Why we Might not Need F-35s
For starters, we already have CF-18s that are 30 years ahead technology wise over our most likely threat, the Russian TU-95s. Secondly, as Philippe Lagassé, a defence analyst at the…
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There Is a War Going On and It’s Not in Afghanistan – It Is In Ontario’s North
There Is a War Going On and It’s Not in Afghanistan – It Is In Ontario’s Northfrom SooNews Wire, August 31, 2010. (Link found via B.B. and R.K.) In 2008,…
Has Candice Hoeppner Even Read the RCMP on the Long-gun Registry
Tory MP Candice Hoeppner, in response to the report issued by the RCMP today on the long gun registry, said that it showed the long gun registry to be ““wasteful…
Purdy
This is a very impressive movie: Note especially the change starting in the very late 1990s. It’s like somebody suddenly turned on a light somewhere between the orbit of Mars…
Turns out Bjorn Lomborg is Danish for "Richard Cohen"
Ugh. Watch as another entirely discredited voice gets free press for belatedly coming to grips with the facts that were in front of his face the entire time. The world’s…
10 Years ago
10 years ago today, me and a girl went out on a date. Everything else in my life has followed from that day in my life as surely as night…
Jack Layton Should Whip his MPs on Long-Gun Registry
When the bill to abolish the long gun registry was last put to a vote in the House of Commons, 8 Liberal MPs supported it. To avoid such an outcome…
There Are No Heroes In Illegal And Immoral Wars
There Are No Heroes In Illegal And Immoral Warsby Robert Jensen, from Z-Net, August 28, 2010. When the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division rolled out of Iraq last week,…
Power struggle at the Ontario Federation of Labour
There’s been a showdown building at the OFL between recently elected president Sid Ryan and five of the affiliated unions that fund the labour federation and have all cut their…
Liberal Census Bill Shows Fundamental Difference Between Them and Conservatives
John McCallum announced today that the Liberals would introduce a private members bill reinstating the mandatory long form census, while removing the jail time penalty. The Conservatives are seeking to…
Canadian Military Seeking Lessons From Israeli Occupying Army
Ties that Bind: Canadian military seeking lessons from Israeli occupying armyby Yavar Hameed and Jeffrey Monaghan, from The Dominion, August 25, 2010. (Link via D.B.) OTTAWA—Canadian military officials have undertaken…
Conservatives Making Shameful Use of Shock Politics
When Dmitri Soudas brought the media’s notice to the incident that occurred in the arctic yesterday between two Russian bombers and two CF-18s, the intention was obvious. The Russian military…
Islamophobia: The New Anti-Semitism
A fascinating article by Daniel Luban in Tablet magazine. Luban argues that Islamophobia as it is developing in North American and Europe has strong parallels to traditional anti-Semitism and examines…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
What Tories are Missing in the Patronage Revelations
Liberal MPs Wayne Easter and Alexandra Mendes reported that since Harper’s government has been in power, 20% of federal appointments had been given to Conservative supporters, constituting in their opinion…
Shepherd’s Grandaughter – new update
Back in March and again in April and June, I reported on efforts by Brian Henry, the B’nai Brith and Trustee Sheila Ward to have the Toronto District School Board…
"Bubble Girl" charges dropped
You may recall the story from the G20 about Courtney Winkels (above, left) who was warned by police after blowing bubbles in Parkdale. A report by the Real News on…
Harper’s Conservatives = Soft on Crime
Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have prided themselves on being a party that is tough on crime, pushing for certain minimum sentences and announcing plans to build new prisons in order to…
Never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity
Yglesias: I fear that historical evidence of poor economic performance in the wake of asset price bubbles bursting is creating a mood of dangerous complacency. You can read that as…
Afghans mark Independence Day with anti-occupation protests
Afghans mark Independence Day with anti-occupation protestsby Derrick O’Keefe, from Rabble, August 19, 2010. (Link via P.C.) Today marks 91 years since Afghanistan gained its freedom from the British Empire,…