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pulling the threads

maroussia — 2010-02-24T20:22:59Z

The latest effort to resuscitate this blog deals with current discontent about the Harper government. Taken together, isolated incidents suggest an alarming contempt for public institutions, civil servants, and, ultimately, democracy.
The Harper government has taken a series of decisions that undermine the strength of our public institutions.
The most obvious is Parliament prorogation. For the second time, the minority government has decided to use this unusual procedure to allow (...)

Ex post facto

maroussia — 2009-05-27T16:02:39Z

A cautionary tale and justification for silence.

concentration of legal knowledge

maroussia — 2008-09-29T03:57:03Z

Good for lawyers, bad for democracy

Here

maroussia — 2008-09-06T19:30:59Z

It took me no time to write this but a lot of courage to show you.

Differential mobility

maroussia — 2008-08-19T20:48:40Z

For some, mobility is luxury: jet setters in first class. For others, it is precarity: rendered suspect terrorists aboard rendition planes.

the third world within

maroussia — 2008-06-06T02:36:19Z

Disclaimer: the only reason I am blogging right now is that I am too polio-yellow fever- Typhoid fever delirious to do anything else, and that typing is the only thing my needle-bruised limbs can handle.

Politiquement incorrect

maroussia — 2008-05-08T00:09:35Z

Passage Oublié et les interstices du pouvoir. Une présentation bien trop tôt le matin.

Telecom's underbelly: third-party call centers

maroussia — 2008-04-14T01:57:29Z

Sales is a form of customer service? You gotta be kidding.

ouvre ta boîte (de pub à moi)

maroussia — 2008-04-13T23:44:16Z

Quelques maquettes soumises à un concours de pub

getting soft

maroussia — 2008-03-22T01:01:05Z

I kinda like it here. Humans have an impressive capacity of adaptation.
All this doing nothing, annoying the person in authority… it takes me back to high school. Not to mention that the evaluations designed for a first grader are very flattering. No pressure, no challenge, no one to impress... this is beginning to feel like a paid vacation in a bad resort. Not satisfactory, but you learn to see the good side of it. For instance, I started making commission on my quizzes answers. I got (...)