Ever hear of the Renaissance Party of North America? No? Not a surprise. It's yet another fringe white supremacist group with intellectual pretensions. The following are excerpts from their mission statement: We do not call for the overthrow of the American and Canadian governments. We do call for the perception
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Mainstream Media Ignoring Real Story on BC Hydro Debt, Skyrocketing Power Bills
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar debt and skyrocketing bills for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making deals with private companies for energy they don’t need yet must take at a cost at least double the market price. These
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Rafe: Mainstream Media Covering up Real Story on Hydro, Ratepayers’ Woes
Rafe on Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer’s “pussycat approach” to BC Hydro’s multi-billion dollar budget woes and ensuing skyrocketing rates for consumers: “The Campbell/Clark government has forced BC Hydro into making deals with private companies for energy they don’t need yet must take at a cost at least double the market
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Bridal Veil and Honeysuckle
Sounds a little raunchy, doesn’t it? But the combination of bridal veil and honeysuckle makes a gorgeous late spring display.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On tests of character
Dr. Dawg has rightly pointed out the Cons’ attempt to invent a story based on Tom Mulcair’s audiacity in driving to his own parking spot. (Though we can be assured that members of the limo-propelled Con cabinet will never face precisely that same scenario.) But if there is a story
Continue readingGeoff Campbell: Community Relations at the University of Virginia
Hi Everyone, As I mentioned I’m not going to be posting on here as often as I’d like to but I’d like to provide a bit of an update. I’m currently working as a Community Relations Intern in the Office of University Communications at the University of Virginia from now
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Israeli soldiers testify: powerful new Breaking the Silence videos featuring female ex-soldiers
I’ve posted before about the work of a remarkable site called Breaking the Silence. It features candid video testimonials by former Israeli soldiers about the experience of being the uniformed enforcers of occupation and state control. The site has released a series of new testimonials by females who served in
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: How Much Did Seven House Votes Pushing Keystone XL Cost Taxpayers?
News broke recently that the 37 House votes to repeal Obamacare cost taxpayers $55 million. The House has voted for Keystone XL eight times, and Oil Change International says the House members who voted for it took six times as much money from the oil industry as their colleagues who
Continue readingNot an Official Green Party Canada Site: Trudeau just SKEWERED all his critics in one fell swoop!
In a desperate attempt to take Justin Trudeau down a peg or two, the NDP and Conservatives have been crafting a narrative around Trudeau’s public speaking business, and his accepting fees to speak for charities. On my part, I do not think that Trudeau did anything wrong. He put his
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Justin Trudeau raises the bar for MPs and Senators
A breath of fresh air in Ottawa In a move that is refreshing, because it shows an MP who is willing to listen to criticism, and to rethink matters in the light of such criticism, Justin Trudeau has announced that he will work with charities to reach some solution satisfactory
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Gavin Marshall surveys the grossly disproportionate amount of wealth and power held by a small elite class: In 2006, a UN report revealed that the world’s richest 1% own 40% of the world’s wealth, with those in the financial and internet sectors comprising the
Continue readingB.C. Policy Perspectives: Stephen Harper’s Impressive Math on CETA
While visiting Britain and France this week, prime minister Stephen Harper pointed out that Canada and the European Union do approximately $8 billion worth of trade annually, and that the much -touted Canada -EU trade deal (CETA) will expand this trade as much as 20%. What could be better than
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: The Moncton Times@Transcript – Good and Bad 2013-06-16 12:33:00
I’m starting this blog on Saturday because tonight the CBC will release the names of some thousands of people who have hidden bank accounts overseas. That gives the eagle-eyed, two-fisted journalists at the Tand T all day Sunday to check through the names. Will the TandT mention it in Monday’s
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Is Our Freedom More Illusion Than Reality?
That is a question you may be prompted to ask yourself after reading this piece by Kevin Logan and watching the video below. Described therein are the measures and efforts designed to realize what I suspect is Mr. Harper’s fondest dream: a compliant, unquestioning, ‘disciplined’ and very passive populace, not
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: How the Canadian media would report the Komagata Maru incident today
In 1914, a ship containing British subjects including 340 Sikhs, 24 Muslims and 12 Hindus was turned away from Vancouver harbour due to exclusion laws. Yes, much has changed since then but much is sadly the same. It doesn’t matter now who wrote these laws or how this incident was reported
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6149…Cons To Speak For Free
What with all the fuss re Justin Trudeau making a few quid public speaking the Stephen Harpers have decided to go into that line of work. For free. Coz that is what Conservatives are all about. Serving the people. Courtesy of Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper via Facebook. WFDS
Continue readingLeDaro: Water fall and soothing music
Sit back and enjoy the music. It is very soothing music. Give a rest to the politics.
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Education Isn’t Enough Anymore
On Friday, Paul Krugman wrote that the technological revolution is leaving even some of the well educated behind: Today, however, a much darker picture of the effects of technology on labor is emerging. In this picture, highly educated workers are as likely as less educated workers to find themselves displaced
Continue reading350 or bust: Happy Father’s Day
Here’s a shout out for all the dads out there, and especially the three in my life – my husband, my father, and my father-in-law. You are all awesome, and I love you. May your pancakes be piled high! * *
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