A Well Of Humanity
Sometimes the world seems to be a cold and uncaring pace. But at other times, it proves itself to be anything but:Recommend this Post
February 2016
Now, Sit Still While I Shoot You Down
Lockheed has spent years, many years, telling the world that its F-35, supposedly stealthy, light attack bomber is unlike any warplane in the sky today. Turns out they're right.Recent reports…
“Care as a relationship” is key to good long-term care: research
What are long-term care residences around the world doing right? That’s the question an international research team travelled across North America and Europe to find out. Led by Pat Armstrong…
Conservatives Failed to Protect Privacy
The Liberals record? Not much better. “I can’t answer the question about the former government, what their reasons were,” said Sajjan, also noting he does not believe any of the…
4 Free Ebooks from Kersplebedeb Publishing
Since 1998 Kersplebedeb has been an important source of radical literature and agit prop materials. The project has a non-exclusive focus on anti-patriarchal and anti-imperialist politics, framed within an anticapitalist…
Justin Trudeau and the Very Different Prime Minister
It's hard to believe that Justin Trudeau has now been in power for just over a hundred days.For although I'm sure it seems longer than that to him, it still…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Paul Krugman writes that we're far closer to a major energy transformation than many people realize - but that public policy decisions in the…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of February 1, 2016
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Yet Another Privacy Tort Comes to Ontario "There is a cancer on Canadian journalism.The malignancy is Postmedia Network Canada Corp."Canadians…
Misplaced Admiration
http://pursuitchannel.com/Those who pay most dearly for the neo-liberal binge we have...
Its finally here! Iowa Caucus Night 2016
After months of grueling, astonishing and absolutely insane politicking from the major party candidates in the United Sates, the Iowa caucuses have finally arrived. It is time to see who…
Its finally here! Iowa Caucus Night 2016
After months of grueling, astonishing and absolutely insane politicking from the major party candidates in the United Sates, the Iowa caucuses have finally arrived. It is time to see who…
Never Stop Learning – a non-developer at WordCamp US
Back in December, I was invited to attend the first ever WordCamp US, WordPress’ first national conference. I wrote about it for the Philadelphia HubSpot User Group. The full post…
Its finally here! Iowa Caucus Night 2016
After months of grueling, astonishing and absolutely insane politicking from the major party candidates in the United Sates, the Iowa caucuses have finally arrived. It is time to see who…
The Republican Nightmare and the Canada Party
Well today is Iowa Caucus day in America, and I must admit I'm a little concerned about the mental state of many of our neighbours, and where they might be…
Newfoundland government finance, 1832 to 1949 #nlpoli
Before Newfoundlanders stopped governing themselves in the early winter of 1934, they’d run a sometimes arduous course.Newfoundland gained a limited form of self-government in 1832 and in 1855 gained Responsible…
Modest proposals for our defence policy
The federal government has promised to develop a new defence strategy for the country and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has confirmed the public will be asked to participate. I thought,…
Towards the History of Maoist Dissidence in the Soviet Union – an article by Alexei Volynets. Part 1 (repost)
This is a translation of an article in Russia by Alexei Volynets which appeared here: http://ift.tt/23CNQOo with the title: The Soviet Red Guard: The Soviet Union Needs Mao Zedong. It…
Eamonn McCann: State role in IRA killings changes everything (repost)
The question arising from this week’s revelations in the Irish News of the extent of British security service involvement in IRA killings is: What was that all about? Read the…