It took the media long enough to catch on but, as Ben Smith notes, 'Occupy Wall Street is winning'. A quick search of the news--including print articles, web stories and…
Scrubbing unfavourable comments from your Facebook page is not reassuring to a nation who depends on you for transparency and an ear for alternative views, Mr. Prime Minister. But you…
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Looks like it. Jay-Z is releasing a new line of T-shirts in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement Friday via his Rocawear clothing label, but he doesn't plan to…
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About 200,000 university and college students across Quebec shut down their campuses on November 10 to protest a projected 75% increase in tuition fees in the recent budget of the…
The plea agreement saves the Conservatives from potential embarrassment of conviction after trial and the reduced charges let the Party spin it made an honest mistake. Still, it's hard to…
The following picture shows the situation at one of the Bangkok airports. It was a devasting storm and flooding.
The warnings continue. And they are ominous. In its annual World Energy Outlook released November 9th, the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that the world will lose the chance to…
For Remembrance Day watch Klimov's classic anti-war film COME AND SEE.
Today, media conglomerates are not only influenced by Big Money interests, but they are often themselves Big Money interests. - Cameron Gaut I wrote earlier that the Toope Report helps…
I belong to a family, and a clan, with a 300-year military tradition. I have attended more Remembrance Day ceremonies than I can count. And hated them all.I shudder at…
Press conference with David Heap and Ehab Lotayef, on their abduction, kidnapping and detention by Israeli forces: here.And a message from the Irish boat:
I know people who fit the entire description. I was raised among them -- klansmen, gay-bashers, wife-beaters, and child-rapists with a penchant for incest, as well as moonshiners, cardplayers, snake-handlers,…
By Peter Nowak I had to take a deep breath before writing today’s post, mostly to get all the four-letter words and other obscenities out of my system. There are…
BC Agriculture Minister Don McRae, coordinating with federal agencies, claimed last week there are no confirmed cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in British Columbia salmon. Mcrae said, "It is…
From Chris Hedges' "War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning""When Ernie Pyle, the American war correspondent in World War II, was killed on the Pacific island of Ie Shima…
Koch Fat Cat.jpg During last week’s Americans For Prosperity (AFP) event, a common theme kept creeping into the speakers’ presentations: Dismantle the EPA. And as the major funders of...
