Who Smells Best
It’s not just Andrea Horwath’s Dippers who are acting out of character. Tom Walkom writes that, in this election, all of Ontario’s political parties are not to be found at…
May 2014
Connecting The Dots
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Rosie vs. Justin: seems like a fair fight.
While we rarely waste time reading much of Rosie DiManno’s columns in the Toronto Star, her piece Friday on Justin Trudeau was a rare treat. Maybe it is because they…
Stephen Harper and the War on Russia and Tom Mulcair
Well I suppose it was inevitable. He would pose as a Great Warrior Leader, and promote democracy in Ukraine, if not in Canada.He would beat his tiny furry chest, send…
today is the international day against homophobia and transphobia
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, sometimes called IDAHO or IDAHOT. This day is the perfect example of how I view all social progress: we have…
Saturday At The Movies
Amazing footage of a cloud burst over Montgomery Alabama at the end of April:
Fallout from the Free Press Article
First, it looks like the Southern Ontario Skinheads have a new member: More on Brodie Walsh later. Trust us. He's a real catch for the SOS and sure to fit…
Environmental Research Letters Journal Debunks Conservative Media Claims It Suppressed Climate Research
“Some are calling it the new Climategate,” said Fox News’ Washington reporter Doug McElway. McElway was reporting on a story published in the UK’s The Times newspaper that claimed climate…
Andrew Garfield’s amazing performance in Arcade Fire’s new video "We Exist"
This is astonishing! I love both Andrew Garfield and Arcade Fire even more now! Enjoy!
Special treatment for special people
I write here about natural resource giveaways that amount to billions of dollars. Meanwhile, the Premier stands in the Legislature to justify monthly clawbacks of $187 from a disabled single…
Musical interlude
Junkhouse – Shine
Senate must fix Harper’s Orwellian Fair Elections Act: Petition
by: Obert Madondo | May 16, 2014 The Harper Conservatives used their majority in the House of Commons to bulldoze their dictatorship-style “Fair Elections Act” earlier this week. The bill…
Hundreds of protesters arrested in Brussels as business leaders debate ‘maintaining citizen’s trust’ | EurActiv
Hundreds of protesters arrested in Brussels as business leaders debate ‘maintaining citizen’s trust’ | EurActiv. Filed under: Capitalism, Democracy, Europe Tagged: Eurozone, TTIP
Big Telecom wanted to force your favourite websites into the slow lane. Here’s what the Internet had to say about that.
Yesterday morning U.S. FCC Chair Tom Wheeler announced that his agency voted in favor of a plan that could allow the creation of a slow lane on the Internet. This…
Climate Change is Here Now
Richard Hughes-Political as hell! Climate change is happening and has been happening for some considerable time. The Climate Deniers have gone to great lengths attempting to convince us that it…
New EKOS Poll Result Is Good For OLP
First the highlights: our polling shows the Liberals with a clear and possibly growing lead. They have opened up a seven-point lead on Tim Hudak’s Progressive Conservatives (PC) and the…
Words by Nowak: The reality of wireless bills in one simple chart
Actually, no, wireless bills are not going down. If you’re sick and tired of price-gouging, send James Moore a message at https://openmedia.ca/gatekeepers Article by Peter Nowak Further to my post…
Big Telecom’s price-gouging: uniting Canadians since 1880
With all that’s been happening around the secrecy of the TPP and the explosive situation in the U.S. around the looming Internet slow lane, your OpenMedia team thought it might…