Happy Canada Day
And all that. No Cobourg frolic this year, unfortunately, just work, work, work The dearth of posts the past week is not for lack of trying — have several rattling…
2011
DSK, chapter 2
The most recent news about Dominique Strauss-Kahn has come as a bit of a bombshell. The case against him for raping a chambermaid appears to be on the brink of…
Strauss-Khan Freed Without Bail
The socialist former head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Khan, appeared in a New York court this morning where he was released from house arrest and had his $6-million bail and…
American-Flavored Crazy: Rick Perry
Rick Perry, the Texas Governor, is having a party. And you're invited!Rick Perry: Negotiating a bill with the Opposition party?Well... maybe you are. Not sure. It's a prayer party but…
Innu vote overwhelmingly for something
The Innu of Labrador voted overwhelmingly in favour of something on Thursday. News media are calling it the “New Dawn” agreement and say that the vote approves the Lower Churchill…
QOTD
From Krugman, who else:And don’t believe the nonsense about the benefits of spending cuts that has taken over much of our public discourse: slashing spending at a time when the…
Bart’s Books
The good folks in Samara are hosting a fun contest this summer, asking Canadians to vote for their favourite political books. I for one think this is a great idea,…
canada causes cancer: sign a petition to ban canada’s asbestos industry
From Canada Causes Cancer:Asbestos causes cancer and other deadly lung diseases.That's why asbestos has been banned in 52 nations, including the European Union. Not to mention, the Canadian government removed…
HAPPY DOMINION DAY – A Retro ‘Canada Day’
We used to call July 1st, 'Dominion Day' .... now we call it 'Canada Day'. Have a happy and safe one!
Glenn Beck’s departure from Fox News
Some hilarious clips from Beck’s tenure at Faux News. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economySource: Lawrence O’Donnell show “The Last Word”, MSNBC.
Predictability
A quote from Maclean's, about six weeks ago:"Jack Layton’s biggest management problem when the House of Commons reconvenes may well be the newly elected MP from St. John’s South-Mount Pearl."Ya…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Canada Day reading.- Oh, how nice it would be to be able to take pride in Dan Gardner's message about Canada's true identity:The level of civility…
Climate Change Denialist Outed – (along with Exxon)
Willie Soon is a darling of the climate change denialist community. He's a very rare commodity indeed - a genuine scientist with peer-reviewed studies who stoutly disputes the entire theory…
Decolonizing Trans As Allies
I’ve mentioned alliance when dissecting the problems with umbrella thinking in transsexual and gender diverse activism, in “The Death of the ‘Transgender’ Umbrella” and “Why The Umbrella Failed.” It’s easy…
New Documents: A Record of Abandoned Promises: Election Platforms Since 2000
This week’s Sixth Estate Document Collection update is a record of futile and abandoned promises: the major political parties’ election platforms of the past ten years. Election platforms are not,…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Canadian, Please!
Julia Bentley and Andrew Gunadie bring it on: How to become Canadian: “Step 1 — Lose the gun. Step 2 — Buy a canoe. Step 3 — Live multiculturally. Step…
Ex-IMF Head May Have Been Set Up
I detected a smell in the air when the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Khan, was arrested for supposedly sexually assaulting a hotel chamber maid in New…
Apply Canada Day
This has become my annual Canada Day post. I thought about creating a new one, last year and again briefly this week, but it seems that I will spend this…
Canada’s largest mental health institutions: Prisons
Decades ago recognizing that the institutionalisation of the mentally ill was cruel,unjust and counter productive, we started closing these facilities and embarked on a policy of community care.Well it appears…