More "celebratory" writings…
Independence Day Hypocrisy - by Stephen Lendman All US federal holidays wreak of hypocrisy, representing notions and events other than what they commemorate. Besides Christmas, none perhaps is more celebrated…
Greek Sovereign Debt Crisis a Sovereignty Crisis
Greek Parliament, Syntagma Athens – by kouk News outlets around the world have focused heavily on the so-called Greek Sovereign debt crisis this week. The proposed solution–an IMF loan package…
Rob Ford: It’s Safe to Come Back to Toronto Now
Rob Ford has nothing to fear. Pride 2011 is history. He can slink back to his office at City Hall.I can report to the Mayor that nothing untoward happened at…
Geist: What might a competition-focused broadcast policy look like?
By Michael Geist for TheStar.com As the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concludes its hearing on the consolidation of the Canadian communications market into a handful of corporate giants (so-called…
3900…When In Ohio Be Very Very Polite
Very, very, VERY polite.Stephen Spencer Davis on Slate explains the reason why. "Because nothing goes better than guns and crowded places, Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich signed a bill on…
Evo talks with TELAM
Video en español. Part 1 of a two-part interview with the TELAM news service of Argentina. Covers a wide range of subjects, but Evo’s quiet intelligence and wicked sense of…
3899…Pride Toronto Parade
It happened right?Without Mayor Ford?Planets are aligned?I thought so.WFDS
3898…Warren Kinsella On Ignatieff
Warren Kinsella had a nice piece in his blog about Michael Ignatieff and how he just doesn't get it.It being the fact that the Tories defined him as just visiting.…
New Look
Check out the new look of the site! There might be some bugs here and there, so bare with me as I update stuff. Category images will be coming soon…
3897…Peter Worthington On The Senate
In this morning's son er SUN he comes up with the same proposal that I have been offering for years. Six Senate seats per province, elected. He says nine year…
3896…It’s America Day
They are actually celebrating the start-ish of the American Revolution, not the victory thereof which took a decade an' a bit.Just found that out.Pretty I am, smart not so much.WFDS
DSK: chapitre trois
Will wonders ever cease? And will men (and women) who enjoy the windfall benefits created by alleged sexual predators such as DSK ever be honest enough to admit their vicarious…
Is The Trial Balloon Filled With Hot Air Or Laughing Gas?
AllTheStrategizingThatFitsBoostThisVilleIt was surprising to hear Alise Mills, who Rick Cluff described as a "BC Liberal Party strategist", float an expectations-lowering trial balloon this morning on CBC radio about how Christy…
A prediction..
..after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (otherwise known as Will and Kate) depart from Canada, support for a continued role for the Monarchy in Canada – as long as…
pc leadership candidate doug horner announces mla endorsements.
See my Flickr page for more photos of today’s media conference with PC leadership candidate Doug Horner and his MLA supporters. Tweet This Post
Itbusiness.ca: Independent ISPs come out against Lawful Access
By Nestor E. Arellano for itbusiness.ca There has been no shortage of protests over the civil rights and privacy implications of the set of proposed laws now collectively known as…
Definitely cabinet material
A man arrested for allegedly assaulting police officers with an electric drill says he plans to seek the Provincial Conservative nomination in Port de Grave district during this fall’s provincial…
Jazz Fest, Bird University, and Spontaneous Combustion
I took an unscheduled break from blogging while making room in my life for the Jazz Festival. I saw the following concerts: k.d. lang, Pink Martini, Chick Corea, Bela Fleck,…
Chantal Hébert And The History Of Constitutional Warfare
In her June 29 column Chantal Hébert writes:Two decades later (after the failure of the Meech Lake Accord), it seems that in winning the battle, the Meech detractors lost the…