The perfect squelch
“he conductor got on the loudspeaker and reminded everyone to speak softly and not use profanity on the train, ‘especially those people who went to Harvard or Yale or are…
June 2011
A Post Mortem
In the latest edition of The Walrus, Warren Kinsella analyzes the reasons for The Liberals' disastrous election outcome. It's clear that he has little patience for Michael Ignatieff's strategic skills.…
Anti-semitism
Just thought I’d toss the word in there, since nowhere in this entire article does it once appear. Of course, no criticism of Israel is involved. PS: More than you…
In Defence of the Senate
Seems everyone is fed up with the Senate. With Harper having a steel grip on power in Ottawa and doing all he can to circumvent scrutiny over the purse strings,…
In Defence of the Senate
Seems everyone is fed up with the Senate.With Harper having a steel grip on power in Ottawa and doing all he can to circumvent scrutiny over the purse strings, it…
In Defence of the Senate
Seems everyone is fed up with the Senate. With Harper having a steel grip on power in Ottawa and doing all he can to circumvent scrutiny over the purse strings,…
Invasive surveillance bills will cost Canadians in cash and civil liberties, says new coalition
SOS_100x100.png Pro-Internet group calls "Lawful Access" legislation invasive, costly, and poorly thought out June 22, 2011 – Proposed ...
Jon Stewart 1, Politfact 0: Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed
ff-20110127-globalwarming.jpg I have a lot of respect for political fact checking sites. I think they play a critical role, especially in our misinformation-saturated political and media environm...
Solar Map of New York City
New York City's new Solar Map has gone live, and it's a beauty. With a googlemap style interface, you can zoom into any building in the greater NYC area. Click…
rally for postal workers, rally for all workers, rally for public services
This morning in Toronto, locked-out postal workers and their supporters will rally at the legal offices of Canada Post, to protest the collusion of Canada Post and the Conservative Government…
“We’re Not Growing Quality, We’re Growing Crap”
I’m taking a sabbatical from writing for a while - for how long, I don’t know. I do know that I need a bit of a change/break. In the meantime,…
Kill It
Apparently, if Harper's Senate reform package fails he is prepared to abolish the red chamber altogether. It remains to be seen is Harper is just posturing to apply pressure, or…
New WHO AIDS guidelines target global discrimination of gays
Over 30 years after the first AIDS case was diagnosed on June 5, 1981, and after nearly 30 million people have been killed by the pandemic and more than 33…
The Emptiest Of Empty Threats
He's going to stiff Westerners over their precious Triple-E? Not likely. He's going to open The Constitution, followed a minute later by every group with complaint (legit or not) demanding…
The RCMP G8 evaluation in the early going
The way the news of a possible RCMP investigation into the Harper government's G8 spending broke yesterday really was interesting. We have learned, courtesy of the Auditor General's review, of…
The Velvet Glove Comes Off Harper Government’s Labour Relations Agenda
Even though labour relations is largely a provincial responsibility in Canada, we were worried about what would happen in this field under a Harper majority. And it didn’t take long…
70 years ago today
For the history buffs out there, this is one of Churchill's very memorable speeches selected in Brad DeLong's liveblog of today in World War II: "Winston Churchill Liveblogs World War…
JP Morgan Fined $153.6M For Doing God’s Work
It is becoming increasingly evident that the so-called "Economic Crisis" was carefully engineered to force governments to tear down their welfare states.The 153.6 million fine for JP Morgan is a…