News of the World Whistle Blower Found Dead
Sean Hoare - the whistle blower who exposed the News of the World scandal - has been found dead.
Johnathant Baird talks trade, humant rights in China
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/18/baird-china-foreign.html
Just Say No To Terrorism
The Republican Party is holding the United States specifically and the world economy in general, hostage. Obama, if he had any stones at all, should never have negotiated with them…
"I invested in a company called News Corp .." "Dad, that’s Fox!" "Argh! Undo, undo!"
Funny line from the 1999 Simpsons episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" but it got terribly serious today with one of the whistle blowers being found dead and PM David Cameron…
Monckton Sent "Cease and Desist" Letter by the House of Lords
monckton_0.jpg The Guardian reports that UK parliament recently published a letter ordering Lord Christopher Monckton to "desist" from claiming to be a member of the House of Lords. This is...
Autism, Genes & Environment: Why It Took So Long for the Genetic Autism Myth To Die
Studies of twins have established that it is not 100 per cent genetic, since even among identical twins, when one has autism, the likelihood of both twins having autism is…
Having fun at someone else’s expense
As Republicans continue to paint themselves into a corner on the debt ceiling, the world is beginning to realize that the global economy is being held hostage by a gang…
Notes from Missionazn 4
Missionazn seems to be live again Filed under: good stuff Tagged: missionazn
Hugh wants a “do-over”?
Today’s Freep has a piece by Dan Lett in it about how Hugh McFadyen and his team are “holding their fire” in this “pre-writ” period. I say, “pre-writ” period, because…
Stephen Harper and CETA or Why Let Facts Get In The Way Of Ideology
You would think embarking on negotiations towards perhaps the most sweeping trade deal this country has ever entered into, you would want to conduct some studies into it's impact on…
A Late Afternoon Thought On The Murdoch Scandal
I just read a post by The Disaffected Lib discussing the mounting number of resignations resulting from the Rupert Murdoch scandal. Both the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan…
Tim Hudak needs to answer these questions
Hudak’s quoted as saying the following in an article on a pro-life website: “I may have signed a petition from my riding in that respect but listen, I’ve been clear…
Harps from Howl – Monday Music Pick: Harp Duet
Sarah Pagé Howl! performance by howlarts Celebrated harp player Sarah Pagé performs a harp duet set with harpist Robin Best. Pagé has performed as a soloist with both the McGill…
Liberal Grassroots Get Mowed Down By Party Official
It seems a group of Liberal Party activists working online to establish a Liberal Learning Centre (LLC), were given a harsh rebuke by a party official.What follows is a series…
3935…Jon Stewart Picks On Conservatives
The Culture and Media Institute, a United States right wing something or other reports in today's top story that Numbers Don't Lie: "Daily Show's" Stewart Hammers Right Nearly Four Times…
3934…Ontario Dya Remember Mike Harris?
And what a train wreck his administration was? Vote Tory in Ontario and our new leader Buffalo's own Tim Hudak, Governor Tim Hudak, will make Mike Harris look like a…
Rebekah Brooks to Lady Rothermere: “Who do you think you are, Mother Teresa?”
The New York Times, in concert with UK’s Guardian, has been exemplary in its journalistic diligence in digging into the scandals rippling through News Corp. In a longish piece today,…
Joseph Harper and Atrocities During G-20
This last Sunday I watched the videos made by different people at the G-20 summit, and the atrocities carried out there. People who were bystanders and not even part of…
Bloc Quebecois to Hold Leadership Race This Fall
From Alice of Pundit's Guide:Unlike the Liberals, who are trying to quit their leadership quick-fix habit with a delayed timetable for permanently replacing Michael Ignatieff, the Bloc Québécois will move…