Fair and Balanced? Of Course, It’s Israel!
Let’s keep this in perspective. That takes us back to 2010 when an Israeli court acquitted an army captain of all charges related to his slaughter of a 13-year old…
2014
The Pentagon Re-Thinks the F-35
A report from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments seems to toss a wet blanket over the controversial and troubled F-35. It’s been known for some time that some…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Your news links for today: Minister Blaney announces strengthened partnership with Canadian Internet Registration Authority to further secure Canadian websites – Canada News Centre Therrien: Sites’ privacy practices too complicated…
SOS Alternatives to Capitalism
Image from Public Domain Montreal Serai had the opportunity to discuss SOS: Alternatives to Capitalism – a handy, slim compendium of vital, essential thoughts and discussions on the concept of…
The Leading Terrorist State
Photo by Arlo K. Abrahamson “It’s official: The U.S. is the world’s leading terrorist state, and proud of it.” That should have been the headline for the lead story in…
Scotia Bank Got Harper’s Tax Cut – Have Made $5.7 B Profit So Far In 2014 AND NOW WILL CUT 1500 Jobs!!
Here is how things are working in Stephen Harper’s corporate paradise .. formerly known as ‘Canada’ …. “TORONTO – Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) warns that it’s cutting the equivalent of 1,500 jobs…
Can We Defend Our Pensions Without Challenging Financialized Capitalism?
Photo from Public Domain Unrelenting employer attacks on workplace based pension plans are intensifying, and the struggle to defend them is becoming more challenging right across the country. One recent…
Talking About Mental Health
Smashing Magazine is best known for geek and design issues, recently they published an article out of the norm. It was part of {Geek} Mental Health Week. Christopher Murphy wrote…
Video doc ‘MH-17 The Untold Story’ makes strong case while controversy over crash continues
MH-17: The Untold Story is a recently released investigative documentary on the circumstances surrounding the crash of the Malaysian Airlines Boeing over eastern Ukraine. It calls into question the oft…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Krugman points out the chasm between the policies demanded by businesses to suit their corporate biases, and those which actually best…
Inconvenient Questions
http://business.financialpost.com/ Word has it that Stephen Harper wants to clamp down on individual liberties on the pretext that national security demands such a clamp down. But Murray Dobbins writes that…
Harper v. First Nations: The assimilation agenda
Photo from Public Domain Last week, in response to this summer’s Supreme Court decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, the Harper government quietly put forward an aggressive revision of…
On creating good maps
Teddy here. I am still getting used to my new computer, so the graphics quality of my maps may be below par for a while, however, I take pride in…
Stephen Harper’s Horrible Day at the Front
Well it wasn't the photo-op Stephen Harper was hoping for. The grand meeting between la France and le Canada, or le Harperland.Or two Great Warrior Leaders.Because there was the horny…
I’m with Greg Sorbara on ending separate school funding in Ontario
I could write today about Russia’s latest petty move in that country’s despicable campaign against LGBT people by removing a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs in St Petersburg after…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Woman suing Russell Williams can’t target his military pension yet OSC upholds insider trading…
Time of truth for Justin Trudeau.
It is time for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to make things happen. The challenge is in the federal riding of Whitby-Oshawa in Ontario. It is not because this is about…
The Challenge of the 21st Century Is To Extricate Ourselves From Existing Empires
Some empires change outward appearance over time. For instance, the British Empire has morphed into the American Empire; the Russian Empire went from the czar to the communists to Vladimir…
Big Telecom customer mistreatment is still running rampant, as official report confirms 11,340 complaints in just 12 months
gatekeepers-share.png CCTS Annual Report reveals sharp 74% rise in complaints about misleading wireless contracts. Bell and its subsidiaries accounted for over 40% of all telecom complaints. November 4, 2014 –…
Jan Wong: once a fool, always a fool
She blows it again. May her misery be long and deep. Oh, and this from the archives.