Reagan-backed genocidaire to face justice
Efraín Ríos Montt, an American-backed monster who ruled Guatemala in 1982-3, is going on trial at last. Torture, rape and mass extermination of Guatemalan Mayan Indians were this born-again Christian’s…
Dr.Dawg
Conservative fiscal prudence (snicker)
A second Conservative government agency with staff but no function has been discovered by the tenacious Greg Weston. Readers will recall Weston’s coverage of the Canadian Employment Insurance Financing Board,…
Pinheirinho II: capital vs. the people
“A toast to real estate speculation.” Carlos Latuff proves once again that a picture is worth a thousand words. Up to 9,000 people are made homeless, not by natural disaster…
Brian Topp for NDP leader?
Come on. The NDP leadership race is really down to four front-runners at this point: Thomas Mulcair, Brian Topp, Paul Dewar and Peggy Nash. Three of them are MPs: one…
The Catholic church and pedophilia: life imitates satire
Nearly two years ago the satirical online mag The Onion announced that the Pope had formally forgiven molested children for tempting priests into sin: “We must send a clear message…
National Energy Board: fair and balanced
…in the vulpine sense. Reader Holly Stick brings this article to my attention. Hearings are presently being conducted into the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. The Joint Review Panel for the…
Harper’s Canada
Employment in Canada is down, job quality is decreasing, and profits have taken a downturn as well. Prime Minister Stephen Harper declares his critics to be “enemies of the people…
Brain trick
As my Twiend Oak Bay Boy says, this is nifty. Stare at the three coloured dots for thirty seconds. Then look at a blank white surface. Blink a few times.…
One law for the rich
Deliberately exposing dozens of workers, including youngsters, to deadly asbestos? Throw the book at him. Sixty days in jail. Suppose you are a diabolical doctor in an old black-and-white horror…
Enemies of the state
In which Harper formally denounces critics as “enemies of the government” and “enemies of the people of Canada.” I think I’ve seen this movie before. Except that this time the…
Child abuse on the West Bank
A sickening tale of institutionalized child abuse in occupied Palestine. How many violent settlers are jailed and tortured by the Israel Defence Forces?
Rules of American justice
If anyone has still not realized the oxymoron that American justice became after 9/ll, this article by Glenn Greenwald is essential reading. The Rules of American Justice are quite clear:…
The perfect government agency
Big budget. Well-paid staff. Travel. Board meetings. Expense accounts. Outside consultants. Brand-new offices, furniture, computers. And nothing to do. Back in the day, I recall a polemical article making the…
Foreign influences on Harper government revealed!
Sometimes playing the nativist card can get you trumped. Harper ministers honking on about “foreign influences” stalling the construction of environmentally destructive pipelines (while they ignore foreign oil lobbyists and…
Pinheirinho
As I write this, a violent eviction of 9,000 people is taking place in Brazil by a reported 2,000 military police. People are being shot down as they defend their…
Copyright law abuse: an Egyptian case in point
Human rights campaigners in Egypt are under attack—by Blogger, Flickr and YouTube. Fearless Egyptian citizens have been recording military abuses—torture, gender-based violence—but their work is being suppressed by these popular…
Crackers
Need I say more?
Murder in the name of life
This is, at the very least, irresponsible: wittingly or no, it’s facilitating anti-abortion terrorism. Let SUZANNE FORTIN, of Ottawa, know what you think of that in the comments. If she…
Guest post: "trusted computing" and Microsoft dirty tricks
Sometimes those creatures in the illustration are real. An email from my friend Gödel Noodle: Thanks for participating in the SOPA/PIPA strike! I’ve been following this since late November or…
Harper and same-sex marriage: part deux?
The Justice Department’s position that same-sex marriages of foreigners in Canada are invalid is bunk, but the law does not need changing. Apologists for the Department of Justice’s argument—including journalist…