Faking Poverty
Jagrup Brar, NDP MLA for the Vancouver-area riding of Surrey Fleetwood today embarked on his vow to spend one month living on the paltry $610 that single (ostensibly “employable”) people…
January 2012
quebec city, day one
The drive from Mississauga to Quebec was long but easy. My only concern was winter storms, and we saw nothing more than the occasional flurry. In fact, for the portion…
Making people stupider
(JimDandy Goodness, with his sponsored argument between atheists and agnostics, and annoyance at dimwits who discount meteorology because it isn’t 100% accurate 100% of the time got me thinking about…
The network of global corporate control
“The structure of the control network of transnational corporations affects global market competition and financial stability. So far, only small national samples were studied and there was no appropriate methodology…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come For Lotusand?
WhoseListIsItAnyway WatchDogListVille I’m talking about Salon’s ‘Hack-List’. It is, as you might expect, U.S. American-O-Centric (i.e. Mark Halperin wins!). “…Halperin spent 2011 gearing up for the presidential elections by parroting…
Molly’sBlog 2012-01-02 15:50:00
BOOKS: PAPAL SIN AND LORD ACTON: “The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks”…
RIP and en garde
Swordmaster Bob Anderson has laid down his blade at last. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
‘Electric Highway’ Infrastructure Goes Live
The first location in what will be a series of fast-charging stations for electric and hybrid vehicles as officially opened in Washington State. Consumers cite concerns over how far electric…
The Economist Takes Note: Modern Monetary Theory Gets Much Deserved Attention
As faithful readers of this blog will know, I make only very sporadic contributions to this blog but a substantial fraction of those contributions have made reference to modern monetary…
CBC – The Armageddon Factor
News clip by the CBC regarding the growing influence of the religious Right with the Conservative Harper government, and interview with Marci McDonald, author of The Armageddon Factor. See also:…
Does local TV programming matter to you?
The CRTC wants to hear from Canadians about local TV programming. Up for debate is the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF), which aims to support local programming for communities outside…
Winter Wind
It seems today is the first day of winter I turned my back away, thinking I would not feel the chill of your leaving Still, it blasts through me. Your…
The Saga of Patrick Ross — Part the First
CC here. Since I’ve tweeted mysteriously about this a number of times, I thought it was finally time to write the awesome — nay, definitive — history of my relationship…
You Still Hate Them All, You Love them all.
The Iowa Caucus is the next day and if your like me and quite frankly am no Republican a question can pop up which candidate do I like the most…
Eric Cantor, epicentre of GOP tea party intransigence, exposed by 60 minutes
Eric Cantor, perhaps the assholiest of all the Republican assholes, stepped into it big time on the big stage of 60 minutes. In a classic bit of ‘gotcha’ television, host…
Israel: the Godwin factor
Israel, one might think, would be the last place where the lazy or polemical use of Nazi analogies with present-day Israeli actions and policies would flourish. So I hardly know…
Gitxsan Battle Enbridge with Video Cameras and Social Media
In the wake of the bogus deal Enbridge attempted to foist on the Gitxsan people of Northwest BC last month to help pave the way for its controversial proposed Northern…