Harper Omnibus Bill To Cede Some Of Our Sovereignty
Everywhere we look, more and more evidence of Stephen Harper’s intention to betray Canadians through Bill C-38, his omnibus bill which covers a multitude of sins. Recommend this Post
2012
Duel of the Saskatchewan Expatriates: Economist Erin Weir (Yeah!) And Unelected Conservative Senator Pamela Wallin (Boo!)
Last week, Erin Weir had the following ‘letter to the editor’ published in the Globe & Mail: Oil sands royalties The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers’ most recent Statistical Handbook…
I expect a clusterf*ck
Does anyone want to bet me that when the Harper Cons finally get around to announcing the new Employment Insurance rules, they won’t be a total clusterf*ck? This is the…
Stupid MSM guy tries to analyze blogs, fails
And it wasn’t even written by Paul Wells!
Hey kids in your 20′s – Think you’re getting screwed? You are!
These days you see so many young adults living at home, “mooching” of their parents. There are comments like “when I was their age I was married with kids and…
What you eat is what you get – with your energy levels
So I have been in debate with a certain someone the past few days about his dietary consumption. He’s in very very good shape, which is awesome. However, the kid…
Duel of the Saskatchewan Expatriates
Last week, I had the following letter in The Globe and Mail: Oil sands royalties The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers’ most recent Statistical Handbook indicates that, in 2010, this…
Who Defends Us?
Who defends the rights and freedoms of Canadians? A) soldiers B) police C) citizens D) lawyers E) press F) politicians If you came to your own conclusion, and answered “G)…
Frances Trollope and Capitalism. . . .
I have been reading a remarkable book entitled Michael Armstrong: Factory Boy, written in the late 1830s by Frances Trollope (mother of the more famous Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope). This…
Ottawa Xpress
Our pal Raymaker (and bandmate) founded it. Now some other guys have run it out of existence. Sucks.
Beyond Urban Agriculture
Growing food in cities has become sexy. Sexy to a degree that I would never have predicted even a few years ago. The internet is overrun with pictures of futuristic…
Coalition forums continue this week in Kingston, Cornwall and Ottawa
Dennis Howlett, coordinator of Canadians for Tax Fairness, will be at all three public health care forums this week in Eastern Ontario. The forums are hosted by the Ontario Health…
Cities and Food Systems Planning – Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
“We live in cities because rural livelihoods are no longer viable, but who produces the food?”Although the modern city provides a multitude of opportunities, we are now on our way…
Fossil fuel subsidies vs renewables: WTF?
Check out this article from the Guardian. We all know that the fossil fuel industries continue to be subsidized but did you have any idea of just how much money…
The World Post Section 13
I have confirmed from several sources that this story is basically correct. Arthur Topham, publisher of The Radical Press, was indeed recently arrested for hate crimes, for among other things…
Facebust
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, the geniuses of capitalism at work, once again. I so love it.