Pretty neat, eh?
An amazing visualization of the world's economic progress over the last two centuries:
December 2010
A dream come true for WikiLeaks founder
“When governments stop torturing and killing people, and when corporations stop abusing the legal system, then perhaps it will be time to ask if free-speech activists are accountable.” Julian Assange
Greens Sunk By Pirate Party
Check out the video lol With the results of November 29th, 2010 by-elections, a few observations can be made: One: No one gives a shit! Voter Turnout was in the…
Flanigan: Diminished Expectations
I'm still taking in the Tom Flanagan's comments about assassinating Julian Assange. What amazed me about the comments was how casual and glib they were - as if another man's…
Wisdom from Robertson Davies…
Bruce Hutchison, whose love-affair with the Canadian nation takes many a strange turn, writes this of Sir John A. MacDonald who gave us, he says, "our first portrait of a…
Peas in a Water Pod: China, India and Bangladesh; Atlanta, Alabama and Florida
Two Economist articles of recent publication draw attention to the imminent threat that the availability of water, or the lack thereof, poses to social, political and economic stability. A Himalayan…
Regret is not enough!
Yesterday, Tom Flanagan, a buddy of Prime Minister Harper’s called for the assassination of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. You can read the regina mom’s opinion on that over here. Today,…
Part VII:Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest Activities
This is the last in a seven-part series that will address the need to develop independent media -- print, broadcast and Internet based -- in Canada.Today – with the mainstream…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levelsby Saed Bannoura, from International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010.Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levelsby Saed Bannoura, from International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010. Documents, whose existence were denied by the…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levelsby Saed Bannoura, from International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010.Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levelsby Saed Bannoura, from International Middle East Media Center, November 6, 2010. Documents, whose existence were denied by the…
Korea: How Wars Can Start Between Countries Whose Leaders Don’t Want War
It is generally assumed that when a great war breaks out, at least one of the parties to the conflict wanted it. That assumption can be wildly wrong. None of…
What has my country come to?
Wikileaks’ release of US Embassy cables is hitting some Canadians harder than others. On November 30, Tom Flanagan, a political and strategic adviser to Prime Minister Harper, said, on national…