EXCLUSIVE: Mubarak’s conversation with Obama:
“If I go there will be trouble, If I stay there will be double” So, go.
Scott in Montreal
When Facebook becomes Hatebook
I was a reluctant FB joiner at first. I have known it to cause weird, unintended social faux-pas between people innocently updating their friends' pages with manoevres that turn into…
Pixies pulling out of Israeli show = "cultural terrorism": promoter
Stuck here out of gasOut here on the Gaza StripFrom driving in too fast--The Pixies (River Euphrates)These are lines that will not be sung in Tel Aviv, now that the…
We get mail – from US reporters wanting our opinions on other US reporters!
From: "Jacobon, Terry" To: randboro@yahoo.caSent: Thu, June 3, 2010 3:56:46 PMSubject: From Terry Jacobson of the Dear Scott in Montreal:Hi. I’m a reporter for the [MAJOR ESTABLISHED US NE...
Anderson Cooper is restoring my faith in journalism
Full credit to Anderson Cooper. In one hour this evening, he did more to awaken his countrymen to the horrors of unchecked neo-liberal corporatism than a thousand indie-film docs on…
Well Israel, you have really lost the PR war now
You have got yourselves perfectly embroiled in an international incident that is not going away until you learn that even you must eat crow sometimes. So far, it doesn't appear…
Blowing Up is Hard to Do
"This scares everybody" --British Petroleum COO Doug Suttles, on May 29, 2010, commenting on the failure of the "Top Kill" attempt to stave off the worst crude oil contamination in…
Greens, NDP to merge; Layton and May step aside, with support of key Liberal defectors
Could you just imagine a headline like that? Only if you accept the fact that the federal Liberal party is finished as a viable political entity. It was this particular…
Shout out to the Saudi Arabian delegation
Hey guys, when you start allowing the women of your country to drive, then you can share your opinions with the rest of the world on global warming.Until then, just…
Sad Anniversary
Geneviève Bergeron (1968-1989)Hélène Colgan (1966-1989)Nathalie Croteau (1966-1989)Barbara Daigneault (1967-1989)Anne-Marie Edward (1968-1989)Maud Haviernick (1960-1989)Maryse Laganière (1964-1989)Maryse Leclair (1966-1989)Anne-Marie Lemay (1967-19...
Missing the Canada that stood for human rights
RE: Bureaucrats and other critics often face wrath of ConservativesIt's too bad the Conservative government is so hellbent on political gamesmanship and throwing good civil servants under buses; when they…
Peevey Stevie stimulated by doorknobs?
Tip 'o the hat to Le Daro and Scott Tribe for uncovering this startling fetish of the Canadian Prime Minister. (Okay, perhaps the Libs figured it out first, as reported…
GPC site redesign a huge improvement
Go check it out. greenparty.ca is a whole lot snazzier. Bravo!
To work for nothing
Goddamn you allWho expect me to give you my labours for freeGoddamn you allWho go along with this concept that we should be Grateful for the opportunitiesTo work for nothingNOTHINGBut…
Eloquence and straight talk – I am missing P.E.T.
Found this snippet of a 1987 interview with Pierre-Elliot Trudeau and remembered what intellectual leadership sounds like:"I don't think we need special powers in Quebec... Who needs special powers? The…
Greenbacked-up as hell and not taking it anymore
Roll out red carpetsHere come the China boys-- The Payola$ (1979)A report by Robert Fisk (the only Western journalist to ever interview Osama bin Laden) in today's Independent augurs ill…