January 2012
40 posts
Amendment #4: The Grassroots Voice, Silenced →
#cdnpoli #lpc12 #ott12 The most important amendment is off the table.
Bill McKibbin on #keystoneXL →
Paying attention to legitimate concerns might cost money #cdnpoli
Iran could "Turn off the taps" →
Halting oil production could send US back into recession by raising oil prices…again. #cdnpoli
The T.S. Eliot prize "cleans the money" - quote →
Door opens on debate “should corporate interest fund the arts #poetry #noaward
Ford motor company - seeking public grant for... →
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Ford Motor company lobbies ottawa for removal of... →
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Mr. Harper: here is your warning (courtesy of us... →
cdnpoli #occupycanada @min_reyes @bear8bit
Andrew Coyne: Shoddy reporting and Cheap Politics →
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The Economist: Few people seem to embody Russia’s recent history quite like Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Once the richest man in the world under 40, he is now a prisoner in Siberia, serving out a second six-year sentence on flimsy charges of tax evasion. A new documentary by Cyril Tuschi promotes Mr Khodorkovsky’s claims that he is ultimately innocent, a victim of the arbitrary and autocratic rule of...
Sex Addiction →
Postcard from Purgatory: "Angst" →
Does a leaf know it is born to fall? #poetry #poem
Postcard from Purgatory: The Stone Menagerie →
I may not be encased in wax, but the truth of me is. I have become guilded here, I slowed to a stop long before i ever realized. #poetry #noaward
Cuilinary school: cooking with Weed 101 →
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The Burning Poem: A Prequel
Open publication - Free publishing - More literature
26ppg. A prequel to “Sometimes Not There” and a criticism of the creative process #poetry #noaward #freedownload
Corporations with Benefits: The Economist →
Some corporations don’t maximize profits in the name of social accountability. #cdnpoli
Postcard from Purgatory: A Perfect Legislation →
#poetry #prosepoem “The eyes that beheld you began to see through you to the time when there would be me on the side of the road, eyes lolled back to the passing traffic. Slowly I have legislated my safety into a prediction.”
The Dominion: Plan Nord under the Microscope →
Ottawa spent $137bn 2010 →
anada’s personal tax base in 2008 came from 14.3 million Canadians who sent a combined $107.8-billion to Ottawa. The other 18.7 million paid no tax. #cdnpoli
Pilots nearly pass out at 20,000ft. →
Watch“Why should I Cry” Sting #nowplaying
Watch“Better to be a poor man than a fat man in the eye of a needle” #nowplaying
David Cameron: give stakeholders a vote on... →
To curb top earners from rubberstamping overinflated deals and profiting from failure.
Does art have to be commercial to be relevant? →
poetry #noaward
How to be a Dictator →
A checklist
Surviving the Sun →
Being wrong is sometimes more interesting than being right…
Heather Mallik: Is Canada being run by the Daily... →
Yes, it is. #cdnpoli
Expecting different results →
Ikea opening in Ottawa reflects a hollowed out ‘recovery’
The infamous Van Halen concert rider →
visualoop:
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The health food store aging remedy? →
The cocktail increased comprehension in aged mice.
The Coyote Poems
The More I reread this one the more I enjoy it. Hope some other people will too.
Open publication - Free publishing
#poem #poetry #freedownload #noaward
Poetronica →
Collaborations between dubstep and verse becoming mainstream
Racist slurs (no) but cheap headshots (sure). →
Pretty well sums up NHL these days.
December 2011
44 posts
The Dominion: Online privacy and the police →
bill C-51 and the omnibus crime bill.
Stories that social media made happen in 2011 →
Quebec on cusp of major climate change: The... →
Temperature on pace to reach catastrophic 2 degree shift by 2020.
Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Average: The Payroll Tax →
January 1st 2012 will see the largest increase in Federal payroll tax deductions in a decade, to the tune of a whopping %4.84 which equates to an extra $4.84 for every $100 dollars you earn on your paycheck to a maximum of $242.07 per month
Help a card carrying Liberal win an AK47! →
Gunregistry #cdnpoli
The Federal 'Principle' and Good Governance
Open publication - Free publishing - More proroguation
This is a paper I began in 2010 analyzing the ‘Supremacy of Parliament’ ; and the legal Question is how much policy can the Federal Government force on the members of the Confederation of Provinces. The Answer may surprise you.
The paper also explores touches on the legality of unilateral federal proroguation v. the rights...
The pricetag on Canadian aid →
Exchanging food for resources; known any other way as ‘ethical extortion’ #cdnpoli
MF global: The straw that broke the camel's back? →
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#noaward →
Open publication - Free publishing - More poetry The Coyote Poems a work inspired by the legend of the Trickster in North American Indigenous mythology. Open publication - Free publishing - More poetry Masks My favorites…collected. As the