Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

Cambodia’s “war debt” is bullshit

Ever wonder what’s been going on in Cambodia since Pol Pot became history? Well, a few things have: It’s become a high-water mark of sorts for human rights abuses, with one third of the country’s people killed in a genocide … Continue reading

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What’s going on at Standing Rock

The Young Turks explode the myths about the camp: No, the water protectors were not removed to “clean up debris” — a laughable excuse when it’s all about a polluting, infamous corporation’s “right” to build a polluting, infamous pipeline through … Continue reading

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Drumpf voters in Iowa oppose DAPL pipeline!

Now here’s something you don’t see every day: A number of Iowa farmers who voted for Drumpf are now being given concrete cause to regret that misguided choice: their lands are being seized and stripped of topsoil under a misuse … Continue reading

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The Madness of King Don

Many years ago, I saw a movie. It was full of Pink Floyd songs, and it was all about a troubled, alienated little boy whose father died fighting the Nazis in World War II. Everything that happened to him was … Continue reading

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Was/is Alex Bissonnette a Québécois dittohead?

Today’s Washington Post pleasantly surprised me by going after an unlikely troublemaker. Namely, talk radio and all the trash that clutters up its airwaves: Quebec City has developed the dubious reputation as Canada’s capital of shock jocks, online radio hosts … Continue reading

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Why I have no tolerance for white supremacists, right wingers, and trolls

Two words, kiddies: THIS GUY. This guy is why I closed my comments slots on this blog for the foreseeable future. This guy is why I refuse to engage with the other side. This guy is why even my friends … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: Line up, there’s a head count

You’ll say yeah to anything if you believe all this… President Gas is President Gas again. And that ain’t all he is: Dressed in pounds and dollars and yen…President Kill wants killing again! You think I’m kidding? Oh hell no. … Continue reading

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Six agencies investigating Drumpf’s ties to Russia

SIX, you guys: Incidentally, David Pakman here is the first reporter I’ve seen who’s actually talked about anything more concrete in these accusations than the usual, lazy “unnamed intelligence sources say…”. He actually talks about how the Internet trolls may … Continue reading

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Dragons’ Den: Arlene dishes on Kevin O’Leary

Arlene Dickinson has some frank things to say about her former colleague on the CBC entrepreneur show. The scariest? That what you saw there is what you get. There is no “real Kevin” apart from the show. He really IS … Continue reading

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Have the mainstream media finally found their (hind) legs?

Will it soon be time to retire this poster? Stay tuned… Well. Here’s something I never thought I’d see. The media are actually standing up to a monumentally corrupt, crapitalist, far-right politician! And it’s one they helped to put in … Continue reading

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