I was demonstrating along the Bella Bella airport road with my family when Canada’s “National Energy Board Joint Revue Panel” (JRP) entourage arrived in the Heiltsuk First Nation’s village yesterday. Bella Bella is situated on BC’s primaeval and pristine Central Coast, at the heart of the ‘Great Bear Rainforest.’ The
Continue readingTrashy's World: Vimy Ridge…
… where thousands of Canadians are commemorating the 95th anniversary of one of the events that defined Canada. And my nephew is over there taking part in the ceremonies. I can only imagine how moving it must be. Never forget the horrors of war. Never let it happen again. Trashy,
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: April 9: y’ did good, Norbert – almost real good….
You have to read Norbert Cunningham’s column today. It’s a bombshell. He writes about the Aral Sea, once a real, inland sea with its waters supporting a shipping trade, commercial fishing, and supplying water for an immense and rich agricultural region. That was just twenty years ago. Today, what was a seabed is mostly
Continue readingLeDaro: Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady?
Last night, April 8, 2012, Mike Huckabee interviewed Meryl Streep for her role in the movie “Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady”. Huckabee was going goo goo ga ga over Meryl Streep and how great she was and how great Margaret Thatcher was. I think British should be happy that
Continue readingLeDaro: Conservative Brain Structure
I always had some misgivings about Con’s brain. Video below further illustrates the Conservatives brain structure. One outstanding feature of their brain is that they don’t trust others. That explains a lot about Harper’s mistrust of his own advisors, caucus, his control-freak nature and micro-managing.
Continue readingbastard.logic: Jacked from the 140 (Because sometimes that’s all you need)
Fox News North’s @kinsellawarren puts down his 30 pieces of silver to spank @fernhilldammit for consorting w/ teh enemy is.gd/zoW25t — Matthew Elliot (@matttbastard) April 9, 2012 Seriously, dub tee eff?
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Just Because I Don’t Remember You Doesn’t Mean I Didn’t Care
In the Emergency Department where I work, the number of patients we see pushes 200 some days. We assess and treat a lot of people, mostly for lumps and bumps, breaks and bruises, but also for major, cataclysmic, life-altering events — MIs, trauma, stroke, what-have-you. I have a problem. The
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: First the Bad News, Then the Bad News
Apparently Israel’s air force is not capable of taking out Iran’s nuclear installations. That narrows Israel’s options to long-range missile strikes or sending Israeli special forces into Iran to attack the sites. Those are the conclusions of the authoritative Jane’s Defence Weekly which finds even a commando attack would face
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Remaking of Canada in the Neo-Conservative Image
In the world of unfettered capitalism, everything has a price and nothing is sacred. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the neocon knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. I was reminded of that this morning as I read Christopher Hume’s latest column in the Star entitled The great
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: When Two Crackers Shoot Five Blacks, It’s a Hate Crime.
“You could look at the facts of the case and come up with would appear to be a logical theory, but we’re going to let the evidence take us where we want to go.” Five shooting victims, three of them dead, all of them black. Two suspects, roommates, white boys
Continue readingbastard.logic: Meet the NEW New Civil Rights Movement (Fox News Stylez)
Hey, remember when Faux News used to merely employ dog whistles in its race-baiting wingnut agit-prop? Good times. Now they rock Les Paul Customs plugged into Marshall stacks that go to eleven (TO ELEVEN): A Fox Orlando affiliate decribed Neo-Nazis as “a civil rights group” on a television broadcast and
Continue readingLeDaro: David Suzuki on American Tigers
Should Tigers be saved from extinction? I think so. Should you have a tiger as a pet? Very dangerous.David Suzuki had a fascinating documentary about Tigers on CBC. Here is a preview. You may watch the full episode here.
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Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, cloud, ocean, painting, seascape, water
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Excessive bail amounting to committal an error
Although an older case, recent trends towards increasing bail amounts make R. v. Cichanski (1976), 25 C.C.C. (2d) 84 worth remembering. It is an error for bail to be set so high as to amount to committal. Similarly, Brooke, J.A., in R. v. Brown (1974), 21 C.C.C. (2d) 575 at
Continue readingLeDaro: America’s looming War: Alien Attack
I once in a while watch National Geographic channel. Last night it was a documentary about Judas. I thought of writing a post on it but then I thought given my limited knowledge of the religion I don’t want to offend anyone. Instead I decided to talk about aliens’ invasion
Continue readingOf pissing contests and molehills
It’s discouraging reading the establishment progressive community’s dismissive and condescending response to Fern Hill. Right or wrong, Fern Hill deserves not to be talked down to. Despite support for Hill from the most articulate members of our community, from Dr. Dawg to the folks at the heavily-traffiked Galloping Beaver, lesser
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4457…Breaking News That Will Shock U
There is porn on the Internet. Porn. On the ‘net. Imagine. My morning Daily Mail tells me that an “…ExtremeTech investigation surmised…30 per cent of all web traffic being pornography related.” Only 30 per cent? Dr. Cox said it best on Scrubs a few years ago when he noted that
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: If you ain’t got yer pride, Muskrat Falls version #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy, speaking with David Cochrane on this weekend’s On Point with David Cochrane: “What we have to do is put aside ego and pride, put aside political grandstanding…” Now in the coded political language of Newfoundland and Labrador, why might Jerome want to distance himself from
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Vimy Ridge
Governor General David Johnston is in France to participate in ceremonies today marking the 95th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The First World War battle was a significant turning point in Canada’s transformation from a colony to an independent country. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of
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