4123…Warren Kinsella Be Angry
At the lovable folks at Rogers. How much do i hate Rogers?October 23rd, 2011, 10:05 pmLet me count the ways.1. Get Apple TV as a gift. Never loads. Told Rogers…
October 2011
4122…Earl McCrae
He is the Ottawa Sun columnist who died 9 days ago.Been rereading some of his current stuff in Ottawa Suns floating around the house and some stuff online. He didn't…
QP: A bit of unnecessary repetition
Without either Harper or Baird in the House, one might have expected a somewhat more sedate Question Period, but that wasn’t necessarily the case. Restless may have been a better…
In other news, the sun set in the west today and is widely expected to rise in the east tomorrow…
I'm shocked, just shocked that Christie Blatchford said something stupid, mean-spirited and offensive about not-police people who work hard to help people in need. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
RCEN Cuts: Not Just About Jobs
Canada World Youth intern, Justin Chisholm (writing for the Sierra Youth Coalition), analyzes the recent cuts to the Canadian Environmental Network. Minister of Environment Hon. Peter Kent and the federal…
Robertson Warns GOP of “Extremism”
In a rare moment of pragmatic clarity, Pat Robertson worries that shameless pandering to the extreme right-wing base of the Republican Party will make the eventual winner of the primary…
Imperialism and Democracy: White House or Liberty Square?
Introduction: The relation between imperialism and democracy has been debated and discussed over 2500 years, from fifth century Athens to Liberty Park in Manhattan. Contemporary critics of imperialism (and capitalism)…
Video: Four Directions Walk to End Poverty
Despite its well established habit of electing social democratic governments, Winnipeg has claimed some dubious honors — “Murder Capital of Canada” and “Child Poverty Capital of Canada” to name two…
Harper’s New Libyan Government Pals = "Meet The New Boss … Same As The Old Boss" … YIKES!
I hated Gaddafi. He should have been put on trial for crimes against humanity and crimes against his own people. Harper's new Libyan allies had something else in mind.Daily Mail…
Tory Taber wanks on for the Conservatives. Again.
Whatever they pay her is not enough. Jane Taber has made quite a reputation for herself as a hagiographer for women - Conservative women, that is. Today, Taber doubles down…
Occupy Wall Street ?…nawww Occupy the Rez
Red Man Laughing ,gets it right on the Occupy Wall Street Movement,does this movement(s) have any value ? Perhaps,as far as raising awareness goes,a good thing. BUT that said ,will…
Valhalla Awaits!
Its seems to be Final Conflict time re the gun registry, brothers & sisters. Lets have the argument one more time, because whenever we do the polls eventually tip 2-to-1…
Home energy retrofit (part 2)
This summer I put our household through an energy efficiency retrofit. I was working on a research paper on energy efficiency, and then both the BC and federal governments announced…
Occupy the NDP
There’s nothing quite like a global social movement to knock other stuff off the front pages and the Occupy movement has done just that. After ignoring it for weeks while…
Says Blatchford, First We Shoot All The Nurses
I actually did a double take, and my jaw dropped, slightly when I read this: It’s why, where I used to think that before I got really old I’d get…
The financial wealth of Canada’s top 1%
Eric Pineault wrote to add some data on financial wealth distribution for Canada. He had a research assistant comb through microdata from Statcan’s Survey of Financial Security from 2005, and…
Marine to NYPD:"this is not a war zone, it doesn’t make you tough, to hurt these people! It doesn’t! If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan"
Inspiring video. U.S Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas challenged a large number of New York City police officer's at a Times Square OWS gathering just over a week ago. The…
Marine to NYPD:"this is not a war zone, it doesn’t make you tough, to hurt these people! It doesn’t! If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan"
Inspiring video. U.S Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas challenged a large number of New York City police officer’s at a Times Square OWS gathering just over a week ago. The…
Marine to NYPD:"this is not a war zone, it doesn’t make you tough, to hurt these people! It doesn’t! If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan"
Inspiring video. U.S Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas challenged a large number of New York City police officer's at a Times Square OWS gathering just over a week ago. The…
Marine to NYPD:"this is not a war zone, it doesn’t make you tough, to hurt these people! It doesn’t! If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan"
Inspiring video. U.S Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas challenged a large number of New York City police officer’s at a Times Square OWS gathering just over a week ago. The…