It took an Australian to state the obvious but Aussie treasurer and deputy prime minister, Wayne Swan, sees Republicans as the greatest threat to America’s economy. “Let’s be blunt and…
This story about Kevin Page’s relentless and noble ongoing attempts to extract information about the public service impact of government budget cuts from the secrecy-obsessed Harper regime appeared in today’s…
Thought I might do a little something thought provoking today but didn’t get very far when I fond this which says far more effectively what I was intending to say:…
The Mouse That Roared is a documentary-in-the-making film by Judith Ehrlich, the award-winning director of “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers”, which earned a…
Canada (Attorney General) v. Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society, 2012 SCC 45 was just released upholding the Court of Appeal ruling that an organization of sex workers…
MiKa Art asks: “Why is your blog name “zoom”? What does it mean to you? When and how did you find out you loved living with birds?” As I recall,…
Our ‘Why Do You Hate Me?’ CD, on Universal/Sudden Death records, is out next month! Get it on iTunes here! Ugly Pop’s re-release of the Hot Nasties’ EP has sold…
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – The Cons’ latest line of talking-point addiction isn’t passing without some substantial comment from Canada’s political press. Today, Jeffrey Simpson lambastes Stephen Harper…
… with time on their hands… I just don’t see the point of having to have the latest and “greatest” as soon as available… (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 21, 2012, the official last day of summer: Judge gives lawyers drubbing over peace bond appeal…
Followers of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership race will note that candidate, Erin Weir will be sharing the podium with Canada’s Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty and Bank of Canada…
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger In the upside down world of politics today it is the comedians, musicians and film makers that are often making the difference. As the US Networks…
It’s not often that Ontario hospitals express opposition to government policy publicly. But the government’s new cap on public sector executive pay of $418,000 (annually) has caused them to come…
Micheal Kingsley famously defined a “gaffe” as when a politician unwittingly tells the truth. And the truth behind Mitt Romney’s “47%” gaffe, Paul Krugman writes, is that Romney and his…
On the one hand, their mere existence hurts conservatives all over the place. Every day, they hammer the conservatives’ brand. They remind voters why they need to vote liberal. That…
The current carbon tax “debate” in Parliament is absolutely pathetic, an embarrassing display, which serves to highlight why Canadians have tuned out to the utterly useless machinations of Ottawa. Excellent…
A two-year-old girl who was allegedly abused by her parents has died at an Edmonton hospital Story .
I attended Hedges lecture at the UofR on Thursday night, and I think most of the crowd was impressed as was I. He did get a standing ovation when done.…
Now that some of the details have been made public, I need to write about my experience yesterday and the last few days. As the public battle to keep Kimberly…
