Christie Blatchford had a bit of a run in with the security state last week. In her article in Saturdays Globe Blatchford recounts the excitement that began with a discussion of ongoing terrorism trials in Canada:
… I told Rosie about some evidence at the Khawaja trial, particularly the testimony of a key witness, himself [...]
Air Canada as Censor: Words you can’t say in Gate 27 06.30.08
McCains: Why cut taxes when you can just evade them? 06.29.08
San Diego Country isn’t happy with the McCain family. Turns out, one of the many trusts that administers one of their seven homes hasn’t paid taxes in four years. McCain’s trust scrambled to pay nearly all of the outstanding debt to the county. $1,742 of a total $6,744.42 remains.
If that seems like an [...]
“This country is finished…” /// George Carlin on Olbermann 06.24.08
George Carlin and Keith Olbermann discuss USAmerican democracy as it stood in late 2007.
“This country has been sliding downhill for a long time and everybody’s got a cellphone that makes pancakes so they don’t want to rock the boat. They don’t want to make trouble. The people have been bought off by gizmos and [...]
Goodnight and Good Luck George Carlin 06.24.08
Thanks, George.
I wish the world remembered you were more than seven words you can’t say on TV.
You will be greatly missed and doubtless remembered.
“All good things are possible” 06.24.08
As the BBC reports, Mugabe’s Back. He’s now the sole remaining candidate in the presidential run-off on Friday and can do nothing but win an overwhelming majority.
Perhaps it was these compelling posters and not his tyrannical strong arm tactics that brought him marked his resurgence. Or, maybe it was the murder. Yeah, probably the [...]
The nature of the Liberal-Tory climate war 06.23.08
The Tories have been in full swing demonizing the Liberal Green Shift plan. Liberals rebutted last week with an official launch and media campaign.
Choices each party have made reveal much about their perspectives on Canada and Canadians.
The Tories, apparently, think Canadians are ignorant five-year olds on a Sunday morning. Comparing the two spots, the Conservative [...]
Obama vs. the Internet vs. FISA 06.21.08
As you may be aware, House Democrats have been shockingly kind to the White House. The just passed FISA-”compromise” bill, which is nothing but a compromise of the rule of law and extremist corporatism, is another damning example.
Obama has come out in support of the FISA bill, which grants retroactivity immunity to telcos, grants [...]
Bhutan and Democracy 04.10.08
The very tiny monarchy on Bhutan has slowly become a democratic constitutional monarchy. Since 1999 Bhutan has been moving towards democracy through an incredibly well-paced, peaceful and inclusive process.
Notable for their use of Gross National Happiness over Gross National Product as a measurement of the state’s performance, they are increasingly notable for the steps [...]
Politics Has Lost Control of “Rogue Economics” 04.06.08
Loretta Napoleoni, Italian economist and Fulbright Scholar, has a new book that’s piqued my interest. Her appearance on Democracy Now this week finished with me very interested in her book. [Full Transcript] Napoleoni defined rogue economics at the start of her interview with Amy Goodman:
Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find [...]
A re-teaching of U.S. imperial history by Howard Zinn 04.02.08
Empire or Humanity? at Mother Jones brings us the words of Howard Zinn in his essay, “What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American empire”. It is the week of publication for his new book A People’s History of American Empire, a new graphic novel treatment of his “People’s History” series.
I first [...]
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