Be afraid, British Columbians. Be very afraid. The big business lobby was the guiding hand behind Gordon Campbell’s introduction of HST. The aim: to relieve giant multinationals from paying tax in this […]
BC Liberals guided by hidden interests
Misinformation in Liberal amounts
A reprint worth re-reading, brought forward from May 30, 2010: Gordon Campbell and his sacrificial minister Colin Hansen defend the HST but voices of others in the Liberal government are muted. In […]
The age of looting
Phil Rockstroh, Commondreams.org “. . . the financial elite (and their political operatives) are arrayed in a defensive posture, even as they continue their global-wide, full-spectrum offensive vis-à-vie The Shock Doctrine. “Concurrently, […]
"Shiny Happy Corporate People"
By RJ Eskow, ourfuture.org “Mitt Romney got a lot of press for telling a heckler at the Iowa State Fair that “corporations are people.” He did not go on to sing that […]
"Not a single word" about the IPP billions to BC Liberal pals
‘Canadian Canary’, an always intelligent contributor in the blogosphere, left this comment on my CBC story. It deserves prominence so I am reposting the comment on its own: Canadian Canary said… “Stephen […]
Psychologically-constructed monsters under the bed
An articulate piece worth a complete read at Aljazeera. Tea Party Terminators by Cliff Schecter, President of Libertas, LLC and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post. “. . . After its humble […]
CBC colours news report with inappropriate commentary
Asked about HST, Federal Minister of Finance Flaherty recently stated that he expects British Columbia to “honour the terms of the agreement that we have. . . “ This left the implication […]
Then we elected Obama
By Dave Johnson, ourfuture.org Just ten years ago this country was running huge surpluses and paying off its debt. But then we elected Obama and all hell broke loose. Oh, wait… Something […]
Riot cure: "Ban the broadcasting of poisonous rap"
During the short period of post-WWI liberal democracy in Germany, jazz flourished although conservative and right-wing movements hated Negermusik for its roots. Fremdländisch (alien) music, they believed, raised hopes of freedom and […]
Nomads with a fistful of passports and several far-flung homes
Haig Simonian in Zurich, Financial Times, US presses Switzerland over secret accounts: Almost two years after Switzerland signed a landmark agreement with the US to identify certain bank customers, the two countries […]
Can he spell HYPOCRITE ?
Jane Taber, Globe and Mail, Harper takes a swipe at Turmel’s commitment to Canada “Stephen Harper took a swipe at Nycole Turmel Wednesday, arguing that at the very least Canadians should be […]
If we are headed for destruction, we better change course
Journalist/Commentator/Blogger Harvey Oberfeld provides excellent views about street disturbances currently troubling a number of poor British communities: UK Uprisings Now, France Last Year, Vancouver in June Not Just Thugs. Harvey O. says: […]
ProPublica asks a pertinent question
What Does the S & P Downgrade Mean, If France is Rated Higher than the U.S. “The decision by credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the United States after markets […]
Wealthcare, again – Reprint from Dec 31/10
Frank Rich wrote an interesting op-ed in the New York Times a few months ago. I thought of it again after reading another story in the news recently. I think the dots […]
Ethical SpOil
Licia Corbella, Postmedia News, Aug 4/11 “Ethical oil campaign aims to silence critics. Website’s ads hammer myths about energy-buying practices: Canada’s resources or ‘bloody’ oil that funds terrorism . . .” Nathan […]
Business opportunity for oudoorsmen
Stephen Hume of the Vancouver Sun writes: “It now appears British Columbia is officially declaring total war on wolves in the Cariboo and Chilcotin – a region which covers about one-third of […]
Larger slices of the pie while paying less for their fair share
Opinion by Drew Westen, New York Times, Aug 6/11 “As I stood with my 8-year-old daughter, watching the president deliver his inaugural address, I had a feeling of unease. . . there […]
American Taliban and spiritual warfare
Paul Rosenberg, ALJAZEERA, America’s Own Taliban Prior to 9/11, the Taliban government in Afghanistan did not register very much on American radar screens, with one notable exception: when it blew up two […]
Standing in the path of progress and shouting "Stop!"
Oh, What a Tea Party! by Richard Reeves, Truthdig “. . . The big winners in the budget “deal” were the people who understood the least: the tea party folk, a minority, generally […]
10 big reasons to feel good about taxes
(Click here for 96 more everyday reasons) Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. said it best: “Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.” More specifically, taxes are the price we pay for the […]
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Is Reality finally having an adverse impact on The White House? https://www.rawstory.com/leavitt-miller-pretti/ "White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt refused to defend…