PM’s party funding cut tip of subsidy iceberg by Stephen Maher
Columnist says that there are times that the Conservatives appear to be highlighting messages - like the gun registry and the CBC - because of their usefulness in fundraising.
Depression Not Out of the Question
Watch our “economist” Primer Minister manage us into a economic depression (and ecological depression).
CRTC backs off Netflix probe
The CRTC has decided not to pursue a formal review of online streaming companies that show TV content on the Internet.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 06, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Top court judge shortlist in PM's hands as fall session looms - Montreal Gazette - http://goo.gl/6K0n6 Law Society of…
Steve Jobs v Jack Layton
Like Jack Layton, I admired Steve Jobs', though I never bought anything he was selling.The Diva does not own a Mac PC, an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or any…
Why conservative white men are more likely to deny climate change
That puts "confident" conservative white men at the top of the heap of people who think climate change is a hoax (like that other scientific heresy – evolution). http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/why-conservative-white-men-...
Alert! Episode 189
Haaretz reporter and author Amira Hass gives her thoughts and perspectives on the Isreali Occupation, the Palestinian resistance and last summer’s Arab Spring. Music is the Weapon features women heroes…
The Frozen Soylent Green Soft Serve Processor
from the 2037 Hammacher Schlemmer Glaven catalog This is the device that instantly turns Soylent Green and other flavorings into a soft-serve treat. The unit combines frozen Soylent Green and…
Please vote today in Ontario
All the polls are done (we think – last minute ones seem to keep trickling out). So are all the debates. It’s voting day in Ontario. Last election the turnout…
Canada #1
Canada was proclaimed #1 place for business in the world by Forbes. It mentions how Canada has faced the recession very well compared to the U.S and Europe. This of…
Lets just Call Bullshit Now, Shall We?
Mama Kay cites a study sponsored by ...the Drug Prevention Network of Canada and Real Women of Canada......to challenge research in The Lancet which purported to demonstrate that the Insite…
Election Day in Ontario
Make sure to vote. Regardless of who you support. I am a Liberal and say the Liberals deserve your vote but if you've read the platforms and think another Party…
Environics releases second indy poll of campaign #nlpoli #nlvotes
The second independent poll of the provincial campaign – this time by Environics for the Canadian Press - turns up some interesting numbers. You’ll find them below, in a table…
Honouring whitewashed accomplishments
The government christened another building in Ottawa yesterday – the new RCMP headquarters, now to be known as the “M.J. Nadon Government of Canada Building” after former RCMP commissioner Maurice…
Podcast: Vancouver’s "Occupy Wall Street" starts October 15
Errol Povah, President of Airspace Action on Smoking and Health, explains why we should be at least as outraged by the tobacco industry as by Bank of America, Bear Stearns,…
Podcast: Vancouver’s "Occupy Wall Street" starts October 15
Errol Povah, President of Airspace Action on Smoking and Health, explains why we should be at least as outraged by the tobacco industry as by Bank of America, Bear Stearns,…
Just because I can…
if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Occupy Wall Street and the Broken Social Contract
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continues to grow. And unions join the struggle.Some old wankers still struggle to explain what it means.The organizers of Occupy Wall Street are fighting…