Eating up the Hill: You don’t order a burger at the Parliamentary Restaurant
I forgot what I'll assume should be one of the foodie rules: don't order something simple at a place that specializes in the fancier things. Or, put another way, if…
2016
SONGS OF SUBVERSION: an interview with Vi Subversa by Lynna Landstreet
The following appeared in the Toronto anarchist newspaper Kick It Over #14 Winter 1985/86: Poisongirls, who recently played in Canada for the first time, at Lee’s Palace in Toronto, are…
Feb. 20: Donald Trump – The Thirteenth Disciple
Let's see now. Pope Francis accused Donald Trump of behaving in a non-Christian fashion. Trump replied angrily that he is a devout Christian. And he proves it by pointing to…
Eating up the Hill: You don’t order a burger at the Parliamentary Restaurant
I forgot what I'll assume should be one of the foodie rules: don't order something simple at a place that specializes in the fancier things. Or, put another way, if…
Letting the drunk poors freeze
You can recognize when the Sask Party government is doing something based on ideology rather than common sense.First, they won't announce it or admit to doing it.Second, when finally called…
Letting the drunk poors freeze
You can recognize when the Sask Party government is doing something based on ideology rather than common sense.First, they won't announce it or admit to doing it.Second, when finally called…
Understanding ‘Changes’ With Ontario’s Alcohol Business
The Ontario government's recent changes to alcohol sales in this province are not quite as promising as they seem. The initial flurry may create some 'good loving' feelings for the…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Sarah Anderson, Marc Bayard, John Cavanagh, Chuck Collins, Josh Hoxie and Sam Pizzigati offer an outline as to how to fight back against…
I thought the NSA had all of my private stuff already
Neither #Apple nor the #FBI care about anyone's constitutional rights. But only one of them profits from pretending to do so. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 20, 2016
Mr. Dithers?
http://ottawacitizen.com/Chantal Hebert writes this morning that the Tr...
Akwesasne under surveillance by military counter-intelligence unit: documents (repost)
(The eastern tip of Cornwall Island from St. Regis Village, Akwesasne. APTN/File) Jorge BarreraAPTN National News The Canadian military’s counter-intelligence unit has been conducting surveillance of a Mohawk community straddling…
One of the All-Time Most Important Cult Movies Is Back on the Big Screen at Last (repost)
The movie Born in Flames seemed almost outlandishly radical in 1983, when it came out. But now, Lizzie Borden’s movie about a feminist uprising feels even more relevant and challenging…
It’s a Wynne-Wynne for wine in Ontario.
It was like a fanfare of trumpets and drums for the announcement of the coming of some decent wine to Ontario grocery stores. Not immediately and not all at once…
CBSA: Extended powers with no accountability
Photo from Public Domain This week, a Radio-Canada investigative reporter found out that the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) has been detaining between 4,000 to 6,000 asylum seekers per year…
Bernie Sanders’ Phantom Movement
Photo by Gage Skidmore Bernie Sanders, who has attracted numerous young, white, college-educated supporters in his bid for the presidency, says he is creating a movement and promises a political…
Manitoba Hydro’s privatization of Nigeria’s power grid would be illegal in home province
Photo from Public Domain It’s the black eye few Manitobans knew they had. “Senate Passes Motions on Unwholesome Practices by Manitoba Hydro Limited,” read one recent Nigerian press headline wh...
LNG: another reader contribution
To me, the continuing LNG fantasy initiative qualifies as a Dead Pony Solution. It assumes there are only positive arguments to go forward regardless! This belligerent belief is presented by…
Ezra Levant and the Rebel Cruise From Hell
As we all know, when Ezra Levant isn't spouting hate, he's begging for money.And him and his trusty sidekick Brian Lilley have been known to do or say anything to…
Alberta #Kudatah plan expires with a whimper as George Clark is abandoned by his erstwhile friends on the right
PHOTOS: George Clark explains Plan B to the media in a Calgary parking lot yesterday (CBC Photo). Below: Mr. Clark back in the day when his fair-weather friends from the…
Shocked, I say
Surely nobody could have predicted that a federal climate change plan of doing no more than every province would accept would be doomed as long as Brad Wall has anything…