There’s no doubt the global economy is undergoing significant changes with far-reaching, unknown consequences. Tens of trillions of dollars of fictitious wealth will need to vanish from the books of financial institutions around the world before stability can return to banking and international trade. The panic, hysteria and hyperbole in the media are reducing the […]
Author: Kerri Coombs
How does the UK National ID Card violate the Data Protection Act?
Let me count the ways… The Data Protection Act of 1998 prescribes eight principles of Data Protection all organisations that collect and process personal data must apply. It also requires these organisations to take adequate measures to ensure all staff are trained in and understand the application of these principles. It seems the Labour government […]
Neo-Con Bootlicker Borg Mind Exposed
I’m too giddy with vindication of my doubts about Harper’s character, (not to mention wisdom, loyalty, ideology and integrity) to comment, so I will let him speak for himself. (Well, sort of.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8YwJC_nBgw&eurl=http://www.liberal.ca/story_15075_e.aspx] Update: I can’t help noticing that all the news regarding Lippert’s resignation retroactively demotes him to “aide“, “staffer“, “campaign worker“, “former speech […]
The Bailout Failure and the End of Panic Politics
I am glad the US Congress is finally tired of panic-driven policy making. I hate this neo-con style of cramming through terrible legislation with minimal debate. It’s been disastrous. First it was the Patriot Act, prepared well in advance by the PNAC but passed in a matter of days without even being read by most […]
Weirdest. Christmas Card. Ever.
Margaret Atwood’s recent dig at Stephen Harper for his arts funding cuts at the Globe and Mail contains a curious factoid of which I was hitherto unaware. Harper’s idea of what sort of art you should hang on your wall was signalled by his removal of all pictures of previous Conservative prime ministers from their […]
Just How Clueless Does Stephen Harper Think You Are?
If you think you’re “ordinary”, he thinks you’re pretty damn clueless. So clueless, in fact, that when you get home after a long day’s work and turn on the TV you tune in to live video coverage of social gatherings of film and television writers, producers, actors, technicians and support staff rather than watching the […]
Obama-McCain Joint Statement of Policy: Boring as Hell.
I just watched the US presidential debate thinking there were going to be fireworks, but no. Only sweeping agreement on just about everything, liberally sprinkled with puke-inducing sentimentality, incoherent xenophobia and delusions of grandeur. And what did they talk about in the midst of the most catastrophic domestic crisis America has seen in my lifetime? […]
Bailout to Be Funded by Selling off Retirement and Savings Bonds?
I was browsing through the full text of the bailout plan and this part caught my eye: For the purpose of the authorities granted in this Act, and for the costs of administering those authorities, the Secretary may use the proceeds of the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, […]
McCain Accepts His Intellectual Deficiency, Puts Off Debate
Finally! I think the media is being too hard on McCain for chickening out of his upcoming debate. Clearly, a man who – as Lehman Bros employees packed their personal belongings into archive boxes – recently proclaimed the “fundamentals of the economy are strong”, urgently needs to get caught up on a few decades worth of […]
Banker Bailout = Welfare for the Wealthy
By now, I’m sure everyone has heard about the US plan to stick American taxpayers with the bill for bank bail-outs to the tune of $700 billion. It’s hard to put that kind of money in perspective, so I’ve been trying to think of other things that have cost the US $700 billion. As it […]