Oct. 2: Skip the first nine pages of section A….
….there is nothing in them worth reading. Then there’s Norbert on the editorial page, sounding tough while avoiding the real issues. This one is a part of a series he’s…
2014
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Kshama Sawant
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/podcast-141001-kshama-sawant.mp3 Last year, Kshama Sawant shocked the continent by winning a seat on Seattle’s City Council. She defeated an incumbent Democrat to become the first openly socialist city councillor in…
Canada to Iraq. The Aerial Equivalent of Coals to Newcastle.
Stephen Harper wants Canada to take the war to ISIS. Why? Because in Beelzebub’s overworked imagination such a thing would be not merely necessary but, gee whiz, noble. That’s “noble”…
Andrew Nikiforuk–LNG and Petro State Politics-Video
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Like so many of you my concern about this runaway climate change train wreck that our politicians are allowing and in many case aiding and abetting is…
I Support Mandatory Voting ( #cdnpoli #onpoli )
I went on a bit of a tear today on Twitter in support of mandatory voting, spurred somewhat by the discussion happening at the Canada 2020 conference in Ottawa.Voter participation…
I Support Mandatory Voting ( #cdnpoli #onpoli )
I went on a bit of a tear today on Twitter in support of mandatory voting, spurred somewhat by the discussion happening at the Canada 2020 conference in Ottawa. Voter…
I Support Mandatory Voting ( #cdnpoli #onpoli )
I went on a bit of a tear today on Twitter in support of mandatory voting, spurred somewhat by the discussion happening at the Canada 2020 conference in Ottawa.Voter participation…
Science Is Clear: Reducing Carbon Emissions Will Save Lives
While governments all over the globe continue to squabble about how to address greenhouse gas pollution – or, in some instances, whether or not to even address the issue –…
I Support Mandatory Voting ( #cdnpoli #onpoli )
I went on a bit of a tear today on Twitter in support of mandatory voting, spurred somewhat by the discussion happening at the Canada 2020 conference in Ottawa. Voter…
A Thank-You To the RPS and EMS
Originally posted on John Klein – Regina: A few of you may have caught me on the news today. The Regina Police Service had a meeting and my thank-you letter…
Germany Now Has Free Tuition
Germany has done something that the rest the developed world should copy: reducing post-secondary tuition fees to zero. Open and accessible education is key to making a richer and more…
Stephen Harper’s War For Oil
NEW IMPROVED TERROR (ISIS) is just what Stephen Harper needs to get a vein for his junk from Alberta. Oil pipelines for all!
Your Call Is, Truly, Unimportant to Us, Stay on the Line..or Hang Up, we Don’t Care…
Customer service is becoming more Kafkaesque by the day Companies like to deflect problems with call-centre bureaucracy then use social media to show they’re just like us. They’re not Oscar…
Disrupt Denial: After Leaving ALEC, Google Still Funding Evil
Last week, one tech giant after the next cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), creating a mass exodus from the anti-government front group that routinely drafts legislation…
Unblock Canada
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‘Deadbeats’ across Colony owe more than $3.7B in support
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/deadbeats-across-canada-owe-more-than-3-7b-in-support-1.2782955
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, October 2, 2014
Your news links for today: Rogers to CRTC: $28 Million Spent Weekly to Maintain Network; Market is Competitive – iPhone in Canada CRTC in ‘strange’ bind: Ottawa has already set…
News You Can Luze
#CRTC sides with Rogers in carriage dispute over Sun News Network http://t.co/tHOY8dRTud— Steve Faguy (@fagstein) October 2, 2014 #CRTC: Rogers “set-top-box data that showed that #SunNews consistently ranked at or…
SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage Goes Online Late, Over Budget
I must print a “correction” to my piece in April when I reported that the SaskPower CCS plant was on time and online. The plant went online late last month,…