Author: Richard

Perhaps one of the greatest (and most annoying) red-herring debates of our time is the “carbon tax vs. no carbon tax” debate which always revolves around “economic growth” and is therefore always flawed on both sides of the debate. It’s not that the answers given are wrong per say but

The Progressive Conservatives of Alberta are getting pretty desperate. Not that I believe in the leadership race but rather that the unified “we need more debt” stance for “capital projects” and “Building Alberta” is really quite interesting when you consider Alberta is a province that once prided itself on it’s

source It wasn’t very long ago that John Kerry stood in front of the world to convince us that bombing Syria in support of the ‘rebels’ (which at the time it was just being discovered that a large majority of them were actually al-Qaeda affiliates even though this was well

Tesla Motors today announced that all patents that it owns are now open-sourced and in the public domain. In a blog post titled ‘All Our Patent Are Belong To You’ Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk says: Given that annual new vehicle production is approaching 100 million per year and the

Alberta Tories won’t push ‘panic button’ after Total shelves $11 billion project Finance Minister Doug Horner said Tuesday the government “isn’t pushing any panic buttons” after Total E & P decided to shelve an $11-billion megaproject and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers issued sour projections for Alberta’s oilpatch. “There’s

From CBC… A Winnipeg couple is looking for answers after being told their baby would be seized by Winnipeg Child and Family Services when he is born. “Just the fact that my baby’s going to be born and taken away right away — nobody should have to go through that,”

Canadian oil industry body cuts long-term production forecast (Reuters) – The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers cut its 2030 Canadian oil production forecast on Monday, citing growing uncertainty over the timing of some oil sands projects due to rising costs and available capital.In its annual forecast, the lobby group for

So what would you say if I were to offer you $100 CAD per hour to do any job, perhaps such as a kitchen job? Well I’m guessing if you’re a Canadian you would probably scoff at such a proposal at least if Garth Whyte, president of Restaurants Canada, is

Dear members of the Canadian military, I’m sorry. I truly am. On behalf of all Canadians that have a clue I’m sorry that your plight and exploitation, and struggles with PTSD, have been turned into a corporate sponsored politically motivated “Day of Honour”. It’s sick. There is nothing I hate more

Hi there, I’m back. Sort of. I needed to take a break from everything, my blogging sort of goes through cycles but I’ve also had a lot of life shit going on and I also wanted to spend some time focusing on women, sometimes you just gotta do that. However,

On Sunday April 13th 2014 Michael Ruppert committed suicide following his airing of the Lifeboat Hour. Readers of this blog will know I had a great love and respect for the man, he was nothing short of brilliant and one of the only people I trusted to provide information. I

New Government Report Warns of ‘Cascading System Failures’ Caused By Climate Change WASHINGTON — From roads and bridges to power plants and gas pipelines, American infrastructure is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, according to a pair of government reports released Thursday. The reports are technical documents supporting the

The thing I find the most interesting about Progressive Bloggers and that which I like about it is that there is such a wide variety of opinion. It’s a great experience rolling through the blogs and reading opinion whether you agree or disagree with them. I also enjoy the fact it is

It’s so cute when the corporate stooges we call politicians complain about costs especially when those costs are then in turn cheered for. Alison Redford has provided the excuse that apparently she’s a mother and thus improperly using the people’s graciously provided (as if we have a choice) transportation services

Lately instead of focusing on news analysis I’ve been instead focusing on the burden of infinite growth and in particular Justin Trudeau’s unwavering support of such insanity. It’s always interesting writing as a non-partisan in a hyper-partisan world and I take it very seriously and work very hard to ensure my

Another Progressive Blogger has put up a post that I feel I must respond to. It’s a rare occurrence, but since I believe that I accurately fit the description of the people he’s describing I can’t help but respond and maybe try to clear up a few things. Let Freedom

Seems everyone has heard about the sale of arms to the now “fugitive” Ukraine government. The NDP is asking “why?”. Jesus fucking Christ, seriously? Why? Oh I don’t know, “growth”? Canada planning to sell guns and military equipment to developing countries to maintain domestic arms industry The end of Canadian combat

<A href=”http://video.ca.msn.com/?mkt=en-ca&vid=e6c1c88a-fe13-4d08-9f6c-1575272d4e1f&from=shareembed-syndication&src=v5:embed:syndication:” target=”_new” title=”Soldier’s intense pepper spray training”>Video: Soldier’s intense pepper spray training</A> “Get back!” “Get back!” Get it yet folks?

I really, really, don’t like Justin Trudeau. I fear that “Harper” has become an excuse for recklessness. The “Anything But Conservative” voting “strategy” has failed time and time again, and is in fact so vulnerable that it’s been capitalized upon and manipulated by using seemingly trustworthy organizations that claim to

I read an excellent story today, which as some of the commenters pointed out probably suffers from confirmation bias, but I don’t really care. What’s important is it’s becoming a trend, a (seemingly) voluntary one, and one I’ve been talking about ever since I began blogging on my previous blog Hellberta.