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Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6099…More Tories In Trouble
Man, seriously, like a few months ago everything was smooth as glass for the Stephen Harpers.Not so much these days.The latest, sorta, is being reported everywhere and is that Elections Canada is asking that two Winnipeg area MPs be kicked out of the House coz they been caught cheating. Shelly
Continue readingBCFLC Meeting
This Saturday in Nanaimo, British Columbia, the federal Liberal Presidents of the 36 ridings in BC are meeting with the Provincial Executive and Caucus to review the state of the Party here in BC and plan for the summer and beyond. I used to chair these meetings (Ray Larson is the chair
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Credit, Where Not Due, Accomplishes More
If you don’t care who gets the credit for something, you can accomplish more. That works in both directions. You can pass an idea along without asking for anything in return, or someone can steal an idea and not give desired credit. @JohnKleinRegina thanks! didn't know about this … will
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Today is for Gardening and other Chores
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Yes, there is so much to look at today, Turkey, our overspending entitlement drenched politicians, the out of control PM Steve and his band of misfits, Rob Ford, but alas the garden is calling, not much time left to finish it off. So for now the basic
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: FOIA Facts 5 – Finds Friends Of GWPF
People try to paint climate scientists as members of a cabal or conspiracy to hide the truth, but this idea is often promoted by thinktanks, politicians, bloggers, journalists and some economists, members of a tight social network themselves. Their emails are not usually subject to FOIAs, but the FOIA Facts research
Continue readingdrive-by planet: As Turkey explodes Erdogan claims he is not ‘a dictator’ – rather a ‘servant of the people’
Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims he is not a dictator… not even a master… but rather “a servant of the people.” Not many Turkish citizens are convinced because following the Gezi Park protest, the treatment meted out to demonstrators by Turkish police has been a total horror show. It
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Syria and the use of ‘humanitarian interventionism’ to drive the real agenda
Since the Syrian conflict broke out some on the left have bought into calls for humanitarian intervention, even if it does mean tacit support for American-backed interference in yet another Middle Eastern country. Neo-liberal governments and their militaries increasingly employ the language of humanitarianism to elicit support as they pursue
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Diluted chemo drug scandal — why was this ever contracted out?
It looked for a while that Marchese Hospital Solutions’ explanation for the diluted chemotherapy drug bags may have had legs, suggesting there was miscommunication between hospital purchasing agent Medbuy and Marchese over the use of the product. Marchese claimed it … Continue reading →
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Smuggled samples from Syria test positive for sarin claim UK, France
According to a Guardian report “medical samples smuggled out of Syria have tested positive for the nerve agent sarin.“: The Foreign Office confirmed that body fluids collected from victims of one or more attacks in the country were found to contain a chemical fingerprint of sarin at the Ministry of
Continue readingThings Are Good: Lower Your Energy Consumption in Easy Ways
With more technology around the home more energy is required to power the devices, and this adds up when millions of people plug things in. There are enough energy consumers out there that needlessly leave things running leads to a ton of wasted energy being produced. Fortunately there are many
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: May 5: special edition – by idiots – for idiots…
Let’s start with the editorial. Predictably, it’s a hymn of praise to the Native “firm” which SWN has contracted to check its safety procedures in fracking. Obviously, these are eight people of unusual insight. They can tell without ever having met them that the many, many thousands of New Brunswickers who
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: Disaster tourism hits Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s office
TweetFrom the Toronto Sun’s Don Peat: Alberta residents David Climenhaga and David Cournoyer stopped at the mayor’s office for pictures during a break in the conference they were in Toronto to attend. Both men run political blogs back in Edmonton – Climenhaga’s is called albertadiary.ca and Cournoyer’s blog is called
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Top Priorities of the 21st Century
If I were asked what I felt were the top priorities facing human beings today, in the 21st century, I would have to say there are four that top the list, in my mind. 1. Halt the global corporate coup. Defeat the corporate war on democracy, which is now escalating
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: An Obituary for the Left
CounterPunch recently carried a lament for The Silent Death of the American Left. It offers useful insights for the gristled remnant of Canada’s once proud political Left that has now fallen happy victim to the black hole of political compression, the flaccid centrism that afflicts us today. The question stands
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: The Legacy of Henry Morgentaler
The count goes on. So far, out of 7 media reports on the death of Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 6 describe him as “heralded and vilified” (NY Times); “revered and hated “(Globe and Mail); “polarizing “(Toronto Sun); and a “mass murderer” (National Post). Only one, CBC.ca, offers a modicum of
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: The Legacy of Henry Morgentaler
The count goes on. So far, out of 7 media reports on the death of Canadian Dr. Henry Morgentaler, 6 describe him as “heralded and vilified” (NY Times); “revered and hated “(Globe and Mail); “polarizing “(Toronto Sun); and a “mass murderer” (National Post). Only one, CBC.ca, offers a modicum of
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Toxic weedkiller found in EVERY human urine sample tested – at levels 5 to 20 times legal safe limit for drinking water
A recent German study found glyphosate – the active chemical in Monsanto’s widely used Roundup weed killer – in all human urine samples tested – and at levels 5 to 20 times the legal safe limit for drinking water. Think about that. Glyphosate has been shown to harm the digestive
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Shelley)
I see that Shelley Glover, the Conservative M.P. for St. Boniface riding, is in a spot of trouble. It seems that the lady who practically levitates out of her House of Commons seat to lead a standing ovation each time her dear leader deigns to speak could be suspended from
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