Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable
– Coco Chanel
December 2012
The Ecology of Money
According to Professor Michael Hudson, an economist and finance expert profiled in the documentary "Surviving Progress", “Every society for the last 4,000 years has found that its debt grows more…
Huffington Post: Canada creating secret ‘insider group’ of lobbyists through TPP
The government has mistakenly sent us at OpenMedia a non-disclosure agreement intended for lobbyists involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership. This is confirmation that this secretive and extre...
"All Options Are On the Table" Making Israel Pay
Decades of experience shows that Western rebukes of Israel are like so much water on a duck's back. Israel simply ignores them, mutters the usual garbage about self-defence, and continues…
The Green Side of Tim Hudak
He must have one, since he recycles, recycles and recycless the same ideas at every opportunity.Recommend this Post
Open Question to #LPCLdr Candidates
Dear federal Liberal leadership candidates,My name is Kyle Hutton and I am the author of the blog Blunt Objects, President of the Burlington Young Liberals Club, and a dedicated Liberal…
Maybe Europe Needs a Rooseveltian Response
For all of its other problems, there's one the European countries have to deal with and soon, youth unemployment. They even have a term for them, "Neets" (not in education,…
If Ford is indeed ousted, council must formally declare his seat vacant. Council would then have 60 days to choose between a byelection or an appointment. The byelection would be a mere 45 days — much shorter than the nearly year-long campaign that preceded Ford’s October 2010 victory — but would still cost taxpayers $7 million.
So what will they do? My guess, and it is a guess, is they will avoid an election. That way Council will choose who they want and can claim to…
Problems With "Ethical Oil" (The Book)
Suncor Energy engineer Sanjay Patel:The other side of the debate is whether or not oil, including Canadian oil, is ethical. A lot of activists point to the objections from many…
Try to Wrap Your Mind Around This
Imagine 2.4-million pounds of something, anything. Now imagine 2.4-million pounds of that something each and every second, 60 times a minute, 36-hundred times every hour; 604,800 times every week. That's…
Privatizing vice
I remember when the Conservative position was to ban gambling and booze -- times change:StoryTory Leader Tim Hudak is calling for the province to get out of the day-to-day gaming…
ConCalls: CBC vs. Postmedia vs. Elections Canada #RoboCon
There’ve been several Canadian media organizations investigating the RoboCon election fraud scandal linked to the Conservative Party. In February, Postmedia broke the story by tying the many localized reports of…
What took so long for community funding to arrive?
Community health care received the biggest percentage increase from this spring’s provincial budget, signalling the government’s intention to transition more of the health system into home care and other community…
Germany Shines a Light on the Harp of Darkness
When it came right down to it, Germany balked at voting "no" on Palestinian recognition in the UN General Assembly and, instead, merely abstained. Netanyahu was not amused.What transpired between…
When is an agreement to be void for uncertainty?
Hanif v. TJM Management Consultants Ltd., 2012 BCCA 485 deals with uncertainty in contract and specifically holds a purchase and sale agreement is not void merely because it does not…
In breaking news…
… someone I couldn’t care less about is having a baby… In other breaking news, the world is ending in a few weeks. You choose which of these is more…
On Correct Terminology
Sanyika Shakur, who was released from Pelican Bay SHU this August, wrote this essay to explain some of the specific spellings and terms used by members of the New Afrikan…
George Takach Joins the Field
Last Thursday, George Takach became the…I dunno…54th? 55th? person you’ve never heard of to declare for the federal Liberal leadership race. Takach launched at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery Centre, before flying…
Day to day life and looking at the larger issues too
This weekend I took one son to beaver camp. Then later at home we set up our Christmas tree and sang Christmas carols. This morning the boys did some schoolwork…