Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Justin Ling reports on the federal government’s covert surveillance of Idle No More: Sitting in her teepee on Ottawa’s Victoria Island in…
September 2013
NATO is so flustered it can barely keep it’s lies straight
As John Kerry gets called out for his obvious lies regarding the Syrian rebels the ‘rebels’ have decided to siege a village and make some more lovely P.R. for Kerry…
Marois sells inferiority.
Quebec’s sovereignty soliloquists believe they have a free hand to sell separatism to their captive audience. Quebec Premier Pauline Marois bragged to the media recently that her Parti Québécois are…
From My Quotes Cupboard – Krupp
Maddened, Alfred struck back with a plan to silence all his enemies. At first they were indeed speechless. Had he gone through with it, he too would have been silenced…
Peter Shurman, meet Mike Duffy, Pam Wallin and Mac Harb
What’s significant about this story about the main Ontario PC spokesman isn’t (a) that he’s now got the same problem Harb, Duffy, Wallin et al. have, and it isn’t (b)…
New column day
Here, on how “we must increase stock prices!” – or worse yet, “we must increase company X’s stock prices!” – makes for a thoroughly regressive public policy goal. For further…
Looking back 1 v.2
I think I fixed the composition problems from the first version. Looking back on Vernazza in the Parco Nazionalle de Cinque Terre, Italy. Filed under: art Tagged: art, Cinque Terre,…
Canada must work for peace in Syria
Aug. 31, 2013: Two of the Winnipeggers who gathered at the Canadian Human Rights Museum to oppose military intervention in Syria. Photo: Paul S. Graham By Peace Alliance Winnipeg As…
The Trudeau paradox
Here, finally, a real poll by a real pollster about what I consider a real concern: Trudeau’s strength is simultaneously his weakness. It is his freshness, and his newness, that…
Tory MPP Peter Shurman: My Salary Is Not Enough
“Frankly, on the basis of … how we’re paid at the legislature, I can’t afford two houses,” he said in an interview. “I make $112,500 a year. Some people think…
Hope Where Power Is Divorced From Politics
Henry Giroux is one of neo-liberalism’s fiercest critics, From McMaster University, he now writes about his native land with burning passion. In the United States, Giroux opines, power has become…
Reasons to NOT Support Operation Christmas Child
Google informs me that there are already people and schools taking advantage of back-to-school sales to gather supplies for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. While I think it is great to…
Fracking Away Our Water Supply
As many areas of the country experience severe droughts, the fight for clean, fresh water is becoming vital to survival for many American citizens. The problem has been made worse…
Political Spin: This Story Isn’t True, But It Is Gratifying
My friend Gary sent me this yesterday, an apocryphal story that nonetheless offers certain pleasures. Enjoy! Remus Rudd Stephen Harper’s great-great uncle. Remus Rudd No matter what side of the…
Guest Post: In Defense of Out-of-Home Care & How Family Can Stay Involved
Guest Post by Sarah Gotheridge In Defense of Out-of-Home Care & How Family Can Stay Involved Many families are faced with the problem of caring for aging relatives that can…
Thag not talk much!
Thag’s year with the Drunka Grunka was drawing to a close, and he was almost ready to head back to his own tribe, the Thunka Grunkas. His relationship with the…
The Impact of the Tuition Freeze #nlpoli
As students head back to Memorial University, you can see the impact the ongoing tuition freeze is having on the university’s budget. You can see it in the policy to…
John McCain and the Coming War on Iran
It really is the stuff of nightmares. Obama caught in a trap of his own making, and John McCain helping him to dig himself into an even bigger hole. By…
9 year old’s plea to CEO of proposed Sacred Headwaters mine
This recent video from Beyond Boarding – a group of self-described “snowboarders making positive change” – shows 9-year-old Caden Jakesta and several other members of the Tahltan Nation in northwest…