Vancouver’s Olympic tent city
Written by admin on March 1st, 2010Taxation
Written by dylan on February 27th, 2010Don’t forget, as you complete your taxes this year, that couriers can deduct $17 a day for food as of 2008. This does not require receipts, and may go a long way to preventing tax payments to the government.
Arrest Blair
Written by dylan on February 23rd, 2010A piece from George Monbiot on the Arrest Blair campaign:
The forensic failure of the Chilcot Inquiry illustrates what we learnt from the banking scandals: self-regulation doesn’t work. The independence of the inquiry is as stark a lie as any of the claims made by its star witness. In truth this panel of pussycats is a quango appointed and instructed by the prime minister, who will himself appear as a witness. If ever you needed more evidence that the power of the prime minister’s office is insufficiently defined in the United Kingdom, here it is.
How did they vote?
Written by dylan on February 23rd, 2010Have you ever wondered how hard your member of Parliament really works? Tracking MP performance has always been a tough slog through reams of eye-glazing transcripts: until now.
An interview with Mahmoud Ramahi
Written by dylan on February 1st, 2010We have already stated repeatedly that we accept the existence of Israel within the 1967 borders as a political reality even if we do not approve its moral legitimacy.
Israel on the other hand has never recognised the right of a Palestinian state to exist even under the PA, despite the PA recognising Israel’s right to exist. All Israel has recognised is the legitimacy of the Palestine Liberation Organisation as the sole representative of the Palestinian people.
Taliban helicopters
Written by dylan on February 1st, 2010Whether conspiracy or folk rumour, the story of helicopter assisted Taliban operations is perplexing.
Scottish coal mining
Written by dylan on January 27th, 2010Yesterday police began evicting the Mainshill Solidarity Camp, which for the past 6 months has been preventing the development of a new open pit coal mine, near the Scottish town of Douglas.
Back in effect
Written by dylan on January 27th, 2010After some technical difficulties that brought the former site down for a short time, the phoenix has again risen from the ashes. The new direction of the site may not reflect its past content entirely, but if anyone misses the former material please indicate. Gradually some, but not all of it will be rep-posted, without further input.
