Stop Ongoing Harassment of Jalil Muntaqim!
Jalil Muntaqim, POW This from comrades at Jericho: We received a call Friday morningfrom Jalil Muntaqim to advise us that his cell had been raided onThursday, January 5th.(Attica,NY) When Jalil…
2012
Quebec a la post-2011 and Equipe Autonomiste
Here at Blunt Objects we seek to provide lovely graphics wherever possible, such as now. Here’s what I’ve culminated so far for Quebec’s rapidly changing political environment (which now includes…
Neo-nazi to assist at Calgary gun show
According to John Marleau’s Facebook profile: “I am working a gun show the 14th. Lol. Who is heading over?” That would be this event. Move along. Nothing to see here.
Shirish Chotalia: so this is what Conservatives mean by ‘human rights’
I’ve had too many bosses to count over my career in IT. Most were fine. A few were assholes who made life unbearable for the staff. So it’s always worth…
Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – January 8, 2012
There isn’t anything new in the candidate rankings for this week, as the latest developments have generally left the NDP’s leadership contenders in substantially the same position they’ve occupied for…
Stephen Harper on partisan Senate Appointments
"Despite the fine work of many individual senators, the Upper House remains a dumping ground for the favoured cronies of the prime minister," Stephen Harper's leadership website said on Jan.…
Disappeared item from The Real Story
Ian Reid’s blog The Real Story published an important article Saturday Jan 7. Noon Sunday, the entire blog was down. This might be a meaningless vagary of the Internet or…
Bechtel Whistleblower Warns Against Keystone XL; Witnessed Shoddy Work on TransCanada’s Keystone I
Back in August, DeSmogBlog’s own Emma Pullman co-produced a startling infographic about how the first section of TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline system was “Built to Spill,” with a dozen spills recorded…
Canada Day and the War of 1812
In a story in today’s Toronto Star and CBC from Canadian Press, the federal government has hired a consultant to inject a War of 1812 theme into the noonday and…
Yeah, right, President Harper and his Stepford Wives Are Such Good Economic Managers
Let me get this straight. This past week we learned that the Harper Regime spent $53.8 million in 2009-10 spinning their “Economic” Action Plan to a gullible populace – a…
Everybody wants a piece of Oboe
Duncan tested negative for hyperthyroidism, so now we’re treating him for irritable bowel syndrome. If he responds well to the treatment, then that’s probably what he’s got. If not, we’ll…
Fracking Earthquakes Becoming Serious Cause for Concern
Fracking-illustration-001.jpg For the fracking industry, 2012 is off to a shaky start…literally. On New Year’s Eve 2011, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Ohio, one of the largest fracking-related…
SOPA Developments
This past week has seen a lot of pressure mounting against a piece of US domestic legislation the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Game publishers this week are increasingly being…
In case you didn’t already think Rick Santorum was an ignorant jerk
Get a load of this: The GOP presidential hopeful recently attended a town hall at a Dublin, New Hampshire private school where he preached his wisdom on what, exactly, makes…
Reporter does his job, challenges Romney. Gets dressed down by Romney aide.
Here is what all reporters should be doing – journalism. Will he keep his job? I love the aide at the end, criticizing the reporter, “don’t get argumentative with the…
An Examination of Marc Lemire VIII
NOTE: First, because of its relevance, we would suggest our readers take a look at the latest post on BCL's blog. The folks at Free Dominion really aren't fans of…
Hey! Pundits!…
…Stop Trying To ‘Make Sense’ Of The Ethical Oil Argument. Why? Because, as Ian Reid makes clear, it is nothing but a brazen PR offensive: ….The group, Ethical Oil, was…
The Silent Destruction of Canadians Ability to Govern Themselves
Little by little through trade and security deals such as CETA and Beyond Borders we are losing the ability to make our own decisions regarding the governance of our country.…
Open class warfare erupts in Canada
The by-now-notorious lockout in London, Ontario by the American corporate giant Caterpillar, and another in Quebec by the UK colossus Rio Tinto, signal a new make-or-break era for organized labour…