Alarm Bells Should Be Going Off
The Harperites didn’t consult Marc Mayrand when they drew up their election “reforms.” And there was a reason they did everything they could to prevent him from testifying before the…
March 2014
The bother of bewildered blogs.
There are bloggers who care. Some will even suppress that overwhelming desire to write about themselves and write lovingly of their country. They are often concerned liberals and progressives. They…
A Timely Reminder
In light of the National Energy Board’s rubber stamping of the Enbridge Line 9 reversal with very few safeguards, here is a timely reminder of the inherent dangers of pipelines:…
Levant Vs. Awan: Past Is Future?
From Blatchford’s latest: MacKinnon told the judge in his opening statement Levant’s defence is largely that of fair comment — traditionally the defence that is the purview of journalists. And…
Saturday At The Movies
A Norwegian children’s charity left a thinly-dressed 11-year-old boy shivering at a bus stop in the winter cold to test how many people would spontaneously help him. * The advert…
Pierre Poilievre and the Slow Destruction of the Fair Elections Act
Uh oh. It looks as if Pierre Poilievre's demagogic defence of the foul Fair Elections Act, also known as the Voter Suppression Bill, is going down in flames.Because now that…
Here’s the Deal
I’m packing in this blog for a while. It’s simply not worth it. I have other things deserving of my attention that have been too long neglected. One of these…
Lupita Nyong’o On Validation, For International Women’s Day
A sublime meditation on validation. Bravo! …in which a young woman shares her adolescent anxieties and blossoms into a role model for us all. Happy International Women’s Day! Enjoy the…
Great line of the day
In Stephen Maher’s article about the terrible optics of the Vic Toews judicial appointment: The bench should not be used as a retirement home for burnt out politicians. That’s what…
The "Fair" Elections Act isn’t just bad, its being implemented in a bad way
Changes to our electoral system – changes, that is, to the very core of our democracy – are not to be taken lightly. Regardless of where you lie on the…
Quebec: The separatist Premier who is committed and not committed
The Impartial Premier – Trust Me Premier Pauline Marois believes she can have her cake and eat it, too. So she is sucking and blowing at the same time about…
Musical interlude
Velvetine – The Great Divide
A brief programming note
Due to circumstances beyond, well, you know, ….Friday night blues blogging is moving to Saturday night. Please try to bear up under the strain. All three of you.
Should you be taxed extra to watch the Trailer Park Boys on Netflix?
Fans of popular Canadian comedy The Trailer Park Boys have reason to cheer, following an announcement that two new seasons are coming to Netflix this fall. Sadly, policymakers at the…
IWD 2014: The “girl effect” reduces inequality, but Canada can’t coast on that much longer
Every year when International Women’s Day rolls by, I can’t help but reflect on power, how it’s shared, and how women use the power they have. This year, I am…
Nukes, world war, Dr. Strangelove and global showdown – Where’s Slim Pickins when you need him?
So the end-game plan for the US/NATO/EU alliance and the Western oligarchs and plutocratic elite who control it, in their bid to consolidate their present and highly precarious global dominance,…
Vic Toews: The Zombie Becomes a Judge
It's a horrible nightmare. I'm driving down a country road in rural Manitoba on a dark and stormy night, when my car breaks down.And before I know it I'm forced…
The Crises of Capitalism
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Capitalism is the Crisis
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Ukraine: You don’t want your Banker have this conversation
Putin testing the waters … The central bank of Russia has just taken over control of a Russian unit of one of the Ukraine’s largest banks, which is controlled by…