The British Riots and the Broken Society
First came the feral phase. The young are animals.They are essentially wild beasts. I use that phrase advisedly, because it seems appropriate to young people bereft of the discipline that…
Hydro Report: Death Knell for BC’s Public Power?
This will be a short blog because the point is simple…and devastating. Mark down August 12, 2011 as the day BC Hydro all but concluded its suicide mission, with the…
Behind the Scenes of Michele Bachmann’s Newsweek’s cover photo shoot
I know I'm having a little too much fun with Michele Bachmann lately but c'mon she's a joke generator. This one's more about Marcus, her ambiguously straight husband. And yes…
Numbers Matter….
AllTheDIYMediaBaronsThatFitVille And, as BlueGal points out, her podcast with soon to be forever life partner Driftglass has been listened to by more people in the last two weeks than will…
Giorgio Mammoliti– A Great Shirriff Roscooooo P Coltrane To Mayor Boss Hogg
Yes, ol’ Giorgio Mammoliti has been really becoming unhinged as of late. McCarthyism is indeed alive and well over at City Hall. A Facebook group that won’t allow ‘commies’, although,…
“The Frankenstein monster you created/Has turned against you, now you’re hated.”
by matttbastard Mary Riddell: London’s riots are not the Tupperware troubles of Greece or Spain, where the middle classes lash out against their day of reckoning. They are the proof…
When Beavers Abandon Their Dam: Heron Pond, South March Highlands
This summer a breach in the dam at Heron Pond in the South March Highland was discovered that appeared to be a natural occurrence. In such cases the beavers will…
This Is Not My British Columbia
TheBestPlaceOnEarthMustHelpThoseThatNeedItMostVille The following is the lede of an important story from Lindsay Kines in the VTimes-Colonist:Despite public statements to the contrary, the B.C. Liberal government continues to force people with…
Toronto Police: True Blue To The End
Anyone who might be concerned that recent events have put a strain on police solidarity can rest easy. In an article in The Star entitled Retiring deputy chief calls G20…
People for a SoCon Ontario
The Star posted this article yesterday about a new anti-Liberal, pro-Conservative political group called People for a Better Ontario. People for a Better Ontario hopes to convince voters to replace…
David Starkey on London riots: "The whites have become black."
Ouch. This hapless historian then digs himself even deeper. Mark Steyn would be proud."Listen to David Lammy, an archetypal successful black man. If you turn the screen off so that…
Officials block cellphones in San Francisco train stations to disrupt protest
It surprises me that this isn't done more. Turn off the cell phone towers and no more Blackberry bbm or twitter tweets. An easy way for the powers that be…
Visions of policing: a juxtaposition
Former New York City police commissioner Bill Bratton on the UK riots: A U.S. law enforcement expert who has agreed to help tackle gang violence in Britain in the wake…
Is Capitalism Self-Destructing? Was Karl Marx Right?
Even the Wall Street Journal is starting to toss around the idea that Marx might have been right - capitalism will destroy itself. Economist Nouriel Roubini warns the self-destructive transfer…
Apocalyptic crisis budgeting
Apocalyptic crisis budgeting - thestar.comThis is a good article by Edmund Pries in the Star regarding the recent budgeting of conservative governments.Here it is below. I've highlighted a few parts:The…
When will Ontarians tire of cynical, sophomoric, and disingenuous politics?
Perhaps, I’m an anomaly. Perhaps I’m just too naive and insist on clinging to fundamental ideals of democracy (e.g. the electorate should be as well and truly informed in its…
An NAR candidate for president?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Texas Governor Rick Perry is announcing, as I write, that he is running to become President of the United States in…
Ontario Election 2011: This is, and must be, a referendum on green energy
In all of North America, Ontario is unique in its approach and scale of tackling the dual problems of declining cheap fossil fuel availability and global warming. It has implemented…
Dem a take chance
Racialized youth. Austerity gets a reaction. (But, also, sometimes when I miss you it is painful. Today, when I woke up I enjoyed the quiet of my empty bed. When…