Terrific Autism News: Missing Severely Autistic Man Found Safe in Toronto
A 29 year old Toronto man with Autism has been found safe and sound. 680 Toronto News All News Radio reports that Gyafi Payne is described as having the "mental…
Symphony of Fire
It used to be called the symphony of fire, now it is called the celebration of light which sounds like Christmas to me. Thankfully it is still a bunch of…
5% GST Will Cost Canadians $156 Billion By 2016
When you're at a gas station buying that impulsive chocolate bar, do you still think of the two cents that the 5% GST saves you? No? That's good, because it…
Tim Hudak gets more heat on abortion issue
You know it’s bad when you’re a Conservative and even the Sun starts shitting on you: “Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak forgot and then eventually if grudgingly remembered that he…
All You Need to Know About the Economic Crisis
As the casinos meltdown, and the bankers run around like firefighters in tuxedos, and I'm forced to contemplate the possibility that the future of the global economy depends on whether…
Economics for Dummies: S & P = $ and Payola
Ah, nostalgia…it just ain’t what it used to be. Used to be that payola was just something that sleazy record promoters slipped to radio DJs to turn a mediocre pop…
Reswitching, relative prices and linearity
Ok so only 1000 people in the world understand this and only 10 care about it: economics for the most part has long since given up its empirical pretensions when…
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business: another AstroTurf organization attacking the interests of its own members
Alberta small businesses: not helped by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Below: The CFIB’s Dan Kelly, the CLC’s Ken Georgetti.Why does the so-called Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses push…
The Circus of Greed: the Political Economy of Ratings Agencies
Would be hard not know that the S&P downgraded the US today. What is less well known is why it is further evidence of the circus of greed that is…
Sunday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material to end your weekend.- Floyd Norris' column on the gap between stagnant wages and soaring corporate profits. But let's add Digby's take as to what we can expect…
Farmed Salmon Confidential (Part 1): ISA and the Cohen Commission
Part 1 of a 2-part series - watch for Part 2 this ThursdayThis past year, the Norwegian-controlled salmon farming industry spent $1.5 million on a glitzy advertising campaign in BC,…
Picture from Total Recall 2012, the remake
Forgot I had this! While biking across the water front a few weeks back, I happened by a film shoot for the Total Recall remake. I was allowed to take…
Tim Harper on Bob Rae: This is exactly what pisses me off about the left.
Bob Rae:“It’s not a matter of an opportunity for me,’’ Rae maintained in an interview. “It’s an opportunity for Canadians to say what kind of opposition they want to stand…
The Battle for Eglinton-Lawrence
No, not that battle, because that one has already ended (and it didn't end well for us).No, this is the new battle for Eglinton-Lawrence, this time on the provincial scale.…
300 Episodes of Tech News Today
In honour of TWIT's Petaluma, California, Tech News Today's 300th video podcast episode, I'm embeding 5 days worth right here. Agrandir le plan Monday, 296: Tuesday, 297: Wednesday, 298: Thursday,…
HST Ballots…Shaken, Not Stirred
AllTheVotesThatDon'tCountCampbell-ClarkVilleWell, actually, ballots that will be sent to Victoria but not counted. The image above by Jesse Johnston of CKWX 1130 shows completed ballots that were slid under the door…
A House is A Great Investment… or Not
Canadian lawyers now often buy title insurance INSTEAD of doing due diligence. But if the insurance company fails... Below is what happened in the USA. (60 Minutes).
There are weapons that are simply thoughts, ideas, prejudices. Prejudice can kill and suspicion can destroy.
Rod Serling