Con MP Compares Stephen Harper to Jesus Christ
Well I must admit that even though I am an atheist I never would have compared Stephen Harper to Jesus.Not with that face, not with those horns.And not for bringing…
July 2015
July 14: Wonderful!
The US and Iran have signed a deal that Iran will not build nuclear weapons – something Iran wasn’t doing, anyway. And will t his bring peace to the middle…
Press Progress: Conservative MP claims support for C-51 from Jesus
What do you think? Article by Press Progress Jesus saves, but did you know Bill C-51 saves too? That’s apparently Conservative MP Wai Young’s big takeaway from “all the stories…
Pan Am’s over-spending $-billions, but it’s okay ’cause it’s public money
If a group constructing a massive project for you set a budget of $1.4-billion, but later came back and said they were spending $2.5-billion, what would you do? Normally you…
Pan Am’s over-spending $-billions, but it’s okay ’cause it’s public money
If a group constructing a massive project for you set a budget of $1.4-billion, but later came back and said they were spending $2.5-billion, what would you do? Normally you…
Greece and the death of democracy, economics and civility
Greece and the death of economics, and democracy, and civility, and so much more Louis-Philippe Rochon Associate Professor of Economics, Laurentian University Co-editor, Review of Keynesian Economics Irrespective of whether…
Merkel’s Toxic Tonic
Has German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s subjugation of Greece inadvertently poisoned European unity? That’s how a pro-EU lobby group sees it. “The last few weeks have laid totally bare the European…
The Royal Canadian "Rent a Boat" Navy
There’s a new ship in Esquimalt harbour. It’s the Chilean navy’s Almirante Montt, a provisioning/replenishment/supply ship that we had to rent because we don’t have any of our own left.…
VICE: How Bill C-13 opened the door for the government to use Hacking Team malware
The Hacking Team software would allow Canadian police to hack into computers, mobile devices, or cars in order to track location or record metadata of citizens. Article by Justin Ling…
Thailand’s U-Boats.
It caused a bit of a stir when, a couple of weeks ago, Thailand announced that it had inked a deal to buy three, diesel-electric submarines from China. Over the…
In the Realm of Terrifying
CBC has a brief (7 min.) podcast up about the rise in anxiety in the population being reported by psychologists over the past couple of years due to climate change.…
BC LNG Bill locks in public rip-off for a generation
Ex-Petronas CEO Shamsul Abbas shaking hands with BC Premier Christy Clark in 2014 (BC gov photo) Republished with permission from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Policy Note. By Marc…
On Thigh Gap
My daughter is worried about it. She just turned 11. She’s been sick from the heat a couple times because she wears jeans everywhere. It’s a problem. I told a…
Paying Back Our Carbon Debt
This is concerning information. The scariest climate paragraph I've read today: http://t.co/p8qLzSyHRB pic.twitter.com/HS4PhTzbDd — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 13, 2015 So, how do our politicians (in B.C. and elsewhere) deal…
The Gradual Wake-Up
I believe that we are very slowly awakening from a terrible economic and political nightmare. That nightmare is neo-liberalism. For forty years now the global population has been fed a…
centre of the universe 2015-07-14 12:38:08
Dear effbook: I know we don’t know each other very well. I mean. You hardly notice me except when you want to force me to shut down my primary account…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Oscar-Winner Laura Poitras Sues After U.S Ignores FOIA Request – The Intercept Why was Oscar-winning Snowden documentarian detained 50+ times in US airports? – Ars…
Treating Syriza Responsibly
Photo by Sharon Mollerus As against those on the international left so keen to put the boot in against the Syriza government with the charge that they had abjectly capitulated…
Québécois solidarity with Greece
Québec solidaire president Andrés Fontecilla speaks at Montréal rally in solidarity with Greece Greece’s battle for relief from its European financial creditors has attracted substantial sympathy and solidarity in Quebec,…