Are They Ganging up on the People and Environment?
Just before I get down to business, I know that all environmentalists will be saddened that a former member of the group, Patrick Moore, allegedly got stiffed by a client…
Mea Culpa: Thank You Reader for the Correction
On March 12, 2000; Pope John Paul II called for A Day of Pardon:Let us forgive and ask forgiveness! While we praise God who, in his merciful love, has produced…
Wall Street Journal SLAMS Teaparty Republicans
"The idea seems to be that if the House GOP refuses to raise the debt ceiling, a default crisis or gradual government shutdown will ensue, and the public will turn…
the ford brothers vs libraries, next installment: reason for hope
By now you've probably heard that the City of Toronto public budget hearings continued through the night and into the morning, making this the longest City Council meeting in the…
Notes on the social cost of carbon
A recent paper by Ackerman and Stanton did some re-estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon, finding this measure of the externality (or costs imposed on third parties) from burning…
Motions to strike for disclosing no cause of action
R. v. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. 2011 SCC 42 was released a few moments ago. It holds the Federal Government cannot be liable in negligence for, put simply, failure to warn…
How Screwed Up Are the Republicans? This Screwed Up
The Center for American Progress has a report on one thing the Republicans will absolutely not accept cutting back - the US military budget.“Decline is a choice” is the mantra…
Massive victory for the Tea Party
Barbara TuchmanLost in all the deadline-brinkmanship taking place in Washington over the past few weeks is the momentous success of the rookie Tea Party representatives in Congress.Almost single handledly, these…
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Having it both ways
When the final report of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism was issued earlier this month, it was noted that when the group conducted hearings it chose to hear…
Rainbow Pipeline Leak — Three Months Later…
It has been 3 months since Plains Midstream Canada reported that there had been a Rainbow Pipeline leak, 100 km NE of Peace River, Alberta. Initially, the Alberta media were…
Ouch
Crap GDP numbers for May make the Bank of Canada's 2nd Quarter 1.5 per cent growth figure very difficult to achieve. Crap numbers from the US, and the antics of…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ollanta inaugurates, Chavecito celebrates
Yesterday was a busy, festive day in Latin America. In Peru, a progressive finally got himself inaugurated president: Ollanta Humala is in the sash! That’s his wife, Nadine Heredia, applauding…
Standard operating procedure vs police brutality
I’ve been thinking more about the Roxanne Carr videos. About the way she was handled by the police in the cell block. The officers seemed so calm and methodical, as…
It’s Heating Up Out There
What a week it has been! With the backdrop of the verging-on-farcical U.S. debt credit crisis brought on by the tea-baggers in Washington, and the pieing of Rupert Murdoch, a…
Australia May Ditch the F-35
The Australian government has revealed it may scrap its plan to buy 100 F-35s because of delivery delays and ongoing cost overruns. Repeated delays and ballooning costs in the F-35…
How Did We Expect to Achieve Anything in Afghanistan by Partnering with Mobsters?
Of late the Taliban have been busy hauling out the trash. They've been clearing out Hamid Karzai's support network in the Pashtun south by a series of targeted assassinations that…
On comparative advantages
Naturally, Jack Layton's leave of absence has raised plenty of speculation as to what will happen on Canada's opposition benches over the summer (and perhaps beyond). But Tim Powers hints…
How to Transform a Democracy Into a Feudal State
High drama in Washington. It's the sort of political theatre that is enormously riveting. Congress is tossing about a ticking time bomb - supposedly - the US federal debt ceiling.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Trish Hennessy crunches the numbers on vacation time for Canadians:47Percentage of Canadian workers who say they need a vacation more today than they’ve needed…