What Anti-Wind Activists Talk About When They’re Alone
From the comments at Ontario Wind Resistance: I remember reading of the complainant who claimed they could only sleep when the turbines were off — but could not get the…
October 2013
Sinead O’Connor likes to slut-shame
Sinead O’Connor slut-shaming: “Taking me on is even more fuckin’ stupid than behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism…I am staggered that any 20 yr old woman of the…
The Con Klown Tour and the True Horror of Harperland
Oh no. Not more humiliation. Can you believe it? Stephen Harper's Great Escape Tour is on its way to Kuala Lumpur. And I'm still waiting to hear from the CTV…
Collins on Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
In Quebec, Jacques Parizeau has turned on the Parti Quebecois’ values charter. It made national news. In Newfoundland and Labrador last week, former Conservative finance minister John Collins took another…
Emperor Stephen I
Seriously, can we just appoint Stephen Fry as Emperor of the Earth for Life? Sensible, compassionate, well-read, funny and one of the most agile wits of our time. If only…
Emperor Stephen I
Seriously, can we just appoint Stephen Fry as Emperor of the Earth for Life? Sensible, compassionate, well-read, funny and one of the most agile wits of our time. If only…
Emperor Stephen I
Seriously, can we just appoint Stephen Fry as Emperor of the Earth for Life? Sensible, compassionate, well-read, funny and one of the most agile wits of our time. If only…
Government Crackdown on Golden Dawn Won’t Defeat Greek Fascism
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10812 Costas Lapavitsas on why the state crackdown on Golden Dawn fails to address the basis of their popular support. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Extreme Right, Fascism, Greece
“If you don’t feel comfortable with your children in that kind of milieu, don’t send your students here.”
Following up on the religious proselytization and abstinence-only sex education occurring in Edmonton Public Schools comes a quote from Orville Chubb, candidate for the Edmonton Public School Board, from his…
Veterans Affairs: regional office closures. Stop ‘em
See if you can get through this three minute video without tearing up. Despite having all kinds of complex feelings about Canadians involved in places including but not limited to…
Another Freeman Standoff: Blood & Honour Connection?
One of our reader sent us this link and suggested Freemen involved have links to a former member of the Aryan Guard/Blood & Honour. If there is any more information,…
‘If Harper wants to be PM, job comes with questions from journalists’: Mulcair
“Stephen Harper wants to be the prime minister of a G-8 country, to manage one of the most complex governments and economies in the world, and yet he wants to…
The Problem Of Corporate Personhood
Over the last several years, we have seen a steady escalation of businesses asserting rights and privileges which are normally reserved for individuals. A number of years ago, that extended…
Why Leona Aglukkaq Must Be Fired Immediately
OMG. You'd think she would do better. You'd think she would live up to the honour of being the first Inuk appointed to a federal cabinet. You'd think she would…
Canadians Are "Concerned" About A Lotta Stuff
If “a majority of Canadians say they are “concerned” about potential negative financial impacts on their families if proposed pipeline projects fail to get the go-ahead” is the best they…
Reading between sexist, racist and classist lines: Sinead O’Connor gives some “motherly” advice to Miley Cyrus
Sinead O’Connor wrote an open letter to Miley Cyrus shaming her recent image and her “handlers” for letting her do videos full of nudity. It is a response to Miley’s…
Big Telecom is officially taking Canada to court
We have just received word that the federal Court of Appeal has officially granted Big Telecom permission to take Canada to court over new customer-friendly rules laid out in June…
On the Three or Four Problems of Connectivism
Marc Clarà and Elena Barberà have advanced at least two articles now where they argue that there are three problems with connectivism. One of these is Learning online: massive open…
What happened to the recovery?
(The following is slightly adapted from a short piece on page 3 in the new issue of Economy at Work, the quarterly publication I produce for CUPE, which also covers…
Over 100,000 tell TPP leaders to reject Internet censorship at Bali summit starting Monday
SayNo200x200_240913.png Online campaign goes viral, spurred on by citizen outrage at secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership proposals, says OpenMedia October 3, 2013 – Citizens across the trans-Pacific region are speaking…