Tim Hudak, the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, suggests we take a look at privatizing liquor sales and gambling in Ontario. So, is this just another political bait and switch scheme or does he really intend to follow through and incorporate this into a future Tory election platform? …more here, Russ Campbell’s Blog: Privatize Liquor Sales and Gambling a Tory Bait and Switch?
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By Danny WestneatSeattle Times staff columnist Should doctors who are behind on their taxes be tapped to repair the nation's highway system? If you answered "what?" or "that sounds like a nonsensical question,'' well, you are clearly not ready for ...
So busted. Oh sooo busted. Anyone doubt the truth now? UPDATE-Okay apparently there can be a pretty rough location with Instagram depending on if the location was taken from a cell tower, or the guys phone had his GPS on ...
More: Soldier Kidnapped in Rafah, in Attack by Hamas During Truce; IDF Hunting for Him US-UN plan for 72-hour ceasefire and talks falls apart, as Hamas breaches truce with Rafah attack and kidnapping; after five soldiers killed Thursday, IDF death ...
By "product releases," Ahlberg means new software. And for the first time, Recorded Future says, it can now codify just how big a change it was. The company brought in a cyber expert, Mario Vuksan, the CEO of Reversing ...
A newly agreed cease-fire in the Gaza conflict collapsed hours after it came into effect on Friday with the Israeli military announcing that a soldier appeared to have been captured by Palestinian militants who emerged from a tunnel near ...
John Timmer talks about the New Mars Rover over at Ars Technica When NASA announced its plans for future explorations of Mars, there was a sense of disappointment in some quarters, since it featured a rover much like Curiosity. But ...
I'm certain our old "friends" Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, approve. This is how the "Counter Jihad" feels about Muslims. Police are looking for someone who posted anti-Muslim flyers in a Bensonhurst apartment complex. According to an NYPD spokesperson, a ...
In a horrific event three IDF soldiers were killed recently in a explosion of a booby trapped entrance to a HAMAS tunnel in in Gaza. Please send your thoughts and prayers to their families. At the Times of Israel Mitch ...
I used to like Max Seddon's reporting on Ukraine at Buzzfeed, but in the latest article he has made a big mistake. He claims to have uncovered an Instagram account of a Russian soldier operating a Buk missile launch system ...
On March 11, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Senate intelligence committee, strode on to the Senate floor and made a shocking charge: the CIA had spied on committee investigators who were examining the CIA's past use ...
Lollapalooza 2013 took place August 2-4 in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 100,000+ music fans came to see The Cure, Mumford & Sons, The Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Phoenix, The Postal Service, Vampire Weekend and many, many more. Relive ...
An interesting commentary by Julia Burke, on the obsession some people on the far left have with food, and how it is similar to how some people on right feel about sex. Do you agree? Do you think the analogy ...
They could've called this article "Look at how 'supply-side' economics, anti-environmentalism, and all-around pro-oligarch legislation and ideology has destroyed some of the most iconic, classic Americana." cracked.com Oh, and gentrification-based laws are also robbing us of the classic ice-cream truck ...
One thing we have learned in the current conflict is that Hamas has three main sponsors: Turkey, Iran, and Qatar. So when Bergdahl was released and the five taliban bigs were released into the "custody" of Qatar, we basically handed ...
WASHINGTON -- An explosion of spending on political advertising on television -- set to break $2 billion in congressional races, with overall spots up nearly 70 percent since the 2010 midterm election -- is accelerating the rise of moneyed ...
I agree. Bans are not an option. Jurisdictions like DC will just have to deal with the fact that regulation is the path. Bans don't work. Bans are illegal and unwise. It's simple. we as a society have chosen to ...
The Canada Revenue Agency (Canada's equivalent of the IRS) has told OXFAM Canada that it cannot list 'preventing poverty' as a goal, only 'alleviating' it. The reason is "Relieving poverty is charitable, but preventing it is not." This is just ...
While the apparent chokehold fueled much of the initial public outcry, community leaders have begun asking whether focusing police officers so intently on such petty offenses makes sense in a city that is far different and far safer than ...
Over at the quirky Riddled blog, I encountered this music video link. I have the album, but I had last listened long ago, and I had forgotten the lyrics. The lengthy, moody intro slowly drew me back thirty five years, ...
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This makes me furious. These men pledged their loyalty to their country and their country betrayed them. It treated them as disposable, throwing their lives away in a war that was premised on lies, that was chosen gleefully, and that ...
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By cycroft
Frank says: