Since Breivik, I swear the right has gone around the bend. I mean seriously bent.Here's the set up:Pornography is not a necessary cause of terrorism. The abolition of pornography would…
Anybody recognize this skinny kid? Here’s a hint: 40 years ago as of August 8, he entered the Venezuelan military academy as an officer cadet. His original hope was to…
http://bit.ly/okaVku If the health care legislation is struck down by the Courts there will be no way for President Obama to bring back a modified form with this Congress. By…
Small business and entrepreneurial ventures are a top priority for the Canadian government. In fact, they’re so important that the government has decided to declare 2011 the Year of the…
Arun Dubois’ blog post yesterday on Modern Monetary Theory has prompted me to write my own take on the subject. For those interested, an interesting thumbnail sketch of MMT, essentially…
Maybe Nycole Turmel has a friend who'd be willing to step in and help the Bloc out: Bloc faces growing pressure to delay choosing Duceppe replacement There is growing pressure…
I find the recent discourse on the riots in England sad and tragic but I guess it is typical of any state apparatus from Syria to the UK to marginalize…
AllTheRealNewsThatDoesn'tQuiteFitBloggodomeVille Like a number of bloggers before her, including a fine post from Ian Reid, Laila Yuile, looks the members of our local proMedia 'Club' in the collective eye and…
It is always such a challenge to divorce the class angle from British affairs. Two of the most vociferous critics of the recent rioters in London and other cities have…
Because everything old is new again. I refer to Toronto City Councillor, homophobe and stalker Giorgio (formerly George) Mammoliti, finally coming completely unglued. This being 2011, of course, the commies…
Is Barack Obama a fake progressive (fauxgressive), or simply a non-progressive?
British Conservative prime minister David Cameron made himself judge, jury and Lord High Executioner this week when he pronounced that anyone charged with rioting should be remanded in custody and…
The announcement by Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu that the colonization of East Jerusalem and the West Bank is picking up speed has prompted in me another attack of IDS. Apparently,…
I've heard of worshipping at the porcelain god but this is getting ridiculous.
Harper is busy opening trade deals with poor countries -- not that they will buy anything from us -- but they sure are a pool of cheap labor, eh?
It's like a geo-political take on one of those slasher movies in a haunted house. Danger lurks behind every door.The haunted house is Pakistan. Danger lurks everywhere - along its…
It would have been easy to blog about the Conservative British Government's appalling choice to muse openly about shutting down social media sites or deny access to certain users in…
Globex Foreign Exchange Corporation v. Kelcher, 2011 ABCA 240 is an important employment law case from Alberta. Among other things the Court concludes that wrongful dismissal generally relieves an employee…
Pinehouse to Regina 7000 Generations Walk Against Nuclear Waste please think about where you can join us. Talk to your friends and family to see if they’re interested to support…
“Nihilistic and feral teenagers” the Daily Mail called them: the crazy youths from all walks of life who raced around the streets mindlessly and desperately hurling bricks, stones and bottles…
