David Cameron, former Bullingdon bully, criticizes rioters
It is always such a challenge to divorce the class angle from British affairs. Two of the most vociferous critics of the recent rioters in London and other cities have…
August 2011
The new new McCarthyism
Because everything old is new again. I refer to Toronto City Councillor, homophobe and stalker Giorgio (formerly George) Mammoliti, finally coming completely unglued. This being 2011, of course, the commies…
The Ugly Smirking Face of Conservatism
British Conservative prime minister David Cameron made himself judge, jury and Lord High Executioner this week when he pronounced that anyone charged with rioting should be remanded in custody and…
Israel Derangement Syndrome
The announcement by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu that the colonization of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is picking up speed has prompted in me another attack of IDS. Apparently,…
Harper’s Ivory Tory
I've heard of worshipping at the porcelain god but this is getting ridiculous.
Free Trade To Nowhere
Harper is busy opening trade deals with poor countries -- not that they will buy anything from us -- but they sure are a pool of cheap labor, eh?
Get Out of Afghanistan. We’ve Seen This Movie Before
It's like a geo-political take on one of those slasher movies in a haunted house. Danger lurks behind every door.The haunted house is Pakistan. Danger lurks everywhere - along its…
Oyster Burger. Enough said.
It would have been easy to blog about the Conservative British Government's appalling choice to muse openly about shutting down social media sites or deny access to certain users in…
Wrongful dismissal generally relieves an employee from compliance with covenants that restrict future employability
Globex Foreign Exchange Corporation v. Kelcher, 2011 ABCA 240 is an important employment law case from Alberta. Among other things the Court concludes that wrongful dismissal generally relieves an employee…
7000 Generations Walk Against Nuclear Waste
Pinehouse to Regina 7000 Generations Walk Against Nuclear Waste please think about where you can join us. Talk to your friends and family to see if they’re interested to support…
Feral Capitalism Hits The Streets
“Nihilistic and feral teenagers” the Daily Mail called them: the crazy youths from all walks of life who raced around the streets mindlessly and desperately hurling bricks, stones and bottles…
Is YouTube censoring comments about its advertisers?
Evidence that YouTube is censoring video comments regarding its video advertisers. Investigate for yourself.
The Century of Revolution, What the Right Can’t See
To Conservative Brit prime minister, David Cameron, the masses of youth who took to Britain's streets this week for four consecutive nights of rioting are nothing more than common criminals.…
austerity: a survival guide
Brian McFadden, New York Times, August 6, 2011. Click to enlarge.
The 53 Percent Solution….The Stenographers Crank-Up
LegitimizeThis!ExpectationsGaloreVille Well, well, well.... It looks like Diamond Jim's Flaherty's shake-down .....errrrr....'reminder' about the $1.6 billion dollar extortion has been knocked off the front pages by, as we predicted yesterday,…
Can’t Find a God? Don’t Worry, You’re Just Fine
Non-believers are really nice people. In fact, studies are finding that secularists are often better educated, more tolerant and more knowledgeable about God than supposed true believers. This, according to…
animal services for animals and people, not profit! toronto must not privatize tas!
Privatization frenzy threatens and destroys our quality of life in so many ways. Health care, public transit, libraries, sanitation, day care, recreation, parks - these are services that should always…
Should Bert and Ernie get married?
Who cares? Sheesh.
"riots are the voice of the unheard." the u.k. still isn’t listening.
Riots are the voice of the unheard.Martin Luther King, Jr.A comrade and friend posted this on Facebook:I just watched BBC coverage of Miliband, leader of the British Labour Party, blaming…