I took numerous animated gifs of waterfalls and gifs of other beautiful scenery and created a video adding very soothing music. Relax and enjoy!!
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Desmond Tutu: I’d not worship a God who is homophobic
Iconic retired archbishop Desmond Tutu denounces religions that discriminate against gays, declares he’d not worship a God who is homophobic. The post Desmond Tutu: I’d not worship a God who is homophobic appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6287…Tory Oh Tory
Yahoo.com tells all that the Stephen Harpers have done it again. They open their piece with this prose “This has to be one of the biggest blunders in the history of Canadian political mail-outs. There are multiple reports about Conservative MPs sending out flyers touting their programs that help disabled
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Abdulelah Shaye released after jailing at Obama’s request: Jeremy Scahill on Shaye and horrific U.S. bombing of al-Majalah
The courageous journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye who was imprisoned in Yemen following a request from the Obama administration, has been released after serving 3 years in lock-up. Shaye’s ‘crime’ was exposing a U.S. cruise missile attack on the Bedouin village of al-Majalah in December 2009. Forty one villagers were killed
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Republicans sacrifice environment to spite Obama, says Rachel Maddow [VIDEO]
In the aftermath of another fossil-fuel-related disaster, TV host and political commentator, Rachel Maddow, says House Republicans are sacrificing the environment and resisting President Obama’s clean energy alternatives. The post Republicans sacrifice environment to spite Obama, says Rachel Maddow [VIDEO] appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Day Obama Humiliated Stephen Harper
Well we all know he's an oil pimp. We all know he says he's an economist.We all know he's been claiming that the Keystone XL pipeline would create tens of thousands of jobs in the United States. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told an American audience today that the Keystone XL pipeline "absolutely
Continue readingLeDaro: Stephen Harper is getting ready for Halloween
He always likes to give himself plenty of time. Remember he prorogued Parliament for quite a few times.
Continue readingwmtc: please answer one question about housing costs
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Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Top Physicist Withdraws Support For Climate Sceptic Professor Sacked By Australian University
A PROMINENT and influential French physicist who had voiced support for a climate change sceptic fired from his Australian university has withdrawn a threat to report the case to a prestigious international science council. Dr Marie-Lise Chanin had previously told The Australian newspaper that she was “scandalised” by the sacking
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Stephen Harper Thinks You’re Stupid: Yet Another Reason
You know it’s a rough day for the prime minister when the Sun News Network demonstrates they aren’t always a Fox News North Conservative Party lapdog by calling them on the Economic Action Plan lunacy. If you wonder why lots of people don’t vote, it’s in part because they think
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Peter Buffett rightly questions the trend toward making the provision of basic necessities subordinate to a corporate mindset, rather than putting human needs first: As more lives and communities are destroyed by the system that creates vast amounts of wealth for the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Does the Solution to Climate Change Rest On Economic Reform?
What follows began as a comment I attempted to leave at A Puff of Absurdity in reponse to a post by Marie Snyder that you really should read. In it, Marie questions whether, as a civilization, we have become “too stupid to live.” Hi Marie. I have been wrestling with
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Just two games ago, I noted that there was still one major question facing the Saskatchewan Roughriders: whether the team’s offence could function without Darian Durant at the controls. But at most one week later than might have been ideal, we seem to have our answer. No, Drew Willy isn’t
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Advice from the “Old White Guys”: Alberta Progressives Listen Up!
The Republicans may hold the secret to the progressives’ return to power…yes, seriously! Let’s start at the beginning… Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson in their glib little book The Big Shift argue that Western Canada, particularly Alberta, is responsible for the tsunami of support that carried Stephen Harper to victory
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Kids: Photographic evidence
My daughter this morning groaned on Facebook that I post so many shots of Sloane the lab, people aren’t going to know I have kids. In my defence, social media didn’t exist back with my babies were babies. So, this is my formal apology for all the lab pics (which
Continue readingwmtc: nyc action alert: join striking fast-food workers on monday, july 29
If you live in New York City, you have an opportunity to stand beside working people in their struggle for a better life and healthier communities. 84% of New York fast food workers reported experiencing wage theft at some point in the past year and the New York Attorney General
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Did Ulysses arrive in the same ship he left in?
Is identity the continuity of substance or essence?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Back From Kaslo – Summer Singing Vacation
Hello everyone, What a restful/hectic week I’ve had over in Kaslo British Columbia as I touristed around Kaslo and participated in the annual choral workshop held in town. This trip was photographically sparse for me, but I managed to take a few pictures of the lake where we had the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Another Portrait Of Engaged Citizenry
There are many causes worth fighting for. This is definitely one of them. Recommend this Post
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