What is to be done about terrorist bloggers?
The Conservative’s Bill C-51 anti-terrorism act has us worried. Pass it as it is and this blogger will always be wondering when the R.C.M. Police will be breaking down the…
2015
In Friday’s Sun: not me
I’ve been given up for Lent, you might say. As you may have observed, there is a distinct lack of Warren-ness in this week’s Sun papers. So, too, other folks…
New column day
Here, on the Cons’ attempt to spin an election narrative out of a fictional bogeyman rather than protecting or helping Canadians. For further reading…– The National Academy of Sciences offers…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jeffrey Sparshott discusses new research into how automation stands to displace workers and exacerbate inequality, while a House of Lords committee finds…
Kill the drummer
Having dispatched more than my fair share over the years, I fully support this effort to kill the drummer. In SFH, both of our are a pain in the ass,…
Ralph Nader to Stephen Harper: What’s Happening to Canada?
In the monstrous darkness of Harperland, and when I read a poll like this one.There’s rarely been a bill before Parliament that was more popular. The public Conservatives’ new anti-terror…
Tom Mulcair, Bill C-51, and the Monstrous Xenophobia of Stephen Harper
It was good to see Tom Mulcair finally take a stand against the Con regime's totalitarian anti-terrorism bill. Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair says the NDP will fight the Conservative government's…
Stragedy and Polls: Chop House version #nlpoli
Public opinion polls are a really useful thing in politics. The Liberals did a poll the weekend before the Liberals and Conservatives voted to slash public representation in the legislature. …
Looking for Heroes?
I’ve been watching The Book of Negroes this week. I have no words. I only recognize justice, integrity, brutality, acknowledgement, witnessing, story telling and a myriad of other foggy responses.…
And the winners will be ….
When I was a kid, on Academy Awards night I’d always have to go to bed before the winner was announced. This was a very long time ago; movies had…
Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada? Open letter to Stephen Harper
Ralph Nader tells Stephen Harper, “You talk like George W. Bush,” warns that the Conservatives’ anti-terror Bill C-51 would harm Canadian democracy. The post Ralph Nader: What’s Happening to Canada?…
Throwback Thursday: the Hot Nasties
Ras Pierre Schenk and Nuclear Age Winkie Smith, onstage at Bishop Carroll High School, Calgary, Alberta, June 1979.
Syriza Holds Its Ground | Jacobin
Syriza Holds Its Ground | Jacobin. As the media and the Athens stock market (down 4 percent yesterday) had widely expected, yesterday’s finance ministers’ meeting ended in failure, perhaps even…
Death Of Sun News Addendum: Management Severance Pay Demands Sank Deals, Pt II?
Mr. Asper is said to have thought SunTV operated “very expensively for what it was” and was unwilling to take on the employment contracts and severance costs of its staff,…
Freeze Development Around Ramsey Lake Until Priority Ramsey Lake Watershed Study is Completed
The following is an open letter to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Finance and Administration Committee – a Council committee of the whole – regarding the 2015 capital budget for…
Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
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Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
Just in time for the Oscars!The Rev. Paperboy Feed
The Totally Wonderful Downfall of Dean Del Mastro
Well it was a brave attempt, some might say an outrageous attempt, to put a fork in the wheels of justice.But sadly for Dean Del Mastro it just didn't work,…
Canadian Sniper (American Sniper Parody)
Just in time for the Oscars! The Rev. Paperboy Feed