Canada’s economy in a stall, StatsCan reports
There’s every chance we’ll have at least a technical recession in the fourth quarter given these statistics: “The economy slumped to 0.6 per cent in the third quarter — below…
December 2012
Goodbye, Premier Redford
Premier RedfordI like Premier Redford. I think she was a breath of fresh air in the closed Alberta system, promising a departure from myopic thinking and an entry into the…
Financial Post = Zombie Host
The Financial Post is the stupid-wing of the National Post. The NatPo manages to publish some actual news, while the Financial Post publishes misinformation that is there simply to anger…
Canadian aid to Palestinians may be on chopping block after UN vote
For bully boy Baird, international front man for the Harper Regime, to consider cutting off or freezing aid to Palestine is unadulterated, childish vindictiveness should he choose to follow through…
Qatari poet jailed for life for poem celebrating Arab Spring
Qatar is home to the international news network Al Jazeera, including Al Jazeera English whose coverage of the middle-east and international news in general has garnered increasing respect from Western…
Review: Feminism For Real
I bought this book about a year ago, originally with the intent of reading it during school and then later with the idea of making it a sort of symbolic…
The Liberal Scarf 2012-12-01 13:23:00
Follow Charles during the debate on Twitter!Like him on Facebook to keep in touch! Less than an hour to go before the first Ontario Liberal leadership debate! You can tune…
Holiday Baking
Mallory and Irene were doing some holiday baking this morning. Two of these are gifts. One she made for herself. Guess which.
Break up songs
Several studies claim that, while the pre-holiday season is lush with holly and hopeful children, late-November through mid-December is the time of year most of us will ditch or be…
Farewell Ford Fun!
Tonight at the Bovine, 542 Queen Street West!
Thomas Walkom’s Perspective on Teacher Unrest
On this blog I have written periodically about unions in both a favourable and a critical light. I have argued both for their necessity to mitigate the depredations that employers…
Does the Harper government think we should repudiate the ICC?
One of the stated reasons for Canada's opposition to the elevation in status of Palestine is the concern that "the Palestinians will use their new status to file war crimes…
Mike Duffy’s Proposal of Maritime Union, Not Going to Happen
What is wrong with Rob Ford Mike Duffy and these Conservative Senators? Talk of Maritime Union has been going on since pre-Confederation, too many hurdles and supposed benefits are not…
I downloaded this image from Facebook, so thanks to the person…
I downloaded this image from Facebook, so thanks to the person who created it. To anyone not familiar with the skinhead subculture (other than the racist, far right fringe that…
Rob Ford is at it again!
This time shouting during a council meeting. What a bizzaro!
Progressive Bloggers / Blogues Progressistes
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Mark Carnage
Originally posted at Zero HedgeFrom John Aziz of AzizonomicsMark CarnageThe greater story behind Mark Carney’s appointment to the Bank of England may be the completion of Goldman Sachs’ multi-tentacled takeover…
Dec. 1: bo-ring…
There are times when even the lies and evasions and banalities of the Moncton Times and Transcript can't rouse.I suppose that when I was new to the province, and naive,…
Badges and How I’d Make Them
This is my first set of submissions for an online course in digital badges being hosted by BC Campus's Scope Forum. I'm not really sure how I got enrolled, but…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Chrystia Freeland discusses the developing view that inequality can serve to stifle growth and development, while more equitable tax systems and social supports can…