Meanwhile, Back In Utopia Democratica …
First Tunisia and now Egypt. One can only rejoice at seeing people taking their aspirations for civil rights and freedoms into their own hands, courageously claiming these justly as their…
First Tunisia and now Egypt. One can only rejoice at seeing people taking their aspirations for civil rights and freedoms into their own hands, courageously claiming these justly as their…
Here is the authoritarian mind in action: 1- At the request of a city Chief of police, in anticipation for an international summit in said city where peaceful protesters and…
... when your elected government begs Big Business interests to help them write and/or kill bills:Back there, Transport Minister John Baird (yes - this same John Baird) was caught privately…
The following struck me as the very essence of the (now past) first decade of the 21st century, in effect constituting at the same time a resounding call that will…
Read it and weep, folks (emphasis added): Canada’s little-known spy agency comes out into the open At a time when most government agencies are cutting and slashing, a little-known spy…
As I wrote previously, a democratic society - whether breathing through a parliamentary system or a republic one - can only bring about and sustain the commonwealth of its citizens…
In a way, it is with relief that I find I am not one of the "tinfoil hat" paranoid/conspiracy theorist crowd, yet at the same time feel dismay at being…
First, the mainstream/corporate media largely abdicates its raison d'être, i.e. reporting facts, the truth and keeping checks on the Powers-That-Be. Second, corporations collude with politicians not only to make policy,…
I have an extremely busy day today and so I will not be able to write anything decent - my apologies. However, I offer to you good folks the following,…
Behold the authoritarian mind-set in it's awful glory (emphasis added): The Harper government is bracing for a backlash over a border security agreement it is negotiating with the United States,…
I hereby submit to you folks for consideration a new term which, in my humble opinion, characterizes the first decade of the 21st century by not only embodying the resurgence…
This is the fifth year we've been able to view the Pride Parade in Vancouver. It's also our second Pride Parade of this year, as on our trip to Portland…
"You will not recognize Canada when I get through with it."- Prime Minister HarperThis is one of the few things PM Harper has said which I hold to be true.…
"You will not recognize Canada when I get through with it."- Prime Minister HarperThis is one of the few things PM Harper has said which I hold to be true.…
“You will not recognize Canada when I get through with it.”– Prime Minister Harper This is one of the few things PM Harper has said which I hold to be…
“You will not recognize Canada when I get through with it.”– Prime Minister Harper This is one of the few things PM Harper has said which I hold to be…
by matttbastard As we know from history, the free market did not lead to a breakdown of segregation. Indeed, it got much worse, not just because it was enforced by…