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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Canadian Communists and Civil Service Union exploit children for unpaid labour

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Do you remember camp as a kid?  It should evoke memories of sports and exploring woods. Even day camps in the city have games and excursions...
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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Paul Krugman and what's left of The Left

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In December, Krugman and five other liberal economic thinkers (Joseph Stiglitz, Robert Reich, Jeffrey Sachs, Alan Blinder, and Larry Mishel)...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My Afternoon of Kabuki Democracy

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Tuesday afternoon, The City of Toronto's Executive Committee held a hearing about whether to accept the City Manager's report that d...
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Israel's Netenyahu addresses joint session of Congress

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The speech from Tuesday night:
Monday, May 23, 2011

It's O.K. to be Takei!

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Tennessee has a proposed Bill that would make it illegal to talk about homosexuality or say "Gay" in that context in the classroo...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

The irrelevant English letters crowd nips at the heels of Martin Amis

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STANDPOINT magazine has a fascinating online article by David Barrett about the argument in England over one of its most talented writers, M...

The Trouble with Intellectuals

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One of the distinctive aspects of British culture is that the word "intellectual" seems to be regarded as a term of abuse. WH Aude...

A Strange proposal from Sari Nusseibeh

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Nusseibeh's proposal that Palestinians should temporarily abandon the idea of an independent state and focus on improving the quality of...
Friday, May 20, 2011

100 year anniversary of L'Inferno features Mohammed in Hell

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100 years ago, L'Inferno , an Italian silent film based on Dante's work and inspired by the art of Gustave Dore was released. D...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Obama's Full Mideast policy speech

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Can you believe Grace Jones is 63 today?!

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Before Lady Gaga or Madonna, Grace Jones was wowing with the world with shocking fashion and her music. Time flies
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Lara Logan describes her ordeal in Egypt

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Warning: Logan gives a graphic, shocking description of her brutal sexual assault by an Egyptian mob in Tahrir Square

British Muslims call Obama "biggest Satan" and praise bin Laden

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Making profit off a controversy - That Obama guy is nothing if he ain't smart

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This bit of news serves the "birther" idiots right. Obama is now marketing coffee mugs with his picture and the caption "Ma...

Now I know why Lars Von Trier's movies are such crap - it's because he's a complete idiot

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UPDATE : You can see the press conference at THIS LINK . The craziness starts at about 35:00 (the last few minutes). I feel sorry for poor K...
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Marine survives two tours of Iraq to be killed in bed by Tuscon SWAT team

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A tragic case and another example of illegal state brutality and an innocent victim of the insane "War on Drugs" in the US.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Chomsky again proves articulate ≠ smart

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An interesting analysis by Werner Cohn:   Chomsky and the Art of Special Pleading
Monday, May 16, 2011

French Socialist IMF Head faces second sexual assault allegation

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CTV News reports : "The alleged victim in the case claims she entered his prestigious $3,000-a-night penthouse suite at the Sofitel h...

Canadian charitable status revoked for terrorist-linked "World Islamic Call Society"

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Blogger Blazing Cat Fur did some outstanding investigative work to establish the links between a "charity," terrorism, and the fac...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

Conservative majority means that Canada can finally return the finger Quebec has been giving the country for two decades

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An insightful column from the always astute Angello Persichilli in the Toronto Star discusses how Stephen Harper and Dalton McGuinty have c...