The Brain on Trial
The July/August Atlantic has a remarkable article called "The Brain on Trial". The article points out that the concept of the rational actor choosing criminality is almost certainly wrong:"The more…
The Brain on Trial
The July/August Atlantic has a remarkable article called "The Brain on Trial". The article points out that the concept of the rational actor choosing criminality is almost certainly wrong:"The more…
Resisting tarmageddon
Operation Green Rights: Anonymous targets Monsanto and Tar Sandsif what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles…
Sun Old-Timers Respond To Sun Media Decision To Pull Out Of Ontario Press Council
Makes sense. Why would a newspaper chain with ethics that are often questioned by readers volunteer to be challenged by a body that investigates reader complaints?Forget the "political correctness" canard.…
I was directed here by…
edger's post don't look out the window...2011: A Brave New Dystopiahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifBy Chris HedgesThe two greatest visions of a future dystopia were George Orwell’s “1984” and Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World.”…
CJ Mahaney is our man – Sovereign Grace Ministries board statement
It took Jesus 30 years to prepare for ministry. He ministered publicly for 3 years. He was crucified and rose 3 days later. It’s taken the board of Sovereign Grace…
SFSS CUPE 3338 Lockout “either ignorance or malicious denigration of their vital work”: SFU student
The following open letter to the SFU community was written by SFU student Emma Noonan, originally titled “In Support of a Livable World” and originally published here. It is republished…
Where, oh where?
On Monday we had Ian Rab and Myrna Driedger parroting the claims of the Winnipeg Scum that the government was beng unethical because they announced programmes and services for Manitobans.…
We are “refusing to cross picket lines”: Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Student Union and the SFSS CUPE Lockout
This open letter was originally written by Chelsea Mackay and the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Student Student, published originally here and republished on PoliticsRespun.org with permission. Dear SFSS Board…
You Can’t Save Something That Can’t Be Saved
All the King's horses and all the King's men can't save one of the world's worst failed states, Afghanistan. The best you can do is perpetuate a failed state which…
On the Ontario NDP’s 2011 platform.
Okay. The Ontario NDP's platform. The Plan for Affordable Change (warning: PDF). Jeez, focus-group that name much? I'm splitting this into the four areas that the ONDP did in the…
Sun Papers tire of knocking collective heads against bottom of barrel, decide to get rid of barrel and start digging
One wonders what the politically correct straw was that broke the reactionary, knuckle-dragging, often bigoted, always pandering-to-the-basest-instinct-of-the-mob camel's back? Does this mean, per Blatchford, that the Sun papers are now…
CIA is paying somali agents to torture peple on behalf of the united states…
Jeremy Scahill Reveals CIA Facility, Prison in Somalia as U.S. Expands Covert Ops in Stricken NationIn a new investigative report published by The Nation magazine, independent journalist and Democracy Now!…
Floods + Fire + Nukes – Welcome to Los Alamos
Los Alamos nuclear weapons facility dodged a bullet a couple of weeks back after it had been threatened by wildfires sweeping the area. Now the same facility is threatened by…
NDP warns against Conservatives’ snooping law
NDP warns against Conservatives’ snooping law TIMMINS, ON – If the Conservatives get their way, police will be soon be able to track every e-mail sent, every website visited and…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 13, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Google+ Can Never Vanquish Facebook: 10 Reasons Why - eWeek - http://goo.gl/j4FsKComputer Security Experts: Phone Hacking Is Easy | TPM…
Geist: What is so undemocratic about allowing a few companies to control the Net?
By Michael Geist The second day of the CRTC hearing on usage based billing left the Commission with three fairly divergent views on Canadian networks, traffic management, and the wholesale…
It’s a Bitch Being a Climate Refugee
Maybe the worst thing about being a climate refugee is where do you go? Chances are your choices are places that are nearly or as bad off as the place…
NDP post confirms their opposition to invasive online spying bills
The NDP published a blog post today condemning proposed online spying legislation -- known as "Lawful Access" bills C-50, C-51, and C-52. The stated NDP position supports that of over…
Rob Ford Must Go – Campaign to Impeach Mayor Ford
Rob Ford Must Go - Campaign to Impeach Mayor Ford - Petition Online CanadaRob Ford definitely won't be impeached due to this petition (I don't think the mayor can be…