The international hacking group Anonymous has launched Operation Green Rights. Their first target was Monsanto, a company the group called "corrupt, unethical and downright evil." Anonymous claims to have given…
Chthonic, "Broken Jade". Ridiculously good vids coming off this album.
I'm not sure whether the Libs think their base will be more fired up by their clinging to the trappings of past power to prevent newly-elected MPs from doing their…
Exxon has been using a pipeline to transport Athabasca bitumen without notifying state officials who thought the line was only carrying conventional or "sweet" crude. The presence of bitumen was…
Marcus Bachmann is the husband of Michele Bachmann who is one of the presidential candidates for 2012.Are Ratko Mladic of Bosnia and Marcus Bachmann related in any way? There is…
Courtesy of Roger Ebert, a gem from the past. The BBC’s original adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel. Enjoy!
“Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time. Then anarchists work at unmasking and mastering…
Why does the new US Defense Secretary talk just like Donald Rumsfeld?DefSec Leon Panneta has been making the rounds in Baghdad, begging the Maliki government to ask American troops to…
Governor Scott Walker's actions in Wisconsin brought the NeoLiberal agenda into the mainstream conscientiousness. Many were surprised by the viciousness with which Walker implemented his agenda yet we shouldn't have…
Assorted material for your weekend reading.- Paul Wells puts his observations about Stephen Harper's inexplicable warnings about Canada's eventual disappearance into column form. But I have to wonder whether Harper…
This story was plastered above the fold in yesterday’s print edition of the Toronto Star: Gleb Alfyorov thought he was going to a hospital for help. So did the judge…
Early in June it was reported that Abousfian Abdelrazik's application for child-assistance benefits had been denied by the Quebec government because his name still appears on the UN's 1267 terror…
Hudak believes government’s role is to be pro-life. Screw the law, I guess.
Claiming you have saved $70 a week because you are making $70 less a week and have borrowed the difference.
A month ago, Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial governments volunteered to be directly sued by investors under the Agreement on Internal Trade. This quiet announcement from Brudenell, Prince Edward Island,…
Back in June, Tim Powers wrote a piece for the Globe and Mail about the power of political symbolism. He began by saying:A winning symbol can champion the day; a…
No autism commentary this morning. Great weather and we headed out for a walk on the trail to the Superstore to pick up a few groceries. More than the weather…
The US debt crisis is serious. Yesterday I suggested there might be method but now, on reading the childish insults, I begin to wonder if American lawmakers have collectively lost…
After reading Rick Salutin's column yesterday about the very real limitations of Canadian journalism even when juxtaposed against the scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's publishing empire, I had the opportunity to…
Glenn Garnett, Sun Media's VP of editorial, has agreed to meet with Ontario Press Council reps and "discuss" their decision to pull out of the regulatory body.Funny that Sun Media…
