Solidarity with CUPW…a solidarity leaflet from the SPO
The link below is to a solidarity leaflet to distribute/post in your community, workplace, school etc. Done in B&W to save on cost, feel free to download and use at…
2011
"40 Second Boyd" or F-35 – More Bureaucracy Than Technology
The late Colonel John "40 Second" Boyd would have a thing or three hundred to say about the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and not one of them good. Boyd was…
A History Lesson For Chantal Hebert
There are certain members of the Quebec nationalist punditocracy that will never let facts get in the way of their opinions. Case in point, Chantal Hebert's column in today's Toronto…
CANARIE chirps about their funding
A follow-up to yesterday's post, "Setting a high tech government funded asset adrift," where the sunsetting of funding for CANARIE, Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, was raised. I did…
In some States in the US…
…carrying guns is permitted. Even in the open. In a holster or shoved down your crotch. Your choice. Amazing, eh? And even I, Trashy, the despiser of all things Harper-ish,…
Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution: More Voices
How coincidental that the current number of the Canadian Investment Review arrived in my in-box today, just hours after CAW members at Air Canada hit the bricks to reject the…
Conservative war on the Conservative media
I had to read this little bit of paranoia on the media from Alykhan Velshi twice. It's simply unbelievable (emphasis mine) but says everything about the intentions and mindset of…
A Quick Note On Megatrials And Bill C-2
I see that Vijay Sappani is getting upset with Lizzy May For demanding hearings into Bill C-2. He seems to think that all "due diligence" has already been completed by…
And As Parliament Debates The Use Of CDN Ground Troops In Libya, The MSM Reports On Layton’s Travel Plans !??
Tbe MSM has an anti-New Democratic bias ... and it's showing. On a day when Canada's House of Commons is debating our ongoing military commitment in Libya ... especially the…
Newt Gingrich: Muslims are like Nazis and Communists
Gingrich made this comparison during the GOP debate on June 13th in New Hampshire. Muslim leaders are outraged. His campaign staff has already resigned. Where is this guy headed? He…
Internet Upgrade: Access to the Internet has been declared a fundamental human right
On June 7, 2011, the United Nations released a groundbreaking and exemplary report, which deems the Internet a universal human right. The Internet, the UN argues, has now become an…
Warrantless online surveillance will put too much power, at too high a cost, into the hands of Big Telecom
Written for The Globe And Mail Should telecom network companies and Internet service providers function as arms of law enforcement and national security? Yes, according to the Investigative Powers for…
NDP wakes up to hypocrisy of asbestos mining and export from Quebec
CBC is reporting through the Access to Information Act, that the Harper government rejected a 2006 recommendation from Health Canada to support a global ban on asbestos. Health Canada suggested…
Shades of Green: The Ecology of Wealth
If a healthy biological ecology provides for the well-being of its plants and animals, then a healthy human ecology should provide for the well-being of its constituent members. But human…
Why Are we Allowing the Media to Write the Narrative?
I've found myself getting upset the past few days reading columns about the Harper majority.There is an overwhelming attempt to rewrite Stephen Harper's political story.Angelo Persichilli tells us that yes…
The Ugly Truth About Shark Fin Soup
I was pleased to read in today's Star that two Toronto city councillors, Glenn De Baeremaeker and Kristyn Wong-Tam, are making a motion this week to ban the sale and…
Atmospheric Trust Litigation
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Do the governments of the world have a legal duty to protect the atmosphere...
Good news—Gates says NATO faces dismal future
U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates is not amused by the lack of military esprit de corp among America's NATO allies. "The blunt reality," he lectured, "is that there will be…