Oxi: a political opening amid economic suffocation
This week has been a taste of what the economy would look like with a real rupture with the Eurozone: uncertainty, elite blackmail, banks teetering on the brink and the…
July 2015
Oxi: a political opening amid economic ruin
This week has been a taste of what the economy would look like with a real rupture with the Eurozone: uncertainty, elite blackmail, banks teetering on the brink and the…
When Caregiving Leads to Employment – One Woman’s Experience
My name is Michelle Thompson and I am part-time blogger and social outreach coordinator for Parentgiving.com, as well as a mother of three, wife of one, and caregiver for both…
My love letter to Maude, after spending the night at the airport
And I mean it in the nicest possible way.
Way behind schedule #nlpoli
The reports you will likely read in the conventional media all peg the Muskrat Falls project as behind schedule. That’s what the latest project update from the provincial government and…
A Grave Mistake
http://news.nationalpost.com/ The story of the Harper Party’s rejection of Ches Crosbie’s candidacy in Avalon tells you much more about Stephen Harper than it does about Mr. Crosbie. Stephen Maher writes:…
The problem with problem gambling.
Usually in diatribes against the sin of gambling, you get disjointed, uninformed and confused information based on bible studies, imagination and urban legends. It was interesting the other day to…
Stephen Harper’s Most Sad and Pathetic Calgary Stampede
Well there he was in this PMO picture, at the Calgary Stampede in his black bad guy cowboy hat, framed between a horse and a horse's ass.Watching the parade and…
Independence Day: an excellent moment to remember Stephen Harper is no ‘Tory’
PHOTOS: Today is Independence Day in the United States, and also in Texas, where this photo was snapped. Below: Stephen Harper, not a Tory, unlike John A. Macdonald, below him,…
Water, Water Everywhere. Well that is what they told us. Now what ?
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger Isn’t it odd that the stranger something is the less explanation we get from our governments. Take the recent deals where the BC Liberal government got…
Europeans tried to block IMF debt report on Greece, say sources | Business | ekathimerini.com
Europeans tried to block IMF debt report on Greece, say sources | Business | ekathimerini.com. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Europe Stands in Solidarity with Massive OXI (No) Vote Rally in Athens Greece
Europe Stands in Solidarity with Massive OXI (No) Vote Rally in Athens Greece. Filed under: Austerity Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Musical interlude
Mumford & Sons – Believe (Kyau & Albert Remix)
Orange Sleaze: The NDP’s Fact-Free Smears of the Green Party
There used to be a time when New Democrats wouldn’t lower themselves to uttering the name of the “Green Party” or its leader, out of fear that acknowledging its existence…
Techdirt: MEP Cavada doesn’t want you to share your photos for free
The so called freedom of panorama was included in MEP Julia Reda’s copyright report, but a troubling amendment voted it out. Speak out now to push back against those powerful…
Pasta Books Reviewed, Part 1
While I can’t say my collection of pasta making and recipe books is as exhaustive as it could be had I an unlimited amount to spend and equivalent time to…
Final thoughts
Filed under: art Tagged: despair, destiny, dialog balloons, Doom, madeWithPaper, space, thought clouds
Aboriginal people and Canadian Criminal law
The Criminal Code and the Youth Criminal Justice Act have parts that consider the unique legal status of Aboriginal people in Canada. So Section 718.2 of the Criminal Code says:…
July 3: A sad day at the beach…
Yesterday, I went down to the Northumberland Strait shore and its wonderful beaches. I took my five-year old grandaughter out at low tide for a walk through the shallows and…