The SACP sold out
Photo from Public Domain Address by Zwelinzima Vavi to the NUMSA National Bargaining Conference, Boksburg, 23/4/16 Comrade, President Andrew Chirwa, National Office Bearers, Members of the Central Executive C...
April 2016
Shocking Migratory Changes Bring Electric Rays to Canada’s Pacific
Gary Krause was mystified by an unusual fish he caught in his trawl net off B.C.’s Pacific north coast in October. It was a Pacific electric ray, named for a…
Defending Democracy to the Last Drop of Oil
Photo from Nick Taylor Poor President Barack Obama flew to Saudi Arabia this past week but its ruler, King Salman, was too busy to greet him at Riyadh’s airport. This…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Harry Leslie Smith writes about how an increasingly polarized city such as London excludes a large number of its citizens from meaningful social…
Erdogan Parodies? That’s Already Been Done
Just sayin'And, coming soon:
Just When Dion Needs All the Help He Can Get
It's been one hell of a 2016 for our foreign affairs minister, Stephane Dion, as he's had to repeatedly defend Canada's sale of $15-billion (now closer to $12-billion thanks to…
O tempora, o mores!
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum. Marcus Tullius Cicero wrote those words in the short book about a Roman court case, Pro Lucio…
The Truth Is Not Out There- It’s Right Here
Fox Mulder of the X-Files got it wrong. He believed that the truth was 'out there;' in fact, it is right here, but as the Mound of Sound said in…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday April 26th, 2016. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates.A video posted by @wiselaw on Apr 26, 2016 at…
Doors still open to municipal corruption.
If virtue is its own reward, what is the reward for hypocrisy? And what does it mean when municipal politicians tell you that there will be no more corruption when…
Bernie Sanders joins the Hot Nasties at CJSW in Calgary!
On April 15, an historic event: the reunion of the original Hot Nasties – Ras Pierre Schenk, Rockin’ Al, Nuclear Age and Ed Tomwards – in studio! Dixie Fried and…
Smart Kids, Depression, Existential Crisis, And What You Can Do
Kids think a lot about the world around them thanks to their natural curiosity. As adults we can embrace their curiosity and encourage it or we can dull their intellectual…
STAMP out hate: CJN story on human rights complaint against Canada Post and Ottawa
Canada Post and the government of Canada have been named in a complaint under the Canadian Human Right act for distributing a monthly Toronto tabloid newspaper that is allegedly laced…
Now Will Margaret Wente Finally Be Fired?
When I last left Margaret Wente just over a week ago, she was bobbing merrily up and down along with the rest of the Con media, in the wreckage of…
The Government’s ongoing Communications Problem – the political side #nlpoli
To understand the communications problem the Liberal administration faces, look at the first and so far only decision they have taken on communications to date.Everything stays just as it is.Nothing…
Oakland Book Release Party – Escaping the Prism … Fade to Black by Jalil Muntaqim
When: Friday, April 29 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM in PDT Where: Lighthouse Mosque, 620 42nd St, Oakland, California 94609 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1574723649509291/ Details as salamu alaykum, Join us for…
Re: Death By Pseudoscience – The Misinformation Campaign
First, a quick review of the facts: David and Collet Stephan are on trial for failing to provide the necessaries of life — for failing to seek medical care for…
The Con Porker Cheryl Gallant Disgraces Herself. Again.
It's been just over a month since the ghastly Con hog Cheryl Gallant last disgraced herself.By using the memory of the murdered soldier Cpl. Nathan Cirillo to peddle Easter hams…
Ring access ruling blames wrong culprit #nlpoli
To understand why access commissioner Ed Ring's ruling issued last Monday was troubling, you have to know some back story.Ring was ruling in an investigation over an access request for…