Monthly Archives: August 2011

Mintz: The price of anger

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jack

Voters in British Columbia exercised their democratic right in a referendum to kill the HST. Angry at a tax introduced only weeks after the last election, the voter’s fury has been expressed in a ballot by a margin of 55% … Continue reading →

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Morning Update August 31st, 2011 (10)

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — CNews | Petition shines light on human trafficking in Canada Slavery exists in Canada. Thousands of young Canadian women and girls are in forced prostitution: their shackles are crack cocaine, their overseers are gangsters. Many more are … Continue reading →

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Pipes: The four eras of Gaddafi’s rule (9)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

On Sept. 1, Muammar Gaddafi’s would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years, making him the world’s longest ruling head of state. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an appraisal. Gaddafi took power at the … Continue reading →

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Afternoon Update August 30th, 2011 (10)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

CANADA #1 — Globe | Talk of NDP-Liberal merger grows after Layton funeral Two days after Jack Layton’s state funeral turned into an ode to social democracy and inclusive politics, musings about a merger with the NDP by two former … Continue reading →

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Rebels Hunt for Qaddafi in Libya as His Family Flees to Algeria (1)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

CAIRO –  TRIPOLI, Libya — Muammar Qaddafi’s wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country. Qaddafi’s whereabouts were still unknown and rebels … Continue reading →

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MEP criticises European politicians who ignore markets (5)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

The chair of the European Parliament’s economic and monetary committee, Sharon Bowles, has criticised some of her colleagues for ignoring the markets. Ms Bowles chaired the session on Monday about the eurozone debt crisis. “Jean-Charles Juncker, the president of the … Continue reading →

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Foster: Is China’s economic miracle built on sand or cement?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

It won’t exactly make world headlines, but in the Chinese port city of Dalian there was another accident today in the city’s sprawling petrochemicals development zone. This time a fuel tank caught fire in an oil refinery belonging to state … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks Leaves Names of Diplomatic Sources in Cables

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

WASHINGTON — In a shift of tactics that has alarmed American officials, the antisecrecy organization WikiLeaks has published on the Web nearly 134,000 leaked diplomatic cables in recent days, more than six times the total disclosed publicly since the posting … Continue reading →

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Obama Faces Tight Restraints in Crafting Jobs Plan (5)

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Jack

WASHINGTON –  President Barack Obama, hamstrung by budget cuts and a tight debt ceiling, is preparing a September jobs package with limited tools at his disposal to prime the economy and crank up employment. At a minimum, the president’s plan … Continue reading →

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