union. Several deadlines to reach that deal have come and gone, but the Conservatives are still heavily committed
Continue readingwmtc: rtod
Revolutionary thought of the day: No healthy democracy can endure when the most consequential acts of those in power remain secret and unaccountable. Glenn Greenwald
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Not the Onion Headline of the Day. "Serge Gainsbourg impersonator on trial for stabbing Johnny Hallyday impersonator"
Johnny Hallyday (left) and Serge Gainsbourg. Real or fake? Rock and roll is still my favourite thing in this whole wide world. Politics be damned.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – Not My Law! – Sanctimonious Christiains and Their Codswallop.
Awww! Isn’t religion cute all snuggled into the framework of society! Let’s play a game! The game is called “I’m right because GOD SAYS SO” – and festoon it into a train wreck of an blog post. This mangled piece of sputum drips of religiously condoned contempt for human beings
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Anti-OLP Sentiment On The Rise?
Apparently not: A rally was held today at Queen’s Park to oppose the Liberal Party government of Ontario. It was supposed to call attention to their crimes and scandals. […] The event was a total disappointment. Less than 100 people showed up, most of them middle-aged or elderly. There’s more.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper, Rob Ford, and the Little Canada
As I paddle my way through life I'm sorry to say that so far I don't have much to brag about eh?Whenever I toot my own horn there is always somebody there, like Seb or my Mum, to gently remind me I'm not perfect. !!@#!!!But I'm proud to say that I
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Warning to Tories: It’s not just Trudeau any more … it’s open season on public speakers!
Dave Rodney, the only Conservative MLA for Calgary Lougheed ever to have climbed Mt. Everest twice, or once, for that matter. He is an inspirational speaker. Really. Below: The young Justin Trudeau. Below Mr. Trudeau: The young G. Gordon Liddy and your blogger, also young. Is that 1970s moustache action
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau is wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to them that’s the job of rich investors on Bay Street. According to this current government and its recent announcements on social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from nonprofit organizations are financiers,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social…
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Conservatives: Only The Rich Can Benefit From Nonprofits
Conservatives believe Justin Trudeau was wrong to take money from nonprofit organizations because to this government that’s the job for rich investors on Bay Street. According to the Conservatives in power in Ottawa and their recent proposal for social impact bonds the only people who should be making money from
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Sunday’s Sun: Dalton, we hardly knew ye
Dalton McGuinty, we hardly knew ye. Every time I encountered the former Ontario premier over the course of a decade and a bit — and I did so many times, as the chair of his election war rooms in 2003, 2007 and 2011 — I’d remember that aphorism, most famously
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Premier Clark Should Reject Kinder Morgan’s Proposed Pipeline Too: Forest Ethics
By: Forest Ethics | Press Release VANCOUVER, June 13, 2013 – The National Energy Board (NEB) reports that a crude oil spill of unknown size was detected late Wednesday near Merritt, British Columbia (BC). The source of the spill was the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline. Last month BC Premier Christy
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