Excited Delirium

Stories about Excited Delirium, the Shock Economy and a little fiction here and there.

Financing The Banker’s Funeral

http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=70741

Ken Georgetti is dreaming, but he’s on the right track: it’s inevitable that there will be some level of accountability for the folks at the top of the food chain as well as the bottom. The only hope is that they all share the same prison cells.

It’s high time we acknowledged a double standard in our criminal justice system. Our federal government vents often about crime in the streets, but never about crime in the suites. Craig Hannaford and Bill Majher, two former RCMP top investigators, recently told Canadian Business magazine that our white collar crime process “is pretty much non-existent.”

Canadians must turn over a new leaf, and demand stronger laws for corporate accountability. Main Street shouldn’t suffer for the duplicity of Bay Street.

The dodgy debt littered through the world financial system is an ongoing problem that needs closer government regulation. As an earlier generation recognized during the Great Depression, our economy can’t be sabotaged by ruthless speculators and pocket-stuffers.

Meanwhile, we need a real public inquiry into the ABCP swindle. We also need government intervention to recover the ill-gotten gains by invisible billionaires who should be charged credit card interest for all the time they had our money.

DeSmogBlog: Challenging Challengers of Climate Change

This will prove to be a very effective site with most ‘lay-people’ who want to understand the core issues surrounding Climate Change.

The DeSmogBlog came across my radar recently and I’m enjoying the input that they provide.

Does anyone know of a GreenWashing Blog that does the same for companies that pretend they’re green?

Medical Panel Calls for Review of Safety of Tasers

Full Story Here.

Quote:

The opinion piece released on Thursday argues that Taser use is a public health issue, and Canadian officials should not be relying on the manufacturer, Taser International, or its paid research to determine if stun guns are safe.

It also questions the assertion by Taser International that the weapon does not adversely affect the heart, and its explanation that people who die after being shocked by a Taser were killed by excited delirium rather than the effects of the stun gun.