Barack Obama is Gay
Indeed. What other conclusion could you reach when your sources are a noted scam artist and a notorious tabloid in which articles about unfounded and literally insane conspiracy theories are…
October 2013
The Staple Theory @ 50: Gord Laxer
The next installment in our special series of commentaries celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mel Watkins’ classic article on staple theory, focuses our attention on the latest staple boom to…
6346…Margaret Atwood Has A 3 Stooges Thang
Love the Larry haircut. For anyone who has had to write an essay about The Stone Angel, good on her. WFDS
6346…Margaret Atwood Has A 3 Stooges Thang
Love the Larry haircut. For anyone who has had to write an essay about The Stone Angel, good on her. WFDS
6346…Margaret Atwood Has A 3 Stooges Thang
Love the Larry haircut. For anyone who has had to write an essay about The Stone Angel, good on her. WFDS
Kingston Pen: Closed Too Soon?
Why? Well, this, this, and maybe even this: BREAKING! Another one of #PMHarper‘s appointed senators in trouble! Senator Brazeau arrested last night in Gatineau. #cpc #tcot #idleNoMore— Rachel Décoste (@RachelDecoste)…
Campaign Diary Volume 10: The ‘Me Card’ comes to St. Albert library users
Your candidate for St. Albert City Council, looking happy while hanging around St. Albert’s terrific public library. And why wouldn’t he? Now the library offers even more to patrons. Below:…
The Types of Cyclist Change Thanks to Bike Sharing
Bixi is a bike sharing program that started in Montreal but the concept exists in cities around the world. In Montreal where there are more bicycle commuters every year,researchers at…
A support discussion
TICKET: 3480006284 on September 28, 2013 4:47pm I have inadvertently reverified this account at a cost from my Paypal account. I was having some odd problems logging in, and uploading…
We’ve never seen anything like it
What an incredible response! It’s been just a few days since we launched our ‘No to Internet Censorship’ letter calling on world leaders not to sign away our fundamental digital…
Obamacare: why far-right Republicans are trying to stop it
They aren’t trying to stop it by shutting down the US Government because of the devastation and damage it will bring to the US, as their hyperbole claims (never mind…
Will the European Parliament Honour Edward Snowden? In a Way They Already Have.
NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, is a finalist for this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded annually by the European Parliament to those who “combat fanatacism, intolerance or oppression.” Also in the running…
New York warning notice
Apparently people riding on top of the subway is a big problem here in the Big Apple. Rob Ford, take note.
No, Nay, Never.
Dual-citizen and pundit, Diane Francis, maintains that Canada should merge with (into) the United States. She seems to think North American union is vital to protect our economy against state-run…
The Senate Scandal and Stephen Harper’s Good Buddy
She's one of Stephen Harper's closest and longest associates, and one of the few people on Parliament Hill who can walk into his office ANYTIME she wants. And now Senator…
Edward Snowden tribute mural in Manchester by artist Sarah Lynn Mayhew
In a tribute to NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, Manchester-based artist, Sarah Lynn Mayhew, has created a mural entitled “Truth is Coming and it Cannot be Stopped.” The artwork appears on…
America’s Southwest Faces Imminent Water Woes
It supports 40-million people and four million acres of farmland production. It’s the Colorado River and it’s drying up. Next year the desert states of Nevada and Arizona could see…
What America’s Rightwing Media are On About This Morning
Hint: it isn’t the shutdown of the federal government. The New Republic takes a look at the curious behaviour of America’s rightwing media the day after the night before: …the…
IKEA to Sell Residential Solar Panel Systems
It’s starting in Britain but IKEA has plans to bring renewable, solar energy to the public worldwide. The company started selling solar panels made by China’s Hanergy in its store…
Monbiot – It’s Time for Scientists to Go Rogue
Britain, Australia and Canada have been singled out in a Guardian op-ed for “crushing academic integrity on behalf of corporate power.“ Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, contends that scientists have a…