Tag Archives: Politics

Brain Drain

Today was just one of those days I suppose. Perhaps you’ve had them too. A day were you read the paper and see the headlines and wonder just what it is you’re doing living in Montreal. Today wasn’t even particularly … Continue reading

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Tuesday November 15th – The Pigs Move In

Watch live streaming video from occupynyc at livestream.com An absolutely despicable, cowardly act by the NYPD – happening now (as of 2:00 am EST). So over the course of the past sixteen hours the NYPD raided Zucotti Park, prevented media … Continue reading

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The Enemy Within II: A Waco/End-Game Scenario

This article was originally posted to the Forget the Box news collective on the 31st of July. I’ve been fascinated by the Siege at Waco and the Branch Davidians since I was an eight-year old and I watched the tragic … Continue reading

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The Broken Republic – A Reflection on the Death of Reason

I was raised on TV, Like so many of you I see around me. Nothing to live or die for, No religion too… Here…? Now…? Why…!?! Gord Downie The United States is broken. It’s broke too. And reason has taken … Continue reading

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A Class Divided – A Truly Exceptional Frontline Documentary

Ok, so for whatever reason, PBS’ embed code doesn’t seem to be working, so I’ll try to get an actual video link for this article in a few days. Until then, you can scope out the Frontline doc A Class … Continue reading

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Prescient – Or why nothing’s changed in 30 years

These are the lyrics to Gil Scott-Heron’s “B-Movie”, written in 1981. Above is the full version of the song, the lyrics below correspond to it entirely. Follow along, and I implore you to Google or Wikipedia anything you may not … Continue reading

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