How Did Canada Enlist in America’s "Permanent Warfare Legion"?
I recently came across an article asking the reader to recall the world pre-9/11. September 11th, 2001 – the 21st century had just begun, the very beginning of the third…
September 2014
Why a Communications Strategy is imperative
Man, that sounds boring. Bear with me, okay? Whether you are running a business, employed as a writer or PR or communications staff, or whether you’re running or managing a…
This Is Not The Time For Absolutism
In the absolutist world of Stephen Harper, there are those who wear white hats and those who wear black. No berets (especially berets!) of middling colours are recognized. So when…
Bizarre Conservative MP Paul Calandra’s Wikipedia Page Vandalized
Someone really pissed off has edited Paul Calandra’s Wikipedia page to reflect the Conservative MP’s bizarre obsession with Israel. The post Bizarre Conservative MP Paul Calandra’s Wikipedia Page Vandalized appeared…
To Hell With Tradition
Source: CBC News: Speaker Andrew Scheer Warns Mulcair and Others over Bias ClaimsSource: Library of Parliament: Standing Orders, Chapter One, Section 11.2 Anyone who has bothered to turn on the…
To Hell With Tradition
Source: CBC News: Speaker Andrew Scheer Warns Mulcair and Others over Bias ClaimsSource: Library of Parliament: Standing Orders, Chapter One, Section 11.2Anyone who has bothered to turn on the news…
To Hell With Tradition
Source: CBC News: Speaker Andrew Scheer Warns Mulcair and Others over Bias ClaimsSource: Library of Parliament: Standing Orders, Chapter One, Section 11.2 Anyone who has bothered to turn on the…
Fed Auditor Fired for Outing Goldman Sachs for Conflicts
how are whistle blowers ever going to help shed light on corporate corruption when we don’t protect them?
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Your news links for today: CRTC hears Canada’s Big Three telecoms distorting market by charging small rivals exorbitant rates – Financial Post Competition Bureau to CRTC: High Rates Charged by…
Sigh … Who are the Extremists?
Sigh … another international political leader has painted my belief structure in a very broad brush, explicitly saying that I now longer have a right to question those in charge.…
Washington, Kabul Kiss & Make Up. US Troops Stay in Afghanistan Until 2024.
Hamid Karzai talked tough about getting Western forces out of Afghanistan immediately if not sooner. Afghanistan, however, is under new management that means America’s longest war ever will be extended…
October 9. Miami’s Day of Reckoning.
On October 9, the Earth, sun and moon will align just so to create a King Tide, the highest tides of the year. In Miami, all eyes will be on…
Living Planet Report 2014 – Biodiversity Body Blow
Forty years and counting. That’s how long mankind has been outpacing nature’s replenishment rate of essential natural resources – water, biomass, the atmosphere. For 40-years we’ve been running ecological deficits…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Verhaege discusses how unchecked capitalism is changing our personality traits for the worse: There are certain ideal characteristics needed to make…
Giovanni da San Giovianni
Filed under: digital, drawing Tagged: uffizi
Four To Go
http://lynnlipinski.me/ As Lawrence Martin sees it, there are four scenarios in Stephen Harper’s future. The first is to hold an election at the prescribed date, set in
Likely voters, likely schmoters
I and others got burned in Ontario’s election, big time, when we started to believe in this “likely voter” category. Right until election night on June 12, it made sense…
Greyhound Canada cancelled my Buffalo, NY bus schedule, didn’t tell me, cost me money and then refused to pay me back…
We’ve all had travel nightmare stories. I’ve been mostly lucky in my life, at least when it comes to the airline industry. This story is small potatoes next to most…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, September 30, 2014: Toronto police officer rebuked by judge for fabricating evidence Madoff son under scrutiny until…