"The PLA seeks the capability to deter Taiwan independence and influence Taiwan to settle the dispute on Beijing’s terms. In pursuit of this objective, Beijing is developing capabilities intended to…
It’s Throat-Punch Thursday again! Second in the ongoing series (preen I remembered the word. Take that, sleep deprivation!) in which I throw a metaphorical punch at the throat of jerkwads…
The Real Johnson: An Open Letter to Christie Blatchford: 'via Blog this'
Dave Franco demonstrates how it’s done: Go F*ck Yourself with Dave Franco from Dave Franco Of course, this assumes that every guy whose girl dumps him in a fit of…
Will justice ever be done? This is a question U.S Investors have been asking about the recent financial crisis. Specifically, they have queried why no criminal charges have been laid…
TheStar NDP will need growth outside its Quebec base On this issue, I'm sure I will anger many diehards in both the NDP and the Liberals. But as a post-partisan…
Detroit has been the poster child of the American recession for number of years. While many Detroit organizations and residents are taking a “do-it-yourself” approach to rebuilding their city, their…
I agree with Ward Churchill who writes that pacifist protesting doesn't actually do anything. The powers that be really like to arrest lefties...while still ignoring the issues that are meaningful…
The Washington Post is a conservative paper whose own ombudsman refuses to admonish his right-wing writers when they lie, distort or get facts wrong. Thankfully the Post has a few…
Where as open source software shares the spirit of socialism because it is about openly and freely sharing software with all and stands on contrast to the secrecy and profit…
Yesterday in the Guardian (with my emphasis): Nato will continue to deploy strike aircraft, spy planes and unmanned drones over Libya but will not put any troops on the ground…
Just a few days ago, Australian PM. Julia Gillard declared the Vietnam War now a "page in history" and noted that the chief actors, US presidents Kennedy and Nixon, Aussie…
Lightning strikes the CN Tower at 00:30.....02:03.....02:45.....04:00.... 04:48...05:56 (shot from my Davenport balcony last night). Enjoy!
As expected, a Republican prosecutor finds Republican judge Prosser completely innocent of trying to strangle non-Republican female judge. In other news, the Wall Street Journal accuses Obama of being black.
No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories presents an interview with Jean Swanson as part of "Inheriting Resistance: A Community History Project". Jean Swanson works at the Carnegie Community Action…
Jasmine Hall of Online Colleges informed me that they had composed a list of 60 essential twitter feeds for following autism education and that Facing Autism in New Brunswick is…
There is an exciting new initiative from No One Is Illegal - Vancouver Coast Salish Territories called "Inheriting Resistance: A Community History Project". They just released their first video from…
Most television shows about legal matters are American. They tend to show American procedure correctly but they give a very misleading impression to people who are watching to find out…
We call it the "southern oscillation," the Pacific Ocean current variation that gives us El Nino and his ugly stepsister, La Nina. People living on the Pacific Rim tend to…
Dr. Kristi Miller spent all day on the stand at the Cohen Commission yesterday in front of a packed gallery - but it wasn't until the end of the day,…
