A Call for Direct Action: Is it Worthy of Consideration?
Your Anon News • A CALL FOR DIRECT ACTION Although there are facets of this perspective that are highly debatable, as many of the comments on Tumblr reveal, this is…
2012
Gaza & The Not So Slow Decline Of Israel
Not alone any more: Egyptian protestors in Tahrir last year In some ways what just went down in Gaza was business as usual. Israel provoked a mini-war with Gaza killing…
My Reading Material for the Next Two Weeks
Maybe I'll learn something about this whole "Canada" thing, eh?Thanks to my wonderful college library's book sale, where I bough all of these books for under $20. Yes, they're outdated…
Homeschooling Weekly Round-Up Post
This week has been a pretty decent week, homeschooling-wise. Mostly the seven year old did math and writing practice, and the four year old reading and math practice. My four…
What I Read During My Fall Vacation
Well, it really hasn't been a vacation, but I've been attacked by several little viruses, generously shared with us by Jeanne who picked them up at the day care centre.…
One Man’s Terrorist is another’s Freedom Fighter. . .
I was listening to News Radio 1010 in Toronto yesterday night and one of their many mindless, rightwing drones was rambling on about the situation in Gaza. As though the…
Nov. 22: Just for a change of pace…
... listened to a local, private radio station to learn whether it was any better than the Moncton Times and Transcript. For a fair comparison, I chose a station that…
Gil Bennett won’t re-tweet this post #nlpoli
After a few weeks’ break, Telegram editor Peter Jackson had another go Thursday at the water management controversy involving Nalcor and the 2041 Group.Jackson wrote about it in his Hallowe’en…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Christopher Curtis and Stephen Maher break the news that the Cons have falsified donation records, claiming donations to their Laurier-Sainte-Marie riding association from individuals…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 23, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 23, 2012: Top lawyers fear their profession is broken Canadian Employment Law Today: Transgender rights to…
Corporate Canada’s Best Friend
In yet another sign that, for Stephen Harper, profits come before people, the Globe and Mail reports that Ottawa is signaling a radical shift in foreign aid:The federal government is…
Watchdog to CBC: ‘Don’t prostitute your crown jewels’ by Olesia Plokhii
FRIENDS calls on the CRTC to deny CBC a new stream of advertising revenue and ensure the corporation has a contingency plan in place for the loss of a lucrative…
Merits of Crown’s case where bail is sought
R. v. Gingras 2012 BCCA 467 deals with whether strength of appeal should be considered on bail pending appeal. In the decision the Court makes a more general observation about…
buy nothing day: support striking walmart workers near you
One more paper plus one fundraiser for the Children's Book Bank will equal one more term behind me. Until then, I leave you with this excellent image of cultural imperialism,…
Conservatives Abandon Community Pasture Protection
If the Conservatives removed protection on all fish in the ocean, do you think there’d be an outcry of concern? What if they allowed every old tree to be cut…
Albanese supports Pupatello!
Go Sandra go! Last day to become a member, too!
I don’t like this particular bunch in government either, Justin
Sun News has decided it needs to help Joan Crockett, the CPC candidate in Calgary Centre’s by-election, from suffering an embarrassing loss for the Conservatives, so it dredged up a…