December 2012
Kabul Willing to Hand Taliban Control of South and East Afghanistan
There’s apparently a deal afoot to have Pakistan negotiate an odd peace treaty/capitulation deal between Kabul and the Taliban that is said to include giving the Talibs effective control of…
Documents Reveal Alberta Colludes with Industry in Pipeline Safety Review
A pipeline safety review conducted by the Alberta government last summer was done with the oil and gas industry’s interests in mind, according to recent documents released to Greenpeace through…
Kathy Griffin and Margaret Cho face off for best comedy album
The Grammy nominations were announced last week. There were some highlights (queer hip-hop artist Frank Ocean’s plethora of nominations) and some lowlights ("Call Me Maybe" as song of the year!?).…
Brad Wall Puts Iconic SGI Building Up For Sale In Regina
SGI building up for sale: Sask. Party’s fire sale continues The Sask. Party government has put the iconic SGI building in Regina up for sale. “The potential sale of SGI’s…
Ask the Guy Who Never Inhaled – the War on Drugs is For Losers
Wild Bill Clinton, America’s favourite bad boy ex-pres, says his country’s war on drugs is not working. Quelle surprise! “As the legal limbo surrounding the Washington and Colorado laws continues,…
12 days of austerity
a thread on twitter, #CPCXmasCarols inspired this song. Sing along! on the first day of austerity, Harper gave to me, a pink slip made from a tree…. On the second…
Pipeline politics
Petroleum giant Enbridge Inc. has taken huge strides in recent weeks to complete its plan to transport tar sands oil to eastern Canada and from there to foreign markets. Already…
Dec. 10: I see nothing, hear nothing…..
Perhaps the biggest story of the day is that a monkey wearing a diaper got loose at an Ikea store in Toronto. There is no shale gas news (despite numerous…
Gwynne Dyer – Netanyahu is a Fraud and So, Therefore, Is Harper’s Middle-East Policy
In a recent column (that I somehow overlooked) Gwynne Dyer exposes the Israeli prime minister as an absolute fraud propped up by Canadian and American collaborators. That’s your government, by…
America’s Intolerant WBC Fundamentalists
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I watched this. laugh because Russell Brand* just runs circles around these guys from the Westboro Church and they don’t seem…
It Is As Bad As It Seems – Ask Gwynne Dyer
When he wrote Climate Wars, military affairs oracle Gwynne Dyer accepted the Pentagon and Brit MoD take on global warming, namely that it meant war, an awful lot of war,…
Neoliberal Privatizing of School-yard Play
Capitalism Reaches its Ugly Claw into Recess This is appalling: capitalist invasion by way of neoliberal privatising of playtime at recess and noon. Isn’t it bad enough that we have…
Neoliberal Privatizing of School-yard Play
Capitalism Reaches its Ugly Claw into RecessThis is appalling: capitalist invasion by way of neoliberal privatising of playtime at recess and noon. Isn't it bad enough that we have a…
Neoliberal Privatizing of School-yard Play
Capitalism Reaches its Ugly Claw into Recess This is appalling: capitalist invasion by way of neoliberal privatising of playtime at recess and noon. Isn’t it bad enough that we have…
5424…Be Careful What You Wish 4 Tronna Haters
Former high schooler and Toronto Raptor Tracy McGrady made it clear he did not like Toronto during his time there. Too remote, too cold, too small time. His bio on…
Urging by the Court
It is common for Judges to urge government to take steps to alleviate problems seen by the Courts. Indeed, this very day I saw a judge urging certain steps to…