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…
If You’re Still Having Trouble Accepting American Fascism is Real
Modern fascism is defined as a unity of political and corporate power. Mussolini picked this up from the self-proclaimed philosopher of fascism, Giovanni Gentile.A similar reality has taken hold today…
Overweenies
The word “bureaucrat,” to me, doesn’t mean hard-working people in offices. Rather, it means people ruling from them—unelected, unaccountable, overweening power-trippers deliberately placing themselves in the way of sense and…
I think governments of all levels should have done the same to this police force after the g20/g8 occupation of toronto…
the ones i encountered right when the witch hunts started, so puffed up, arrogant, completely full of themselves standing at my door, shining flash lights in my face, threatening to…
OutFOXxed
What has been the biggest media story for the past week? Could it be News Of The World exploding? Rupert Murdoch and News Corp? Telephone hacking and journalists corruption a…
Standards? We don’t need no stinkin’ standards!
Sun Media pulls out of press council, citing issues with political correctness Sun Media is pulling out of the Ontario Press Council, saying it can't adhere to the media watchdog's…
I’ll Take "Hydrology" for a Gazillion, Alex
How much time do you spend thinking about hydrology? What does it mean to you? Does it come up much in conversation? Probably not.Maybe we would think about it and…
ALEC Exposed: Center For Media and Democracy Details ALEC’s Industry-Friendly Legislation Machine
ALECexposedLogo_AProjectOfCMDflat.jpg The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) has launched a new website, ALECExposed.org, to help consumers understand more about the secretive business group th...