tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post4999337435585571964..comments2024-03-28T15:34:01.401-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Slamming Harper SecrecyLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-83060278881641681872014-04-19T11:48:55.357-04:002014-04-19T11:48:55.357-04:00Thanks, Mound.Thanks, Mound.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-45819979503925826152014-04-19T10:03:23.132-04:002014-04-19T10:03:23.132-04:00Guys, you really should check out this.
http://ww...Guys, you really should check out this.<br /><br />http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/04/18-8<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-46928788167385471802014-04-18T16:57:02.660-04:002014-04-18T16:57:02.660-04:00I'll grant you that about U.S. ads, LD, althou...I'll grant you that about U.S. ads, LD, although the way the side effects are announced, in rapid-fire progression, always strikes me as the verbal equivalent of fine print.;) Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-69741957559527042282014-04-18T16:43:59.947-04:002014-04-18T16:43:59.947-04:00Owen and Lorne, what happens in the South rises to...Owen and Lorne, what happens in the South rises to the North. Harper has speeded up the process. <br /><br />In Canada pharmaceutical companies can't advertise prescription drugs. In U.S they do but they're obligated to provide side effects. Would you think that there is more openness at least in the U.S.?<br /><br />Secrecy about meds is simply incredible and another item of Harperite Modus operandi. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-46238293682616670752014-04-18T11:23:17.345-04:002014-04-18T11:23:17.345-04:00Thanks for the link, Owen. I'll check it out. ...Thanks for the link, Owen. I'll check it out. I recently completed Chrystia Freeland's book, Plutocrats. They definitely view the rest of us as lesser beings, and really do have a tremendous sense of entitlement. The fact that our governments provide them with special access for the purpose of policy-formation confirms that world-view.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-72683629239675655742014-04-18T11:08:23.057-04:002014-04-18T11:08:23.057-04:00The Mound of Sound has cited an American study tha...The Mound of Sound has cited an American study that says the United States is an oligarchy, Lorne:<br /><br />http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746<br /><br />We're headed down the same path.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com