Canada has been largely free from terror attacks experienced by other western nations at the hands of Islamic extremists, thanks in large part to the Liberals' refusal to engage in…
A short addendum to my previous post: I checked the most recent IMF projections in the June, 2011 Update to the Fiscal Monitor. Table 1 provides estimates of changes in…
Nice to see the Guardian doing the heavy lifting while our media snoozes (aka doing Harper’s bidding). The Canadian government has been accused of an “unprecedented” lobbying effort involving 110…
Arturas Zuokas, the mayor of Lithuania’s capital, Vilnius has come out in strong opposition to cars parked in bike paths on roads.
I was on the show this morning and, as usual, had a great experience. John's a very solid host. One interesting question that came up was should judges be elected?…
One fine day, a pair of twins, Sunny and Joy, decided to go to Art Basel Miami and make a video about some of the artists there doing eco art.…
http://bit.ly/r7tAj0 The Ontario Divisional Court has confirmed a lower court decision that a $250 million class action for overtime brought against the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) by 5,000 retail…
Beck and his two minions try to make fun of Chris Matthews, but instead make jackasses of themselves. This further puts light on why even FAUX News could not put…
Just in case you wondered if things were getting better, here's a link to a breaking story in The New York Times. The job figures for July in the US…
This New York Times poll is interesting. It shows that despite the media onslaught and the lies pumped out by the Republicans, nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that creating jobs…
In Grand Falls, NB people saw Jesus Christ in a cloud. This seems as bad as samosas being banned in Somalia because crazy fanatic clergy thinks it signifies the Christain…
Assorted and environmentally-themed content to end your week.- Lloyd Alter highlights the Cons' contrasting treatment of environmental scientists (who are being fired in droves) and oil lobbyists (who figure never…
It was the best game of zenball ever, and the crowd was wild with excitement: the whisper of butterfly wings was deafening. The Rotrovra Koan Kangaroos had just scored their…
Analysis from my colleague Sylvain Schetagne: A decreasing unemployment rate is not always a sign of a strong labour market. The decrease in the unemployment rate from 7.4% to 7.2%…
Just a quick note and I'm off to Walmart to stock up on canned items. Lucky for me, TD (my financial institution) has such shitty service its actually impossible to…
I have written previously about the botched drug raid by the Hamilton Police resulting in serious injury to Burmese immigrant Po La Hay, who suffered facial lacerations, three broken ribs…
The other day, A and I were talking about our kids. One thing led to another as it does, and soon we were talking about patriarchy and matriarchy. A, who…
While we're on the subject of journalistic ethics, let me just cite pogge and thwap. They've already said it better than I can.From pogge:Every year or two I find a…
A net neutrality (Internet openness) tool has been developed, which lets you know when your ISP is slowing you down. Bigger changes need to be made, though, before we can…
Unemployment rates, like political opinion polls, are in my opinion so useless that an intelligent media would simply ignore them. In this case the reason is because the statistics in…
