To avert the looming global food crisis, all we’ve to do is stop eating animal products, according to a new study by the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. The post To avert looming food crisis, stop eating meat, milk and eggs: Study appeared first on The
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Exposed: ALEC’s New Anti-environmental Agenda Unveiled in Chicago This Week
by Connor Gibson, cross-posted from GreenpeaceBlogs with permission New internal documents obtained by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) reveal new methods that fossil fuel companies, agrochemical interests and corporate lobbying groups will influence certain state policies in the coming months through the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. ALEC’s annual meeting is taking place
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Funding Cuts to Alberta’s PSE Sector: There Are Alternatives
It has recently been reported that the University of Alberta wants to “reopen two-year collective agreements” with faculty and staff “to help the university balance its budget…” This appears to be in direct response to Alberta’s provincial government announcing in its March budget that there would be a “7% cut
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: A government-imposed Internet filter
Who should decide what websites you can access online? The answer is obvious: You. We’ve all heard scary censorship stories, in which oppressive governments block access to information, and only allow residents of a nation to see, read, or watch what rulers permit. These stories usually start off slowly—with justifiable
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Commercial NBC Refused To Air
According to Salon.com, this anti-Keystone pipeline ad was pulled at the last minute by NBC. I guess the CBC isn’t the only network that has grown sheepish of late. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: MM&A Pulls the Pin
The Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors (read “victims”). MM&A went Chapter 11 in the U.S. and its Canadian division filed under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act. “It has become apparent that the obligations of both companies now exceed the value of their
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Women Just Don’t Like Drones
A Pew Research study has found a big gap between men and women in their outlook on U.S. drone strikes so popular with Barack Obama. In six of the twelve countries surveyed, more than half of male respondents approved of drone strikes although only the United States (at 70% approval)
Continue readingLeDaro: Beards are bad for razor business
Hey guys, you must shave everyday. 🙂 “Sore-faced girlfriends and the leaders of North America’s largest consumer goods companies appear to have at least one thing in common if a recent dip in men’s razor sales is any indication — both can agree that the beard trend has got to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Cash Crunch Offers New Insights Into the F-35.
The United States Air Force is scrambling to protect the F-35 light attack bomber from the threat of cancellation. There has been talk over the past week that the F-35, in the era of budget sequestration, could be a goner. It’s funny how a cash crunch can shake out straight
Continue readingRedBedHead: On Pythons & Media Generated Paranoia
My partner and I have been talking much about the horribly tragic death of two boys in New Brunswick a couple of days ago. KP is snake-o-phobic and this just confirmed her worst fears, especially with a reptile shop around the corner that sells large snakes. For me, while it
Continue readingRedBedHead: On Pythons & Media Generated Paranoia
My partner and I have been talking much about the horribly tragic death of two boys in New Brunswick a couple of days ago. KP is snake-o-phobic and this just confirmed her worst fears, especially with a reptile shop around the corner that sells large s…
Continue readingRedBedHead: On Pythons & Media Generated Paranoia
My partner and I have been talking much about the horribly tragic death of two boys in New Brunswick a couple of days ago. KP is snake-o-phobic and this just confirmed her worst fears, especially with a reptile shop around the corner that sells large snakes. For me, while it
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: FOX News – Fair and Balanced Misinformation 24/7 – And It Works!
You don’t have to be stupid and gullible to watch FOX News but they’re hoping you are. A new study finds that FOX News is an effective tool in spreading and reinforcing climate change denialism. It’s remarkably similar to how FOX News audiences were so misinformed about the conquest of
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Temporary ForeigAnt Worker Program changes now in effect
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/07/pol-temporary-foreign-workers-changes-in-effect-july-31.html
Continue readingBuckdog: ‘Unfettered Free Market’ Capitalists UPSET When Price Fixing Cartels Face Some Actual ‘Competition’
The phoniest people who walk planet Earth are the so-called ‘unfettered free market’ capitalists who repeat ad nauseum that they embrace competition in the world of business. HUMBUG! I’m not even going to touch on the price fixing / gouging that takes place amongst Canada’s gasoline retailers or Telecom industry. No,
Continue readingLeDaro: Who is the bigger imperialist power: U. S or Russia
According Vladimir Putin it is America. “Veteran Kremlin-watcher Fyodor Lukyanov last month commented that letting Snowden into Russia would be like “turning a small headache into a major migraine.’’As Lukyanov puts it: ‘’If Putin cares about nothing else, he cares about how the Third World thinks about Russia. And the
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Matthew Yglesias sums up the effects of four decades of U.S. union-busting, and points out how the supposed benefit from pointing a fire hose filled with money in the general direction of the corporate sector hasn’t materialized: If you turn back 30 or
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: A More Detailed Analysis Of The Harper Government Factum
I spent some time today reviewing in detail the Harper Government’s factum arguments that they are putting to the Supreme Court of Canada with respect to the subject of Senate Reform. A large chunk of the first half of the document is devoted to how the constitution was amended prior
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: While You Weren’t Looking
Backwoods, western Alberta. Here’s a montage of images taken from one of those motion-sensing game cameras hunters sometimes use to scout game. It’s pretty funny.
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