Ann Coulter’s ‘Thoughts’ On Marijuana
The always charming Ms Coulter equates marijuana with ‘retard pills.’ One can only assume she comes by her own mental deficiencies naturally. Ann Coulter: Obama acts like he’s from Kenya…
2014
A crisis of parliamentary de-mock-racy
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men should do nothing.” – Edmund Burke Well here we are Canadians with the “fair election fraud” act…
Disastrous Day in Fossil Fuels: WV coal slurry spill, PA gas well explosion, ND gas explosion
West Virginia officials are reporting that, a coal slurry line at the Kanawha Eagle Prep Plant, which belongs to Patriot Coal, ruptured and spilled an unknown amount of the toxic…
We All Lose in Canada’s Austerity Olympics
As fallout from the largest economic crisis since the Great Depression continues, the federal Conservatives continue to take part in the global austerity Olympics with their 2014 budget, and people…
Ontario Approves Importing U.S. Fracked Gas
The Ontario Energy Board’s approval of three natural gas projects last week puts the province’s plans to significantly reduce Ontario’s carbon footprint in jeopardy. The ruling also gives Ontario the…
Conservative MP Blaine Calkins’ Bromance
Either the Alberta Conservative MP has a thing for the late Charlton Heston or he has a love of a darker kind. Recommend this Post
Two Things Anti-War Activists in Canada Need To Do Better
There are at least two things that the anti-war movement in Canada needs to do a much better job of as we speak out against war and empire: We need…
One Fact that Puts Iran in a Different Perspective
The Israeli lobby and their rightwing stooges in governments in North America keep feeding us images of a nuclear-armed, Dark Ages Iran, steeped in Sharia law and bloodlust. Look at…
Denise Brown from Caregiving.com Offers Ten Tips for Family Caregivers
This morning, I was lucky enough to participate in an amazing virtual conference for family caregivers called IMPACT80. Denise Brown from Caregiving.com identified a starting point that will resonate with…
So Much Cheaper When You Spy On Everyone
Volume, volume, volume. When you’re a surveillance state there are real economies of scale to spying on everyone. America’s security apparatus is said to keep tabs on about 315-million people.…
‘Economists Against Austerity’ – Statement by 70 Canadian Economists
Statement by 70 Canadian Economists Against Austerity We, the undersigned, strongly urge the federal government to stop implementing fiscal austerity measures just to achieve its political goal of budgetary balance…
feb. 11: Don’t ever cross Charles Theriault of Kedgewick..
..and I beg him not to hit me. It’s not my fault this is a new keyboard, and I can’t figure out how to get the accent on the e…
Economists Against Austerity
Statement by 70 Canadian Economists Against Austerity We, the undersigned, strongly urge the federal government to stop implementing fiscal austerity measures just to achieve its political goal of budgetary balance…
The Boss moves to new digs
It can now be revealed where he’s going. They’re damn lucky to have him. He may be 80, but he still works his ass off. Very sad, again, that Heenan…
Two smart young men: listen to them, Toronto
Meet Eli and Nick, both 13. They’re outside Mayor Crackhead’s office today, along with others, to basically just say he no longer has the moral authority to govern. Say the…
Economic Fact Check
Contrary to what our self-described economist Prime Minister would have us believe, the jobs that are being created in Canada today are but a pale echo of what once existed.…
LHINs should integrate with the Ministry of Health — Thomas
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas appears before the Standing Committee on Social Policy this morning in Kingston. The Queen’s Park Committee, made up of MPPs from all three parties, is…
Feb. 12: Happy Darwin Day
February 12 is international Darwin Day, the day when we collectively celebrate science and reason. And, of course, we recognize Charles Darwin’s birthday: February 12, 1809 (the same birthdate as…