tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post5230090534804087158..comments2024-03-28T10:10:38.940-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: Reveling In Ignorance Lornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-28515470048170478702014-05-19T18:44:27.866-04:002014-05-19T18:44:27.866-04:00Clearly, Harper's better angel (if he has one)...Clearly, Harper's better angel (if he has one) has not prevailed, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-65366217933541397612014-05-19T17:14:19.875-04:002014-05-19T17:14:19.875-04:00It's remarkable that a man who claims to be an...It's remarkable that a man who claims to be an economist can be so dedicated to the the proliferation of ignorance, Lorne.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2144834231791915132014-05-19T11:39:53.817-04:002014-05-19T11:39:53.817-04:00"He who runs the information runs the show,&q..."He who runs the information runs the show," said Joseph Goebbels, Salamander. It is clearly a belief embraced by our current federal regime.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-29335181291860620242014-05-19T11:35:44.314-04:002014-05-19T11:35:44.314-04:00I just read in The Star the story of unofficial re...I just read in The Star the story of unofficial records people incur from being carded or even mentioned in a police report, records that are obstructing people's travel and careers, ftd. It is clear we are venturing into very dangerous territory. It is surely an indication of the kind of creeping fascism so favoured by both the extreme right and the corporate agenda that is infecting our country. The Harper regime is the living embodiment of this pernicious philosophy.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-91274678030072311152014-05-19T11:26:12.482-04:002014-05-19T11:26:12.482-04:00Another frightening example of Harper 'Steward...Another frightening example of Harper 'Stewardship' ..<br />perhaps dear Stevie just wants them to count the general population<br />and stray no further..<br /><br />All resonant of how the Department of Fisheries & Oceans no longer includes responsibility regarding wild fish, habitat, marine biology in its new mandate.<br />Its all about exports of farmed fish now.. and pollution, marine patrol, ecosystems and wild species (including First Nations) be damnedthe salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-62035862249956981232014-05-19T11:13:49.415-04:002014-05-19T11:13:49.415-04:00This government's obsession with crime is dang...This government's obsession with crime is dangerous, in view of what is happening in the United States. Many prisons there are private and for profit and shareholders naturally are eager to keep them full. From their point of view there are too few criminals, not too many and there seems to be a campaign going on to drum up more business. Private prison systems are very profitable. Each working prisoner can make about $40,000 a year which goes to the prison owners. A lot of what goes on in Canadian policing comes directly from the States. <br /><br /> In Toronto cops are carding passersby, especially young ethnic men. I always thought this was pure New York. Most Canadians don't understand the implications of carding. Cops stop passersby at random to question them and the information is put on permanent computer record. The passersby are not suspected of anything specific but the cop thinks they look suspicious. People who are carded end up with a permanent police "record" just for existing.<br /><br />We in Canada are in danger of ending up with an American style justice system, imported piece by piece right under our noses. " ffdnoreply@blogger.com