I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.
William Jennings Bryan -- maybe we should take that language to heart today
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Gerald Caplan laments the difficulty in trying to comment reasonably on the actions of a government whose attitude toward reason ranges from overt hostility…
Deep integration: the next phase
American cops are to be granted the power to arrest Canadians in Canada. Are you paying attention here, folks? The continentalists are winning. The thickened border is an illusion. Better…
Turning the page on Sarah Grunfeld
One would have thought that the sad Sarah Grunfeld affair is now well past its best-before date, safely relegated to that bulging file we call “Life’s Lessons.” Grunfeld’s failure to…
Digital deluge by Vito Pilieci
TV antenna dealer is swamped by inquiries from consumers anxious to tune in to new digital signals.
We welcome your opinion. Once it’s too late to matter.
There have been concerns expressed in the media recently about the lengths our federal government may be willing to go in appeasing the United States in order to reverse some…
Pirate Monkey
Tiny Pirate, Monkey of The Seven Seas, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr. Combining two of my favourite things in one cartoon!
Rogers told to stop throttling online games by Sarah Schmidt
The CRTC has told Rogers Communications Inc. to come up with a plan before the end of September to stop slowing down the speed of online games.
Top Down
The central tenet of trickle down economics is that the benefits of strong support for those at the top of the system will eventually drip down to those at the…
Harper’s war against surprises
Stephen Harper is the epitome of the tightass conservative. He abhors change and his world is turned upside down by surprises. That explains Harper's iron fist on the media, his…
"If I couldn’t get no justice, nobody could get justice"…
snipped from the national coalition to abolish the death penalty's website...YOU can help stop the execution of Troy Anthony Davis NEW! Today (9/15/2011), more than 650,000 signatures were delivered to…
Taxpayers Versus Citizens
It probably doesn't take a genius to understand the basic philosophical and fiscal difference between the moderate and the right-wing is that the moderate recognizes the needs of the collective,…
Rick Perry trumped by Donald Trump
Donald Trump says he is very impressed with “Jim” Perry after Trump had dinner with him.
Globe & Mail whines that Canadian political scandals are too boring
You want to know why our political scandals are so boring, Elizabeth Renzetti? Because the big, juicy ones are being hidden by the guilty party, the Conservatives. And you journalists…
Hello My Baby
September is shaping up to be a potential game-changer for the climate movement, with Al Gore’s 24 Hours of Climate Reality just over, and now 350.org’s Global Day of Action…
656 Candidates and 21 Registered Parties
That's the numbers for the Provincial election in Ontario.21 Parties? Most people have only heard of 4!But there are lots more and they range from the far right to the…
Imagine
John Lennon’s anthem for peace:
Ontario to use Tabulating Machines
Some Ontario ReturningPolls will be using 'Tabulating Machines' to count the ballots, thisappears to be an experimental initiative and limited to a few pollsin each area. During 'training' the Returning…
Forget Free Speech: Its Time To Grovel
The London Free Press is slated to become a "mobile newsroom", so called because these kinds of changes typically involve reporters being set free to wander the streets in search…