I know I’m a little stale with posting comment on this article (I’m trying to catch up on a number of things, blogging being one of them), but I still wanted to post this for the community that follow Excited Delirium. I’m a visual person and I found this graphic (warning: PDF) and summary of creditors and debtors to be the most compelling piece of […]
The January 27 budget is leaking faster than a flatulent elephant after eating a tonne of beans. More and more details come out every day, and yet the Conservatives don’t have the courage to present it in the House of Commons. That said, we’ve seen many trial balloons about several topics and the one that we’ll probably have confirmed at the last minute will be […]
Hi everyone, The Government of Ontario is about to write a massive blank cheque to the nuclear industry and we need to tell them no thank you. Please spread the word about this effort. 60 Days to a new energy future Do you think Ontarians should have a choice about how we spend $26 billion? Think there are better options than spending that enormous sum […]
I’ve argued for a while that the notion of a draft in the US is illogical for two reasons: It would generate unwanted competition to the $900 per day private contractors such as Blackwater There’s no need for a draft when people are unemployed. Unfortunately, I’m proven correct on the second reason, as can be seen with this NYT article . As massive waves of […]
Rex Murphy, host of the national CBC show called "Cross Country Checkup", is asking Canadians tonight where they should spend their money. You can all hang up. I have the top 10 answers. Stop spending any more money on fossil fuels or things that burn fossil fuels. It’s stupid. Understand that we have an opportunity to institute structural change: invest in green and invest lots. […]