Russia and the war in eastern Ukraine
This piece was originally published on A Socialist in Canada. The following article was written in the days before I departed Moscow on July 17, 2014 following a two week…
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If All You Had Were Useless Rockets, Would You Be Firing Them?
A timely and invaluable reminder of what it means to be a Palestinian in Gaza under the yoke of the Israeli military. This is a report of a calculated and…
What you said about free expression online
This past month, citizens of the Internet took to the web to speak out against the destructive censorship measures in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), using our Internet voice tool. At…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Trish Garner highlights the futility of trying to answer poverty, equality and other social issues with the empty promise of low-paying “jobs! jobs!…
Important Challenges to Investor-State Dispute-Settlement
In my many years documenting and critiquing the overblown claims of free trade proponents about the supposedly self-regulating efficiency-promoting mutually-benefiting effects of globalization, I’ve encountered some real doozies. (My Ph.D.…
Let’s all ruin Russia. Join the Boycott Russian Vodka movement!
The Russia of 2014 isn’t really a whole lot different than the USSR of 1964. In some ways, it’s worse. In the bad old days, the Communist Party leaders had…
Forum Research PollTrudeau’s Liberals Open Up Wide Lead Over Conservatives-NDP Trail
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is encouraging news for Justin Trudeau and his Liberals. They have stretched their lead over the Conservatives and the trailing NDP. It is still a long…
The purpose of the Indian Act and the intention of Parliament.
Tyendinaga Mohawk Council v. Brant, 2014 ONCA 565: There are two legal principles that underpin the assessment of the purpose of the Indian Act and the intention of Parliament. First,…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Your news links for today: The Battle Over Tariff 8, Part 2: The Recording Industry’s Surprising Opposition to Songwriter, Composer and Music Publisher Streaming Royalties – Michael Geist THE GARGOYLE…
Ruthful, funct and doleless
Why can’t someone be clueful, only clueless? Hapful, not simply hapless? Aweless instead of just awful? Ruthful not merely ruthless? Doleless, not just doleful? Gormful, not just gormless? We can…
Not Walking Woman
I drew this vector cat shape in response to formalising the plump long haired cat drawing which shows up sometimes, and simply experimenting with iDraw app on the iPad. I…
Horror Disconnect: A Prize for the Chainsaw Massacre Guy While Death Tolls Mount
Tobe Hooper who made The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 40 years ago is getting a lifetime achievement award today at Montreal’s FanTasia Film Festival. The festival, started 18 years ago and…
USA to Stop Landmine Procurement and Production
Unfortunately not every country has signed the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personal land mines. Recently the largest producer of armaments, the USA, has opted to stop production of landmines. The army…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, July 30, 2014: Exonerated Innocent Man Describes 21 Year Connecticut Prison Nightmare Footage shows Iowa sheriff’s deputies…
By Now It Should Be Obvious: It Is Not An Invisible Hand But The Big Laughing Dick Of Wall Street That Runs Things
They say that a stiff prick has no conscience, but a stiff prick that laughs too is phenomenal*, especially when it laughs all the way to the bank after fucking…
We need a broader ‘Do Not Annoy’ list.
If we can have a ‘do not call’ list, why can we not have a do-not-mail list? It does no good to put a ‘no-junk mail’ admonition on your mailbox…
The Enemy At The Top
http://www.reuters.com/ Vladimir Putin’s ascension to the Russian presidency for a third term was greeted with widespread public protest and
Zionism Does Not Excuse Gaza
There are some self-identified Liberals (and New Democrats) who proclaim their support for Israel in its current butchery in Gaza and they tend to do it in the name of…