Faces of Evil This one isn’t a music video; it is chilling…
Faces of Evil This one isn’t a music video; it is chilling old footage of Margaret Thatcher having afternoon tea with her close personal friend and political ally Augusto Pinochet,…
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What a wonderful day! Maggie Fucking Thatcher is finally dead,…
What a wonderful day! Maggie Fucking Thatcher is finally dead, dead dead! I heard the news while getting ready for work this morning, and I was in a good mood…
Provincial Unrest
Alison Redford’s approval ratings have fallen to “Stelmachian” levels Angus Reid has released their quarterly Premier approval ratings. As per usual, Brad Wall is more popular than God, and everyone…
Video: Eco-Footprint Founder Dr. Bill Rees on Resources, the 7 Billion and You
With human population exploding and demand for resources fast outstripping supply, Dr. Bill Rees, founder of the “eco-footprint” concept, calls for “a new cultural narrative that shifts the values of…
Wifi in schools
Should schools be installing wifi to enable the use of wireless devices? My answer is no, but this is a hot topic with a lot to think about. Recently the…
Margaret Thatcher Will Always Be Remembered For Her Support Of Right Wing Military Dictatorship In Chile
On September 11, 1973, a military coup d’état led by fascist General Pinochet. violently removed the democratically elected President of Chile, Salvador Allende. The military coup was extremely violent from…
Liberal / Tory …. Same Old Story ….. (and Justin Trudeau Knows It!)
“The biggest distinction between a Liberal Party led by me and Stephen Harper’s Conservatives is one of tone …” Justin Trudeau (Toronto Star print edition, April 6, 2013) Wow ………
Cat with eyeglasses 2.1
Filed under: art Tagged: Cat, eyeglasses, LOLcat
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 8, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 8, 2013: BC Legal aid crisis means justice is not being served The Right to Be…
Rae’s Day
Every political commentator loves to say “timing is everything in politics”, and every Canadian political commentator loves to say that Bob Rae never had good timing. He had the misfortune…
New Democrats Serious About Electing Harry Borlase In Labrador …
NDP CANDIDATE HARRY BORLASE ON THE LAUNCH OF THE LABRADOR BY-ELECTION LABRADOR – “On May 13 Labradorians will have the opportunity to tell the Stephen Harper Conservatives that it’s time…
Margaret Thatcher was a leader…
… if nothing else. And she helped to pave the way for other women who wanted to pursue politics as a vocation. She will be remembered fondly by her allies…
Royal Bank of Canada – exporter of jobs
CEO Gordon Nixon, 12.6 million dollar man The Royal Bank of Canada (aka RBC) is responding to public complaints that spread rapidly following reports the bank will be terminating Canadian…
China Rebukes North Korea – Says No State Should Sow Chaos
By Ben Blanchard and Jane Chung BEIJING/SEOUL | Sun Apr 7, 2013 7:58pm EDT (Reuters) – China’s leaders issued thinly veiled rebukes to North Korea for raising regional tensions, with…
WikiLeaks: Special Project K is for Kissinger
https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/321097232516542464 #WikiLeaks put an extraordinary amount of work into #PlusD. wikileaks.org/plusd/about/ Keep them strong! shop.wikileaks.org/donate— M Cetera 「エム」 (@m_cetera) April 08, 2013 Soon, as media and bloggers sift through the…
UPDATE-1: The poor farm
It appears RBC has blown the lid off the TFW can of worms to the public’s discontent. The predictable reactionary responses have of course followed, such as “Boycott RBC” with…
The Royal Bank and the Foreign Cons
By now you've probably heard about this outrageous story. Dozens of employees at Canada’s largest bank are losing their jobs to temporary foreign workers, who are in Canada to take…
Lunch with Vito Russo
Disclaimer: My memories have been assisted by Google and a piece of paper, 8-1/2″ x 11″ divided in half, on which is written the following: After signing up for The…
Potholes: the shame of the city.
Everybody in Edmonton, it seems, is complaining about potholes. This is a yearly phenomenon in Edmonton that arrives as surely as the first snows of October, and the last snows…