Category: media

October 24, 2008

rabble.ca BETA site

rabble.ca has a beta site that is about to be finalized.  Check here for details rabble is one of Canada’s leading independent news and media information sites and if you don’t follow their content, you may want to.  They’ve drawn in talent from across the country (and occasionally, the globe) and their authors and journalists have an exceptional reputation. rabble is the tip of the […]

October 9, 2008

Canadian Election: The Harper Conservatives Absent Again

Democratic Media did a survey of all major Canadian political parties, asking about a range of issues related to media, including net neutrality and the CBC.  The Conservatives refused to respond. Really.  What the hell are the Conservatives afraid of that they can’t even spend 10 minutes to fill in a basic questionnaire? Why are the Conservatives so silent on these kind of things?  Who […]

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 4, 2008

Excited Delirium Book: Chapter 39 (OMNINet: Efforts With the FCC)

Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 39 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 . Getting laws passed in the United States that are in your favour is easy. All you have to do is support a […]

January 23, 2008

Shock Iraq – 935 Lies Surrounding Invasion Rationale

This article really shouldn’t come as a surprise. Not when there’s money to be made. This is a very slow site (likely due to unforeseen millions of instant pageviews), but worth it once it loads: http://www.publicintegrity.org/WarCard/ Here’s another link with a synopsis: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/misinformation_study Unfortunately for all of us, the s**t is hitting the fan now in the form of "market correction".