Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Pat Atkinson writes that governments at all levels should be setting up realistic fiscal plans to deal with a large group of retiring…
2013
Air pollution causes cancer and kills
What do the deniers of global warmer have to say about the air pollution and its detrimental impact on our health? “It’s specifically about the danger in the air all…
She Refuses To Be Quiet
Brigette DePape — who held up that Stop Harper sign during the last throne speech — has greeted this week’s throne speech with the scorn it deserves: Prime Minister Stephen…
Warren’s going to jail party
Date and location still to be determined – but, given how determined censorship expert Mark Bourrie is to have Warren imprisoned for words – it’ll happen sooner than later. Mark,…
Tribute to liberty??? Canadian tax dollars at work…
I’m beginning to feel more and more like Canada is turning into a neo-conservative southern US state. News items like this from the recent throne speech do that to me:…
The Cannon
The marketing for “The Cannon, The Ride of a Lifetime” was a tad misleading, if accurate: Hey kids, do you want to fly? Then come down to Uncle Savage’s Funzateria…
Toronto needs a mayor: Ford defends thug convicted of murder threat
All the sordid details here – in the Sun.
Protecting sex workers and brothels: Demonstrations over London prostitute evictions
I wrote this, “Micro-brothels” in BC: Are we still criminalizing prostitution? a couple weeks ago to also make sure that we’re properly protecting the rights of sex workers who choose…
Suzuki [Foundation] Strikes Back!
My favorite bit (naturally): Those not familiar with Sun News host Ezra Levant — who also founded a propaganda organization and website to promote the fossil fuel industry and target…
Give everyone money
Following a successful petition initiative, Switzerland is set to be the first Western nation to vote on whether to implement a basic income program. The idea has various names: Basic…
The Gnarley Saga #nlpoli
In case you missed it, flip over to Des Sullivan’s blog Uncle Gnarley and look at the tale Des has put together about why Jerome Kennedy quit politics so abruptly…
Stephen Harper and the Great Throne Speech Scam
Well as you know Stephen Harper deposited his Throne Speech yesterday with much fanfare and farting, and then ran off to Belgium. So he wouldn't have to answer any questions.…
FYI
The tobacco industry is being sued by Canadian provinces that aim to recover more than $100 billion in healthcare costs associated with tobacco related illness. British Columbia is one of…
More Congress Fun
I decided to dig a bit deeper into the support level of the various “caucuses” within the US Congress. I found this website: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2013/index.asp detailing rollcoll votes. I noted a…
Blog Updates
As you can maybe tell (if you aren’t reading this from RSS), I updated the theme a few weeks ago when I started blogging more consistently again. I tried to…
Thoughts on the Throne Speech: Part One
Source: National Post: Throne Speech 2013: The Full Text Well, that was an ordeal.In one of the longer Throne Speeches in recent memory, Governor General David Johnston laid out the…
Thoughts on the Throne Speech: Part One
Source: National Post: Throne Speech 2013: The Full Text Well, that was an ordeal.In one of the longer Throne Speeches in recent memory, Governor General David Johnston laid out the…
Thoughts on the Throne Speech: Part One
Source: National Post: Throne Speech 2013: The Full Text Well, that was an ordeal.In one of the longer Throne Speeches in recent memory, Governor General David Johnston laid out the…
This is very bad and its going to get worse
photo The Mi’kmaw protest against hydro-fracking in New Brunswick has been going on for months. So why was it this morning that RCMP moved in?Rabble says: It is more than…
No matter how cynical I get, I just can’t keep up
So Emily Yoffe wrote an article warning young women that if they get falling-down drunk at a party they are risking being raped. In one awful high-profile case after another—the…