It's a frightening and truly disturbing sight. The Republicans in the House of Representatives threatening to shut down the American government. Again. With one vote on Friday, the Republican-led House…
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
I follow politics pretty closely and among the first things I did upon arriving here was register myself and Sonia to vote (I’m a citizen through descent and Commonwealth citizens…
Questions and answers about autism spectrum disorders (ASD) Online Q&ASeptember 2013 Q: Do persons with autism always suffer from intellectual disability? A: The level of intellectual functioning is extremely variable…
Well I see it didn't take long for the new/nouveau Con Health Minister Rona Ambrose to show her true colours. Health Minister Rona Ambrose is slamming her own department's decision…
Tis the season it seems for international elections. Tomorrow Germans across the country go to the polls. Last week, in the german state of Bavaria, the CSU managed to regain…
I can’t win. If I say that Tim Hudak should be left alone, his detractors will say it’s because Ontario Liberals know he’s a dud, and want to keep him…
Reblogged from John Klein – Regina: The big debate between Jim Holmes of Regina Water Watch, and Mayor Fougere of the City of Regina, took place Wednesday evening at an…
…would you announce you are going to make available your one remaining asset for free? Boy, those big corporate bosses sure are smart. Capitalism is in great hands.
Massive Attack – Protection
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Good evening. Here’s a young Johnny Winter performing Mama, Talk to Your Daughter (h/t to Moose). There’s a slight skip in the first minute of this clip. It’s a small…
Rogers tries to backtrack from Big Telecom’s fail of a summer PR campaign aimed at misleading Canadians. Telecom expert Michael Geist responds – and you’ll want to read it. And…
Lately, I’ve been thinking about time…that it goes too fast for my Mom and sometimes for Nicholas. Sometimes my loved ones who need care require me to slow down, to…
An Adjunct Tragedy | The Nation. The proletarianization of higher education, according to the associate general counsel of the United Steel Workers Union, has now claimed a life. In a…
Reblogged from LBO News from Doug Henwood: These are comments I delivered at a panel on The Making of Global Capitalism, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, at the Rethinking…
Today, for an hour, I swam with Vivaldi. Not the actual composer, of course. He died in 1741 at the age of 63. Would have made a mess of the…
Ian McAllister/Pacific Wild A BC-based conservation group is taking the popular concept of nature cameras to a whole new level. This week, Pacific Wild launched a pair of 24-hour, live…
A mass shooting in Chicago has left 13-wounded but, so far, no dead. The fusillade was attributed to gang violence and many of the wounded were gang members. Police say…
