Egypt: The Revolution succeeds
The hope that the Arab Spring gave to tens of millions of people throughout the Middle East is being revived in Egypt. The Morsi defiance of the Egyptian army has…
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Egypt: Morsi declares war
With my blood The Army stepped in, sending five helicopters with the Egyptian flag dangling below them, to fly over the packed Tahrir square in Cairo, and helicopters – sans…
The Anglo Tapes: Give us the %$%%$# moolah
The tapes that have started a firestorm this week in Ireland do more than reveal the attitudes of the senior bankers involved in the destruction of Ireland’s financial system during…
In Texas, do male fetuses masturbate?
Apparently, some think so: And a Texas congressman claimed, incorrectly, that male fetuses of 15 weeks have been observed to masturbate, thus making abortion wrong. Tabatha Southey sums up the…
Climate Change: President Obama declares war on the Flat Earth Society
The President has a fight on his hands. I wonder if he has been briefed about the Flat Earthers? They are a stubborn and dogmatic lot, forever fighting with those…
Brilliant Analysis of the BC Election by Gary Mason
Christy Clark outworking and outframing Dix If you relish the nitty-gritty of political campaigns, like reading a well-written journalist post, and want to learn why framing cost the BC NFP…
Alberta Floods: Will this be Stephen Harper’s Katrina Moment?
Remember PM Harper’s response to the 2007 Financial Meltdown? His seeming inability to understand that when crises hit, Canadians expect their federal government to help them? His discussion of the…
The Mole Whisperers: You, Cancer, Sugar & Naked Mole Rats
Cancer free naked mole rats A possible breakthrough in cancer treatment? Time will tell if The Mole Whisperers findings about the “goo” that naked mole rats use to prevent them…
Jail the Bankers, says UK Report
Ever since the financial meltdown of 2007, bankers and rating agencies responsible for much of the damage done to the world’s financial systems have escaped criminal liability (apart from a…
Syria: Showdown time between the West and Putin
High noon at 10 Downing Street Politicians are becoming more graphic in their descriptions of the warring sides in the Syrian civil war, with the latest spat leading to a…
Justin Trudeau raises the bar for MPs and Senators
A breath of fresh air in Ottawa In a move that is refreshing, because it shows an MP who is willing to listen to criticism, and to rethink matters in…
Turkish Spring: Another take on events of May 31
Claire Belinski Claire Berlinski, writing in the City Journal in the wee hours of the morning of May 31, captured her thoughts about the beginnings of the Turkish unrest: But…
Arab Spring comes to Turkey
Istanbul June 2013 Much to the surprise of the government: Another way of looking at the AKP is as a party of building contractors, who have never seen anything they…
Fortune 500 Nightmare: Revolutionary WikiBuycott will put power in our hands
The Revolution starts here! There is a nightmare hovering over large and small corporations. It is the shifting of the power balance, away from the companies that produce goods and…
Stéphane Dion: Let our MPs take a pocketful of votes to Parliament
A pocketful of votes Dion gave an interesting talk at Joyce Murray’s meeting in Vancouver this morning, dealing with the different kinds of electoral reform that we could adopt. One…
Prime Minister Harper was roasted like a rotisserie chicken
PM Stephen Harper Today’s question period in the House of Commons finally showed onlookers what real question periods are for. The prime minister was appearing for the first time since…
A Tale of Two Parliaments: A Stench of Arrogance and Greed
Who shall guard the guards? Our parliament belongs to the citizens, just as the parliament of the UK belongs to British citizens. And when our representatives in our parliaments forget…
The Video: Rob Ford’s Mounting Confidence
Mayor Rob Ford What a difference two days makes! According to Daniel Day, of the Toronto Star, a lot: Mayor Rob Ford unequivocally says there is no video that shows…
5-Star Amazon Review of my book, Your Purrfect Way!
I’ve just read a delightful review on Amazon of my new book, Your Purrfect Way to Publish & Promote Your Amazon & Kindle Books. It’s been given 5 stars by…
Robocon: Court finds fraud; Council of Canadians should appeal
The court yesterday found that fraud had been used in the May 2011 election in 6 ridings in an attempt to suppress the vote, as this article from the Globe…