Panem et Circenses South African Style
USA v Algeria, 2010 World Cup by jasonwhat A recent Sports Illustrated article, World Cup’s Empty Legacy, reports on the state of South Africa’s sports infrastructure several months after this…
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Obama’s Afghanistan Review
Obama’s Afghanistan Review: A Whitewash of a Disastrous Occupationby Phyllis Bennis and Kevin Martin, from Z-Net, December 28, 2010. Apparently nothing can happen in the U.S. war in Afghanistan that…
Happy New Year
Still too busy to blog, but Happy New Year to folks out there. Apparently, 2011 is the year of the rabbit which happens to be my chinese Zodiac sign… Talk…
Native Leaders Reject New Child Welfare Agency
Child Welfare has become my nemesis. I am disgusted by the entire “policy” that directs services on reserve and by the Child Welfare Act in general. I think the system…
Afghanistan: War, Power and Illusion
Canadian LAVs, Afghanistan, by isafmedia This week, Project Censored has released its annual list of top 25 censored news stories in a volume entitled Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories…
On promoting consumer culture and demeaning Canadian citizenship
Believe it or not, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney took the opportunity to affirm the Canadian citizenship of fictional character, Santa Claus, at a citizenship ceremony of 100…
Rape rampant in US military
Rape rampant in US military: Statistics and soldiers’ testimonies reveal a harrowing epidemic of sexual assault in the US military.by Dahr Jamail, from Al Jazeera, December 21, 2010. Sexual assault…
Russia, Violence and Protest: What it is and what it is not
Reports and video footage of violent demonstration and criminality by ultra-nationalist and racist organisations in Russia this week are forming an interesting juxtaposition to recent political protests in the West.…
Personal boundaries
I’m currently teaching my two year old son about personal boundaries. This mostly consists of me chasing him around at public events and shouting, “No, Eliot! We use kleenex, NOT…
Google search
I have a little gadget on my blog that tells me what people are googling when they find my blog. I usually get things like “$7 daycare montreal” and “what’s…
Riots and Disparity: Rome, London and Toronto
International headlines in the last two weeks have reported a massive amount of social unrest and unsettling news across the developed world, including riots and economic data which on the…
DeCloet: Stop hating Americans! Wah-wah!
Go ahead, read it. At least the first two pargagraphs. Apparently, Canada’s relative success in weathering this recession is nothing to be particularly happy about. It’s some kind of accident…
Wikileaks: It’s not free speech
Part 1: An issue of semantics? Maybe I’m splitting hairs, but I don’t necessarily view the Wikileaks drama as being an exercise of acting on a person’s right to free…
Our Anti-Canadian Government
With Vic Toews at the front. They’ve been secretly crafting a North American security agreement. Why is it done in secret? Why, because Canadians are too stupid, naive and anti-American…
McGuinty Just Wanted to Help the Police
In response to the Ombudsman’s report that the use of a wartime act to police the G20 protests in Toronto was probably illegal and unconstitutional, our Premier had the following…
Alberta Politics Overview – December 2010
If you are a blogger interested in Alberta politics recent months, and this past month in particular, have been filled with an embarrassment of riches. I am finding it difficult…
Drones, Torture, Rendition: Democratic Values?
A Huffington Post column by Johann Hari summarizes certain revelations stemming from the leaked USG diplomatic cables by Wikileaks. The piece posits that Julian Assange’s efforts have made the world…
Quantitative Easing
While I was in the United States for a business conference, they had showed this video to explain Quantitative Easing in plain English. It’s quite funny when you watch it…
Kelly McParland Repeats Big Lie About Toronto
This was the most remarkable idiocy in an otherwise blisteringly stupid column about how Toronto doesn’t matter any more in Canadian politics: “Toronto’s political clout hasn’t disappeared altogether — it…
Carole James Resigns
Ding dong the bitch is gone! I always liked BC NDP Leader Carole James’ resume. I liked her less than I liked her resume. She sounded like exactly the kind…