Got PTSD?
September 12, 2013 PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is thankfully becoming less stigmatized due to increased awareness, but like most mental health issues, there stigma that prevents open discussion about…
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The Route to Cold War II, China’s New Silk Road.
One big thing you almost never read about in the western media is the SCO, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The SCO is something of a work in progress, a Chinese-Russian…
Back-bending contortionist who’s made the Guinness World Records 2014
Watch and be amazed. (Euronews.com) Update: A friend pointed out that all politicians can pass or break that record -contortionist.
An Apology: Event on Yom Kippur
I’m in Montreal this week, and teaching a course on EDA management this Sunday. Tonight I’m getting together with a few supporters to discuss my run for party president. I…
U.N. Team Finds No Proof of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria
The report of a U.N. weapons inspection team finds that Assad forces have plenty to answer for but can’t be shown responsible for chemical attacks. “On the evidence currently available,…
In search of Ferris Bueller
On the Magnificent Mile in the Windy City for Riot Fest. Note my headgear, which no government here has yet made illegal.
Harper Govt coming to BC to push pipelines on First Nations
Read this Sept. 12 story from CBC.ca on the caravan of federal ministers and bureaucrats aimed at convincing BC’s Forst Nations to back down on their opposition to the proposed…
We Are Infected With a Potentially Lethal Political Contagion
We have to shake our minds free, deprogramme ourselves, from this notion that we are of one of a handful of states that is entitled to police the world. Our…
Huffington Post Canada: Evidence continues to mount that spy agency CSEC is spying on Canadians
New revelations show that Canada’s ultra-secretive spy agency CSEC handed over the encryption keys to the U.S. NSA, making it easy for them to hack your private, sensitive information –…
A Cautionary Tale – Steer Clear of GoDaddy
If you’re thinking about getting your own web domain for your blog you might have noticed the ad campaign being run by an outfit called GoDaddy. For a modest sum…
Did Putin really write that?
I’ve always thought of Vladimir V. Putin as an amoral ex-KGB thug. And I still do. But I have to admit he wrote a rather progressive op-ed piece in the…
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Joseph Stiglitz On Income Inequality
Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz recently gave a powerful speech at the annual AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles. Watching this video leaves one little choice but to feel a…
Going backwards — Fresh food preparation may be lost in Scarborough-Rouge merger
The Scarborough Hospital has been an innovator in food services at its main campus. Last year it garnered considerable media attention by bringing in a consulting chef to work with…
U.S. Colorado: Floods
I never heard of such an erratic weather that we are experiencing this year. Floods all over North America. In Maritimes, Canada, some of the coastal communities are dealing with…
Empire of Illusion and the End of Literacy
I don’t know whether to feel vindicated, delighted, frightened or depressed as I read through Chris Hedges’s book, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle.…
Alberta’s pipeline safety faces auditor review after series of spills
2011 Rainbow Pipeline leak in Alberta (Rogu Collecti/Greenpeace) EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general is going to take a deeper look at the safety of oil and natural gas pipelines in…
Parliament or legislature can overturn a precedent
Régie des rentes du Québec v. Canada Bread Company Ltd., 2013 SCC 46 makes clear the legislature can overturn a precedent set by the Court: It is settled law in…
Stephen Harper and the Con War on the Truth
If you want to understand what Stephen Harper is trying to do to Canada you can't focus on each individual atrocity he commits, no matter how painful the bite. You…