Does everyone know that coal and oil technology for energy creation were both subsidized when they first started being used?? Does everyone know that they are still subsidized?? So why are so many people against subsidizing renewable energy…
Continue readingI think the more wealthy european nations want to have a desperate and cheap labour force/source near to home…
Greek workers strike, protest against brutal austerity measures By David Walsh; 23 September 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/gree-s23.shtml Tens of thousands of Greek public transport workers, teachers, civil servants and air traf…
Continue reading@LornePW keeps the police accountability file up to date
Big tip of the porkpie to Lorne over at Politics and its Discontents.There are times when the sheer inertia and toxic, paranoid self-pity at the core of dysfunctional cop culture makes you want to just give up. Fortunately, Lorne’s got the energy and d…
Continue readingImpolitical: Environment Canada cuts expand beyond ozone monitoring
Good reporting at iPolitics this afternoon, following the trail of the government’s Environment Canada cuts: “Oilsands monitoring plan threatened by cuts: experts.” The looming job cuts at Environment Canada spell trouble for the federal government’s…
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Liberal scorn for sustainability
Before joining the Vancouver Sun, Fazil Mihlar was Senior Policy Analyst at The Fraser Institute. In his years with the newspaper’s editorial board, Mihlar has continued to serve philosophical goals of the reactionary foundations that finance his for…
Continue readingHalifax the new Palestinian homeland?
From the Daily Show yesterday.Halifax NS by sjmorris123
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Vote by mail
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Continue readingQueer-liberal: McGuinty’s first big mistake in Election 2011…
TheStar Hudak and Horwath scold McGuinty for missing northern Ontario debateIn my humble estimation, Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty has been (mostly) kicking Tory leader Tim Hudak’s butt during this Ontario election campaign. McGuinty’s cause has bee…
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Get a diaper – `cause you’re gonna wet yourself over this…and other marketing hype and assorted drivel
The amazing, fantastic, hyper-good stuff we have for you today, oh my God!! You better get a diaper, or at least a towel, `cause you’re just gonna wet your pants when you see THIS!!!!! (Brought to you by your corporate masters and a slick and sleazy …
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC funding under microscope in Conservative surveys by Bill Curry
Columnist says a string of Conservative surveys is putting CBC funding under the microscope as the Harper government debates how big a hit Canada’s public broadcaster will take as part of government-wide restraint plans.
Continue readingThe Orange Curtain descends on free speech
Funny, when a Christian or a Jew is silenced from speaking out or protesting a meeting, the right hails them as heroes and victims, and screams ‘suppression of free speech’. If you live in Orange County, free speech only works one way.When Muslims are …
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Review of Dennis Edney’s Lecture, “The Rule of Law in an Age of Terror”
“Human rights have a dysfunctional relationship with justice. The language is certainly beautiful, but it’s all dressed up with nowhere to go,” charged Dennis Edney in a scathing lecture at the Faculty of Law at UBC on September 15. Edney worked from 2004 to 2011 on Omar Khadr’s defence against charges stemming from the July […]
Continue readingActs of Citizenship: Trying to understand outrage at ONDP’s 1% HST reduction in gasoline
This portion of the ONDP platform has probably received the most discussion, usually vacuous outrage, especially by self-styled environmentalists. So, I’ve been trying to figure out what is so egregious about the proposal to claw back 1% of HST from the oil companies who at last check were doing quite
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Refuting Every Point
It’s not often that you get a serties of points like this just begging to be refuted:> I don’t think most of us want our dentists to be “out of the box” thinkers.I do. I totally don’t want my dentists practising the way they did when I was a kid, I…
Continue readingBest Political video ever? I love it
I have seen many political ads in my time, many videos. Most are not that great. The video below is likely one of the best I have ever seen by a local candidate in a provincial or federal election. Kevin Chief is running for the NDP in the Manito…
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: More to Know About the Use of Government Jets
We haven’t seen the end of the story of questionable use of government jets. According to CBC 60% of the planes’ flights were taken by passengers not needing the extra security, as well as other interesting uses. Check out this laundry list: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/22/challenger-use.html In a separate story they report that
Continue readingLiberals issue talking points on the omnibus crime bill
These are a great start. Will party members toe the line?Here are the main points:This bill puts wedge politics and ideology ahead of facts and evidence. This bill forces judges to impose mandatory minimums, turning young offenders into hardened c…
Continue readingChart shows how Harper increased pot arrests by 14% in 2010
CBC has an informative chart showing how drastically crime has dropped across the board since 1973. It’s a very impressive drop, including 5% lower for property crime and 3% decrease in violent crime in 2010 from the previous year.However, there is one…
Continue readingAdam M On The Front Page: Morgan Freeman Discusses The Tea Party and Racism With Piers Morgan
In a conversation with Piers Morgan, Morgan Freeman discusses Obama, the Tea Party and racism. See it here via The Huffintong Post.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Event Horizon
From December 2: Well, in all likelihood, he and his accomplishments will go the way of other politicians’, including those long-ago strongmen in whose ranks he clearly belongs. There is an inky abyss, a vacuum that awaits them all. I…
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