Why the Leaked F-35 Flight Test Results Must Worry Lockheed.
When word got out last week that Lockheed’s uber-costly F-35 Joint Strike Fighter got its tail waxed by a 30-year old F-16 in air combat flight tests, it was a…
July 2015
How Europe Played Greece
How Europe Played Greece. Filed under: Greece Tagged: Austerity, debt, Eurozone Crisis, Greece
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Dayen explains how fiscal policy intended to ensure growth for everybody is instead sending all of its benefits to the top end…
It Sounded Like a Scene from Apocalypse Now
They came at last light as I sat in my livingroom, reading. It sounded like a helicopter assault straight out of Apocalypse Now and it went on for quite a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, July 6, 2015
Your news links for today: Fleet of Government Aircraft Flying Secret Missions over U.S. Cities – Medium How the Founding Fathers Fought an 18th Century Version of the President’s Illegal…
Soylent is here, and its not green
Soylent Purple is purple people? They’d be purple people eaters. It’s an actual meal replacement product that you make the day before, put into your fridge, and eat as liquid…
‘Heightened scrutiny’ of Mulcair should include foreign policy
Photo by Matt Jiggins This just in: Globe and Mail columnist John Ibbitson’s crystal ball reveals that NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s front-running status in opinion polls means he will attract…
Dingwall
This is long overdue. The media went after him because he didn’t kiss their ass. The Martin folks went after him because he had been loyal to Chretien. So they…
Why I’m sitting in for climate action
Photo by James Ennis Today I’m one of roughly 80 youth and student divestment organizers from across the country who are waking up prepared to engage in civil disobedience for…
How to use Geothermal Energy in your Home
What is Geothermal? from Austin Wendenburg on Vimeo. Geothermal energy is one of the most sustainable energy sources because it works off of heat transferring from the ground to your…
Between a sofa and a plank: the search for the bike saddle of my dreams
Aka mister goldilocks goes to the bike store. Again.
Sid Ryan Has A Plan
Given the odious, intrusive and likely unconstitutional nature of Bill C-377, the ‘private member’s’ bill covered with the indelible palm prints of Stephen Harper that forces labour unions to publicly…
The Centre Cannot Hold
http://www.cbc.ca/ Stephen Harper told us that we wouldn’t recognize Canada when he was through with it. These days, there are lots of Conservatives who don’t recognize their
Stephen Harper and the Last Monster Music Show
The other night I wrote about Stephen Harper's disgusting attack on Tom Mulcair and Justin Trudeau at a Con BBQ at the Calgary Stampede.Where he accused both leaders of being…
Impotence and weakness #nlpoli
If you take John Crosbie’s version at face value, the Conservative Party rejected his son Ches as a candidate for the party in Avalon because of the intervention of David…
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network
Illegal, Illegitimate, Odious and Unsustainable Debt – Transform Network. Given the resounding victory for the ‘No’ campaign in the Greek referendum, it is of interest to take a look at…
The Heroic Vote of the Long Suffering Greek People
For years they have had to endure the pain of austerity. Look on helplessly as their jobs disappeared, and their pensions shrank.But still the cruel and greedy banksters wanted to…