Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Walkom points out that with oil prices in free fall, we’re now seeing the inevitable consequences of the Cons’ plan to build…
November 2014
Take Cuts Or Infrastructure Investments?
Mr. Harper has made his choice. Here is an example of where that kind of thinking can leave you. Recommend this Post
Conservative Tax Policies are More Regressive and Less Accountable
Our federal government is addicted to tax expenditures—and the shell games that can be played with them. By “tax expenditures” economists mean government spending through the tax code. Some of…
Conservative Tax Policies are More Regressive and Less Accountable
Our federal government is addicted to tax expenditures—and the shell games that can be played with them. By “tax expenditures” economists mean government spending through the tax code. Some of…
On corporate takeovers
CTV reports on the funnelling of money from SNC-Lavalin into the Cons’ coffers. And we shouldn’t be surprised to see that connection in light of the Cons’ attitude toward corporate…
what i’m reading: this changes everything by naomi klein, one of the most important books you’ll ever read
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, by Naomi Klein, is incredibly difficult to write about. I’ve been putting sticky notes beside important paragraphs as I read, and my copy…
Conservative Tax Expenditures are More Regressive and Less Accountable
Our federal government is addicted to tax expenditures—and the shell games that can be played with them. By “tax expenditures” economists mean government spending through the tax code. Some of…
Back In The Resource Trap
http://www.slideshare.net/ Falling oil prices are puncturing Stephen Harper’s dream of transforming Canada into an energy superpower. Tom Walkom writes: For this government, Alberta’s oilsands were the key to Canada’s economic…
Mainly because Wall wants EnergyEast.
Ontario and Quebec Premiers Wynne and Couillard are welcoming Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall. He is making sales calls on behalf of TransCanada’s EnergyEast pipeline. He will probably be wearing one…
If You Watch This Video
… you will realize very quickly that Ursula K. LeGuin is talking about much more than the writing of books: Recommend this Post
Stephen Harper and the Oily Road to Disaster
He was warned, but Stephen Harper wouldn't listen. Warned that he should not put so many economic eggs in one oily basket.He was warned that the future would be green,…
Kinsella krest kicks
That’s a weird alliteration, I know, but I’m pooped. You get what you pay for, etc. etc. Anyway: my gal Lala is back from Ireland! Very, very happy about that.…
The Ghastly Leona Aglukkaq and the Hungry North
We all know that Leona Aglukkaq is a shameless climate change denier and the worst Environment Minister in Canadian history.We know that she is one of the most aggressive hecklers…
Blundell: The Missing Link Between Oil Baron Charles Koch and British Climate Denial
John Blundell is welcomed into the inner circle of the Koch elite at at time of inner-family squabbling and political scandal. He soon gains insight into an empire run by…
“Strategic” Voting Weakens Democracy
“Strategic” voting is a bad idea. Organized “strategic” voting improves nothing. Worse, “strategic” voting creates an illusion of trust where there are no possible checks and balances. It’s a scheme…
Musical interlude
Matthew Good Band – Indestructible
My Programmers Rant – 2014
I’ve watched over 50 documentaries in the last two weeks (and many more over 14 years of programming), and here’s what I’m thinking: The first point is so important that…
Julian Fantino and the Cons Scam the Veterans. Again.
It's hard to believe that even when they claim they are making up for treating veterans so shabbily.Still they can't control themselves. And still they would scam them.Read more »