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“But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can’t last.” ―…
“But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can’t last.” ―…
Two stories in the news this week caught my eye. The first was really an OpEd in the Guardian (UK) paper, penned by the Head of Policy at a very…
“I can’t believe the arrogance” – that’s what this Nova Scotia man had to say after needing to hound Bell for months to recover $21,000 they owed him. Last fall,…
If I were a betting man, I would lay pretty stiff odds in favour of Rob Ford beating his challengers in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral election. The Toronto Sun commissioned…
“Outright theft.” That’s what Canadians are calling this latest alleged attempt by Big Telecom to price-gouge us. Speak out against Big Telecom price-gouging at https://openmedia.ca/deadweight Article by Daniel Tencer for…
I am so excited about my new position! As I mentioned, I am now a librarian in the Mississauga Central Library’s “Readers’ Den” department. It is a full-time position, and…
Our federal government’s policy on greenhouse gas emissions is simple: whatever the United States’ policy on greenhouse gas emissions is. And that means a target of reducing emissions by 17…
finger taps and cat yowls Some accidental interesting results from fooling about in Yellowfier Filed under: music
No, it isn’t because “first past the post” allowed a quarter of the eligible voting public to saddle Canada with a lying, secretive despot. Well, it is that but just…
Location of proposed Site C Dam (photo: Damien Gillis) Read this Jan. 7 story from Justine Hunter in the Globe and Mail on the concerns of the federal panel reviewing…
This explanation is offered by President Barack Obama’s science advisor, Dr. John Holdren. Even if Stephen Harper hadn’t abolished the position of National Science Advisor in 2008, it is hard…
Photo courtesy of Trish Boyum / Ocean Adventures A new study on trophy hunting in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest found that bear-related ecotourism generates “12 times more in visitor spending…
Silvio v. 698743 Ontario Limited (J. DiFranco & Son Construction), 2014 ONCA 17: Third, the appellants contend that the trial judge compromised trial fairness by improperly interfering with the defendants’…
Guess what’s making a comeback thanks to e-books? If you guessed Mein Kampf, you win. I just checked Amazon’s Kindle listings where you can find Der Fuhrer’s handiwork in more…
The United States is pushing hard and quite successfully to get its allies signed up to order the F-35 stealth light bomber. Despite all of its flaws, its inflated costs…
Letting you all know, the Kersplebedeb blogroll has been fixed and is now up and running. Dozens of blogs and other websites are indexed and will have their articles automatically…
Brace yourself. We don’t get much of this at all in our media but there’s an incredible amount of talk in international journals and papers about war in 2014. Oh,…
So here’s the deal: until January 17th (next Friday), everything at leftwingbooks.net is 20% off, so long as you order $10 or more. This discount can be used as many…