Reporters without Borders has released their 2011/2012 Press Freedom Index, and Canada came in 10th place, while its only neighbour, the United States, came in 47th place. Now, certainly, there is an element of subjectivity to the ratings, and they can even be politically motivated, but the gap between the two suggests that it’s outside [...]
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Canada has more press freedom than the United States, despite hate crime laws and no unqualified First Amendment right to free speech
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, CBC, First Amendment, France, Freedom of speech, Lithuania, Press Freedom, Reporters Without Borders, TVO, United States on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Two major factors that keep Canada’s federal government on a tighter leash than that of the United States
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Canada, China, Congress, federal government, House of Commons, India, Quebec, Representative, United States, United States House of Representatives on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
There are two major factors that keep Canada’s federal government on a tighter leash than that of the United States. One is the French-speaking majority province of Quebec, which represents almost a quarter of Canada’s population. While 50 U.S. states are divided and conquered to repeatedly hand over more of their exclusive constitutional authority, Canadians [...]
An obvious editorial shift at Infowars.com regarding Israel
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alex Jones, attack, editorial, Infowars, Iran, Israel, Middle East, nuclear, Steve Pieczenik, United States on January 22, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In the weeks before Steve Pieczenik came out against Israel on Alex Jones’ show on October 18, 2011 (starting 37 minutes in), I noticed a rather obvious editorial shift on Infowars.com regarding Israel. I have seen several articles that simply wouldn’t have appeared even at the beginning of 2011 with the frequency they have since [...]
Bob Chapman, with his 50+ years of market experience: “You need to have regulated markets, or they’re no good”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bob Chapman, Erskine Overnight, experience, government, Ludwig von Mises Institute, markets, Mises Institute, regulated, regulation, The International Forecaster on January 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On the January 21, 2012 episode of Erskine Overnight, Bob Chapman, The International Forecaster, said (at 38:42): “You need to have regulated markets, or they’re no good.“ And he’s not talking about self-regulation — he’s talking about government regulation. Despite that, groups like the Mises Institute — which hates government so much, they’re a government-sanctioned [...]
