The Silly Season
Summer is often called the silly season in politics. Not enough news so news has to be manufactured. The summer before a fall election seems to be the silliest. Here…
Frack Attack Music Video Warns of Gas Drilling Dangers in South Africa
Screen shot 2011-07-28 at 11.39.42 AM.png The anti-frack movement just got a bit cooler thanks to Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG). Today, the citizen-led environmental organization release...
Is the decision not to serve a notice of alibi an ineffective assistance of counsel?
R. v. Borde, 2011 ONCA 534 deals with whether the intentional failure (that is the decision not) to serve an alibi notice amounts to ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court writes: Failure to…
America’s Fundamentalist Taliban
The dark face of America's religions fanaticism is finally coming into the light of day. To get a look at America's own Taliban, check out this article from al Jazeera.…
Roseman: You can get better service from an indie ISP
By Ellen Roseman for Moneyville Bell Canada is known for poor customer service, a long-standing problem that shows no signs of improvement. The biggest problem is trying to get Bell’s…
How can journalists know the truth? A Twitter dialogue
http://bit.ly/oljW0V My response to David Akin's Blog Post about the safety questions raised in recent WiFi research. The ground of this epistemological issue goes way beyond the binary opposition between…
Murdoch Crew Caught In Yet Another Outrageous Hacking Scandal
This time the target was Sara Payne whose 8-year old daughter was murdered by a repeat sex offender in 2000. Scotland Yard has now added Mrs. Payne to their list…
Comparing Prosperity Mine Assessments
Thursday, July 28, 2011 On 20 July 2011, only a week after a recent audit into the post-certificat...
European Union to Crack Down on Right Wing Extremism
The Norway massacre has pushed the European Union and the organization's police arm, Europol, into action against right wing extremists.this week both European Union interior ministers and the European law…
Where isn’t the democracy in that?
Robert Doyle spoke to reporters recently on behalf of some independent drug store owners in the province. Doyle complained about a change to regulations for the provincial government’s prescription drug…
Afghanistan In Disarray? Blame Iran Even If It’s B.S.
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that at the end of a bad month for the client regime in Afghanistan and the NATO colonial project in general, that the US…
Trucknutz!
When I saw the story via Tweeter I “LOL’d” and planned to blog about it. But something that slipped my mind while on vacay was the need for speed in…
Former Liberal Government Appointees Were NOT Out Of The HST Panel Room
TheStoryWithLegsCrazierThanHirschWhat,WeWorry?VilleWell, well, well.....In the first blush of Sean Holman's blockbuster that revealed the secret HST InfoDom contracts that went to BC Liberal Party insiders, one of those insiders, Mr. Mark…
Auditor General critical of Environmental Assessment Follow Up
Thursday, July 28, 2011 On 7 July 2011, John Doyle, the Auditor General of British Columbia, relea...
The Only Democracy In The Middle East
It's a common retort used whenever Israel comes in for criticism. Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East. That, somehow, seems to entitle the Israeli government to a…
Finance Ministry Flackhackery Ties Self Into Gordian Knots
Pretzels?WeDon'tNeedNoStinkin'Pretzels!Anti-LogicVilleWhen Sean Holman of PublicEye Online published a story a couple of days ago about all the secret contracts for Info-Dom Ops AND 'logistic' assistance to the HST panel and…
Stop The Cap: Time Warner investor call confirms that we’re being gouged by Big Telecom
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I’m sure some will find the comparison to be a bit inflammatory…
Behind Norway’s Kristallnachtby Eric Walberg; July 28th, 2011 - Dissident VoiceThe massacre in peaceful Oslo was a replay of this earlier horror in reverse – no longer the Jews as…
Disgusting white northern racists…
"according to observers many of brevik's views have increasingly moved into the mainstream. right wing parties have also re-entered european politics in recent years including the dutch party for freedom,…
Alberta Returns to the Arms of Tories
From the Calgary Herald:The Progressive Conservatives are on pace to form another massive majority in the next election, despite being in the midst of choosing a new leader, according to…