New Poll Suggests Ontario Is Heading For A Change Of Government
A new poll conducted by Ipsos found that 76% of Ontarians want a new party in the Ontario Legislature in 2018. The Ontario Liberals have long ignored calls from people…
September 2017
Alex Jones: Donald Trump Is Being Drugged By the Deep State!
Ever since Donald Trump gave Mitch McConnell the cold shoulder and made a deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Republicans have been in a state of total shock.And to…
Forget the Parthenon: how austerity is laying waste to Athens’ modern heritage | Cities | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/12/athens-modern-heritage-austerity-neoclassical-architecture-acropolis-greece Filed under: Uncategorized
Promoting Bigotry, Racism and Misogyny in Greater Sudbury, Part 2: Time to Talk About Taxpayer-Subsidized Discrimination
Promoting Bigotry, Racism and Misogyny in Greater Sudbury, Part 1: The Ever-Changing Public Realm Is there a place for the expression of bigotry, racism and misogyny in Greater Sudbury? No.…
Promoting Bigotry, Racism and Misogyny in Greater Sudbury, Part 1: The Ever-Changing Public Realm
Is there a place for the expression of bigotry, racism and misogyny in Greater Sudbury? The answer, of course, is clearly, “Yes” – there is plenty of space, on the…
Say What? The Skull and Crossbones?
Enquiring minds are asking why the nuclear attack submarine, USS Jimmy Carter, returned to base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington state flying the Skull and Crossbones beside the Stars and Stripes. The…
Can Emissions Actually Shrink While the Economy Grows?
What does climate change have to do with economic growth? Canada’s prime minister and premiers signed a deal in December to “grow our economy, reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and…
Forty years of geekitude
It was forty years ago this fall, in 1977, that I bought my first computer. I had little experience with computers prior to that – a few weeks working after…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2017-09-13 16:33:00
El Chapo and the Secret History of the Heroin Crisis By Don Winslow Aug 9, 2016 23.6k If you wonder why America is in the grips of a heroin epidemic…
Every President Gets ‘Em.
Here’s some food for thought in the aftermath of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. During his two terms in office, George w. Bush issued more than 420 disaster declarations for severe…
You Can’t Make This Up. The Land of Netanyahu.
Bibi and Uday I just went to the web site of the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz. There’s some brouhaha about supposedly anti-Semitic cartoon posted on social media by Benjamin Netanyahu’s son,…
Some comments on the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario’s minimum wage commentary
The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO)—an independent, arm’s length, non-partisan research institute—released a paper on September 12th outlining the likely economic impacts flowing from the pending minimum wage increase…
David Asks the Really Awkward Question
While our prime minister fantasizes that we’re still in the 1980s, David Suzuki poses the RAQ, the Really Awkward Question – how do we square Trudeau’s pursuit of perpetual exponential…
Cathy Chats While Justin Mumbles
Poor Justin. He wants to do the Fossil Fuelers bidding, he really does. Whether it’s walking away from his election promise to clean house at the National Energy Board or…
It’s great to be known only for something you did when you were 16
@HotNasties goes to NUMBER FOUR ON THE CHARTS! In, um, Argentina. pic.twitter.com/FkvmXGm1U5 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 13, 2017
Ontario Minimum Wage Increase A Good Idea
(Businesses Across Ontario Are Being Too Penny Wise With The Proposed Wage Increase) Scary clowns are a big hit these days at the box office, and while the people of…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 13, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. The first same-sex marriage in Ontario occurred on January 14,…
Why were Muslim-hating bigots allowed into Ford Fest?
From Vice: Jennifer Bush is the Muslim-hating racist who tried to attacked Jagmeet Singh a few days ago – and spectacularly failed. She made him leader of the NDP, basically.…
Melanie Joly Watch: Canada’s worst cabinet minister gets reviewed
And not by me, either. Below is what average folks are saying about the minister with the reverse Midas touch, and the unmitigated mess she made of Canada 150. It…
Rape at universities: One program is proven to reduce it
The Enhanced Assess, Acknowledge, Act (EAAA) Sexual Assault Resistance program, developed by Charlene Senn, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Windsor, empowers women students at universities to defender…