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Apparently, we’d all be in much better shape if the poor were as motivated as Steven Schwarzman is to make America a better place. But it seems to me that…
via fordfortoronto.mattelliott.ca There’s no shortage of observers willing to blog, analyze, poke fun, and detail all the myriad injuries, both large and small, that Team Ford is inflicting upon the…
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Modern libertarianism is the disguise adopted by those who wish to exploit without restraint. It pretends that only the state intrudes on our liberties. It ignores the role of banks,…
via winnipegsun.com Oy. I wonder how this story would read if this guy had been a Muslim … (h/t buckdog) Permalink | Leave a comment »
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Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them. via en.wikiquote.org Have a drink for me when you get … well, when…
via openmedia.ca This isn’t Oz, folks. Pay LOTS of attention to that man behind the curtain … Related posts: A public-service announcement from OpenMedia.ca | #cdnpoli #onpoli Permalink | Leave…
via commondreams.org And again … … this is where we juxtapose: this speech from a couple of days ago, and today’s announcement that Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto…
A Letter to the Managing Editor of The Gazette Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin Ma’am, I write today in response to the opinion piece printed in today’s edition…
This legislation is transformative as it puts punishment and prison at the centre of our criminal justice system. This has never been the Canadian approach; our balanced justice policies have…
Take a guess which bit of birdcage-liner this is from. You don’t even need the facts to know which way they’ll torque it. One can’t help but remember the bad…
OK, so if I understand this, Rob Ford isn’t talking to the Star because according to him, the paper is lying about an incident involving him and a football team…
The cultural belief that we can make things happen by thinking, by visualizing, by wanting them, by tapping into our inner strength or by understanding that we are truly exceptional…
How does that saying go? Save me, Jesus, from your followers? One could argue that the conservative tradition needs the same kind of help. The roots of the current culture…
via afuitbs.wordpress.com As Cityslikr says, it’s Internet to the rescue. As we buckle down for budget season, I’m reminded of what Val Sears reportedly said as the 1962 federal election…
… where think tanks and the like are concerned, is that most of these groups routinely put themselves into a conflict of interest when they advocate policies which benefit their…
TTC users can conduct the crusade against the cuts themselves. Call, write their councillors, let them know this will not stand. Here’s a list of the Team Ford members on…
A draft list of service cuts put together by TTC staff made its way to me in mid-October. At the time, the media and council were preoccupied with Ford’s Waterfront…
