Originally posted on The Greek Analyst: Earlier today, Costas Lapavitsas, Professor of Economics at SOAS and influential MP of Syriza, wrote a scathing letter in his blog addressed towards his entire party. Lapavitsas, who belongs in Syriza’s hardliners, says some extremely interesting things. Following Manolis Glezos, John Milios, Sofia Sakorafa (and Mikis Theodorakis!),
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In This Corner: Stuff happens, week 7: The return of premiums; a Canadian dog has its day.
The Prentice government continues to float trial balloons. Not long ago, it was a sales tax. Now, it’s the return of health care premiums. The government says most Albertans are in favour of bringing back premiums, which has to be complete BS. Health care premiums mean nothing to the wealthy,
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Why Is The Clinton Foundation Receiving Donations From Foreign Affairs?
If there’s a positive connection between the Hillary campaign and Keystone XL, what does that say about donations made by Foreign Affairs (on behalf of Canadian taxpayers) to the Clinton Foundation?
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: Spain’s labour reform: three years on
Originally posted on Revolting Europe: By Vicente Clavero* Three years ago the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy pushed through its labour reform against despite big opposition. Most of the parliamentary groups and social forces rejected it, to no avail; well founded warnings about possible consequences were ignored too. The absolute
Continue readingIn This Corner: And the winners will be ….
When I was a kid, on Academy Awards night I’d always have to go to bed before the winner was announced. This was a very long time ago; movies had sound, but not always colour. Even if I had to go to bed, I’d sit at the top of the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: “Anti-Petroleum” RCMP Explodes Gasoline In Their Cars’ Engines
RCMP called ‘anti-petroleum’ critics (aka anyone concerned about climate change) a potential security threat http://t.co/sollGvyhdB #cdnpoli — Keith Stewart (@climatekeith) February 18, 2015 The RCMP have displayed Climate Change Denial symptoms. This is bad for Canada, because if the police tasked with interfering in climate change related activism do not
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Asian LNG prices take record 60% plunge from last year
Asian spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) have plunged by a single year record of 61.7% since February 2014, according to Platts JKM (Japan/Korea Marker) – a leading source of benchmark prices for the industry. Average prices for March delivery peaked at a historic high of $20.20 per million British thermal units (MMBtu)
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: ROCHON On Greece once More
LOUIS-PHILIPPE ROCHON Associate Professor, Laurentian University Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Follow him on Twitter @Lprochon ________________________ As I have said before (see here) and will say again: any solution to Greek’s tragedy, which involves keeping the Euro as a currency is a second-best solution, unless the appropriate institutional changes
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Meantime, SaskPower Must Consider Solar #skpoli
John Klein: SaskPower appears to be brushing off my push for progress with a form response letter they customize each time. Watch for the stand-out “Meantime” in each response, spanning years. Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: Three years ago, SaskPower VP Judy May promised me that her Crown
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Tweeter’s Block
"#TweetersBlock" is a terrible thing. It doesn't mean you've nothing to write, rather you can't write it in under 140 characters. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) February 16, 2015 I’ve a mild case of Tweeter’s block. I guess that means I need to write on my blog instead. "#TweetersBlock" is a
Continue readingLeft Over: Idle Worship….
Stephen Harper and the Beautiful Flag He Hates So Much http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2015/02/stephen-harper-and-beautiful-flag-he.html As an ex-Yank who always found it profoundly disturbing that rampant, ignorant, my way or the highway stupid patriotism started with ridiculous flag-worship in the States, have to say that spending any kind of big money on the
Continue readingwomanatmile0.wordpress.com: Why not act now?
What a powerful video. We must change our policy and our priorities. Future generations are concerned, why not act now on climate change?!
Continue readingIn This Corner: Stuff Happens, week 6: All about Eve; Sun sets on Sun News.
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was all smiles on Monday when announcing that Ontario PC MP Eve Adams was crossing the floor to his party. But the news gave hims critics a new opportunity to question his judgement. Adams has more baggage than Samsonite; she has done so much underhanded and/or
Continue readingA. Picazo: Inoculating Against Science-Denialism
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on February 10, 2015. There’s an illness sweeping its way across North America, one which has long-troubled the scientific community and baffled even the most seasoned medical expert. This problem isn’t new, but was once considered primarily a threat to underdeveloped nations which have yet to
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Rethinking social protections in the age of contractors
The job market is changing rapidly. While most workers of our parents’ generation could have reasonably expected to spend their entire working careers in permanent full-time jobs with one or two employers, today many rely on contract work or freelancing, and even regular full-time employees change jobs frequently. There are pros
Continue readingIn This Corner: Letter from a 100-year-old man.
My uncle Rolland, the last of the five Tougas brothers of Edmonton which included my dad, turned 100 last year. I get occasional letters from him, more so since dad’s passing two years ago. Rolland and dad wrote each other regularly, but they never spoke on the phone. That’s because
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: #DontLookAtTheSun Sun News Off The Air
#FunFact: Sun News was the first "national" "news" TV station to show one of my videos. Of course, followed by Gormley slandering me. — Saskboy K. (@saskboy) February 13, 2015 Gormley cooked up a conspiracy to try to blame me for his misfortune of attracting a protest to his book
Continue readingValerie Burns: Stick a Fork in Sun TV
Some very kind people have said some thoughtful things about the jobs lost at SUN TV. Kind people are good. I get that. Personally, I think that rat’s nest shutting down is a fucking boon to this country. The mere fact they supplied jobs is not enough to justify their
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Bank of Canada: Important Ruling Concerning Money Issuance
Bank of Canada told it should issue money interest-free instead of borrowing from banks.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Oceans Rising Faster In Last 100 Years
If Greenland ice sheet slipped off tomorrow, sea would quickly FALL in Newfoundland and Scotland, but rise disastrously at South Africa! — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) February 11, 2015 Here’s a fantastically interesting lecture on the science of sea levels. Some counter-intuitive stuff goes on when an ice sheet melts, because
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