Is YouTube censoring comments about its advertisers?
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The Century of Revolution, What the Right Can’t See
To Conservative Brit prime minister, David Cameron, the masses of youth who took to Britain's streets this week for four consecutive nights of rioting are nothing more than common criminals.…
austerity: a survival guide
Brian McFadden, New York Times, August 6, 2011. Click to enlarge.
The 53 Percent Solution….The Stenographers Crank-Up
LegitimizeThis!ExpectationsGaloreVille Well, well, well.... It looks like Diamond Jim's Flaherty's shake-down .....errrrr....'reminder' about the $1.6 billion dollar extortion has been knocked off the front pages by, as we predicted yesterday,…
Can’t Find a God? Don’t Worry, You’re Just Fine
Non-believers are really nice people. In fact, studies are finding that secularists are often better educated, more tolerant and more knowledgeable about God than supposed true believers. This, according to…
animal services for animals and people, not profit! toronto must not privatize tas!
Privatization frenzy threatens and destroys our quality of life in so many ways. Health care, public transit, libraries, sanitation, day care, recreation, parks - these are services that should always…
Should Bert and Ernie get married?
Who cares? Sheesh.
"riots are the voice of the unheard." the u.k. still isn’t listening.
Riots are the voice of the unheard.Martin Luther King, Jr.A comrade and friend posted this on Facebook:I just watched BBC coverage of Miliband, leader of the British Labour Party, blaming…
Fossil Fools Are Counting On A Finite Supply of Dead Things To Last Forever
It’s a beautiful sunny Friday morning in northwestern Ontario, and I see out the window my daughter’s brightly coloured clothes drying on our clothesline. The fossil fools who steer the…
Game of Thrones and Canadian Politics
As a fan of the HBO TV-series Game of Thrones, I can't help but associate its medieval fantasy politics to those of Canadian politics. Most people wouldn't associate them together…
Mid-August: time for an update…
Holy Jeez, this summer is just whipping by. One moment is mid-July and 35 degrees, and the next is an early August morning and I’m freezing my butt off on…
Bank of America Gets Foreclosed
This is the feel-good story of the year. A couple, and a rookie lawyer, kick BoA in the ‘holdings’. If it doesn’t play, you want The Daily Show with Jon…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. - The Mark is the latest to point out that the NDP's success in winning over former Bloc members and/or sovereigntists should be considered…
Rob Ford’s bad math and lies continue to dog his steps
Toronto News: Ford poised to break promise of no layoffs - thestar.comRob Ford promised he would balance the books by getting rid of the gravy train - he found there…
Amanda Lang of CBC: The Financial Expert
Lately, Amanda Lang has been a regular on several CBC-News shows. She has her own show with Kevin O'Leary and quite often she hosts the National, the nightly news program.…
Juxtaposition
An unnamed person with some clue about economics: Pundits, Very Serious Politicians, and more have spent the past two years plus doing everything they can to make the deficit the…
Michele Bachmann’s legs and Google
Google is a strange beast. I awoke this morning to see that the phrase 'Michele Bachmann legs' has garnered a respectable number of hits overnight for this blog. Which is…
Mount Allison University Athletics on Social Media
As more and more people adopt social media use its easier to connect to students, staff, and faculty at Mount Allison. That is evidenced particularly well when it comes to…
SPO Policy Assembly & Updates
Join us for the first annual Policy Assembly of the Socialist Party of Ontario. SPO Policy Assembly Saturday, August 27th, 2011 10-4p.m Oshawa Public Library 250 Beatrice St. E. Oshawa,…
Music and Images: Where the River of Music Can Take You
Back to working on the next novel, called River Music. One of the main characters is a Canadian woman pianist who becomes celebrated, in part because her version of Debussy"s…