Occupy the World: The Uprising Has Begun
I missed the march to the park. But when I saw the pictures on TV at work, and I saw how the Occupy movement is spreading.I knew that I was…
October 2011
4093…Earl McRae Dead
Last night he died. With his boots on in The Ottawa Sun newsroom.I used to read his column all the time.Dude was a megastar in our town, especially in the…
Occupy Vancouver, Oct. 15 (includes podcast)
I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn't seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down…
6,800 Ottawa patients may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV
Odd story here - sounds, perhaps, more serious than it is: http://bit.ly/p9I4GC OTTAWA — Public health officials in Ottawa will send out 6,800 registered letters Monday warning former patients of…
Occupy Vancouver, Oct. 15 (includes podcast)
I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery, listened to some speechmaking, saw a number of people I hadn’t seen in over a year, and walked up Hornby Street and down…
Sask Party Deficit Math
The Saskatchewan NDP is proposing to collect higher potash royalties and save a portion of the proceeds in a new Bright Futures Fund. The NDP has also expressed its willingness…
CBC apologizes to Chris Hedges (The Lang & O’Leary Exchange)
“Listen, don’t take this the wrong way, but you sound like a leftwing nutbar.” Kevin O’Leary to Chris Hedges on The Lang & O’Leary Exchange October 6, 2011 I’ve not…
Saturday Evening Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Alice provides the definitive overview of the NDP's leadership campaign, including the right perspective on who will decide the race:It is entirely possible…
On survival strategies
For all the talk about whether Canada's Liberal Party is dying, let's note that one of the most important determinants of its future is the question of how its supporters…
Occupy Toronto: The Beginning Of A Much Needed Revolt
When the New York City cops went in hammer and tongs - or rather, truncheons and pepper spray - to try and drive out the Occupy Wall Street protesters a…
4092…Michael Coren Be Slow
As in retarded. Oooops, canna call people retarded anymore. Apologies. The SUN TV slap head is special. Like the Olympics. The Special Olympics.Check him out in the Sun Saturday. Old…
4091…Weaving His Magic Again
Joe Paopao.Mr. Paopao is the worst coach in the history of professional coaching and continues to weave his magic. The man who killed a team, the Ottawa Renegades, a league,…
Wankers of the Week: Banksters, gangsters and other wanksters
Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, how are we liking our crapitalism today? Not at all? Not a surprise! Considering how it’s costing everyone more and more to derive less and less…
4090…Occupy Ottawa A Dud
I don't know how it will play out on the news but I live downtown in your capital, work downtown in yout capital and play downtown in your capital and…
For the Benefit of All . . . . .
I have spent years studying the complex, so-called neo-modern, continental philosophies which, in recent years, have blown away a great deal of traditional rational, teleological, analytical, meta-theoretical ideas. And I…
Brad Wall Says ‘Overestimation’ Of Revenues Was His Biggest Mistake – Yet He Continues To Drag Flawed Estimates Into The Election Debate!
"Asked what was has been the most regrettable mistake of his first term, Wall quickly responded “that we didn’t build more caution in ’09 budget” that overestimated potash revenues by…
Occupy Winnipeg Scrapbook
Winnipeggers took to the streets October 15, 2011 as part of the international outcry against corporate greed that began with Occupy Wall Street. The Flaming Trolleys provided just the right…
Occupy Canada
If any of our readers have attended any of the Occupy events that have been taking place in Canadian cities would like to share their pictures, we would be more…
Occupy Toronto
Well, I had the opportunity to attend the Occupy Toronto march to St. James Park, and I was impressed by the age range of those in attendance, as well as…