5478…3.9 Million A Month In Alimony
Presumably indexed to inflation. That is what the former Mrs. Silvio Berlusconi will be getting from now until the end of time after her break up with the former and…
2013
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that to start the new year. – Lynn Stuart Parramore discusses the dangers of needless means-testing for basic social benefits: When I spoke to Joseph Stiglitz, he discussed…
Listen to the December 2012 Politics, Re-Spun Panel on Human Rights and Consumerism
December 2012′s Politics, Re-Spun panel on Co-op Radio included Julie McArthur, Alnoor Gova, Imtiaz Popat, Anna Davey, Kevin Harding and Stephen Elliott-Buckley discussing: International Human Rights Day, experiencing “My Voice,…
5477…No 1 Ever Asked Liz May If She Was A MILF
Some politically correctos have their panties in a knot coz a 28,000 dollar a year jock named Drex on Jet FM in Courtney, B. C. asked Premier Christie Clark what…
Eight Years of Sketchy Thoughts
It has been eight years since i started this blog, basically as a way of trying to figure out how to develop and explore some political ideas and perhaps also…
A Bad Year For The Environment
Canada’s native peoples understand how toxic the Harper government is for the environment. So does the Toronto Star: Bill C-38 included more than $160 million in cuts to environmental spending,…
The Good News: It’s a New Year – the Bad News: Expect More of the Same
Best wishes to everyone in 2013. I would like to express my hope that all will enjoy a prosperous 12 months ahead, but given both domestic and international realities, I…
Happy New Year’s!
Happy New Years all! And thanks to The Cartoon Blog for the cartoon. Alltop is always new and funny.
Hopes For a New Year
We all have dreams and hopes for a better future. It is good to remember that there is more that connects us than divides us. Let’s hope that 2013 is…
Crystal Ball Gazing, 2013 Edition, Part 5: Canada’s National Political Parties
In Parts 1 through 4 of this blogpost, I looked at some international and national trends and events which I expect to influence 2013. In Part 5, I’m taking a…
Spence hunger strike: FN Chiefs contemplate Canada-wide “economic disruptions”
by Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive | January 01, 2013 “Economic impacts are imminent if there is no response.” APTN National News is reporting that First Nations leaders are…
Happy New Year 2013 from UNA’s Devonshire Care Centre picket line in Edmonton, Alberta
Your blogger, at right, wishes everyone a happy, prosperous and fairly treated New year 2013, from the United Nurses of Alberta picket line at Edmonton’s Devonshire Care Centre, where Registered…
Happy New Year
And may 2013 exceed your highest expectations. This, from Neil Young. And just a bit of vintage John Hiatt. And here, because there really is only one way forward. And,…
2012: A Year of Activism from Maple Spring to Idle No More
I think we will look back at 2012 as the year that everything changed. The year began with what became a powerful strike of Quebec students against an intransigent government…
Crystal Ball Gazing, 2013 Edition, Part 4: The Canadian Political Scene
In earlier blogposts, I laid the foundations for my predictions, and proceeded to discuss a few municipal-level issues, along with how next year’s political situation in Ontario might play itself…
Happy New Year
I’m home with the flu and a weird rash on my arm this new year’s eve — though we usually don’t go out anyway, just have family and friends in…