Via, the Independent, How the right to deny the existence of God is under threat globally:Atheists and humanists are increasingly being targeted as distinct minorities in “hate campaigns” across the…
TO BE TAKEN WITH A GENEROUS PORTION OF SALT Doctors (A) The number of physicians in the U.S. is 700,000. (B) Accidental deaths caused by Physicians per year are…
Part two of a two-part series from The Tyee. Read the first part of this story: B.C. First Nation’s Four-Decade Fight for Diesel-Free Clean Energy Caught in Bureaucratic Limbo. By…
Has anybody actually read the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement? I presume the negotiators have. And no doubt a host of corporate lawyers. But have any of our politicians read it?…
Has anybody actually read the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement? I presume the negotiators have. And no doubt a host of corporate lawyers. But have any of our politicians read it?…
Has anybody actually read the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement? I presume the negotiators have. And no doubt a host of corporate lawyers. But have any of our politicians read it?…
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- GOOD Magazine neatly sums up what the world would look like on the scale of 100 people - and how patently unfair wealth inequality…
No, we're not going to be eating babies. Sheesh. What I had in mind was to switch the way our governments have saddled the country with globalized free trade deals.…
Remember the horrible attack last week in Belgium? Of course you do; it’s still in the news. But on Easter Sunday, there was another terrorist attack that was worse by…
Redundant. When I worked at a Bermondsey school in London in the late 60s, the famed Surrey Docks that had made Britain rich since the days of Elizabeth I, were…
It's not often that my bougainvillea blooms, but this year it has. Not sure why. Certainly it's not because it's received a great deal of sun. The gray, rainy weather…
It's not often that my bougainvillea blooms, but this year it has. Not sure why. Certainly it's not because it's received a great deal of sun. The gray, rainy weather…
The media is stirring, even the CBC, with speculation over whether Hillary Clinton could be indicted over the long-running email scandal. The issue is whether she broke federal laws in…
They have an unerring instinct for a losing proposition. 1. Canadians used to "socialist" politicians. 2. Americans aren't. 3. Primaries ≠ General. 4. @SenSanders elects @realDonaldTrump @tedcruz. — Warren Kinsella…
You would think that Canadians would be tired of it. Every time you buy gas at your local gas station you are being ripped off. And yet the other day…
In a campaign where one of the most unpopular governments in modern history is running for re-election, the Manitoba Liberals under leader Rana Bokhari are sure trying their darnedest to…
In a campaign where one of the most unpopular governments in modern history is running for re-election, the Manitoba Liberals under leader Rana Bokhari are sure trying their darnedest to…
In a campaign where one of the most unpopular governments in modern history is running for re-election, the Manitoba Liberals under leader Rana Bokhari are sure trying their darnedest to…
As pointed out by The Mound, Joseph Stigliz has issued a dire warning to Canada about the dangers of the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership); essentially, it will enrich the few…
R v Grant, 2016 ONCJ 170:A preliminary inquiry is not automatic and is to be held only following a request from either the Crown or the accused. In this case…
