Carrot loophole saves theatre from tax hike
Austerity measures in Spain have increased taxes on nearly everything. Tax on theatre tickets was bumped from 8 to 21 percent, and in an already challenging economy, theatre companies were…
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Sandra Pupatello for Ontario Liberal Leader & Premier
After much thought and watching the candidates in action over the last few weeks, I’m going to follow my head and my heart and endorse Sandra Pupatello for Ontario Liberal…
Psssst! Really we are still here!
It has been a very busy 6 months for us. I apologize to all of you who link to us and all of the awesome people out there who come…
Books for the Holidays
Ok, people. We all love our community, and our fabulous mainstreet is one of the reasons we love it so much. We walk to shop, and there are some wonderful,…
Money, savings and interest: The real deal – protecting yourself and your family from the coming collapse
Yes, it is the end of the world as we know it – meaning, we are about to witness the final liquidation of the middle class across Europe and North…
The kazins of Marsaxlokk
When I’ve stayed in Malta, I’m actually based in Gozo, specifically in the village of Xlendi where my family and I had apartments. This has always made sightseeing in Malta…
New Feature: Captioning Harper’s Photo of the Day
Reference links: Harper’s Photo of the Day: December 6, 2012 On Crokett: “She was the quintessential yes man, very much a company person who did what management wanted,” Shutiak said.…
Oh Canada!
Many years ago I stood proudly with other newcomers to Canada and became a Canadian Citizen, of late I have not been so proud to be Canadian. The Canada that…
Whose Fight Is It? Sudbury Teachers and Bill 115
Whose Fight Is It? Sudbury Teachers and Bill 115 by Scott Neigh SUDBURY, ON. December 7, 2012 – With rotating strike action imminent, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)…
Review: Feminism For Real
I bought this book about a year ago, originally with the intent of reading it during school and then later with the idea of making it a sort of symbolic…
Uranowski’s First Law of Involuntary Suspension of Disbelief
Uranowski’s First Law of Involuntary Suspension of Disbelief Even if you didn’t know that the 1999 masterpiece “Deep Blue Sea” was about super-intelligent sharks before hand, Saffron Burrows’s character (Dr.…
Check out the Charles Sousa plan for Northern Ontario!
Like the Sousa campaign on Facebook!Follow Charles on Twitter! A great week for the Charles Sousa campaign! After solid performances in the all candidates debates, and fantastic youth turnout at…
Reading Economic Health into the Recent StatsCan Jobs Data is An Exercise in Fantasy
Reading Economic Health into the Recent StatsCan Jobs Data is An Exercise in Fantasy Here’s the reality in that data: 1) As Derek Holt points out, there is no hours…
F35 Fiasco
I’ve avoided posting on the F35 up until now for a couple of reasons, not least of which is I have absolutely no idea whether this is the best plane…
A final word on internet dating
Its been a long time since I’ve written anything about dating in general or internet dating in particular. There’s a reason for that, on September 22nd of this year I…
Stephen Harper’s Awkward Announcement –and a Worrying Pattern
Late on a Friday evening on December 7, the prime minister announces that the Chinese state-owned oil company CNOOC will be allowed to take over Nexen for $15 billion, but…
A climate negotiator’s tearful plea
The world’s most poor and vulnerable nations experience climate change as a present reality, while we tend to talk about it as a future abstraction. They’re already suffering, but can’t…
Dan’s Estimation of the Age of the Universe
As a follow up to my post on the theory of relativity’s implications on the age of the universe and the nature of reality, I am pointing out something that…