Street protests ignored
The one-percenters and their agents in government remain deaf. As rage at Wall Street rises, its moneymen shower cash on candidates, David Goldstein, McClatchy, October 17, 2011: "WASHINGTON — Even…
October 2011
Planet3.0 Launches!!!
This news is a little stale by now, but the big skunk-works project that has monopolized my time and prevented me from getting podcasts out has launched. Planet3.0 is a…
Setting the Record Straight
There are times when I wonder if I've made the right decision with my life; by which I mean, to become the political junkie that I am. Nothing makes me…
Canada’s Dear Leader
The Toronto Sun’s resident dotard Peter Worthington channels KCNA: Canada’s beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper Spiked the Koolaid a tad, did we? ...
Kevin O’Leary v. Chris Hedges
This is from last week, but I just ran across it tonight. Both O’Leary and Hedges play to type… with quite spectacular results. O’Leary’s shtick as a flippant, amoral greedhead…
Harper’s ‘tough on crime’ agenda too extreme for Texan lawmakers
Woah, Nelly! Cross posted at Let Freedom Rain
"Free Markets" And Stock Exchanges Tumble In Fear Of Losing Some Of Their Corporate Welfare And ‘Socialism For The Rich’ Entitlements
TORONTO - "Resource stocks led the way to a sharp decline on the Toronto stock market Monday as commodity prices slipped after Germany warned that investors shouldn't get carried away…
I am one of the four million people who bought an iPhone 4S last weekend
Or at least I put a deposit down on the thing. Apparently it'll be showing up in a Rogers store near me some time soon.
Stupid Sex Tricks: Who gives a flying fuck?
Erm…apparently, these two do: The Federal Aviation Administration says it will look into a videotaped skydiving sex stunt to determine if the pilot might have been distracted during the incident…
You know your crime bills are way out in right field….
…when Texas conservatives/Republicans condemn it as not workable and overly expensive, and instead believe money spent on rehabilitation and such is the smarter way to go, and much more effective:…
While the NDP was enabling the gun lobby
The gun lobby was fighting to make it easier to arm criminals, terrorists and child soldiers.Thanks Nathan.
Another tragic loss of a beautiful young gay man…
Have a watch of this video shot by yet another talented, beautiful, young gay man whose life was cut short this weekend by suicide. Every gay man understands the pain…
L’arbre se sauve en laissant tomber ses feuilles.
Pierre Jean Jouve, (The tree saves itself by letting its leaves fall)
Texans Shoot Holes Through Harper Crime Plan
You can't make this stuff up, folks:Conservatives in the United States' toughest crime-fighting jurisdiction — Texas — say the Harper government's crime strategy won't work. "You will spend billions and…
Can OWS Get Traction in Canada?
Tony Keller, executive fellow at the Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto (amongst other things), advances the sensible Canadian reaction to the OWS movement, arguing that many of the…
Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello to join Occupy Vancouver Wednesday?
Occupy Vancouver and Tom Morello? Sheeit. Perfection.When asked if he would try to join the Occupy Vancouver crowds in the street before his concert appearance at the Vogue Theatre Wednesday…
Great Start to Occupy Ottawa Protest
Occupy Ottawa started as a solidarity movement in support the Occupy Wall Street movement. On Sunday, the movement defined itself as truly Canadian. More than 750 Occupy Ottawa protesters marched…
Here’s To The State Of The Golden Era….Last Line
.Here's to the Land of the People Rising...Who see the Golden Era....Now is cached with rust...Who stared down the Leader...Iron fist soon turned to dust...And who see in his Replacement…