Fat Fact Every part of the human body contains fat cells, except for: the eyelids parts of the esophagus the brain the penis. From this we can learn three things: the term “fat head” is grossly inaccurate, scientifically speaking; people … Continue reading →
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Rob Ford is a liar
…and employs liars. Surprise, surprise. What do those boys get up to after dark, I wonder. Is someone ever going to write about that, I wonder.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The President’s Climate Action Plan
From the fact sheet:We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that’s not polluted or damaged, and by taking an all of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids’ health and begin to slow the effects
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: The Saviour Lives… Again #nlpoli
With the polls looking bad for the Conservatives and good for everyone else, there’s no surprise at word over the long weekend that Dean MacDonald is thinking about a run at the Liberal leadership. Again. MacDonald bailed on the contest last November. He had business stuff to deal with. He
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Holiday road
Tomorrow we’re off on vacation for a couple of weeks — we’re going west and I will try to post a few photos along the way! In the meantime, enjoy some of the best Vacation scenes: I wonder if these guys know the Commodores? This is no longer a vacation,
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paulie’s Continues To Display White Supremacist Views in Public
Our readers (will not be at all surprised by the above headline) are well aware of Paulie's involvement with the virulently racist Council of Conservative Citizens in the United States. For those who are unfamiliar, here's a brief synopsis: The Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) is the modern reincarnation of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Privacy expert Michael Geist discusses government transparency
The demand for government transparency is heating up again after recent revelations about global secret surveillance programs, including the activities of ultra-secretive Canadian spy agency CSEC. Here’s Privacy Expert Michael Geist speaking to Steve Paikin about government secrecy and the need for transparency. To see the full video of the
Continue readingCanadian Trends: Alberta :(
I’m not sure how to express the remorse I feel for my province and everyone who lives here being affected by it. It’s a devastation which has and will continue to reverberate from people and those lost, to their pets, to memorabilia, to standard property, to the very infrastructure these
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The Resource Trap Explained
Canada is suffering from the Resource Trap, or Resource Curse. We don’t have it acutely yet, to the point of sterotypical corrupt petro-states, but we are suffering numerous symptoms from the list: Dutch Disease. Yes, Mulcair was right. Oil sales have driven up our dollar and made our manufacturing and
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Can We Be Sure People Like Snowden Are On Our Side?
The recent blow-up over Edward Snowden’s leaking of NSA documents detailing some pretty nasty homegrown surveillance programs in the US, and the subsequent manhunt period we’re now in, has got me thinking. Imagine a situation, if you will. A man or woman working in some branch of the US’s intelligence
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Duke Study Links Fracking to Water Contamination As EPA Drops Study on Fracking Water Contamination
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) kicked the can down the road on a key study designated to examine the connection between hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and groundwater contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming. A study originally scheduled for release in 2014 and featured in Josh Fox’s “Gasland 2,” it will not be complete
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: RIP Silence. 1999-2013.
I mention this briefly since I brought it up last week… but unfortunately, my cat Silence had to be put down on Saturday. His high liver enzyme issues were actually a sign of advanced cirrhosis of the liver/liver failure, and it had been detected too late for the medication we
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: disasters, political and natural
In Alberta, no elections are happening next week. People are focused on more important things — like the tragic loss of life attributed to the great flood of 2013, or the extraordinary damage that was caused by it. At times like this, no one wants to hear about politics. But
Continue readingMontreal Simon: RoboCon Scandal: If You Complain You Will PAY
It's one of the worst scandals in Canadian history.A clear and deliberate attempt to steal an election.But if you received a call from the Con conspiracy called Pierre Poutine, don't you DARE complain.Or the Cons will make you PAY. Read more »
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Why are fewer hospital patients waiting for LTC?
Ontario hospitals report a significant decline in the number of patients in hospital beds who are waiting for a long term care bed. From November 2009 to March 2013, the number of patients waiting for LTC was reduced by 1,282 patients, an astonishing decline of 41%. This sounds like a
Continue readingSketchy Thoughts: Transfered, Beaten and Abused: The Ongoing Persecution of Kevin “Rashid” Johnson by the u.s. Penal State
The following is from a letter just received from Kevin “Rashid” Johnson, of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party Prison Chapter. As previously reported here, Rashid was recently transferred from Oregon to Virginia, likely in retaliation for his ongoing work reporting on and challenging abuses by the prisoncrats. As can
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Idle No More And Indigenous Uprisings Guarantee A Sustainable Future
by: Kristin Moe | Article originally published by Yes! Magazine: Idle No More protest on Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Dec 2012 (Photo: Obert Madondo) There’s a remote part of northern Alberta where the Lubicon Cree have lived, it is said, since time immemorial. The Cree called the vast, pine-covered region niyanan askiy, “our
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Calgary’s Manhattan Moment
Andrew Nikiforuk is one of Canada’s leading energy writers and todays offering published in the Tyee gives an in depth report on the latest flooding events in Alberta and of course he dives into the whole matter with eloquence and verve. Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger In the midst of all
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper ‘Stunned’ By Magnitude of Alberta Flooding
I guess it doen’t take much to stun a climate-change denier like Harper: Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6183…Kathleen Wynne Has Pride
The Premier of Ontario sent me this note and asked me to share it with you. When I ran for the leadership of this party, some people asked if Ontario was ready for an openly gay Premier. I said that the people of Ontario judge each other on their merits and
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