The OccupyWallStreet Statement, As Read By Keith Olbermann
Powerful, precise, and comprehensive:
October 2011
Cannot believe…
…I’m still harvesting tomatoes on October 10… Picked a half dozen yesterday and may get another two or three! Share and Enjoy: Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
McKibbon: The Sky Does Not Belong To Exxon
Bill McKibbon addressed the crowd gathered in Washington Square this past Saturday as part of “Occupy Washington”. Here is the text of his speech, thanks to the crew over at…
Jane Taber and Candy Hoeppner Are Now Into Fiction: Part 1– Diabolical Wedgie Games: The Politics
Yes, Jane Taber is all ga ga giddy, again, for her precious Harpercons and this time it’s over her new girlfriend, Candy getchergun Hoeppner. Boys ‘n’ girls, Janie is all…
How investment and helping can go in hand in hand. Or why you should learn that hoarding large sums of money is bad for the economy and humanity.
This post has been immediately inspired by a semi-recent vlog-brothers video that somebody linked me. The part that’s relevant to this post, and the part that really interested me was…
Panic of the Plutocrats
That's the title of an excellent article by the New York Times' Paul Krugman as he writes about the hysteria being elicited in the power elite over the implications of…
On royal demolition
Yesterday I posted about one way in which the Cons' threat to go over the head of Canada's governing institutions in order to hold onto power looks to have plenty…
Motivation and demotivation #nlpoli #nlvotes
“Complacency is your greatest enemy in an election,” Progressive Conservative Leader Kathy Dunderdale said Sunday. “When it's hard to motivate people to become engaged to get out and to cast…
Much on the Progressive’s Wishlist but much for which we should be grateful
We should be grateful to the occupy wall street folks who may just have started the non-violent socio-economic revolution for which we've all been waiting. The democratic character of this…
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City
Posted on September 30, 2011 by NYCGA. This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September 29, 2011. As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling…
Is something happening here?
Occupy Wall Street – and now Bay Street? The 99%? Conservatives losing elections all over the country? A Red Tory elected head of the Alberta Conservatives? American billionaires demanding to…
Canadian Thanksgiving: Marvelous Weather, Lots of Food, Much to be Grateful for
I must say straight up that I'm not at all a believer, but I do think it is instructive and good for ones spirits to now and then take stock…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…
4072…How About Some Football!!!
It is going to be a Monday night football party in suburban Windsor tonight. The venue is that cute little town across the pond from the Motor City, Deetroyit, where…
4071…Imagine
Me, in a Speedo, washing my car on Thanksgiving Day in Ottawa.That is how warm it is here.The image of me in the Speedo should keep you from over eating…
Parliament In Review: September 30, 2011
The Harper Conservatives' choice to talk about everything but the economy continued on September 30, with the day's debate taken up by the Cons' anti-refugee bill as well as a…
4070…Greatest Wedding Ever
And I went to it.Last night at a bar, Nostalgica, on the campus of the University of Ottawa.I have been to prob 1000 weddings as an altar boy, dj, waiter…
4069…Buffalo Tim Hudak Slept Well Last Night
His Bills destroyed the Dream Team Philly Iggles in Mr. Hudak's hometown of Buffalo yesterday.At least one thing went right for him this week.Perhaps he could get his old job…
Here’s To The State Of The Golden Era….Verse 3
.Here's to the Lies of the Era's Spinners...In the midst of all the plenty....A decade of children going down...And the Seniors who need our help most...Get shuffled round and round...While…
Oh yeah, torture…
I’m not sure why this wasn’t more of a story during the election, but the Afghan Detainee issue has once again made the papers. Afghanistan’s internal security service and police…