Levant Lawsuit Lurches Towards Conclusion
Buckets has emerged from cryo-sleep to give us this post. After no less than two computer forensics companies declared that Richard Warman’s computer had not even been turned on the…
January 2015
The Day Stephen Harper Went Off the Deep End
I always knew he was dangerous. And that madness ran in his family.I knew the first Harper to arrive in Canada had to removed from office for "violent and oppressive…
Nalcor: the power of hubris #nlpoli
On the last electricity bill to arrive Chez Scribbler, the price per kilowatt hour was a little over 11 cents, all in. On Wednesday, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro applied to…
My brief survey of Mexican food
Now that I’ve lived in Mexico for over two years, here’s some culinary discoveries I’ve made. Coctel de camarones (shrimp cocktails): Shrimp and avocado in a spicy red sauce. I’ve…
The terrorist in you
Oh yea, this is great. Great great great. Look at Canada now eh? The bill is expected to include provisions to allow “preventative arrests” and criminalize the “promotion of terror”…
Greece, central banks, and the real life idiocracy
I love the movie Idiocracy it was simply brilliant. If you haven’t seen it you really should. One aspect of the movie really marks a parallel to the events happening…
SHAME: Harper spend $700,000 fighting injured veterans’ justified lawsuit
The Harper government blew $700,000 fighting a Charter-based class-action lawsuit filed by former Canadian Forces members who were injured in Afghanistan. The post SHAME: Harper spend $700,000 fighting injured veterans’…
Wednesday night candidate nomination update in Alberta
I have made the following updates to the list of nominees and nomination candidates planning to run in Alberta’s next provincial election. Please email david.cournoyer gmail.com if you have additions…
What could a Canadian Syriza do?
It has been so inspiring to see the Greek people reject austerity and vote in a government committed to radical change. And what is so radical about Syriza? They want…
What could a Canadian Syriza do?
It has been so inspiring to see the Greek people reject austerity and vote in a government committed to radical change. And what is so radical about Syriza? They want…
What could a Canadian Syriza do?
It has been so inspiring to see the Greek people reject austerity and vote in a government committed to radical change. And what is so radical about Syriza? They want…
The Taliban Finally Have Something to Worry About – ISIS
The Taliban have a new enemy, ISIS. The Talibs figure ISIS is trying to take over their turf and, when former Taliban stalwart, Mullah Abdule Rauf Khadim, returned to Afghanistan…
What could a Canadian Syriza do?
It has been so inspiring to see the Greek people reject austerity and vote in a government committed to radical change. And what is so radical about Syriza? They want…
That Salman Guy, the Saudi King Whose Ass We’re Lining Up to Kiss? Brace Yourself.
Maybe we should just paint the ISIS logo on those armoured fighting vehicles we’re supplying to the Saudis. An eye-opener in Foreign Policy magazine notes that, far from being the…
My tri-partisan nature is revealed on Sun News
Going on @SunNewsNetwork with @LisaKirbie to say how amazing it is all #cdnpoli campaigns run by brilliant women – Telford, McGrath, Byrne. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 28, 2015
Silly citizens, NAFTAs are for corporations
NAFTA probe of Alberta’s tailings ponds blocked Representatives of the Canadian government, along with Mexico and the United States, on Tuesday passed a resolution behind closed doors to stop the…
Jan. 28: How we got here..
News media rarely tell us why things happen. When they reported on the Paris shootings, the stories began with the shootings. They covered a few days. That was it. The…
Canada sued the most over trade deals, environmental protections
Prime Minister Stephen Harper with then-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao upon FIPA signing in 2012 In 1997, Canada restricted import and transfer of the gasoline additive MMT because it was a…