Stuff Happens, week 31: Oil falls, gas goes up … again.
If you’re a regular reader of this blog (and if you are, ask yourself why), you’ve probably grown tired of my ranting about Big Oil’s rip off of the Canadian…
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Harper Lied In The House
Check out @LeslieCBC’s Tweet: What the PM said then, and how it stacks up against evidence submitted in court: @pnpcbc #Duffy fact check #cdnpoli http://t.co/okoZsW4OBB — Leslie Stojsic (@LeslieCBC) August…
The Pain Campaign: Election 2015, week 2
Thomas Mulcair had a bad start to the week when a high-profile Toronto NDP candidate said one of those things that actually makes some sense, but in an election campaign…
Harper’s Hapless Harbingers…There’s Your Trouble…
Stephen Harper says ‘subordinates’ not responsible for Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy’s actions Conservative leader faces questions arising from senator’s fraud trial, for 3rd day in a row By Susana…
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books reviews Eurocentrism and the Communist Movement (JMP)
Biel provides convincing arguments as to how the failure of Marxist movements to divest themselves of a Eurocentric worldview is intimately connected to opportunism and mechanical materialism. The opportunist position…
Hugo Yogi Pinell, Rest in Power
Hugo Yogi Pinell (from freedom archives) We are saddened by the news of Hugo Pinell’s death. Hugo Pinell always expressed a strong spirit of resistance. He worked tirelessly as an…
Peter Collins, Rest In Power
h Peter Collins Peter Collins, our friend, brother and comrade in struggle passed away August 13, 2015 at 2am. He will always be remembered for his endless fight for justice,…
On Harper’s War on (the Wrong) Drugs
Prescription drugs are the REAL drug problem in Canada. Stephen Harper won’t accept this because drug companies help keep him in power.
What Do Jimmy Carter and Morgan Wheeldon Have in Common?
Morgan Wheeldon seems to have been dragged into a fight he or anyone else can’t seem to win when it comes to Israel-Palestine relations. It seems the Green Party has…
Two Food-Related Myths Shattered
More news about food-related topics that should remind us to always question corporate science.
On Stephen Harper’s Attack of the Ontario Pension Ambitions
The Ontario Pension Plan issue is a perfect deflection for Stephen Harper’s failed attempts to manage the Canadian economy.
A Prophet Is Always Without Honour In Their Own Country….
NDP candidate Linda McQuaig’s comment on oilsands stirs up hornet’s nest Linda McQuaig says ‘a lot of the oilsands oil may have to stay in the ground,’ in calling for…
Stuff Happens, week 30: HitchBOT bites it in Philly; the Trump circus rolls on
U.S. president Barack Obama unveiled a hugely ambitious, perhaps game-changing attempt to tackle greenhouse gasses this week, pushing ahead with tough curbs on coal-fired power stations. He is moving ahead…
Up For Debate
You and I are different. We’re not like everyone else. We may have never met, but I can say we are unique with a great degree of certainty. Two simple…
Dunce Cap Blowout for Emperor Steve…
Capping oil well blowouts within 24 hours too expensive, says Ottawa Shell Canada Ltd. given up to 21 days to contain subsea blowouts The Canadian Press Posted: Aug 06, 2015…
To The Left, To The Left…Second-Guessing The Youth Vote
Free to dream, I’d be left of Jeremy Corbyn. But we can’t gamble the future on him Here is a comment I made re an opinion piece in the Guardian…
#elxn42 underway
Although political blog traffic goes way up during an election campaign, I haven’t put anything on my blog since the writ dropped. That’s partly because I have better things to…
The bully tactics of Stephen Harper.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper must be a bully who has never grown up. He seems to be a misanthrope: a person who dislikes other humans. He shows narcissistic tendencies with…
Stuff Happens, week 29: I’m ‘Just Not Ready’ for an election.
Are you sick of those ‘Just Not Ready’ commercials from Stephen Harper’s Conservatives? Tired of seeing that baggy-eyed old man, that mandatory immigrant with the heavy accent, and the generic…
Nothing to Lose is Why Liberals Can Win
If reports are correct, we are days away from Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling what will be the longest and most expensive federal election in Canadian history. The NDP and…