Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Harry Stein discusses how government policy is currently designed to exacerbate inequality by subsidizing the concentration of wealth: This issue brief puts…
2014
Taking Back Sovereignty
Now, thanks to Thomas Picketty’s highly influential study, Capital in the Twenty-First Century, we have historical confirmation that wealth begets wealth. In other words, the rich are different from you…
The Death of Handwriting?
I almost cried in pleasure when I watched this video; the handwriting is so beautiful. Apparently some viewers have, as Jesus Diaz writes. On Gizmodo he says that it’s: …a…
Cowichan Bay Residents Win Battle Over Gravel Processing-Director Gerry Giles 100 Percent Wrong!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Acting CAO Frank Raimondo told the Board of Directors yesterday afternoon that he had received a requested legal opinion that made it clear that they (Directors Giles,…
New column day
Here, on how personal and institutional stress make it more difficult for people to defend their interests – and on the need to respond to political strategies increasingly aimed at…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, June 26, 2014
Your news links for today: CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions – CBC News Shaw profit drops, misses expectations – The Globe and Mail JD Power: Vidéotron and…
in which i defend the suburbs against misconceptions (some thoughts on reading jane jacobs)
I’m reading Dark Age Ahead, Jane Jacobs’ 2004 strong caution to North American society. I’ll blog about the book in general at a later date, but wanted to share some…
In by-elections, you have to be there.
No, Babel-on-the-Bay has no morning line or prediction for the current by-elections in Toronto and Alberta. Readers have been asking for a forecast of what will happen in the four…
Politically Inconvenient
Hypocrisy is at the heart of the Harper regime. That hypocrisy was on display once again this week when John Baird — the prime minister’s bullhorn — declared that, in…
A Guest Post From The Mound Of Sound
Steve Harper and his chums have transformed cognitive dissonance from an affliction into an art form. Harper’s prime directive, his overarching quest, is to get as much Athabasca bitumen as…
140 Law – Leading Legal Headlines for Thursday, June 26, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, June 26, 2014: Courts strike down same-sex marriage bans in Indiana and Utah Supreme Court rules Internet…
Some observations about the Ontario 2014 election
There had been a sufficient number of close polls during the election that the result, a Liberal majority, came as a greater surprise than perhaps it should have. In my…
Free Leonard Peltier
Richard – Greetings my Relatives, Friends and Supporters As I have said so many times in the past I am deeply and truly honored that you remember me on this…
This dog won’t hunt; Peter MacKay says controversial Mother’s and Father’s Day emails written by female staffer
I've dealt with plenty of staffers over the years. I've even had them write speeches, brochures and policy briefs for me. BUT I am the name signing and if I…
Welcome Glen Murray, Ontario’s New Minister Of The Environment
@Glen4ONT @jm_mcgrath You go get ’em. Greenbelt is one of OLP’s real achievements. Builders hated it, but finally saw it worked. #onpoli— Bigcitylib (@Bigcitylib2) June 26, 2014
Stephen Harper and the Final Assault on Medicare
It's been less than two months since the Cons let the Canada Health Accord expire. And the corpse is still warm.But I see that Stephen Harper is in a hurry,…
The Con Regime and the Honey Bee Apocalypse
In the garden of a waterfront theatre not far from where I live, there is a little band of bees. They've been there for years, and time and the elements…
The ATIPPA Review Round-Up #nlpoli
Tuesday’s video is available at parcnl.ca. Your humble e-scribbler is Number 2 on June 25. At the front end of the Number 1 video is Vaughn Hammond of the Canadian…
Elevate the World from Mediocrity to Greatness? Lululemon? GMAFB
GMAFB Capitalism dissociates us from each other. It makes us embrace consumerism and individualism and erodes community and cohesion. Yet, oddly, Lululemon’s mantra of elevating the world from mediocrity to…
Front-running PC leadership candidate Jim Prentice may have just set benchmark for party vote in September
Tory candidate Jim Prentice greets supporters at the opening of his Edmonton campaign headquarters Tuesday evening, showing the first signs of development of the hard-to-avoid campaign paunch. Below: Prover Tory…