Words to ponder
“In any society where wealth and income concentrate overwhelmingly at the top, the affluent will almost always come to sneer at public services and the men and women who provide…
2012
How Putin Learned That Putin Was Behind The Plot To Assassinate Putin
How Putin Learned That Putin Was Behind The Plot To Assassinate Putin.
An Open Letter to Stephen Harper Regarding Senate Reform
Dear Prime Minister Stephen Harper: I am writing today in response to reports that you will seek a Supreme Court reference on the constitutionality of your proposals for Senate reform.…
I’m Pretty Sure
I’m pretty sure, not betting sure but close, that I’m still going to make it out of here before this place of mine gets heavily hit by climate change. “Not…
Naomi Klein – Unacceptable risks in pipeline expansion to Vancouver
RELATED: Naomi Klein Debunks “Ethical Oil” Fiction AUDIO: On “A Sense of Justice”, disecting Enbridge and the Canadian tar sands On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender…
The demise of balance as bias has been greatly exaggerated
A least that the bastion of liberalism that is PBS News Hour. DeSmogBlog and Climate Progress have more.
Yikes! U.S. program with remarkable knack for spotting future foreign leaders picks … Danielle Smith
Wildrose Party Leader Danielle Smith prepares to set off on her 19-day American tour. Future America-friendly leaders may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Ms. Smith for real. With tout…
Occupy Wall Street 1 Year Later: A Roundtable Discussion
Democracy Now host Amy Goodman hosts a roundtable discussion of Occupy Wall Street movement on its 1 year anniversary with the following experts: Frances Fox Piven, an author and professor…
Great line of the day
Laura Clawson at Daily Kos sums up the Occupy impact:: There may no longer be occupiers sleeping out in parks every night, there may never have been a unified set…
In Tuesday’s Sun: our Hegelian Dialectic
The return of Parliament, the anniversary of the Occupy Movement, and the NHL lockout may seem like improbable subjects for a single opinion column. But bear with us. In Hegelian…
The Not So Leblanc Slate
Leadership races are often an opportunity for a political party to start over with a blank slate, Liberals might not get that chance if a slightly hypocritical Dominic Leblanc gets…
Stephen Harper and the Big Lie
Well there they were again. The same tired old Con gang and their weird and whacked out leader. Blowing smoke out of every orifice, trying to smear their opponents. Lying…
PBS NewsHour Falls Into “Balance” Trap, Provides Megaphone For Anthony Watts
PBS – the network that conservatives have regularly attacked for “liberal bias” for more than 40 years – finally put that myth to rest tonight by airing a one-sided interview…
Stephen Woodworth’s “science,” and why Canada’s far-right isn’t really interested in it.
Stephen Woodworth’s Motion M-312 is scheduled for its second hour of debate this Friday, and the vote on the following Wednesday. And over summer’s Parliamentary break, there has been an…
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How Romney Really Feels About the Non-Rich
A secret video from a Romney fundraiser reveals more about the presidential candidate than he probably wants people to know: The full story and additional video can be found here.…
Mitt Romney Caught On Hidden Video Camera Writing Off 47% Of American Population!
“There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon…
5164…Good News About Diet Drinks
They get you drunk faster. I grabbed this from Prevention on Shine through Yahoo Canada. Cocktails made with diet soda get you drunker, faster, according to a study out of…