Crime rates and government spending
So crime rates continue to decline. Not just nuisance crimes and property crimes but also crimes where people get hurt or worse. And it's been going this way for nigh…
politics
The limits of Godwin’s Law
Godwin's law, simply stated, is that any internet debate will eventually decay into one side making a reference to Nazis, the Hitler, or the Holocaust, and at that point loses…
European Jihadists and brothers in hatred; Anders Behring Breivik is the mirror image of Muslim fanatics
One can easily connect the dots and say that the Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik, the man that killed 68 young adults, teenagers and children at a Labor organized summer…
I am really hoping Jack Layton is all right
I saw his presser today. He looked very thin and not well. I hope that whatever they have found is at a stage where they can beat it back into…
Bob Rae, Opposition Leader?
I wish a speedy and complete recovery for Mr. Layton. That said, I wonder if it is only me who immediately wondered whether the NDP, looking for an interim leader…
Response to Norway Horror: Faced With Inhumanity, We Must Be More Human
The contrast between Norway’s response to the brutal terror attacks last Friday and that of the United States after 9/11 couldn’t be starker. Imagine if President Bush had instead said,…
Albertans: More progressive than their government
A couple years ago, the Alberta government bared a storm of criticism and pushed ahead with an ideologically-driven cut when it delisted gender reassignment surgery as a covered medical procedure.…
Problem with Rebuilding
Me like many Liberals are facing an identity crisis. We have no longer became the natural governing party of Canada we are rather seen as another left wing party. In…
Using real figures to show something…
I commented on Twitter yesterday that some were taking the Oslo tragedy as an opportunity to push forward certain right-wing agendas. And please don’t tell me that open carry and…
“Not an inch of space”
Never mind that Europe is supposed to be all metric all the time, here’s a quote relating to yesterday’s tragedy: "That the perpetrator apparently comes from the far-right scene shows…
On the Oslo blasts
By now you’re probably aware of the explosion and subsequent shooting that happened today (yesterday there?) in Oslo, Norway. If not, go read then come back. Going off the details…
WTF…
… Is this new military logo for the Winnipeg Jets? Did the Harperites provide funding only if the owners adopted a warlike symbol for the new team? Crap. I really…
On the Green Party platform.
Finally -- for now, at least, until the Tories and NDP release the rest of their platforms, and the Libs release anything at all -- I'm going to take a…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House751 George St. N.Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those interested in…
Tonight in Peterborough: Chocolate, Cheese, and Activism
Via OPIRG Peterborough and others Friday, July 22 · 4:30pm – 6:30pm Sadleir House 751 George St. N. Peterborough The goal of Chocolate, Cheese & Activism is to bring those…
And in addition to letting industry monitor itself…
…environmental compliance-wise… comes news that the Cons are looking at turning another vital public sector function over to the private sector: search and rescue. I really don’t get this one.…
Globe and Mail: “Alberta’s Liberals see signs of hope on long road back to viability”
In turn, Alberta’s official opposition Liberals tossed open the doors to a failing party, hoping to re-invigorate it at a time of both challenge and opportunity – a run for…
Media Madness & Politics
Getting out of the media mess created by our mainstream monopolies will be a real challenge. But we have to try.
Depression and Decline: American Irresponsibility is Ending the American Era with a Bang
Despite the assurances of US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner it is increasingly likely there will be no debt deal. The United States is going to default on its debt. I…