Canada Profit Decline Seen in Worst Market Since ’98 – Bloomberg
Canada Profit Decline Seen in Worst Market Since ’98 – Bloomberg The Harper Regime on the Canadian economy suggest OGL should be asking Merkel for help over dinner: 1) S&P/TSX…
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Batman joins the police to take on Occupy Wall Street – thestar.com
Batman joins the police to take on Occupy Wall Street – thestar.com Political implications are not unlike those in the Showcase TV series Continuum, but, unlike the TV series, there…
Moonrise Kingdom: Enjoy the Quirkiness
Moonrise Kingdom is another one of those quirky Wes Anderson films with a characteristically wonderful production design and brilliant cinematography. I especially like the tableau-like shots with such rich, detailed…
The Problem with Best Films of All-Time Lists — Even Great Directors Screw Them Up | Alternet
The Problem with Best Films of All-Time Lists — Even Great Directors Screw Them Up | Alternet I have no problem with lists that provide a rationale for the inclusion…
The Tyee – Understanding Harper’s Evangelical Mission
The Tyee – Understanding Harper’s Evangelical Mission This is truly scary stuff, especially if the claim that Harper believes this delusional crap has any merit. Is there any doubt this…
Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Are Working People Invisible in the Mainstream Media? | Alternet
Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Are Working People Invisible in the Mainstream Media? | Alternet We need something like the Economic Hardship Reporting Project here in Canada too, for, in case you…
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News — www.rollingstone.com — Readability “…the planet does indeed have an enemy – one far more committed to action than governments or individuals.…
Colorado shootings: Where is the unstoppable force of public anger? – The Globe and Mail
Colorado shootings: Where is the unstoppable force of public anger? – The Globe and Mail Must-read insightful, caring, responsible journalism. Is it too much to ask that out of respect…
Climate Change? Blame Canada | | It’s Enought to Make You Weep
Climate Change? Blame Canada | | AlterNet Some really disturbing figures and trends gathered here. It’s enough to make you weep. We are responsible for much of the destruction of…
Council of Canadians calls Conservative robocalls motion defamatory and abusive
Council of Canadians calls Conservative robocalls motion defamatory and abusive A “wanton and officious intermeddler.” Add this to “professional agitator” and “virulent critic.” Sounds like t-shirts, bumper stickers, and badges…
PIPSC, Fat Cats, and Disturbing Dreams
I had the pleasure of attending the PIPSC Fat Cats game on Sunday – an exciting affair that the FCs won in the ninth with a sensational walk off steal…
Over 120 Lawyers Ask for Proposed Environmental Changes to be Removed from Bill C-38
You would think that such a significant resistance from the law community might have an effect on the Regime’s thinking, but don’t count on it. The goal is the full…
Banksters will be on a Desperate Prowl for the Rest of 2012
As I’ve suggested many times, the current global economic conditions were to be expected. We are in a static, no growth economy forever, the maximum growth hovering around 2%. for…
Repressive Tactics Smack of History
Of course the so-called budget bill, stuffed to the gills with non-budgetary items as such, has multiple political purposes, but one of them is clearly to limit dissenting voices within…
a tiny glimpse into the ways our government serves the corporate and financial world, not the people of Canada
Some Key Areas Where Neoliberal Policy Undermines both the Industrial Economy and Canadian Democracy Under the Harper Regime, the investor class is constantly being protected at the expense of the…
Are Canadians resigned to the current repressive methods of the Harper Regime?
“Fascism creeps; and one of its hallmarks is that by the time you realize you’re in it, it’s too late to do anything about it.” We see where things are…
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14 economic advisors Flaherty consults on policy and budgets are all from the financial sector: Fiscal contraction doesn’t work
The 14 economic advisors Flaherty consults on policy and budgets are all from the financial sector, mostly banksters. Here’s what James K. Galbraith says about the implicit danger of such…
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An analysis of the economic and political context prior to the initiation of the should-have-been-expected recession in 2008, in which the global community continues to find itself and will continue…
James K. Galbraith: Inequality and Instability
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