Michele Bachmann is not crazy
She is wrongheaded, misinformed and oversimplistic but no crazier than, say, Rick Perry (who is said to jog with a pistol). So why do so many people say she's crazy?Perhaps…
20 Tips for first-year students: #10- Stay fit on campus at Mount Allison University
Tenth on our list of 20 video tips for incoming Mount Allison University students is how to stay fit and healthy on campus. Fourth-year environmental studies student Avery Wheeler discusses…
At least 100 priests reported involved in same-sex blackmail scheme
The hypocrisy of the Catholic church never ceases to end or to amaze. The Italian weekly, Panorama, reported Friday that police have arrested two gay men in connection with blackmailing…
MYTHOLOGIES: MONEY AND HYPERINFLATION
In an earlier post, Marc Lee mentioned in passing the German hyperinflation episode of the 1920s. It’s remarkable that this event still holds such sway over the popular imagination despite…
Why We Resist The Truth About Climate Change
While I’m away on a canoe trip this week, I will be posting articles from the 350orbust archives. This was first published in June, 2010. Via “Nothing New Under The…
Perry and the World
Rick Perry has again proven that he doesn't believe in global warming. He thinks that just because the world has proven time and time again strange weather and heating climate…
Montreal North stand up – MC Ricardo Lamour-Blaise puts police and politicians on blast following the three-year anniversary of Fredy Villanueva’s death
The Haitian-Québecois rapper is just as likely to dive into a heated debate about a community centre founded by the New Black Panther Party as he is to pen introspective…
Ottawa School Board Criticized Over Pride Parade Plans
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will be marching in the Capital Pride Parade for the first time this weekend. It’s a great way to send a message to all the…
Slide a sheet of paper: the spend ‘em if ya got ‘em edition
Earlier this week, finance minister Tom Marshall announced a second increase in the estimate for offshore oil production for 2011 and with it an increase in provincial government revenues. Marshall…
Informing on your neighbours
Determined to continue their “tough on crime” posturing summer tour, Vic Toews and Jason Kenney unveiled 32 new “most wanted” names and faces, this time people who were convicted of…
Daily Reading for Friday
// Gary Mar, one of the new Conservative leadership contenders in Alberta, is arguing that we need to privatize healthcare to capitalize on the freed-up savings of “wealthy…
Glasgow’s Gangs and the Riot that Didn’t Happen
When the riots broke out in England, I thought it would only be a matter of time before they spread to Glasgow. Because that city has a lot of poverty…
Hard-Earned Obscurity vs Panting for Palin
In another post, commenter Terrence links to a demented little screechfest from semi-lucid bigotblogger Pamela Geller. For the fortunately uninitiated, Geller is one of those turds who’s achieved minor notoriety…
Carmen Quintana: still protesting against neoliberal dictatorship
Chilean high school and university students are currently involved in a mighty struggle against their government’s unfair and inequitable privatized education policies, which date back to the neoliberal “reforms” of…
Another blow for Fox News North. Loses preferred access to more than three million Canadian TV screens.
While QMI outlets brag about Fox News North's 'walloping' of its news rivals on certain days, things aren't looking so rosy for the right wing propaganda channel in future days.…
The News Of Mr. Reid’s Imminent Demise Is Greatly (And I Mean Greatly!)…
. ....Exaggerated. Now go there. I command you. And give Ian your ideas on how to slay the boredom. _____Never done that kind of thing before....The power!.....Does this mean I…
So much left to learn
250 doctors and public health professionals think they can persuade Con MP Kellie Leitch to value ethics and health over political instructions. Which raises the question: after five years of…
Britain: When the Old Eat the Young
It has been a horrifying spectacle, watching the pinky faced David Cameron morph from a socially liberal Con into a red faced authoritarian.Nearly 2,800 people have been arrested so far.…
Need a warrant to unmask Internet users? Not if Canada gets its way.
Troubling article from ars technica on Canada's second favourite PM of all time's assault on internet freedom.Even the government's own Privacy Commissioner is upset about the lawful access idea. On…