Free Trade To Nowhere
Harper is busy opening trade deals with poor countries -- not that they will buy anything from us -- but they sure are a pool of cheap labor, eh?
2011
Get Out of Afghanistan. We’ve Seen This Movie Before
It's like a geo-political take on one of those slasher movies in a haunted house. Danger lurks behind every door.The haunted house is Pakistan. Danger lurks everywhere - along its…
Oyster Burger. Enough said.
It would have been easy to blog about the Conservative British Government's appalling choice to muse openly about shutting down social media sites or deny access to certain users in…
Wrongful dismissal generally relieves an employee from compliance with covenants that restrict future employability
Globex Foreign Exchange Corporation v. Kelcher, 2011 ABCA 240 is an important employment law case from Alberta. Among other things the Court concludes that wrongful dismissal generally relieves an employee…
7000 Generations Walk Against Nuclear Waste
Pinehouse to Regina 7000 Generations Walk Against Nuclear Waste please think about where you can join us. Talk to your friends and family to see if they’re interested to support…
Feral Capitalism Hits The Streets
“Nihilistic and feral teenagers” the Daily Mail called them: the crazy youths from all walks of life who raced around the streets mindlessly and desperately hurling bricks, stones and bottles…
Is YouTube censoring comments about its advertisers?
Evidence that YouTube is censoring video comments regarding its video advertisers. Investigate for yourself.
The Century of Revolution, What the Right Can’t See
To Conservative Brit prime minister, David Cameron, the masses of youth who took to Britain's streets this week for four consecutive nights of rioting are nothing more than common criminals.…
austerity: a survival guide
Brian McFadden, New York Times, August 6, 2011. Click to enlarge.
The 53 Percent Solution….The Stenographers Crank-Up
LegitimizeThis!ExpectationsGaloreVille Well, well, well.... It looks like Diamond Jim's Flaherty's shake-down .....errrrr....'reminder' about the $1.6 billion dollar extortion has been knocked off the front pages by, as we predicted yesterday,…
Can’t Find a God? Don’t Worry, You’re Just Fine
Non-believers are really nice people. In fact, studies are finding that secularists are often better educated, more tolerant and more knowledgeable about God than supposed true believers. This, according to…
animal services for animals and people, not profit! toronto must not privatize tas!
Privatization frenzy threatens and destroys our quality of life in so many ways. Health care, public transit, libraries, sanitation, day care, recreation, parks - these are services that should always…
Should Bert and Ernie get married?
Who cares? Sheesh.
"riots are the voice of the unheard." the u.k. still isn’t listening.
Riots are the voice of the unheard.Martin Luther King, Jr.A comrade and friend posted this on Facebook:I just watched BBC coverage of Miliband, leader of the British Labour Party, blaming…
Fossil Fools Are Counting On A Finite Supply of Dead Things To Last Forever
It’s a beautiful sunny Friday morning in northwestern Ontario, and I see out the window my daughter’s brightly coloured clothes drying on our clothesline. The fossil fools who steer the…
Game of Thrones and Canadian Politics
As a fan of the HBO TV-series Game of Thrones, I can't help but associate its medieval fantasy politics to those of Canadian politics. Most people wouldn't associate them together…
Mid-August: time for an update…
Holy Jeez, this summer is just whipping by. One moment is mid-July and 35 degrees, and the next is an early August morning and I’m freezing my butt off on…
Bank of America Gets Foreclosed
This is the feel-good story of the year. A couple, and a rookie lawyer, kick BoA in the ‘holdings’. If it doesn’t play, you want The Daily Show with Jon…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP's success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered…
Rob Ford’s bad math and lies continue to dog his steps
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs - thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train - he found there…