Month: October 2008

October 31, 2008

Paulson’s Swindle Revealed

From The Nation, we get this article . By now, some (maybe most) of you are saying, ‘yeah Bill.  We get it.  We’re getting ripped off and this is Georgie’s last stab at the world for making fun of him all these years.  We’re in the middle of the heist of the century.’ At least, I hope you are. Because once you do, then hopefully […]

October 31, 2008

How Canada’s Divided Left Can Get it Right

Ron Love, organizer of the ‘United Alternative’, explains in this article how his efforts to unite the right paid off in 2000 and how they continue to pay off as Stephen Harper comes closer and closer to a majority government.  He shares his wisdom for the ‘left’ and demonstrates what ‘we’ need to do in order to mount a force that could oppose the ‘right’. […]

October 30, 2008

McCain Voting Machines

I thought this video was appropriate, given some of the frightening stories I’ve read about vote fraud and issues with electionic machines: Of course, in Canada, we didn’t need corrupt machines.  We just needed a few extra parties to split the vote.

October 30, 2008

Iceland: The Canary in the neo-con Coalmine

This retelling of the financial situation in Iceland is direct and honest and clearly illustrates how what happened in Iceland over the last 4-5 years can easily happen in most other developed countries. The main point:  we’ve abdicated our social and financial control to non-governmental and non-democratic organizations that could care less about the welfare of the states that they impose their ‘rules’ on. I’ve […]

October 30, 2008

RCMP Officer Caught Vacating Hit and Run Scene

This story is loaded with all kinds of issues that need to be addressed.  SOON. First, there is the question concerning the state of the Robert Dziekanski investigation.  Virtually nothing has happened. Second, the officers who were on duty are still, apparently, on duty. Third, those that are on duty are clearly having issues with the outcome of the Robert Dziekanski situation.  The story quoted […]