Art as a Weapon – Eric Drooker and the persistence of the committed artist
Eric Drooker's visual art responds to political crisis and upheaval by inspiring reflection and action.
October 2011
140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 19, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: SCC Crookes Hyperlinking Ruling Set for Tomorrow -http://goo.gl/CdAR6 Half of Twitter's 100 million active users log in daily -http://goo.gl/ccXth…
Bell Pulls Back Online Restrictions On Eve of Open Internet Anniversary
openmedia_logo.jpg October 19, 2011—According to a recent email obtained by OpenMedia.ca, Bell has decided to start pulling back the discriminatory restrictions it has been imposing on online s...
The Conservative Monopoly
Certain issues encompass all that is wrong with rigid ideology, wherein abstract commitment to certain "principles" fails to incorporate the real world application and blindly soldiers on no matter the…
Just a Mom, Here For A Better World For My Kids
More links: The Global 99 Percent March In Hundreds of Cities Worldwide For Social and Economic Justice How Wall Street Occupies Washington
Luxembourg elects third European capital gay mayor
Citizens of the city of Luxembourg elected Europe's third openly gay mayor of a capital city, as long-time incumbent Paul Helminger was ousted by Xavier Bettel. Elsewhere on the continent,…
Occupy Regina Passes Fourth Night
I’ve had a great time every evening I’ve stopped by Occupy Regina in Victoria Park. The protesters are an eclectic and growing group of educated, and less educated, working, and…
Put a Train on the Champlain
The Harper government has promised to rebuild the Champlain Bridge of Montreal which is a very good move. The infrastructure of Montreal falling apart and that bridge is necessary to…
Do you like books?
Do you like inexpensive books? Do you like a really, really wide selection of inexpensive books? Really? You do? So do I!!!! That’s why I’m going to the giant, humongous…
Still Bleeding Money
...Postmedia sells the Victoria Times Colonist, to help pay off debt and focus on its "core properties". As it happens, my very first job was delivering The Victoria Colonist, the…
Star-crossed lovers
1960 … formerly unknown Mexican sci-fi!, a photo by x-ray delta one on Flickr. The being had crossed all of known space to find her, Lola LaBozla, the smartest woman…
Mandatory nine months for one joint
Consider this - under Bill C-10, a college student who grows a single marijuana plant in a dorm room, rolls a joint from it and shares it with a friend…
Parents Start New Party Against School Anti-Bullying Policies
A new civic party has been started in Burnaby, British Columbia in direct opposition to some new anti-homophobic bullying initiatives introduced by the Burnaby School Board trustees last June. Calling…
PPM: The Polls and the Local Media #nlpoli
All daily media in the province reported polls released by polling firms during the 2011 general election. They reported the polls as the firms released them. That is, they did…
US to Backstop $75 TRILLION in Derivatives Risk?
Just as #occupywallstreet picks up steam, it looks like the US Federal Reserve will backstop (ie. insure against risk or exposure) the massive $75 TRILLION of notional derivatives carried by…
Shortchanging Ontario (and Alberta and BC)
Stephen Harper is due to announce his new formula for seat redistribution in the House of Commons, and lo and behold Ontario is due to remain under-represented. While it was…
Autism Woe Canada: From Coast to Coast, No One Stands On Guard for Canadians with Autism Disorders
Two news reports show all too clearly that no one stands on guard for autistic children, youth and adults in Canada: EDMONTON — A 51-year-old Edmonton man has been sentenced…
The Annals of the Klein-tastrophe: 18 years of chaos and conflict in regional planning
Regional planning in Alberta since 1993, pretty much exactly as illustrated. Below: A rare photo of Ralph Klein and Steve West, grabbed from the Internet. “Limits to growth on horizon,”…
craig chandler launches anti-wildrose facebook group.
Fresh from his campaign to get right-winger Bill Harvey elected as leader of the Liberal Party, ultra-conservative activist Craig Chandler and his acolytes from the Progressive Group for Independent Business…