Wikileaks welcomes the CIA to the Tweeter
Originally posted on Pressed by Sol Chrom: https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/475121451511844864 Possibly the most epic burn ever. View original
June 2014
Jerusalem’s checkpoints and ‘Kafkaesque’ restrictions through the eyes of visiting authors: video
Stills from Jerusalem: Uprooted, Walled Out and Cut off – (view video beneath). The video Jerusalem: Uprooted, Walled Out and Cut off was first released by the Palestine Festival of…
Musical interlude
Delerium – Run For It
Canada’s Sex Workers Dismayed by Harper’s New Prostitution Law
“Frankly, this response is heartbreaking.” – Emily Symons by: POWER | Press Release | June 4, 2014 (OTTAWA) – Today, members of POWER and other sex workers and allies across…
Prideful Boasts of Non-Participation from Eligible Voters a Troubling Trend for Ontario, Canada
(originally published online as a comment to “Sudbury voters interested in P.C. message: Peroni”, published by the Sudbury Star, June 6, 2014). I’ve decided to publish this comment on my…
What an Autism Training Commitment Actually Looks Like
Above former Premier Shawn Graham, a true friend of autistic kids in NB, and the late Fredericton MP Andy Scott a tenacious advocate for autistic children in Ottawa enjoying some…
New Ipsos, Not Bad
After all the kerfuffles New Ipsos shows OLP tied with decided voters and closer with likelys compared to last poll http://t.co/tuCCCy4Lum— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) June 6, 2014 This was their last…
This indie ISP is helping to shine a light on government spy requests
Canadians have been speaking out in huge numbers about the government’s mass surveillance of law-abiding citizens. For some time now, debate has focused on how many of our telecom companies…
please speak out against horrific cruelty to dogs
A long time ago, I watched a PBS show about dogs. At the end, there was a short segment about the domestic canines’ suffering from human maltreatment or neglect. That…
Guest blog – the human cost of Big Telecom’s terrible service outside the big cities
This guest blog by OpenMedia community member Adam Young highlights the real human cost of Big Telecom’s failure to provide affordable, reliable Internet service to many Canadians living outside our…
Minority Ballot
The Globe and Mail editorial board endorsement for the Ontario election is out. It has endorsed a minority Conservative government. What? No, let me rephrase that. What the ……
Prosecutorial discretion
R. v. Anderson, 2014 SCC 41: This Court has repeatedly affirmed that prosecutorial discretion is a necessary part of a properly functioning criminal justice system: Beare, , at p. 410;…
Parties respond to Alliance questionnaire on mental health
We’ve previously noted that all parties had little to say in their official platforms when it comes to mental health care. The Ontario Mental Health and Addictions Alliance recently surveyed…
There must be inbreeding in Nepean-Carlton
To torture myself, while working at home, because it shouldn’t, really be fun, I leave my television tuned to CP24 as back ground noise. This morning, my head started to…
Legislating morality—the new prostitution law
Ah, yet another step backward into a failed past. I refer, of course, to our favourite government’s new Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act, a piece of legislation that…