Monday, June 17, 2013 Congratulations to the people of the east coast of Vancouver Island who have been fighting the controversial Raven Coal Project, proposed by Compliance Coal Corporation. On May 16th the BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) sent a letter to Compliance Coal refusing to conduct a detailed review
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Chicago’s Busy Fathers’ Day Weekend
Big Fathers’ Day weekend in Chi-town. 46 people shot in under 72-hours. That’s approaching Baghdad-level violence. What do kids buy Dad for Fathers’ Day in Chicago – ammo? While mass shootings are more likely to attract the headlines — by ThinkProgress’ count there have been 14 since December — everyday
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America
The exposure of the Obama regime’s use of the National Security Agency to secretly spy on the communications of hundreds of millions of US and overseas citizens has provoked world-wide denunciations. In the United States, despite widespread mass media coverage and the opposition of civil liberties organizations, there has not
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: The Deeper Meaning of Mass Spying in America
The exposure of the Obama regime’s use of the National Security Agency to secretly spy on the communications of hundreds of millions of US and overseas citizens has provoked world-wide denunciations. In the United States, despite widespread mass media coverage and the opposition of civil liberties organizations, there has not
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Speaking Of Contempt For Democracy …
Does anyone remember this gem from 2011 when Mr. Harper essentially said that parliamentary democracy is of absolutely no consequence? H/t Citizens Rallying To Unseat Harper Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: #RobFordLooksAtThings – 0011
Rob Looks at fish Rob Ford looks at his new fish "I call that one Cheech and that on Chong" I wonder where that fish has gone. You did love it so. You looked after it like a son. And it went wherever I did go. Is it in the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6154…Dean Del Mastro’s Rules
Are, apparently, his own. The MP from Peterborough is not so good at following the rules at work. Postmedia’s Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor this aft are reporting that A witness in an Elections Canada investigation has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and House of Commons Speaker Andrew
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: C-377: A Chance for the Senate to Prove Its Worth
There’s a hilarious piece in today’s National Post by Dean Beeby, who cleverly used an access to information request to ferret out a copy of the training manual they use for the summer students who guide tourists around Parliament Hill. Anticipating critical questions about the role of the Senate in our
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6154…Doug Ferrari’s Show Biz Rules
THE SHOW BIZ RULES1. You are not a failure until you quit. 2. Better a has-been than a never-was. 3. Always carry your wallet onstage. 4. Never work with children or animals.5. Remember no matter who you are you will never be considered a normal human. Boarding houses during vaudeville had signs: NO
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6153…Death By Stiletto
Sounds like the title of a Mickey Spillane novel, doesn’t it?But it is real, so real and CNN affilate KTRK in Houston had the story last week. 44 year old Ana Lilia Trujillo stands accused of murdering University of Houston professor Alf Stefan Andersson with a stiletto.When Houston’s finest arrived the very, very,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Deep Municipal Scandals
When we thought Toronto’s crack Mayor Rob Ford was about to take the national scandal prize, Montreal’s replacement Mayor Michael Appelbaum rides (in a police car) to the rescue with corruption charges. What major city mayor is next to implode? Are Canadian municipal elections selecting the best political candidate they
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Have Canadians Won the Man-Powered Helicopter Challenge?
The Canadian team, AeroVelo, may have won the prize for the first, man-powered helicopter flight. Here’s the tweet they sent yesterday: “Hit 3.3 metres & 65 sec on our flight. Submitted the flight to the American Helicopter Society; waiting for validation before commenting.“ The competition requires helicopter flight, solely human-powered,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Who Is Fracking With California?
California has become the newest battleground state in the fracking fight that is already being waged in states like Pennsylvania and New York. Why? The short answer is the Monterey Shale. It’s a massive oil deposit that is trapped in the shale formations underneath Los Angeles and most of California’s
Continue readingThe Wingnuterer: #RobFordLooksAtThings – 0010
Rob Looks at an owl, owl looks for a way out. Rob Ford looks at an owl MORE RobFordLooksAtThings
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Social determinants more than cost of care key to sustainability
Critics of Medicare often point to Canada’s dubious population health record as evidence of the need for system reform, but seldom do these critics spend much time looking at the social determinants of health or actions by increasingly right-wing governments that … Continue reading →
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: U.S. Foreign Intelligence: From carte blanche surveillance to weak domestic protections
This article has been co-authored by Tamir Israel, Staff Lawyer at CIPPIC, Katitza Rodriguez, EFF International Rights Director and Mark Rumold, EFF Staff Attorney. The Spies Without Borders posts are looking into how the information disclosed in the NSA leaks affect Internet users around the world whose private information is stored in U.S. servers, or whose data travels across U.S. networks. read more
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Recovery … For Dad … Means Walking On The Trail Again
We have been very happy with the excellent care Conor received after his adverse drug reaction. Everyone involved, from our family doctor who saw us very quickly after our concerns arose, immediately advised cutting back on Conor’s meds and was at the ICU and pediatric wards as part of his
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: The Fight Against FIPA
Monday, June 17, 2013 “We stand together! We stand together! We stand together!” On June 5th, 2013, West Coast Environmental Law’s Executive Director Jessica Clogg and three legal interns joined the hundreds of voices chanting “We stand together!” outside the Federal Court in downtown Vancouver. The crowd was gathered to
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: The Fight Against FIPA
Monday, June 17, 2013 “We stand together! We stand together! We stand together!” On June 5th, 2013, West Coast Environmental Law’s Executive Director Jessica Clogg and three legal interns joined the hundreds of voices chanting “We stand together!” outside the Federal Court in downtown Vancouver. The crowd was gathered to
Continue readingRecreating Eden: On a Day When Canada’s Two Biggest Cities Appear to Have Crooks as Mayor…
A little ditty thata may make you smile: The You Can’t Fight City Hall Blues
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