Otherwise Occupied / The genius of Israeli evil: It poses as concern
Photo by W. Hagens Israeli evil is not at all banal. Abundant in inventions and innovations as well as in age-old techniques, it trickles like water and bursts out from…
November 2014
It’s Hard To Keep A Dead Man Down
Even though it is a day past Halloween, don’t let your guard down just yet. The dead still walk among us. Recommend this Post
Ghomeshi Deserves His Say – In a Criminal Court
I’ve never been a fan of Jian Ghomeshi. It was me, not him. Just not my thing. That said I was a bit uncomfortable when he was hit by accusations…
A World in Which Policy is Divorced from Reality
“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.” ― Karl Marx We seem to be…
Re-Elect Michelle Staples to Duncan City Council
Michelle Staples My name is Michelle Staples; I live in the City of Duncan with my family on the traditional territory of the Coast Salish people which has been my…
Seventeen candidates vying for seven seats on the Cowichan School Board of Trustees
Don Maroc by Don Maroc Seventeen candidates vying for seven seats on the Cowichan School District Board of Trustees took the Quamichan school stage before about 75 residents on Thursday…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Chris Matthews takes note of the gross growth of inequality in the U.S. Dean Baker notes that much of the wealth built on…
Ballots or Bullets: Democracy and World Power
Photo by Pete Souza Introduction The principal reason why Washington engages in military wars, sanctions and clandestine operations to secure power abroad is because its chosen clients cannot and do…
The coming financial crisis: a harbinger of world renewal?
Photo by Rafael Matsunaga As the prospect of global financial crisis beckons once again, will our elected leaders finally accept the need for an entirely new economic approach that breaks…
A Tipping Point of Amazonian Proportions
It’s the largest and wealthiest city in South America. With a population of 12-million, Sao Paulo, Brazil, came to be known as “Cidade da Garoa” or the city of drizzle.…
Coyne On Income Splitting
He writes: The Tory plan…removes an unfair preference: between two-income and one-income families.This is a point that seems to elude the critics. Income-splitting isn’t some sort of special tax break…
The "Talent" He Courts
http://www.ctvnews.ca/ Pity poor Dean del Mastro. He stands convicted on all counts. Del Mastro claims he is the victim of a gross injustice. Michael Harris writes: In fact, one of…
Are Your White Male Entitlements Maiming Your Vote this Month?
I’m not going to argue that using an Intersectionality lens in the municipal election in 2 weeks will make your voting choices perfectly easy. But I will say that your…
The Hair hurries his handouts.
The Hair, in his role as benevolent prime minister, was in Vaughan, Ontario the other day. The Hair and a large group of affluent looking Conservative families were there to…
All the spin that’s fit to print
This week, British Columbia saw evidence that corporate media does not report adverse details about public finance unless the material is dropped on desks in digested form, complete with defensive…
Was Nathan Cirillo A Hero? – Part 2
Yesterday’s post revolved around a column by The Hamilton Spectator’s Andrew Dreschel in which he questioned whether the circumstances of Nathan Cirollo’s death qualified him as a hero. I predicted…