Will the Greek Referendum Bring the Troika Back to the Bargaining Table? (1/2)
Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
June 2015
Conor After Another Seizure
. Conor has been on a good run for the previous 7-10 days and today was pretty much the same until 6:15 this evening when we heard a loud thump…
Conor After Another Seizure
. Conor has been on a good run for the previous 7-10 days and today was pretty much the same until 6:15 this evening when we heard a loud thump…
On delay tactics
Following up on this post, let’s look in a bit more detail as to how the Cons might try to make excuses for a delay in this fall’s expected federal…
Conor After Another Seizure
. Conor has been on a good run for the previous 7-10 days and today was pretty much the same until 6:15 this evening when we heard a loud thump…
Treaty 8 First Nations file lawsuits to protect sacred lands, stop Site C Dam
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Guest bloggers Allison Russell and Emily Beveridge from Rana Law explain lawsuits by a group of Treaty 8 First Nations against the federal and BC governments’…
The Lonely American
“Time Square Caught Napping” • Photo by Nana B Agyei Michael P. Printup, president of Watkins Glen International, one of the country’s largest racetracks, stood with a group of about…
Smoke ‘Em If You’ve Got Trees
We’ve only hand planted trees (and their heirs), but we also have smoke. If "forest fires" or "smoke" isn't trending in #YQR right now, what the heck are people looking…
The Queen City Ex Musical Ride
Here’s an advance preview, if a similar “musical ride” comes to Regina? Kids expecting horses and music from RCMP Musical Ride treated to para-military violence. http://t.co/MSqET5fY0G pic.twitter.com/XHipX4zt4f — CC (@canadiancynic)…
BC govt hires accounting firm to give fracking a green stamp
A storage pond in northeast BC containing fracking fluids (Image: Two Island Films) Republished with permission from the ECOreport There are credible experts who believe that, with proper regulation and…
Trudeau, CPC and the ISIS footage
There has been a ton of commentary about what the ad is. There hasn’t been a lot of commentary about what it isn’t. It isn’t: Proprietary: The CBC has tried…
Brief reasons in civil matters are not insufficient especially where urgency exists
PDM Entertainment Inc. v. Three Pines Creations Inc., 2015 ONCA 488: I begin with an important contextual point. After the two applications were filed, they were scheduled for hearing on…
June 29:All the news that isn’t news…
“Anti-smoking laws to cause revenue shortfall.” That’s the lead story for today. Well, yeah. But I suspect the Irving enterprises cause us a much, much bigger revenue shortfall than smokers…
#NDP trying to turn The Beard™ into an asset.
Smart. (Shows what I know.)
On Hope and Fear in the run up to the Elections. . .
Despite wanting to turn off recent political events, an urge that is motivated by a depressed feeling of helplessness and hopelessness, I have kept a careful watch on things over…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emmanuel Saez examines the U.S.’ latest income inequality numbers and finds that the gap between the wealthy few and everybody else is still…
Watching a moment of the police watching people
Earlier today, I was out in downtown Sudbury running some errands. Before I came home, I stopped to have some fast food. I was sitting, munching on my pizza, and…