The Blinkered Worldview of Stephen Harper
Recently, I wrote a series of posts on Stephen Harper’s misuse of the Canadian Revenue Agency through the orchestration of audits on nonprofits that criticize his policies. For Dear Leader,…
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I Felt A Chill As I Read This
A week ago came the report of a giant crater in the Siberian permafrost discovered by a Russian helicopter crew. Russian scientists concluded the crater, about 80-metres across, was not…
If All You Had Were Useless Rockets, Would You Be Firing Them?
A timely and invaluable reminder of what it means to be a Palestinian in Gaza under the yoke of the Israeli military. This is a report of a calculated and…
Zionism Does Not Excuse Gaza
There are some self-identified Liberals (and New Democrats) who proclaim their support for Israel in its current butchery in Gaza and they tend to do it in the name of…
Is There Anything Wrong With This Picture?
The Obama administration’s $225 million request to aid Israel during its war with Hamas may not be enough, warned Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday afternoon. So far, no…
They’re Buzzards, But You’re Their Carrion.
We all know that average Americans have been reeling financially since the Great Recession. We know that the post-recession recovery has gone mainly to the richest of the rich and,…
Gaza – A Suggested Solution
Further to that piece Friday on how Israel’s radical rightwing shift is brutalizing Israeli society, I stumbled across this: http://forward.com/articles/202558/israeli-professor-suggests-rape-would-serve-as-ter/ And I found this insightful and well footnoted piece from…
Massaging The Message: How A Republican Has Helped Israel Justify Its Invasion Of Gaza
The Independent reports on how an American Republican pollster and political strategist has helped Israel sell its recent invasion of Gaza, drawing upon a playbook is a professional, well-researched and…
The Climate Change Debate Lives On
The science on the theory of climate change is not settled. There is a powerful, scientific consensus that anthropogenic or man-made climate change is real, here now and worsening. There…
It Wasn’t Hamas – And Israel Knew That From the Get-Go.
We all know that Israel used the kidnapping/murder of three Israeli teens, that it blamed squarely on Hamas, to whip up support for its brutal invasion of Gaza. It’s been…
But Then Again …
S.E Cupp does not agree with the New York Times recommendation that the federal ban on marijuana be ended: Recommend this Post
End Prohibition – The New York Times
The editorial board of America’s “newspaper of record” has called for Washington to repeal federal laws prohibiting marijuana. The New York Times says it’s time to end America’s second prohibition:…
Our Monochromatic Political Leadership
The images are graphic and heartbreaking – buildings reduced to rubble, maimed and dead children strewn among that rubble, families fractured, lives broken beyond repair. Were it not for the…
How To Stop Stephen Harper’s Use of The CRA As An Instrument Of Terror: The Beginnings Of A Plan
Lately I have been writing some posts on Stephen Harper’s reign of terror, his relentless attacks on charities that oppose his agenda. Groups as diverse as the United Church of…
Your Saturday Smile
A bit of a busy morning ahead, so for now, enjoy: Recommend this Post
Apologize, You Sleazy Bastard
The Geneva-based, International Commision of Jurists, has issued a written demand that Sideshow Steve Harper and his supposed justice minister, Peter MacKay, apologize to Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin for the…
Justin, You Need to Read This
While Justin Trudeau’s pandering Liberal Party may praise Israel’s “commitment to peace,” Israeli society is displaying a darker, brutal face. Lisa Goldman, director of the Israel-Palestine Initiative at the Washington…
Possibly The Most Important 60-Minutes You’ve Spent In A Good, Long While
Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, delivers a stark warning and a call to arms in this year’s Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute address. Monbiot warns that we’re about to feed the…
Harper’s Reign of Terror – Part Four
Except, that is, in Harperland. The latest Orwellian edict to come down from the Harper-directed CRA, reported by The Winnipeg Free Press, is as follows: The Canada Revenue Agency has…
Harper’s Reign of Terror – Part Three
The prospect of being hanged focuses the mind wonderfully. – Samuel Johnson While I doubt that many within the Harper regime are literary types or schooled in the humanities, I…