tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post1754727582301902374..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Scrooge's ChildrenOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-36838052802448176742011-11-21T17:44:10.192-05:002011-11-21T17:44:10.192-05:00Excellent work, Elf -- and most appropriate at thi...Excellent work, Elf -- and most appropriate at this time of year.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-19109874213218705242011-11-21T17:25:03.539-05:002011-11-21T17:25:03.539-05:00Great Post,
thought you might like my machinima v...Great Post, <br />thought you might like my machinima version of A Christmas Carol<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9SBebs3A5ITitusLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735231859351220463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-62256978835839098802011-10-25T13:45:31.795-04:002011-10-25T13:45:31.795-04:00They did the right thing in the Jamie Hubley case,...They did the right thing in the Jamie Hubley case, Philip -- although, having taken a look at what is in their new crime bill, I question their sincerity.<br /><br />More to the point, conservative neo-liberalism got us into this mess and -- from what I read -- the Harper government has no intention of re-examining its economic philosophy.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-30630151265862471772011-10-25T13:32:58.393-04:002011-10-25T13:32:58.393-04:00Thanks for the links. As the first points out, the...Thanks for the links. As the first points out, the argument that the rich are merely swindling the rich is patently untrue.<br /><br />Ordinary taxpayers bailed out those who created the financial casino. And government continues to do the bidding of the casino owners.<br /><br />Those in power claim they are are protecting the common man and woman. That's the fraud behind the whole facade.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-78936425978906555132011-10-25T13:06:17.982-04:002011-10-25T13:06:17.982-04:00Of course they invest in criminal fraud. What else...Of course they invest in criminal fraud. What else, really, is there to invest in when government seems determined to make it impossible for the investor to identify the fraud, or to stop it in the first place.<br /><br />Canada's self-regulated auditors are switching the country over to International Financial Reporting Standards. And it's not like Canada's never had a Bre-X or a Nortel where malfeasance was covered up even under the old auditing standards. IFRS gives corporate managers more freedom to produce misleading and manipulative reports to trick investors, legally.<br /><br />The Ontario securities regulator is setting up a system of what might as well be medieval-era church indulgences. You do something wrong, they want you to come forward without admitting any guilt/liability and settle for some money, and then everybody moves on. Proper investigations take too long and are too hard and someone might appeal. But what financial criminal is going to volunteer to give themself up unless it's far cheaper than the alternative?<br /><br /><a href="http://pushedleft.blogspot.com/2011/10/swindlers-revisited-why-canadas-occupy.html" rel="nofollow">Swindlers Revisited: Why Canada's Occupy Wall (Bay) Steet Movement is Important</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/10/21/ontario-securities-commission-no-contest-settlements.html" rel="nofollow">Ontario Securities Regulator Softens Enforcement</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-18637173326995209612011-10-25T12:06:15.235-04:002011-10-25T12:06:15.235-04:00And I just posted an entry with rare praise for th...And I just posted an entry with rare praise for the Conservatives.<br /><br />I agree with you of course.<br /><br />I just read an article on the economy of Argentina. This country has interested me since it defaulted in 2001. It has recovered in part by rejecting the orthodoxy of conservative neo-liberalism. If you are interested read it here. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCAspljH5xSumsfgr-CTQOTpxYwgTossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-6315140316312184162011-10-25T09:43:08.366-04:002011-10-25T09:43:08.366-04:00Exactly, thwap. There's plenty of capital and ...Exactly, thwap. There's plenty of capital and plenty of labour. But this government is hellbent on keeping them apart.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-6812105282583439652011-10-25T09:28:36.819-04:002011-10-25T09:28:36.819-04:00Tax cuts are supposed to spur economic growth by l...Tax cuts are supposed to spur economic growth by letting investors have more to invest.<br /><br />But when investors don't invest, or they invest in criminal fraud (because nothing else is paying as well), then you have deficits and then you get cut-backs in public spending which reduces GDP and quality of life.<br /><br />They have more money than they know what to do with.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.com