John Diefenbaker: Soft on crime
In Question Period today, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews criticized NDP MP Joe Comartin for his "long career defending criminals". Just like John Diefenbaker: http://bit.ly/uIPPJP
November 2011
The Toronto G20 and the Vindication of Michael Puddy
Kafkaesque is a term loosely and regularly bandied about, usually denoting a process whereby an innocent person is subjected to unfathomable persecution/arrest. It seems an apt word to describe what…
Passing on the message of their youth…
"A Message from Palestine"A new video titled “A Message from Palestine” has surfaced on the internet and is being shared by many Palestinian youth who agree with its message.The video…
Corneliu Chisu’s Office Responds
According to the following, The Tory MP's staffers did not know who Marc Lemire was when they replied to his request for Mr. Chisu's support re Bill C-304:We respond to…
Ms. Always Campaigning Successfully Plays To The One Percent…
AllTheTwittsThatFitRe-TweetVille....And wants everyone to know it.To wit:But here's the thing..... Does the CoV evn have a 905 Belt that Ms. AC can buy from the Refryers of the Re-Heated RobbFo…
Playtime
A polar bear plays with a tyre in the St-Felicien Wildlife Zoo in St-Felicien, Quebec October 31, 2011
Today in Gutter Politics
This could be the start of a whole new series. Wouldn't that be fun? I don't think this has been reported in the traditional media channels (yet), but courtesy of…
Are Israel and the U.S. About to Attack Iran?
The Guardian seems to think so.The Ministry of Defence believes the US may decide to fast-forward plans for targeted missile strikes at some key Iranian facilities. British officials say that…
UK Fracking Company Takes Partial Responsibility For Earthquakes
Fracking-illustration-001.jpg U.K.-based energy company Cuadrilla Resources has finally admitted that their hydraulic fracturing activities were likely to blame for a series of small earthquakes ...
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading.- Jim Stanford highlights the Cons' thoroughly imbalanced view of labour disputes by pointing out that their concern for the economy has been limited to…
Is Zero Tolerance the best response to bullying?
School bullying, especially bullying targeted against LGBTQQ children, is finally getting the attention it merits. Rick Mercer’s viral rant on teen suicides (see below) has been viewed nearly half a…
PrivilegeWatch: Ethics committee passes redacted version of the Del Mastro order to produce by Kady O’Malley
Columnist says Ethics Committe is no longer seeking the unredacted responses to Access to Information requests filed by FRIENDS.
On priorities
In the absence of any evidence that the NDP's new caucus will be anything but a strong opposition to the Harper Cons, Kady goes hunting for a story based on…
A ‘screaming man’ in testicle scan
Looks like a Harper cabinet member hiding form the public or could it be one of the US republican candidates who does not want to participate in the next Candidates’…
PaperNuts Provides a More Sustainable Packaging Solution
Anybody who’s ordered something online and got it shipped to them might notice how wasteful all that styrofoam packaging is, well a new company is offering a better solution. PaperNuts…
Why Greece?
The Greek economic situation has bankers terrified. This article explains why.
On entrenching inequality
Yesterday at Accidental Deliberations, Greg Fingas pointed us to this story about our federal finance minister giving out homework assignments to the Commons finance committee: Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has…
More post-election analysis
I read, with interest, this article today. As you may have figured out, I knew a little something about what was going on in the Grit campaign (c’mon, you didn’t…
Corporate-owned media manipulation threatens Canadian democracy
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” - A.J. Liebling, American press critic 1904-1963 The economy of the Western world is in a shambles. However,…
Noam Chomsky, Occupy = A Decent Future
Noam Chomsky delivered this year's Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture to Occupy Boston. He stressed that the Occupy movement may be our last, best hope for a decent future and that…