Sixty-two years ago today, Jack Layton was born. Unfortunately he left us too early last year. Am I an NDP supporter? Not really, no – and according to the last election the majority of Canada was not either. So why write this post? Because during the last Canadian federal election he...
I wrote an essay recently that has been downloaded TWICE the past week on my Linked In account. Which is to say, more than anything that I’ve ever written before. The essay is called “An Introduction to Terrorism and Subversion in Canada”. The following is what could be considered...
Sudan split earlier this year into two countries creatively named “North Sudan” (the original Sudan) and “South Sudan” (Sudan 2.0). I try to pay attention to these kinds of things… I didn’t really see it coming until it was going to happen. Somaliland, my preferred African country of study...
Well they are for me at least. Friedman and Bell. Their ideas aren’t expressively from 2011 either. We’ll get to that in a bit though. First, an introduction to Mr. George Friedman and Mr. Stewart Bell. George Friedman So who is this dude? I’ll tell you who. He’s primarily...
I read an article in the Globe & Mail today on income inequality in Canada (Canada’s wage gap at record high: OECD – http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/canadas-wage-gap-at-record-high-oecd/article2259657/) and saw the below comment. I’ve heard of the story of the squirrel and grasshopper before (also known as the ant the grasshopper), but was...
Egypt! What a place. Protests, military, statements from rulers, more protests, an ousting, happiness, more protests… it’s confusing. Recently at work someone turned to me and said “What in the hell is going on over there?”. My response was muffled, as my mouth was full of some terrible sandwich...
In the summer of 2000 I was working in a movie theater. Although my compensation was… pretty low, even during that time ($6.40 an hour because I was under 18) it was one of my favorite jobs, not in the least because I got to see my friends and...
I was shocked this evening to discover the news all over twitter of Jack Layton’s death early this morning. On Saturday Jack wrote a letter to Canadians and today it was posted on the NDPs site. It is a very emotional read especially considering his end was so near....
Question: What do you do when a whole segment of society is so pissed off that the only way they feel they can express themselves is to smash sh*t? Answer: Throw them in jail! Every last one of those motherf*ckers! Don’t stop until every poor young man who had...
Apparently you shouldn’t believe everything to see. Last month, L’Oreal – the parent company of Lancôme and Maybelline – was forced to pull two of its magazine ads, as per the ruling by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the UK (full story in The Guardian UK). An advertisement...
