More On James Forcillo
H/t Toronto StarIn response to yesterday's post, both the Salamander and the Mound of Sound offered some interesting commentary. The Salamander has experience in dealing with troubled and armed youth,…
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Clarity On Rona Ambrose
Ed Tanas helps shed some light on the temporary Tory leader and chief resident hypocrite (competing with Tony Clement for that title, of course).Recommend this Post
Not A Moment Of Humility Or Uncertainty
I have avoided writing about the semi-acquital of Sammy Yatim's killer, Officer James Forcillo, partly because it sickens me when miscarriages of justice occur. Adding insult to injury is his…
"The Ocean, If It Wants Us, It’ll Come And Take Us"
So says a bemused victim of climate change in California. Jaw-dropping and chilling is how I would describe this, yet another reminder of our powerlessness in the face of nature:Recommend…
A Good Question
There are days when it is difficult to see any long-term future for the human race. Stories abound of both our collective and individual acts of brutality that attest to…
Canada To Sign TPP
The federal government has confirmed that it intends to sign the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal at a meeting next week in New Zealand.But that doesn't mean the Liberal government…
Forget What Your Grandparents Told You
.... about going through five-foot drifts of snow as they walked ten miles to school. They never had to deal with conditions like this:Recommend this Post
The Only Way To Treat Sarah Palin
...is with the ridicule she and her word salad constructions so richly deserves:Sarah Palin isn’t one of those people who needs help making a fool of herself. It seems as…
A Graphic Illustration Of Humanity’s Hubris
People of a certain age will remember the commercial with the tagline, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature." Heedless of that warning, that's exactly what we continue to think…
A Progressive Vision
Although I rarely attend a church service, this is the kind of vision I heartily approve of.Recommend this Post
Some Things Just Can’t Be Fixed
And that would appear to include the political career of Republican Michigan Governor Rick Synder. In an effort to staunch the political bleeding over the fact that the state did…
Tag Team Politics
"An absolute ass(et)" is how Donald Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord describes Sarah Palin contribution to Trump's campaign. Not everyone agrees:Recommend this Post
She’s Back
And it sounds like Stephen Colbert has missed her. I haven't.Recommend this Post
Only A Start
A bane of the neoliberal agenda but salvation to countless Canadians, the vision of a national pharmacare program has made a baby step toward realization. The federal government has joined…
A Return To Sanity
I am currently reading a book by Tim Weiner entitled, One Man Against The World: The Tragedy Of Richard Nixon, and although I lived through that time, I am rediscovering…
How Online Censorship Works: A Guest Post By Cassie Phillips
The internet is pervasive in our daily lives, but equally pervasive is online censorship and surveillance. You've likely come head to head with this in the past. For ex...
Send In The Clowns
No! Wait! Cancel that order!Recommend this Post
Blowhard Blah Blah Blah
Please pardon the rather inarticulate nature of this post's title, but it seemed appropriate in dealing with this subject:And it would appear that Toronto Star readers have taken the full…
Democracy In Crisis
This is a clearer and more succinct explication of the rise of dangerous right-wing politics than I think I have ever heard.Don't let Trump fool you: rightwing populism is the…
The Wrong Friends In High Places
This is a selfie that neither Lloyd Axworthy nor The Mound of Sound would want to be included in, I suspect.Recommend this Post