March 2011
Parent Central: Is Dalton McGuinty afraid to talk about sex?
A Parent Central/Toronto Star article wonders if Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is afraid to change the Health curriculum that deals with sex education. Conservative groups do not want sexual orientation…
Interview with Birgitta Jonsdottir, Icelandic member of parliament and ex-WikiLeaks
Original post at CRYPTOME – March 2, 2011 http://cryptome.org/0003/jonsdottir-wl.htm “Birgitta Jonsdottir, ex-WikiLeaks, Crusades for Freedom of Information” De Standaard Online – March 2, 2011 – by Dominique Deckmyn in Ghent,…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2011-03-04 00:49:00
Former Head of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service, off-the-record speech ends up on YouTube – March 2, 2011 RAWREPLAY – March 3, 2011 – By Stephen C. Webster http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/03/former-mi6-chief-credits-wikileaks-with-revolutions/
Tory Fundraising Letter Is Wildly Inappropriate
Big Blue apologized today after it was revealed that a staffer in the office of the federal immigration minister used parliamentary letterhead to solicit donations from "very ethnic ridings."Find the…
Racism all the rage in Orange County
In my weaker moments, I imagine that the arc of human civilization is sweeping gently upward, and we are all becoming better, more intelligent beings. And then I see something…
Dale Goldhawk Live Tonight: One of the remaining TCHC board members
I know one of the board members -- Dan King -- and he's on Dale Goldhawk Live tonight at 9 pm to set the record straight. He has refused to…
James Travers RIP
We are saddened to hear of the passing of James Travers columnist extraordinare, protector of democracy and winner of a National Newspaper Award in 2009 for his column entitled: “The…
Go to the Dance
I’ve got an analogy for the Conservtive party’s stance over the possibility of a coalition. They’re just clever bullies, and they should be treated appropriately. Think back to high school.…
The Harper Government
Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It’s the Harper Government please. Not much to say about that is there?
The Harper Government
Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It's the Harper Government please.Not much to say about that is there?
The Harper Government
Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It’s the Harper Government please. Not much to say about that is there?
Pop Quiz
Here's a meme we might usefully try to get into the minds of voters before the release of the budget on March 22 (or, obviously, after); name a single thing…
The F-35 is needed, question mark
I’m sitting here all juiced up from a pot of strong coffee and it pops into my head that the F-35 purchase may not be necessary, at all. I mean,…
Wrongly convicted
In 1981, Ray Towler was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault of two young children and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine years later, in 2010, DNA evidenceSo many…
Wrongly convicted
In 1981, Ray Towler was convicted of rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault of two young children and sentenced to life in prison. Twenty-nine years later, in 2010, DNA evidence So…
Secondary Suites And The Right To Affordable Housing
In December 2007, at the height of Calgary’s housing crunch, a report emerged from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that confirmed what many had long suspected: the cost of…
Corporate Fascism
If there is a God, he must ask for our pardon.(Words scratched onto the walls of the barracks in the Mauthausen concentration camp)There are times when we learn things that…
Brega itself was impossible to reach on Wednesday.
Tisk tisk to the Aljazeera Live blog for pretending that 17,000 articles said that Brega itself was impossible to reach on Wednesday. As you know, you need to put "quotes"…
Repair the broken windows and the rest will follow.
The local news tonight covered a story about some Carleton University students who had figured out a way to obtain laundromat services for free. A lot of them took advantage,…