On downturns
Sure, it might seem like reason for concern that it's only the type of government spending which the Cons are determined to slash that allowed Canadians in general to somewhat…
#G20 anniversary: Queen & Spadina, one year later
Hundreds of citizens arrested on bullshit pretexts.Detained arbitrarily in conditions that were gross violations of human rights.Subjected to racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic slurs and harassment.Assaulted indiscriminately.Beaten, tear-gasse...
The Calculations Around Fracking
In response to David W. Campbell, who writes of the fracking issue, "I think a government could be brought down over shale gas. It seems quite easy to whip up…
Nowak: Interview with Cisco shows Canadians aren’t bandwidth hogs
By Peter Nowak A few weeks ago, I wrote about the latest internet usage report from Cisco and how it would inevitably be misconstrued by some folks. Some of the…
Radio Topics for June 28th
Happy early Canada Day. Next time the show airs we shall be into July and the future King and Queen of England will have departed Ottawa. We have an exciting…
Arts funding arbitrariness
Despite the diplomatic reaction by a SummerWorks board member, this does seem like a predictable result given last year's Prime Ministerial public pronouncement about the content of one play put…
Anatomy Of A Bad Ad
The theme is a solid one, but the execution is abysmal. The Ontario PC "Taxman" ad is your cookie cutter attack ad, ending with the always original "change" plea:The ad…
SCOTUS okays violent vid games
The US Supreme Court ruled today, 7-2, violent video games are protected by the First Amendment and California had no right to pass a law that banned the sale of…
Almost a week without rain
And the big news in health care today is that even though I waited very, very patiently for a very, very long time to see the new doctor (who seems…
English Translation of the Geert Wilders Decision
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Fetal Rights Legislation in the US and Canada
When I started this blog back in April (even though it had been on my mind prior to that for months), I decided that I wanted to focus on reproductive…
They are audacious…
“We Are Eager to Get to Gaza”: Democracy Now! Exclusive Report from Greece on U.S. Gaza Aid FlotillaUp to 50 Americans are set to sail from a Greek port on…
What Wrath We Have Brought
There's no sources for today, if only because everyone should be aware of the situation without the need for a news report summarizing and talking about the issue.What I would…
They breed suspicion and sow the seeds of division…
Living Among UsActivists Speak Out on Police Infiltration By Tim Groves; June 20, 2011 - Briarpatch Magazinehttp://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/living-among-us On June 26, 2010, while the G20 summit was under way amid mass…
EPA Announces Locations for Fracking Case Studies
Screen shot 2011-06-28 at 12.39.36 AM.png The Environmental Protection Agency is currently conducting the largest lifecycle analysis of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and unconventional gas dril...
New Orleans Police Violence…
from dissident voice via mostly water...this must be a rhetorical question...Did New Orleans Media Ignore Police Violence After Hurricane Katrina?by Jordan Flaherty / June 27th, 2011Opening arguments begin today in…
Gov. Radio Ads On The Census
I've heard the one they're running on Q107 a dozen times now. It refers to a "mandatory census form", but make no distinction between the long and short form. Which…
Hooked on growth…
if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you so much that you find…
Liberalbook
That's what it looks like to me and it's a needed evolution. There are lots of discussions out there on the future of the party in niches yet this central…