Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Will Hutton writes about the connection between inequality and the loss of any moral or social purpose in public life: Britain is…
January 2015
What Air Asia Does Different
Firstly, let me premise that I'm not convinced Air Asia is profitable. Any reported "profits" could simply be accounting manipulations based on unrealistic depreciation values assigned to new airplanes or…
When He’s Naked, He Looks Ridiculous
http://cupe3902.org/ Yesterday, the opposition parties hammered the Harper government on what was supposed to be its signature issue going into the upcoming election. The NDP’s Nathan Cullen observed that
Ontario’s booze battle becomes a bar brawl.
Remember in the old western movies when the bad guy would punch the hero and everyone in the bar got into the fight. That is how it feels now that…
Eventually, the piper must be paid
L.F. Copeland (1888): Mathematics is an exact fact; figures don’t lie, but liars sometimes figure. Financial statements of governments and crown corporations should be simple and understandable. They should be;…
funerals and politics
RIP RCMP Constable David Wynn Constable Wynn was murdered while performing his duties as a sworn officer of the law and by all accounts was a pretty good guy who…
funerals and politics
RIP RCMP Constable David WynnConstable Wynn was murdered while performing his duties as a sworn officer of the law and by all accounts was a pretty good guy who leaves…
Stephen Harper and the Beat of the Fascist Drum
He couldn't have had a better excuse to miss the return of Parliament, and dodge all those questions about his catastrophic economic record.For there he was at the funeral of…
funerals and politics
RIP RCMP Constable David Wynn Constable Wynn was murdered while performing his duties as a sworn officer of the law and by all accounts was a pretty good guy who…
a self-fulfilling paranoia
We are told again and again by various right-wing fantasists and push-button death machine fetishists that the oppressive near-fascist-marxist-Islamist-Freemasonist dark-complexioned devil in their White House will be sending out his…
a self-fulfilling paranoia
We are told again and again by various right-wing fantasists and push-button death machine fetishists that the oppressive near-fascist-marxist-Islamist-Freemasonist dark-complexioned devil in their White House will be sending out his…
Opposition grows to antidemocratic House cuts #nlpoli
Municipalities Newfoundland and Labrador, the umbrella organization that speaks for the province’s towns and cities, doesn’t like the plan to slash the number of representatives the people of the province…
a self-fulfilling paranoia
We are told again and again by various right-wing fantasists and push-button death machine fetishists that the oppressive near-fascist-marxist-Islamist-Freemasonist dark-complexioned devil in their White House will be sending out his…
The Totally Unbelievable Transformation of Stephen Harper
Even by the standards of the monstrous Stephen Harper, whose many images reflect the many warring voices in his head, it's an amazing transformation. Or mutation.For nine years he was…
Greek election results
Earlier I had predicted the following would be the result of the election: 146 SYRIZA83 ND18 POTAMI16 XA14 PASOK14 KKE9 ANEL The final results are in, and I was fairly…
Killing Ragheads for Jesus
A combat operation in Fallujah on the 9th of Nov 2004 • Photo by SFC Johancharles Van Boers “American Sniper” lionizes the most despicable aspects of U.S. society—the gun culture,…
Syriza’s Victory
Photo by ΠΑΣΟΚ Syriza’s victory in the Greek general election is a hopeful moment for Europe. It shows how a radical left-wing political movement, brought together in a short time,…
Home Buyer Beware: Real Estate Representation Agreements
A cautionary tale on the consequences – and potential financial risks – of signing an exclusive representation agreement with an Ontario real estate agent. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
My Observations on the Sudbury Provincial By-Election – From January 26, 2015
It’s been a while since I’ve written. Things have been keeping me a little busy around here lately, and one of the things I’ve had to sacrifice has been writing…
So long Liberalberta! Raj Sherman calls it quits.
All four main political parties will have new leaders going into the next election after today’s announcement by Liberal leader Raj Sherman that he is resigning as leader and will…