A Case Against Invading Syria
With the UK and the United States arguing that it’s time to take action against Syria, it seems a good time to consider the consequences of such involvement from the…
Same shit, different country
Based on recent history, I wouldn’t trust the US and/or UK to lead a military intervention into anything, whatever the stated justification. They’ve consistently lied about their reasons for going…
Short takes: The “Savvy State”, accreditation of border nurses, and parking as health care
This winter we noted the constantly shifting terminology around cuts to clinical services at The Ottawa Hospital. At first the public was told by the Health Minister and Premier that…
Ottawa Bells Rang but No One Woke Up
The City of Detroit has become the butt of jokes for its upside down procurement priorities. The downtrodden Motor City has made a series of poor investments over several mayoral…
Steven Benner: We are all Martians
We are all Martians. A rock brought us on earth. I don’t know about rest of us but Harper and company definitely came from the Mars and have not fully…
Raising taxes on credit unions is a retrograde step
Prior to 1972, Canadian credit unions were exempt from all income and capital taxes. In many countries, including the United States, they remain tax exempt at both the state and…
U.S. war propaganda appears to be falling flat on it’s face
The U.S. is certain the Assad regime used chemical weapons, they said. We have an “airtight circumstantial case”, they said. So now the U.S. is “preparing to declassify” their intelligence…
I’m Pretty Sure Clicking On This Is One of Them
There’s an ad that’s appearing on news web sites seemingly everywhere. It’s this: Just a warming. Of those “5 Signs You’ll Get Alzheimer’s”, going for the “Click Here” is the…
The Apple Really Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
When it comes to murderous brutality, North Korea’s new despot, Kim Jong Un is proving himself a chip off the old blockhead. Time Inc. reports that Kim just had an…
I blame Trudeau for this
“I smoked marijuana once and” Read more »
Depardieu Awarded Belgian Citizenship
There it is. Belgium has a new passport holder, Gerard Depardieu. Cue the Belgian jokes.
What Happens When Old Lefties Get Older
Yesterday I wore the button I got 50 years ago at the March on Wshington for Jobs and Freedom. It elicited only three comments, which surprised me. Either people on…
BC Hydro customers victimized again with $750M Powerex settlement
In the year 2000, the price for electricity in California rose almost overnight by nearly 1300%. For its role in this fraud, BC Hydro’s energy trading subsidiary, Powerex, recently agreed…
At the Limits of the Market: Why Capitalism Won’t Solve Climate Change, Part 1
One of the great mysteries of contemporary capitalism is the fact that as a system it appears absolutely incapable of responding to the crisis of climate change. Why can’t a…
"Stay Tuned" – Indeed
“Can’t talk …can’t speak freely …stay tuned.” All I’m getting out of Ottawa Tories is static. It’s as though they’re locked down. Nobody wants to talk Duffy or Wright much…
Once again a failure to apply W(D) leads to a retrial
R. v. Jeffrey Lea Hogg 2013 PECA 11 holds: In failing to properly apply the burden of proof, the trial judge made two errors in law: 1. After deciding that…
Good news
There might be help for Harpers followers afterall,
Four Pictures Worth Many Thousand Words
A Vancouver group is targeting the public conscience with an ad campaign to show what has happened to the Palestinian homeland. Unless you’re a Zionist, it’s a pretty disturbing but…
A missile attack on Syria will further perpetuate the civil war
According to Clare Short, Former Secretary of State for International Development, it will be a blunder to carry out a missile attack on Syria. In a column in The Huffington…