If he doesn’t sweep this Thursday, oh boy. Or at least four out of five. For true, for true, for true. WFDS
Continue readingLeDaro: Erratic weather: Thunder, lightning and heavy rain
We have been having a lot of lightening and rain. It is unusual. Looks like another indication of climate change.
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Lack of footnotes costs fish farm activist $75,000
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 On Monday, July 22nd the BC Court of Appeal ordered well-known anti- fish farm activist Don Staniford to pay $75,000 in damages because the mock cigarette packages he had made criticizing Norwegian fish farm companies lacked footnotes. What does this mean for fish farm activists? For
Continue readingcartoon life: Eiffel’s Tower
Filed under: art Tagged: Eiffel Tower, fisheye, La Tour Eiffel, olloclip
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: European Parliamentarians Ask President Obama To Free Bradley Manning
In this open letter to President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, European parliamentarians demand the immediate release of Bradley Manning. The post European Parliamentarians Ask President Obama To Free Bradley Manning appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Cabana Cases #nlpoli
For those who want to read them, here are two decisions related to Brad Cabana’s recent Muskrat Falls case. The first is the decision on his application to have the judge remove herself from the case: Cabana v. Newfoundland and Labrador, 2013 NLTD(G)36 [61] Accommodating the shortcomings of a self-represented
Continue readingLeDaro: Pouring rain
I went out for a short time and it was raining like this. It feels like monsoon has arrived in the Maritimes.
Continue readingB.C. Policy Perspectives: Let’s link future electoral reform and Citizens Assembly proposals to the Initiative Process
I can see another role for the initiative process–as a next stop for decisions made about electoral reform or other subjects bruited in a Citizens’ Assembly. Going directly from an isolated island of deliberation into a referendum campaign didn’t work in BC or Ontario, simply because reflective citizens chosen by
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: First Report of Voter Turnout in Ontario By-Elections – Dismal #onpoli
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral District of Etobicoke—Lakeshore (out of 89,550) – 7.2% 7567 electors in the Electoral District of London West (out of 95,265) –
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Oil Pipeline Erupts Into Fish Bearing Stream, But No Fish Harmed-Satire
Just another spill
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Kalamazoo Spill Anniversary Raises Concerns About Line 9 Pipeline Integrity
Last week marked the third anniversary of the largest inland oil spill in US history. On July 25th, 2010 a 41-year old Enbridge pipeline in Michigan tore open spewing over three million litres of diluted tar sands bitumen or dilbit from Alberta into the Kalamazoo River and the surrounding area.
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: The Murder of Billy Sell
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even informing prisoner advocates it met with in the following days that a death had occurred. When outside supporters were informed
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The government must not buckle in the face of unprecedented pressure from coddled cell phone giants, says OpenMedia.ca
big3_appeal.png Big Telecom is using legal action against the government and an expensive PR campaign to prevent startup Canadian wireless providers from operating on a level playing field July 30, 2013 – According to citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, giant cell phone companies Bell, Rogers, and Telus are trying to turn back the
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Page Proofs Have Arrived….
Oberon Press just sent me the page proofs for my new short story collection: Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. So correcting them is the task for today. Yay!
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: GopherNado
Thanks to the Hamilton Tigercats for this amazing SharkNado spoof of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ mascot Gainer the Gopher. – Hat tip to John Gormley
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Frank Graves comments on the fundamental political choices we’re facing in determining whether to continue operating based on corporatist orthodoxy – and the reality that the vast majority of Canadians don’t agree with the side chosen by the Harper Cons: (T)he devil’s
Continue readingLeDaro: Rob Ford Furious
He is very angry. Someone called him fat and he lost it.:) Warning: He uses very strong language.;)
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: On generations, reefer madness and focusing on the economy
A week later and my news clippings are still filled with news about Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s sensible talk about marijuana legalization – and they say it’s hard for an opposition leader to get attention in the summer, when the House isn’t sitting… The Conservatives are helping keep the issue
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On coopting
Paul Wells offers a note of warning for the Libs in recruiting Chrystia Freeland as a candidate. But I see a greater problem for Freeland herself in pursuing the role. It’s not hard to see how Freeland might seem appealing as a means of papering over the Libs’ disconnection from
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