Should we eliminate poverty? It’s a ridiculous question made serious by people who have lost sight of their dreams in a wasteland of practicality and concession; They’re practical, to the point of inactivity where it counts the most. When a man has his feet nailed to the floor, do we stop the bleeding, but leave […]
Tag: Economics
Excited Delirium: Another Gentle Coup …
Rumour has it that Greece leader Papandreou’s days may be numbered. Is it because he believes in democracy or because he doesn’t want to cave to lenders?
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Why Greece?
The Greek economic situation has bankers terrified. This article explains why.
Continue readingOccupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to the ills of our financial and governmental system, but for shelter and food. Mixing in with determined occupiers are the itinerants and . . . → Read More: Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
Continue readingQuebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Yes, that would be the same Eric Duhaime, the one who begged the feds, not once, but twice, to somehow intervene in the construction scandal woes in la Belle province, a problem that dates decades that needs systemic changes that not even the feds can touch. That same scandal that ol’ Chrissie Paradis . . . → Read More: Quebecor And RLQ’s Chou-Chou, Eric Duhaime Has Hit a New Low–Enough With The Canadian Arrogant Complacency!
Continue readingMore Money Wasting Symbolic Monarchist Trinkets From the Harpercons
Yes, boys ‘n’ girls, ol’ Stevie Spiteful has changed the names to Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Navy, as well as issuing some edict to Canadian embassies world wide to start putting up pictures of her highness, Queen E, ASAP, or else, in an effort to take us backward. I also . . . → Read More: More Money Wasting Symbolic Monarchist Trinkets From the Harpercons
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Peggy Nash announces candidacy for NDP leadership
Peggy Nash, the NDP incumbent for my riding of Parkdale-Highpark and the candidate I voted for, has just announced that she is running to be the next NDP leader. I wanted to share my thoughts on her announcement and recall some previous comments I have…
Continue readingBrigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy
While establishment journalists muck around in muddy waders searching for a clue about the Occupy movement, condescending in their attitudes because they do not understand, I look back on perhaps a bit of the genesis of our Canadian versions of Occupy.
Brigette DePape.
Like the Occupy movement itself, Brigette’s action . . . → Read More: Brigette DePape, iconic images, and Occupy
Continue readingVote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing!
Susan Delacourt points this out in her blog this morning. Some examples are cited. One of which, the most obvious and recent, was in this legislation to scrap the long gun registry, those Harpercons have decided to scrap all the data that came with it, yanno, to make sure that not only put . . . → Read More: Vote Only Once And Never Have To Vote Again! Get Future Gov’t Policies For The Unforeseen Future, No Matter Who’s Governing!
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Predictable Irrationality – Economics is based on ‘rational actors’ huh?
A fascinating video about how irrational we actually are as a species despite all of our material advancements. I would have to agree with what Dan Ariely says in this talk, we need to simplify our cognitive models and constructs so we can actually make rational, informed choices based on them. How a coffee chain […]
Mayor Fordzilla Taking Campaign Lessons From Steve Harper
Yes, this puffy faced buffoon has been in office for a year now and how does he celebrate? Why, he begins to go into permanent campaign mode, of course!
“Three more years and I’ll be running again, that’s for sure,” he said. “I’m running, 100 per cent,” he added later. “I’m already out . . . → Read More: Mayor Fordzilla Taking Campaign Lessons From Steve Harper
Continue readingSorry if The Occupy Movement Puts a Kink In Your Plans, Mr. Mayor
Believe it or not, I’m not talking about Mayor Boss Hogg and sidekick Donut Dougy. No, I’m talking about Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver. You see, boys ‘n’ girls, Mayor Robertson is starting to feel a little antsy these days, wondering when or how to end Occupy Vancouver.
Robertson said the city wants . . . → Read More: Sorry if The Occupy Movement Puts a Kink In Your Plans, Mr. Mayor
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Support Occupy Wall Street Through Blog-Bombing
What is Blog-Bombing? The term is inspired by the concept of Tweet-Bombing, in which many Tweeters engage en masse in tweeting a particular message in order to fill the Tweetosphere with the message. In the case of Blog-Bombing, the idea is for bloggers to make regular (e.g., daily, every few days) quick blog posts in […]
Terahertz: Brian Topp stakes out his ground
Stephen Harper and his cronies must be happy today. With Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff, the Conservative war room had to argue against a carbon tax and quote mine extensively to find a suggestion that a tax hike wasn’t off the table. Now, NDP leadership candidate Brian Topp comes right out with out: Brian Topp […]
Continue readingCons winning a majority is like a junkie winning the lottery
Today’s spending spree? $1.1 billion for armoured vehicles.
What, Iran’s going to invade us?
Or, 555 vehicles to bust kids for smoking dope?
Tough on crime? Cons: gimme another fix quick. Violent crime is way down and it&#…
Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Embedded Slavery
The last week has been super-interesting politically speaking in Regina. Not only is there an election campaign underway, but Occupy Regina challenged bylaws and to this point has won us back our Charter rights to assemble peacefully in dissent of the government. While people in the “first world” work out how best to peacefully gain […]
Good to see CBC fighting back against Quebecor’s petty attacks
You want to piss off a Conservative, come armed with facts (emphasis mine).
What Quebecor won’t tell you about its attacks on the public broadcaster
For more than three years, Quebecor has been using its newspapers, and more recently, its SunNews Network TV license to pursue a campaign against CBC/Radio-Canada. But there are some . . . → Read More: Good to see CBC fighting back against Quebecor’s petty attacks
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Occupy Wall Street: The emerging global pro-democracy movement, where it stands, what it means, and where we go from here
The Occupy Wall Street movement, which has already become a global grassroots populist pro-democracy movement, if we have eyes to see, has clearly already won a broad and growing base of support. What is needed now, I believe, is to further clarify and…
Continue readingNow, Peggy Wente, It’s Not Nice to Slam An Ideological Sister Like Kathy Shaidle
Vintage Peggy Wente. She does prove that she is, indeed, Chrissie Blatchford’s sob sister, along with Tash Kheiriddin. Peggy, of course, misses the point of the #occupy movement. What a bitter woman she is!
“Why should artists have to work instead of just making art?”
Peg asks one occupier. Who knew Kathy Shaidle . . . → Read More: Now, Peggy Wente, It’s Not Nice to Slam An Ideological Sister Like Kathy Shaidle
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Occupy Regina Passes Fourth Night
I’ve had a great time every evening I’ve stopped by Occupy Regina in Victoria Park. The protesters are an eclectic and growing group of educated, and less educated, working, and disabled, homeless, and housed people from many different backgrounds. Tonight I talked with long time friends, friends recently met, and met a homeless woman named […]