Human rights activist and author Craig Murray wonders why, for the western corporate media, the Panama leak is all about Russian president Vladimir Putin. “Do not expect a genuine expose of western capitalism,” he says.
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Nick Bunker points out that there’s much more to an economic recovery than nominal GDP – with labour’s share of growth serving as a particularly important indicator as to whether anybody is benefitting beyond t…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- The Star-Phoenix calls for Saskatchewan’s election campaign to focus on the future rather than the past. And Paul Orlowski reminds us of the continued callous corporatism that’s in store if Brad Wall holds on…
Continue readingIn-Sights: Reader comment on BC Clean Energy Act
A regular reader provided this comment to the preceding article. Hugh explains that the capture of BC’s public utility by selfish profiteers was a carefully considered manoeuvre. In the end, it will have given billions of dollars to Liberal friends and…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, pointing out that the Global Transportation Hub land flipping scandal highlights Brad Wall’s consistent willingness to hand out free money to business cronies – contrasted against his fight to avoid funding basic services like health and educatio…
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: RWNJ Revisionist History 101 = The Nazi Were Socialist
The Nazi were SOCIALISTS!!!! After all the name of their political Party was the National Socialist Party (or there abouts) blah blah blah,… This is the one of the favorite mindless talking point I hear from RWNJs who have never crack a history book in their lives. I really detest
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: RWNJ Revisionist History 101 = The Nazi Were Socialist
The Nazi were SOCIALISTS!!!! After all the name of their political
Party was the National Socialist Party (or there abouts) blah blah
blah,…
This is the one of the favorite mindless talking point I
hear from RWNJs who have never crack a history…
A Grumpy Hobbit: RWNJ Revisionist History 101 = The Nazi Were Socialist
The Nazi were SOCIALISTS!!!! After all the name of their political
Party was the National Socialist Party (or there abouts) blah blah
blah,…
This is the one of the favorite mindless talking point I
hear from RWNJs who have never crack a history…
A Grumpy Hobbit: URMURGURD – He’s Back Blogging TOO!!! Mark Francis (aka Section 15)
My oldest and bestest of friends (deal with it Mark) is back Blogging, you need to check out his blog, he just started it and needs readers. So head on over to Korptopia
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: URMURGURD – He’s Back Blogging TOO!!! Mark Francis (aka Section 15)
My oldest and bestest of friends (deal with it Mark) is back Blogging, you need to check out his blog, he just started it and needs readers. So head on over to
Korptopia
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: URMURGURD – He’s Back Blogging TOO!!! Mark Francis (aka Section 15)
My oldest and bestest of friends (deal with it Mark) is back Blogging, you need to check out his blog, he just started it and needs readers. So head on over to
Korptopia
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Pope Francis pontificates on ‘new colonialism,’ Africa still reeling from the old one
Thirty years ago Pope John Paul II chose Cameroon as the location to apologize to black Africa for the involvement of white Christians in the slave trade. This time, it is Pope Francis who uses Sub-Saharan Africa as a backdrop to speak out against colo…
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Pope Francis pontificates on ‘new colonialism,’ Africa still reeling from the old one
Thirty years ago Pope John Paul II chose Cameroon as the location to apologize to black Africa for the involvement of white Christians in the slave trade. This time, it is Pope Francis who uses Sub-Saharan Africa as a backdrop to speak out against colonialism. This week in his inaugural
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000006 – The Ezra Levant Spinoff Fanboy Club
They call themselves “Life was Better Under Stephen Harper” and really are nothing more than Ezra Levant – The Rebel Media – regurgitation crew. Yup, you will normally first see Ezra make something up, and then these little peons will puke it up on their own page,… I said normally,
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000006 – The Ezra Levant Spinoff Fanboy Club
They call themselves "Life was Better Under Stephen Harper" and really are nothing more than Ezra Levant – The Rebel Media – regurgitation crew. Yup, you will normally first see Ezra make something up, and then these little peons will puke it up on their own page,… I said normally, but occasionally these pea brains try to do it on their own and fall flat on their faces. Lets watch them as
Continue readingA Grumpy Hobbit: E-FLAP #000006 – The Ezra Levant Spinoff Fanboy Club
They call themselves “Life was Better Under Stephen Harper” and really are nothing more than Ezra Levant – The Rebel Media – regurgitation crew. Yup, you will normally first see Ezra make something up, and then these little peons will puke it up on their own page,… I said normally,
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Addressing the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Being at the table during deliberations on war, peace, and the fate of nations was an extraordinary experience. I remember seeing the Berlin Wall fall, and hoping that the age of global warfare might be over. That moment now feels far away. We are clearly facing terrible risks, and it
Continue readingAkaash Maharaj - Practical Idealism: Akaash Maharaj – Huffington Post: Addressing the United Nations
Political corruption kills more people than war and famine combined. I addressed the United Nations on how the international community can and must act to bring kleptocrats to justice.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Alex Himelfarb writes about the urgent need to reverse the vicious cycle of austerity. And Toby Sanger takes a look at the economic records of Canada’s political parties, and finds that the NDP ranks at the top of the class not only for
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Robyn Benson offers her take on the importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership as an election issue. Peter Mazereeuw notes that the nominal labour protections in the TPP – which were of course negotiated without workers having a seat at the table –
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