Teach Your Children Well
A national newspaper referred to the “Sex-Ed problem”, regarding the ongoing curriculum dispute between the province and some parents. There is no Sex-Ed problem, there is an irresponsible parent problem.…
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XKCD 1576: I Could Care Less
XKCD is one of the smartest comics online. Read it. Given how often I’ve been told I sound either condescending or pedantic when I write something I could just as…
Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
Stuff Happens, week 35: Refugees keep coming; Liz sets employment record
The European refugee crisis continued unabated this week, and the numbers are staggering. For example, Germany has announced that it will accept 500,000 refugees. Every year. For several years. Germany…
So Harper DID Fire His Campaign Manager Midway Through the Campaign???
Stephen Harper is in a muddy pit, no deep Tar Sands, and he has hired Lynton Crosby to pull him out. Doesn’t this mean he’s fired his other campaign manager,…
Harvest Time
Had to pick the tomatoes, frost is coming tonight to Regina. Got a single, awesome butter-nut squash, and some baby squashes.
Memorial/Celebration for Peter Collins in Montreal
(francais ci dessous) Memorial/Celebration for Peter Collins in Montreal When: September 25, 2015 at 7pm Where: QPIRG Concordia, 1500 de Maisonneuve Ouest, #204 A night to remember and celebrate Peter…
Chican@ Power and the Struggle for Aztlan Author: a MIM(Prisons) Study Group
From the Amerikan invasion and theft of Mexican lands, to present day migrants risking their lives to cross the U.$. border, the Chican@ nation has developed in a cauldron of…
As We Create War, We Create Refugees
This past week has been a horrific eye-opener for the world and the ugly mess it’s created and allowed to continue in the Middle East. It’s possible that a single…
Portuguese Communist Party on Course for Election Success
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/06/portuguese-communist-party-on-course-election-success Filed under: Uncategorized
Stuff Happens, week 34: One little boy changes everything.
The Syrian refugee crisis has convulsed Europe for weeks now, while making only the tiniest dent in the North American conscience. But that all changed this weeks thanks to one…
Stuff Happens, week 34: One little boy changes everything.
The Syrian refugee crisis has convulsed Europe for weeks now, while making only the tiniest dent in the North American conscience. But that all changed this weeks thanks to one…
Will To Live
You can just hear the water. It laps against the makeshift pier beating a slow, near silent rhythm in stark contrast to the rapid and seemingly thunderous beating of your…
Dead Boy In The Sea
Wednesday’s Twitter feeds were jammed with the body of a young corpse of a boy facing down in the sand as an authority stood over the body and soon picked…
No Hope With This Pope…
Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have abortions The Guardian Tuesday 1 September 2015 16.46 BST How condescending can this ‘religious’ leader get? Who cares about forgiveness when…
No Hope With This Pope…
Pope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have abortions The Guardian Tuesday 1 September 2015 16.46 BST How condescending can this ‘religious’ leader get? Who cares about forgiveness when…
Greek Elections: SYRIZA Keeps Bleeding as Party Youth Withdraw Support | GreekReporter.com
SYRIZA numbers keep dropping in opinion polls. The blows Alexis Tsipras is receiving keep coming from all directions, and they are really strong! Source: Greek Elections: SYRIZA Keeps Bleeding as…
After Syriza | by Stathis Kouvelakis
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Stuff Happens, week 33: Markets return to normal … whatever that is
The world’s stock markets did what they do this week — go up and down. And as always, investors and the media reacted as if this was something they had…
A Balanced Budget Isn’t A ‘Left’ or ‘Right’ Thing, Part II
Yesterday, I posted this article showing how NDP governments have been the most effective with respect to balancing budgets over the last 40 years, relying heavily on this article from…