Harper Lied About U.S. Requesting Canada’s Military Help In Iraq
American officials say Canada offered further military help to fight the Islamic State in Iraq – not the other way around as Harper told the Wall Street Journal earlier this…
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Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, September 26, 2014
Your news links for today: Canada’s Cogeco eyes wireless service, seeks regulator’s help – Reuters Cogeco would become wireless carrier if CRTC lets small players piggyback on Big Telcos –…
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140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, September 26, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 26, 2014: California bans prisons from sterilizing inmates without their consent Calvin Wank arrested for public…
No, It’s Not "Short Sighted"
I’ve seen stories popping up recently where Justin Trudeau is being criticized for refusing to engage with Sun Media. The issue is that Sun Media has allowed people like Levant…
Ello, I love you, let me jump in your game?
Why won’t anyone invite me to join? I hate Facebook, too!
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Don Pittis makes the case for a guaranteed annual income on economic and social grounds: The young would be some of the biggest…
A Bit Of Anti-Union Hysteria From John Ivison
It’s funny, isn’t it, that the Harper regime can use our tax dollars to monitor us, manipulate us, and promulgate all kinds of propaganda, but somehow it’s not right, indeed…
The Next Wedge
http://reason.com/ This week, the Conference Board released a report predicting generational warfare between Canadians. Macleans has also jumped on the bandwagon. Linda McQuaig writes: I turn to Maclean’s if I…
On practical obstacles
Shorter Andrew Scheer: A functional democratic Parliament is everybody’s responsibility. And to be more precise, my responsibility for a functional democratic Parliament is to enforce complete unaccountability – and indeed…
Very happy to support Andray Domise, running for TO city councillor in Ward 2 against Rob Ford
I shot this short video of Andray Domise, who’s running for Toronto city councillor in Ward 2 in this municipal election, last night at a meet-and-greet event. As you can…
Who is this Sun Media boor Levant?
We hardly live a totally sheltered life here in Babel. Sun Media owns the only daily newspaper and the odd free copy takes about three minutes to thumb through and…
Examined Lives
Thought and deed. Thought and life. How does a person’s life, their upbringing, their daily toil affect their deepest thoughts, their beliefs, faith and passions? And as outsiders looking in,…
Why the Con Speaker Andrew Scheer Should Resign
Ever since Andrew Scheer was appointed Speaker he has presided over the slow death of Canada's Parliament. He has allowed his Cons to turn it into a fascist circus. He…
How Free Market Economics Was Smuggled into Britain – Alongside Factory Farming
The founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs argued free markets needed honesty. But his own financial success was based on smuggling – and the IEA was itself conceived with…
‘Coal Not Dole’ Remains Rallying Cry for Shadow Climate Secretary Caroline Flint
Labour’s climate policies depend on carbon capture and storage to provide energy and jobs despite serious concerns about the practice. Coal burning will power Britain under a Labour government through…
Rumor: Harper To Bail On Failing Gov.
From Bourque: …in recent days, a number of key Conservatives in Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, and Vancouver have confided to Bourque they envision a late-winter announcement that the PM will step…
Die Media Die: New Round Of Layoffs At Sun Media?
,,,at the Ottawa Sun, in specific: It pretty much leaves the cleaning staff to run the place, perhaps a precursor to selling or shutting down. Pretty soon there won’t be…
Stephen Harper and the Screaming Voices
It was one of the weirdest most surrealistic days in the long and dark history of Harperland.A day when all the voices in Stephen Harper's head seemed to be screaming…
Premier Davis and the Dead Children #nlpoli
Paul Davis will get a lift down to Government House this afternoon and swear the oath of office so Tom Marshall can finally get out of politics. It’s been about…