Politics and Entertainment 2012-11-28 14:40:00
Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada in an Age of Anxiety (by BTLbooks) And you thought things were a bit frightening in Canada. Take a good look if you really want to…
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Obama administration pushes ahead with drone killings
Obama Administration Pushes Ahead with Drone Killings The Not so Subtle Militarization of Canada With the exception of Israel and probably Canada, every other nation considers the use of unmanned…
Mark Carney’s ‘shock’ appointment means more of the same neoliberal policies for UK
Mark Carney's 'shock' appointment means more of the same | Ann Pettifor | One should remember that Carney sits firmly inside the neoliberal bubble and that he was bred by…
An Open Letter to President Obama By Michael Moore
Dear President Obama:Good luck on your journeys overseas this week, and congratulations ondecisively winning your second term as our president! The first timeyou won four years ago, most of us…
A Call for Direct Action: Is it Worthy of Consideration?
Your Anon News • A CALL FOR DIRECT ACTION Although there are facets of this perspective that are highly debatable, as many of the comments on Tumblr reveal, this is…
Chris Hedges: Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All
Chris Hedges: Elites Will Make Gazans of Us All - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig We are well on our way to becoming Gazans under neoliberal rule as the 1%,…
Reporting on Israeli Assault on Gaza
Canadian Media reporting on the current conflict seems less than balanced - not that there really is such an animal - favouring an Israeli perspective on the matter and the…
Why Bankers Rule the World: Your Continuing Debt is Their Business
It's the Interest, Stupid! Why Bankers Rule the World A detailed reminder that debt fuels the economy and that, given the deep neoliberal muddy hole in which we dwell, it…
Youth Demographic Vital for 2015
118,296,5 502 votes. The 1/5 of the total vote for Obama coming from the youth demographic (18-29) - even if it might have been generated more by antipathy towards Romney…
America in 2012: Awe, Disgust, Sadness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q6DNm6rrYY&sns=em It’s still relatively early in the morning, so don’t watch this too soon after breakfast because I guarantee you’ll be ill. You may also weep uncontrollably. I’ m not…
Three depressing conversations I’ve had recently:
Three depressing conversations I’ve had recently: 1) With a entrepreneurial neighbour who’s about to open a franchise restaurant. Unions are intolerable, crushing people’s individualism and stifling business development, and the…
Romneyism | Common Dreams: 10 Principles of Classic Neoliberal Capitalist Dictatorships
Romneyism | Common Dreams A eloquent summary of ten classic neoliberal principles of a capitalist dictatorship. Each and every one of these principles, you will notice, applies to Harper in…
U.S. military is the single biggest oil user in the world.
U.S. military is the single biggest oil user in the world. As both Obama and Romney continue to support this inherent institution of violence, reducing the use of fossil fuel…
Wakeup Call for Business Community?
From the very heart of the business community comes the magazine cover of the year. Get it, Big Oil?
Time for Real Resistance
Isn’t it time to begin real resistance – actions and strategies beyond rallies and marches, beyond petitions for this or that worthy cause and letters to MPs and the editor,…
The citizen as consumer, as a mere "marketing target."
http://tinyurl.com/9nu7j9c Under a neoliberal regime such as ours, anything – including your very soul – can be commodified. (Ask those members of the evangelical church to which OGL apparently belongs.)…
Mock Democracy
Budget Implementation Bill To Be Studied By 9 Committees: via HuffPost http://huff.to/QGcI1W Big f.. .king deal. As if this sham process makes one damn bit of difference, but, hey, all…
Canadians Much Deeper in Debt
Canadian households are much deeper in debt, Statscan says. Canadians’ credit is now at the same level it reached just before the housing bubble burst in the U.S. and Britain…
Economic Implosion is only one Factor in Our Demise
With no rebound in sight, there’s never been a slump like this – The Globe and Mail The focus here is on the usual neoliberal casino economics, not the real,…
Why Chris Hedges Believes That Serious Revolt Is the Only Option People Have Left | Alternet
Why Chris Hedges Believes That Serious Revolt Is the Only Option People Have Left | Alternet “It is no more morally justifiable to kill someone for profit than it is…