Capitalism, in its current form, no longer fits the world around us. When a high priest of Davos says this, I can’t help but wonder. Has the idea reached a tipping point? Harper may have “unveiled his grand plans to reshape Canada” – come on, Globe and Mail, he’s been
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Mallory and her friend C’s grand finale from their late afternoon play date was a fashion show. Complete with runway, lighting, music and intro from Irene.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Who is Saul Alinsky?
Nice to see Chris Matthews (and others) tackle Newt Gringrich’s puzzling obsession with Saul Alinsky. Turns out, just like so many other weird fixations of the deranged right-wing, to be a classic case of projection. Bill Maher also defused the mainstreaming of this demented right-wing talking point in his “New
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: Resistance is Not Futile – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In any democracy worthy of the name, it is not merely the right, but the responsibility of every citizen to resist unjust laws… but there is a contrast between making a scene, and making a difference. There is a choice between the comfort of self-righteous illusion, and the peril of
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: TVO’s The Agenda: Resistance is Not Futile – Akaash Maharaj Videocast
In any democracy worthy of the name, it is not merely the right, but the responsibility of every citizen to resist unjust laws… but there is a contrast between making a scene, and making a difference. There is a choice between the comfort of self-righteous illusion, and the peril of
Continue readingMargaret Somerville joins the Conservative war on women
Abortion as a sex selection technique is not much of an issue in Canada, but abortion re-criminalizers are grasping at any straw they can get these days, and the notion is suitably shriek-worthy to get media attention. So it’s not surprising to see McGill-based metaphysician Margaret Somerville back on the
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: What the #!%*? Stephen Harper rethinks retirement funding
http://goo.gl/zISF1 GOOD BYE CHARLIE BROWN 2 !! http://goo.gl/JJ2KySign the Petition June 1985. Conservative PM Brian Mulroney signals Old Age Security (OAS) was to be de-indexed. Earlier, Finance Minister Michael Wilson had guaranteed OAS would keep up with inflation. But on that fateful day, Mulroney had stopped to chat with tourists
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Making America better, one bullet at a time
This genius premise is sick, but funny. I really liked Joel Murray on Mad Men.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Roundup
In the lead-up to tomorrow’s official debate in Halifax, the end of this week saw plenty of developments in the NDP leadership race – including both the familiar combination of endorsements, videos and policy releases from the campaigns themselves, and an increase in outside reporting that took coverage in a
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: A changing psychology of economics
My 96 year old grandmother, after selling the old family farm late in her life, doesn’t need to worry about money. Yet, she worries about it constantly going to great lengths to save every possible penny. She is a child of the depression – which she speaks of whenever she
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4158…Dana White Needs To Get A Grip
Dana White is the owner, the face, the leader et. al. of the UFC. For those of you who have been on the moon with President Gingrich, the UFC is the hottest combat sport going. Tonite’s show is the UFC on FOX, a broadcast/cable thing. Most of the UFC events
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Two years after the quake, Haiti festers
December 9, 2011: Angered by the UN-caused cholera epidemic that has claimed thousands, Haitians rallied at the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) Base at St. Marc. Photo: from a video produced by Nick Stratton, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux. Watch it at http://ijdh.org/archives/24340. Two years after an earthquake killed 158,000,
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: The Defamiliarization of a Saturday Morning
This morning, with a brightening glow from my right I looked up from my newspaper to see a fog of falling snow across the yard, neighbouring street, and rooftops below. The unplanned and surprising sight had taken me back, contrasted all the more by the warm mug in my hand
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CANADIAN LABOUR: SOLIDARITY WITH TORONTO CIVIC WORKERS: The following appeal for solidarity with civic workers in Toronto Ontario is from the Toronto based Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). *********************** Don’t be a STRIKEBREAKER for Rob Ford!Sent: January-27-12 5:46:26 PM ~A Message from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty~ Rob Ford and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4157…The Cultural Capital Of Metro Detroit…
…and Canada’s second sleaziest city, Windsor, is holding a dwarf tossing competition tonight. I personally have no problem with that, this particular dwarf has to make a living, eh? And getting tossed in the air by drunks may not be your dream job but I bet it beats working a
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4156…Cheap B*stard
That would be Outremont MP and NDP leadership front runner Thomas Muclair. The Ottawa Citizen’s front page reveals such. Mr. Muclair has given Z E R O dollars to the Dippers since forever. Perhaps he is not aware of the 75 per cent tax credit. Or he is a cheap
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TODAY IN HISTORY: CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY JOSE MARTI BORN: On this day in 1853 Cuban revolutionary José Marti was born. An early advocate of both independence from Spain and resistance to the imperialist designs of the USA, Marti advocated a socialism that while still statist was considerably more libertarian than what
Continue readingThe Pension Plan fiasco. Who cares? There are few jobs for someone 60, let alone 65 or 67.
I’ve been watching bemusedly – and with no little horror – the arguments waged between elite media types, celebrated authors and lowly bloggers over Stephen Harper’s hint about raising the qualification for old age pension from 65 to 67. It’s all academic, literally. What’s not being considered in these finely-wrought debates
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Saturday cartoon (Oscar edition)
I’m out of it today with a cold, but this is the NFB Oscar-nominated short “Wild Life” about a remittance man in the Canadian old west, with the sound done by Twisted Pair of Regina:
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