The love which dare not speak its name
People who would want to avoid reading my dissertation or anything about neoliberalism but nonetheless would like to have some idea about what has been going on in the world…
corruption
Canada ranked worst of G7 nations in fighting bribery, corruption
Inspired by this story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-ranked-worst-of-g7-nations-in-fighting-bribery-corruption/article2032347/
Berlusconi assassinated – A review of Draquila – Italy Trembles
Berlusconi is properly skewered in a new investigative doc from Italy.
Fox News North: lies from day 1
Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree...Faux News North, a.k.a. Sun News Network is already following their brotheren's lead by making up news stories. The Diva is…
"Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police office Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture. Activists…
"Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police office Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture. Activists…
"Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police officeHundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture.Activists say documents…
Basra and Iraq: Oil and Expectations
A strange portrait of the Southern-Iraqi city of Basra is painted in a recent and brief Economist article. Better than Baghdad struggles to find real evidence of improvement of quality…
You Know You Are Living In A Corporatocracy …
... 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…
Panem et Circenses South African Style
USA v Algeria, 2010 World Cup by jasonwhat A recent Sports Illustrated article, World Cup’s Empty Legacy, reports on the state of South Africa’s sports infrastructure several months after this…
Afghanistan: War, Power and Illusion
Canadian LAVs, Afghanistan, by isafmedia This week, Project Censored has released its annual list of top 25 censored news stories in a volume entitled Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories…
Open letter to the NDP
Given the state of affairs in BC right now, if I was a betting man, I’d bet on the NDP not just winning the next election, but betting the BC…