An estimated 40,000 Costa Rican state workers and students staged a two-day strike on April 26 and 27 to oppose policies of the government of President Luis Guillermo Solís Solis, which is attacking workers’ incomes, public...
Canada’s Liberal government is considering joining the US-led ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, reversing a decision taken 11 years ago by Paul Martin’s minority Liberal government. The reopening of the debate over...
According to zerohedge apparently the new abnormal is heating up in the mortgage industry in the UK. “Just a month after the UK’s luxury housing bubble burst, it appears the nice friendly bankers at Barclays are...
Mel is back once again with his usual brand of exciting twists in Hollywood circles. According to Indiewire ” Mel Gibson’s latest film “Blood Father” follows John Link (Gibson), an ex-con who runs a tattoo...
Achieving certain dreams often requires FAR LESS WORK than achieving other, seemingly easier goals. Why is that so? Because it is much, much harder to work for to achieve a dream we don’t passionately desire. But when you...
Well well well, isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black? Michael Den Tandt’s exposé on our newly elected finance minister Bill Monreau is a rather dubious article to say the least when it misses the point...
In case you have not had enough of the American political election spectacle. Well, here comes the showdown between Trump and Hillary Clinton. As we dub this the ultimate fight pitting men against women.Of course this absurdity...
Culture, Society & History
The Ottawa Citizen , ever so faithful to tow the corporate line and mass propaganda efforts, now tells us “Premier Kathleen Wynne said Tuesday that she’s had to deal with allegations of sexual harassment against at least...
According to an Italian court as reported by BBC “Stealing small amounts of food to stave off hunger is not a crime, Italy’s highest court of appeal has ruled.” “Judges overturned a theft conviction...
Ranging fire is engulfing the Alberta oil patch.”Fort McMurray’s more than 80,000 residents have been ordered to flee the oilsands city after a massive wildfire, fuelled by soaring temperatures and tinder-dry forest,...
