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Entries Tagged as 'Justice'

TTC and the Anti-poverty coalition

December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

Every once in awhile my spam catcher works in overdrive and holds a legitimate message. No idea why, maybe it tweaks upon a few key words here and there. I’m reprinting a message sent to me, via a comment on the TTC mess. Although I’ve approved the comment to show, I thought it should get [...]

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Tags: Corporate Greed · Justice · Politics · Toronto

Justice, Rhode Island style

May 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Rhode Island Senator Rod Driver has offered to donate money for every second George Bush, Condoleeza Rice and Dick Cheney hold their breath while being waterboarded. He said he would donate $100 per second to whatever charity the unholy trinity chooses.
Nice to see American ideals of right and wrong creeping back into the political arena.
Waterboard [...]

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Tags: Justice · Politics · Terrorism · War

Holy Hana! Can they make it any worse?

May 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

British MP and now ex Speaker of the House Michael Martin resigned today in disgrace over his mishandling of the MP expense scandal. The growing contempt the British public have for the politicians took another hit when it was announced that Mr. Martin, the first Speaker in over 300 years to be pushed out of [...]

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Tags: Corporate Greed · Justice · Politics · Rants · Utter Stupidity

Wanted: Basic accounting skills

May 16th, 2009 · No Comments

Another UK MP bit the dust today. Labour MP David Chaytor was suspended for submitting claims for a phantom mortgage. Sounds familiar? You are right, Labour MP Elliot Morely was suspended for the same accounting errors. Chaytor has been received nearly £13,000 for a mortgage paid off in 2004. He issued this statement:
In respect of [...]

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Tags: Corporate Greed · Economy · Justice · Law and order · Politics · Utter Stupidity