I Have Missed Him
But he’s back! My favourite crazed evangelical, and I hope yours, Pat Robertson, is once again making ‘newsworthy’ statements. Watch below as this preacher of the preposterous, this evangelical of…
February 2014
Revealed – the Two Faces of Tony Blair. They’re Both Ugly.
A lot of people realized when Tony Blair jumped aboard the Bush/Cheney bandwagon to conquer Iraq that he was a two-faced weasel. Now, courtesy of Rupert Murdoch, any lingering doubt…
It’s Not the Senate, But Close
Disgraced, ex-Tory senator Patrick Brazeau has found work apparently almost in the shadow of Parliament Hill. Brazeau is the new day manager at the Bare Fax Gentlemen’s Club. A visitor…
Big Oil Preps Harper for Obama Meeting
Stephen Harper apparently didn’t get the message that Obama doesn’t want to be pestered about the Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. officials in advance of the North American leaders summit in…
Library Association Requests ‘Informed Dialogue’ with Feds on Library Closures
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has requested the federal government engage in talks concerning the recent closures of and cuts to government libraries, according to a statement released Tuesday. In…
ALEC’s Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bill Moving Through Florida Legislature
The American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) model bill for disclosure of chemicals injected into the ground during the controversial hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) process is back for a sequel in the…
Paris, Because Mavis Gallant Loved the City
The recent death of Mavis Gallant reminds me of how deeply seductive Paris is. After Montreal, it is a place I’d like to live. What a pleasure that we have…
A Guest Post From ThinkingManNeil
A frequent contributor of commentary, ThinkingManNeil, responding to my post earlier today, left an insightful and incisive analysis of Andrea Horwath. In order to provide wider readership than is usually…
Afghanistan’s Ethnic Curse Returns
For centuries it sat astride the major trade route connecting the western world with the east. The result today is a country plagued with tribalism resulting from ethnic division. They’re…
Cut adrift by Harper govt, Ocean pollution expert joins aquarium
Dr. Peter Ross (photo: Tanya Brown/aquablog.ca) World-renowned ocean pollution scientist Dr. Peter Ross will continue his work through the Vancouver Aquarium, after the federal program he oversaw was shut down…
Build Worker Solidarity Now or Suffer the Wrath of the 1%
Working people need to seek out solidarity opportunities. Unions and unionized workers need to reach out to non-unionized workers and seek legislative improvements for all, like improvements to the EI…
Volkswagen Labour Council Vows to Block Expansion in the Anti-Union South.
Wrap your head around this idea. Volkswagen AG has a labour panel – 20 members, half-management, half-labour. The panel has to approve any plant closures or plant expansions and, right…
Winner of the 2014 Galbraith Prize
The Progressive Economics Forum is pleased to announce Lars Osberg as the Winner of the 2014 Galbraith Prize in Economics. Our selection committee included past winners Mel Watkins, John Loxley…
Feb.19: I was a little dozey yesterday, so I was to easy on one point, and actually missed another.
In yesterday’s paper, Irving Oil graciously told us it was voluntarily upgrading the safety standards of all its rail tankers. Forty-seven people were killed by those rail cars. They were…
About that Polar Vortex.
The first settled and most heavily populated parts of the United States and Canada are, of course, in the east. That’s why, when a major weather event sweeps everything east…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, February, 19th, 2014
Your news links for today: CRTC Launches Lopsided Talk TV Consult: Raises Prospect of Net Regulation & Net Neutrality Violation (Michael Geist) Slow as maple syrup: Canada ranks 54th in…
Legitimating Neoliberalism in times of crisis
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: The Bulgarian protests in 2013 posted at chronos.eu by Georgi Medarov View original Filed under: Uncategorized
Pussy Riot attacked by fascist Russian police using whips
This happened this morning in Sochi. This – along with shit like this, carried out by the morons at the IOC – is why I wrote, and still feel, it…