Category: economics

August 8, 2008

OilChangeUSA

What an awesome collection of research: www.oilchangeuse.org . I especially like the McCain profile: click here for the full image . It’s not about the oil. No. Not a chance. Does anyone know if similar data is available for Canada?

July 24, 2008

It was the oil all along

It’s not something that comes across mainstream media often, so I’m relieved to hear someone admitting that the Iraq war was really only about the oil. Here’s the full story from Bill Moyers. Now, for those of you who were following this story, you’ll know that this ‘news’ came out a couple of weeks ago. I have to admit that I’ve been delinquent with my […]

July 24, 2008

Net Neutrality, the Wireless Auction & The Future of Canada’s Internet

I’ve been toying with a couple of ideas related to net neutrality in Canada and I’ve developed a few that I’d like you to provide feedback on. Basically, the background info is this: Net neutrality will never exist in Canada because the ‘pipe’ is owned by Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus, etc The recent wireless spectrum auction generated $4.25 billion for the people of Canada The […]

July 5, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 44 (China News – The Dragon is Buying)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 44 of the my online book "Excited Delirium". Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index . HEADLINE: THE DRAGON IS BUYING … AND ITS ATM IS AMERICA DATE: June 2008 SOURCE: International News Corporation (INC) NEWS STORY – […]