Wal Mart Stages Food Drive – for Wal Mart Employees.
WalMart doesn’t like to pay its employees a living wage but it’s happy to do a little begging on their behalf. So the WalMart on Altantic Boulevard in Canton, Ohio…
The Mound of Sound
Rob Ford in Action – Video
Who knew the Bloated Buffoon could charge like a rhino? In the unlikely chance you have trouble opening this clip, just wait for The Daily Show tonight.
The Ford Clown Car Cruises On
It’s almost too much to believe. The Ford boys are at it again. Rob Ford charging at a city council spectator. Doug Ford yelling “scumbags” at the crowd., Toronto City…
Ya Gotta Love a Right Wing Cat Fight
If I hadn’t stumbled into BC Blue I never would have known about the cat fight underway between NatPo’s Tasha Kheiriddin and MacLean’s Luiza Savage versus SunTV’s “skanks.” For your…
Where Is Harper Stashing the Money?
Ten billion dollars a year for three years are unaccounted for. Now the Parliamentary Budget Officer is canvassing MPs asking if they know where the money is. The Parliamentary Budget…
Now, When You Put It That Way…
All of us need to get a sense of what the world’s oceans mean to us, the role they play in our daily lives even if we live far inland…
Talk About Government Waste. EnviroShill Aglukkaq Visits Warsaw.
Couldn’t we have just sent flowers or maybe a gift basket of cheeses and wine? Why is Canada even putting in an appearance at the U.N. climate summit in Warsaw?…
The Vandal in Chief Worries About Climate Change
America is petrified about the impacts of climate change. Well, one impact anyway. That’s the prospect of the poor and vulnerable countries most exposed to droughts, floods and other severe…
Speaking of Vandals, We’re Number – Last
Germanwatch has just released the latest Climate Change Performance Index of the 58 top CO2 emitting nations. Australia, the land of Big Coal Down Undah, and Big Oil Canada, are…
The 21st Century’s Vandals
When I watch the Five Eyes gang at work, I am reminded of the ancient Germanic tribe, the Vandals, who in their day sacked Rome. In the aftermath their name…
"We Have Ways of Curbing Your Drinking."
Rob Ford told FOX News what he has claimed all along, he is not an alcoholic. And, it seems, he has a “team of professionals” working on that non-issue. Ford…
Big Coal Australia and Big Oil Canada Tell Poor and Vulnerable Commonwealth Countries to "Get Stuffed"
Sure they’re poor and weak. Sure they’re the most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Sure we’re rich and both major emitters of the greenhouse gases that are triggering those impacts,…
On the 50th Anniversary of His Assassination, My JFK Story
If what I saw was accurate, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was not killed by rifle fire from the Texas Book Repository. Law school in the mid-70’s. I had all the right,…
Hey Torontonians, Here’s a Fun Game for the Whole Family
Best of all, it costs next to nothing. Mom, dad, gather the kids around the computer. Then look up lists of foreign, English-language newspapers. Papers in France or Germany, maybe…
Like the Camel’s Nose, Conrad Tries to Sneak Back Into the Tent
Conrad Black, Baron Black of PiddlePuddle to you, will long be remembered for smearing ordinary Canadians and our country when he ditched his Canadian citizenship to become a Brit so…
Coyne on How Rob Ford is the Face of Canadian Conservatism
Andrew Coyne contends that Rob Ford isn’t a self-made catastrophe but, to a great extent, the result of enablers, strategists following the neo-conservative playbook. …there Mr. Ford sits, immovably: disgraced,…
At Least Someone is Pushing Back
The FBI claims that, beginning last December, Anonymous has waged a campaign hacking U.S. government computers. The hackers exploited a flaw in Adobe Systems Inc’s software to launch a rash…
Corporatism Isn’t Just a North American Scourge
America is the heartland of corporatism. It’s highest court is an agency of corporatism. It has a “bought and paid for” Congress. It even has a supposed populist in the…
Britain’s Mini-Rob Ford Scandal
He’s not a mayor but he’s the chairman of an ailing British bank plus he’s a Methodist minister. And, while there’s no suggestion yet of any driving whilst pissed or…
Meet the Poster Child for Corporatism and Inequality – Boeing
Perhaps because they’re playing with other people’s money, governments are suckers for corporatist extortion. It’s becoming an old game, especially in the States, for companies to threaten/offer to relocate in…