coal and the Buddha
via photography.nationalgeographic.com This photo speaks for itself. Filed under: Miscellany
2011
Wealth gap in the U.S.—100 years of progress lost
A lost century—inequality in the U.S. is more extreme than it has been in almost 100 years. The gap between the ultra-rich and the poor and middle class has widened…
Double Standards And Chauvinism In The Nycole Turmel Affair
For over a week now, politicians, the media and pundits have relentlessly sniped interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel for her past association with the Bloc Quebecois. To them, it’s not…
Angles and Corners
These boys are all skinny legs and large, awkward feet. You see the way they stand and listen to their coaches, and you see glimpses of the men they will…
Has the leak investigation been announced?
I've seen a number of media stories since yesterday about the CSIS documents that were leaked to La Presse and supposedly reveal that Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui once plotted…
Canada-Brazil Relations : not good
When I went to Brazil on an impromptu, last-minute whim in Iguazu Falls, Argentina, I was surprised that my Canadian passport was insufficient to enter the country. Like Chile, they…
Will Canada Destroy Civilization?
We have to choose - will it be the survival of mankind or will it be whatever wealth we can extract from the Athabasca Tar Sands? It seems to be…
Separatist in the PMO.
All this hoopla about Nycole Turmel and her connections to the bloc has me laughing. Harper finds it "disappointing". "I think it's very disappointing," Harper said when asked about Turmel…
Hassan Diab and the Keystone Kops er RCMP
Hassan Diab, Accused of terrorism, followed for more than a year,police attempting to break into his condo, ordered deported based on flimsy if not outright falsified evidence, welcome to the…
Smiles of a summer night
Ah, summers in Ottawa, so much to see and do these days. There are times I love this place—in fact most times, except for the five-month winter. Last night my…
Uhm. Wow.
Goudreau is a nobody in the "White Nationalist" movement. He is viewed as a joke even amongst his fellow travellers. A modicum of research would clearly indicate this, as well…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- L. Aaron Wright nicely contrasts the fabricated hysteria over Nycole Turmel against the choices of the Libs and Cons:Where was the outrage when Stephen…
My Guess
When they find these idiots, they will be white teens from the suburbs. Make them scrub this filth from the walls and have them take classes in world religions and…
It Isn’t That They Are Stupid Exactly
But Wall Streeters have been making so much money trading worthless pieces of shit back and forth to each other, over the last couple of decades, that they haven't a…
East Africa Food Crisis: 48 Hour Fundraiser This Weekend To Combat Famine and Drought
Somalia Drought 2011.jpg Please join DeSmogBlog and a network of environmental organizations, websites, nonprofits, and social media mavens this weekend in a 48-hour fundraiser to benefit the 12 ...
CSIS Director Richard Fadden Is Responsible for Latest Abdelrazik Slur
The simultaneous attempts at name-clearing by Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik, who was illegally detained and tortured by the Sudanese government at the request of the Canadian government, and Moroccan citizen…
The other shoe drops in the States
Finally, at least one of the bond rating agencies in the United States has owned up to its hypocrisies -- and slapped down the country's long standing credit rating, from…
Memorial University announces new members of board of regents
From Luminus Express: The election of alumni representatives to Memorial’s Board of Regents was finalized on Aug. 4, with five new representatives and one incumbent taking the six available positions.…
The Second Great Contraction
The American economist, Kenneth Rogoff suggested this week that we stop referring to our present economic woes as The Great Recession, and instead label the present situation The Second Great…
Well, we’re officially boned
The downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States credit rating proves three things:1. Obama is probably not going to be re-elected2. It's a good bet to learn Chinese…