Spreading stupid stuff on the Internet.
You have got to be kidding! Are there that many people who actually believe what they read on the Internet? As someone who was accessing databases on remote computers before…
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Wolfgang Streeck: ‘Look at London – it’s a second Rome. This is what an empire looks like’ | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/09/wolfgang-streeck-the-german-economist-calling-time-on-capitalism Filed under: Uncategorized
The new Canadian $10 Bill
Canada is finally putting a woman on the front of a bank note (other than the Queen, of course). The first will be Viola Desmond, who will replace Sir John…
IT Problem At Saskatchewan Government
What’s going on? Trying to communicate with #skpoli gov't?Don't bother. E-mail server, website all still down. — Murray Mandryk (@MMandryk) December 7, 2016 server down all day. No gov't news…
How EU Policies Have Fueled Economic Stagnation
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17116 Filed under: Uncategorized
Italian Referendum Defeat is No Victory for the Right Wing
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17853 Filed under: Uncategorized
Austrian Presidential Election Shows How United Front Politics Can Defeat the Far Right
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17852 Filed under: Uncategorized
Democracy Against Neoliberalism | Jacobin
Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform was politically illegitimate in method and antidemocratic in content. We should celebrate its rejection. Source: Democracy Against Neoliberalism | Jacobin Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Italy
The slippery slide to sophistry.
Not all communications from readers are complimentary. There was a reader the other day who accused us of the dastardly use of comma splices. It was only by Googling ‘comma…
The Italy to Come | Jacobin
If Italian voters reject Sunday’s constitutional referendum, the country could see a left revival in the name of popular democracy. Source: The Italy to Come | Jacobin Filed under: Uncategorized…
Two Pipelines Approved: The Opposition Reacts (badly)
Do you have a headache? Are you an Alberta conservative wondering how to react to Trudeau approving the Trans Mountain and Line 3 pipelines and, horrors, singling out Notley’s Climate…
Stuff Still Happens, week 48: Why we (sigh) need pipelines
This week, the Trudeau government approved two pipelines, and rejected one other. Trudeau is winning lavish praise for his bold, statesmanlike decision in some quarters, hyperbolic, end-of-the-world scorn from others.…
The Liars and Believers
Trudeau’s support of an eternity of carbon production proves that he’s just another lying politician.
Embedding neoliberalism in Greece: the transformation of collective bargaining and labour market policy in Greece during the Eurozone crisis
(2016). Embedding neoliberalism in Greece: the transformation of collective bargaining and labour market policy in Greece during the Eurozone crisis. Studies in Political Economy. Ahead of Print. doi: 10.1080/07078552.2016.1249129 Source:…
The CDC & Corporations: Profit Instead of People
A number of reports confirm my fears that the CDC in the US is a revolving door of scientists and the pharma industry, with everyone looking to make a buck,…
Stuff Still Happens, week 47: Tarnish on the golden boy
Is the shine coming off the golden boy? Justin Trudeau is under the gun these days for what appear to be, if not lapses in ethics, at least some questionable…
Health: Fertilizing the Roots of Mistrust & Conspiracy
Science is all about accepting and learning from results, even if they work against your own hypothesis. Corporate science is all about throwing out results you don’t like. This is…
Ontario: This is what you get when Toronto doesn’t pay property tax!
Toronto’s plan to introduce road tolls is a great idea, but won’t address the real issue. Which is? Toronto isn’t charging enough property tax.
Predictions That Aren’t Fun
“Asia ramping up coal use. US returning to coal. Lets focus on tech like CCS not tax harming econ w/o real GHG impact” – Premier Wall This tweet from the…
Stuff Still Happens, week 46: Bird debate splits Canada! Or maybe not.
The fallout from the Nov. 8 U.S. election continued this week. And just like nuclear fallout, the devastation will be long term. President-elect Donald Trump (my fingers had a hard…