Celebrating Failures
The world tumbles into 2013 to the sound of uncertain cheers. Stock markets rally! The fiscal “cliff” has been “averted”. No one in our “developed world” has any idea how…
Richard
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This post has no title because I can not think of a title that does justice to the laughable “fiscal cliff” events of the day. Beginning hours after I awoke…
When will it be enough?
BREAKING NEWS: Politicians are talking, and nothing is getting done. Meetings are being held, and nothing is being done. Money is being spent and still, nothing is being done. For…
Cliff Hangers
There is so much talk going on currently about the fear of ‘going over’ the cliff, yet little or no talk about what awaits the U.S. population at the bottom…
@EzraLevant, ‘Veteran Journalist’
So, here is the guy that is ‘Hailed as “Canada’s no.1 defender of free speech,” best-selling author, lawyer, blogger and general trouble-maker, Calgary’s Ezra Levant is one of Canada’s best-known…
When Worlds Collide
You know, knowing what’s going on all day everyday, even on holidays, frankly, sucks. Today, another family gathering ends with political disagreement. Or is it political? I don’t even know…
Lockdown in U.S. appears imminent
Militarized police on the lookout for your best interests / source The fiscal cliff appears to be a catalyst for even more lock down and police state in the U.S.…
The face of Christmas fascism
This is the future for you all: Get it yet folks? How bad will it have to get before you take action? First they came for Occupy, and I didn’t…
What is infomedia.gc.ca?
Browsing my stats, I’ve received a connection of interest. Notice the name of the document that sent the request! The requesting website is “infomedia.gc.ca”, it won’t connect for me. It…
Canada’s "economic engine" runs out of gas
Well now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally arriving. Tough choices ahead as plunging oil bites into Alberta’s revenue: finance minister Alberta’s finance minister warned Wednesday of…
Our small potatoes bring all the boys to the yard; damn rights, they’re better than yours
Well now, the floodgates have been opened and very quickly the oil sands tune is changing. The old narrative is pretty well gone now (just do a Google news search…
My intention, above all
Five years ago I was pretty content in my little world with my programming career and all that. My perceived take on the future was very different then than it…
Would you be interested in hearing a ‘Canadian Trends’ podcast?
Here are some samples of a podcast I did back in 2010, and is probably what a ‘Canadian Trends’ podcast would sound like (although I might be better at it…
When it comes to the F35, the price isn’t the only changing narrative
F-35 report leaves Tories exposed on previously strong fiscal credibility Now, for the purposes of this post we will ignore the obvious “fiscal credibility” propaganda. They were never credible fiscally,…
Canada’s "skilled businessman" shortage
Oh, Canada is experiencing a labour shortage alright, but it’s not amongst “skilled labour” as the latest hype in headlines would have you believe, no our labour shortage actually appears…
A Financial "Brain" Aneurysm
I haven’t written a post in awhile as I’ve been busy creating a new system for myself and a select few twitter friends to better manage our massive twitter link…
Pinning hopes on donkeys
Oh, good. Finally. The Bank of Canada has now come out with what is obviously the completely correct excuse reason that they were completely wrong, of course keeping in mind…
Of desperation and fiscal cliffs (there’s a gong show for everyone)
Our world is many things but boring isn't one of them. Events are really flyin' now eh? Keeping up is a fulltime job and I'm very thankful I have a…
Mark Carnage
Originally posted at Zero HedgeFrom John Aziz of AzizonomicsMark CarnageThe greater story behind Mark Carney’s appointment to the Bank of England may be the completion of Goldman Sachs’ multi-tentacled takeover…
Super Tights
The great "tightening" of June 2012 is still getting the blame for our stagnant economy. Reading this crap, you'd almost have forgotten that previously many attempts to "tighten" were made…