gwpf_0.jpeg The previous post in this series examined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) Briefing Paper No3 "The Truth About Greenhouse Gases". Despite its title, Briefing Paper No3 said very little about such gases. Yet one subject (not directly to do with greenhouse gases) was discussed at some length within
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: SCN proposal seeks to spend less on local shows
The proposed owner of Saskatchewan’s independent broadcaster SCN is looking for permission to spend less on locally made programs, something the provincial NDP isn’t happy about.
Continue readingBanksters vs. Vatican
Not even the necrotic nerve centre Of Bronze-Age morality and misogyny known as The Vatican is safe from the Banksters’ grasping paws: JP Morgan Chase is closing the Vatican bank’s account with an Italian branch of the U.S. banking giant because of concerns about a lack of transparency at the
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Higher temps, higher gas prices…$1.40+ in Québec City
Ahhh what a nice warm spring, and it finally caught up to the micro-climate that is Québec city, or as the signs here proclaim it…the capital of “la nation”. Oh there’s still snow here, lots of it. But with the mercury rising to somewhere around 17 degrees Celsius today, it won’t
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Nathan Cullen Testifies
The most LPoC friendly Dipper lays it out: [Nathan Cullen’s] proposal is simple: In the next campaign, the goal would be to choose joint candidates in the ridings now held by Tory MPs. The decision about whether to co-operate with another party would be left up to the local riding
Continue readingTsk, what a shame
And the beat-down goes on at Komen for the Cure. Well, what did they expect? That’s just what happens when you let fetus fetishists run the show: Two top executives at Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced their resignation, amid reports that the breast cancer charity is struggling
Continue reading#TeamFord has no subway plan | #TOpoli #transit
Really, is there any point in rehashing all the LRT / subway comparisons again? Go read Steve Munro, Ed Keenan, CodeRedTO, or FordForToronto. It’s all set out there. I know, I know, at some point I have to recognize that I’m preaching to the converted already. So I’m aiming this
Continue readingcentre of the universe: O Lamy, my Lamy!
– Remember: No good comes of Walt Whitman – O Lamy! my Lamy! my lovely pen is gone; The pen has written every word, the letters sought not done; The book is near, the bells I hear, the people all … Continue reading →
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Cooperation: Nathan Cullen on same page as Jack Layton while Mulcair goes his own way
On the single most important issue facing the opposition parties in the next 3 years or so, Thomas Mulcair has come down strongly on one side of the issue, with both Jack Layton and Nathan Cullen clearly on the other. Both Jack and Nathan believed in cooperation to remove a
Continue readingMy journey with AIDS...and more!: No sentence could undo the harms caused by Graham James
I join the outcry today over the sentencing of convicted serial pedophile Graham James to two years in prison for the sexual abuse of Theo Fleury and Todd Holt. Counter-intuitively (because I knew it would just get me stirred up) I watched the news coverage of the lawyers’ statements and victims’
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: The Good, the Bad and the Meh on Monday Night Raw: March 19, 2012
WWE Raw: March 19, 2012 Apologies for not reviewing the last couple of Raws. Personal matters kept me tied up. Anyway, I’m trying to get this one done in a timely manner. By the way, a link to the entire show is at the top of this post so that
Continue readingShameful: Rick Santorum uses Obama daughter as political football
Children of presidents are normally off-limits to journalists. That is, Republican presidential children are exempt from scrutiny and mockery in the media. When Bush’s daughters were snorting coke and drinking themselves into oblivion during W.’s reign, a photograph of the daughters falling down drunk circulated but the media did its best to
Continue readingSometimes The Destination Really Is The Most Important Part Of The Journey.
AllTheLinksThatMayOrMayNotFit EightPlusOneStillEqualsNineVille All kinds of folks appear to be searching high and low for one Mr. Rick McKnight, who apparently does/did all sorts of things for Mr. Matt Meier and his company RackNine. Unfortunately, however, when Postmedia reporters McGregor and Maher asked Mr. Meier and Mr. Meier’s lawyer about the
Continue readingRusty Idols: Should Canada start considering EVERY American woman eligible for Refugee status?
Government mandated rape with medical instruments, laws mandating that women be forced to explain to their boss why they are using birth control pills, laws mandating that even if pregnancy will KILL the mother she be forced to carry a pregnancy to term – even if the fetus itself is dead.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Obama Sojourns to "Pipeline Crossroads of the World" for Campaign Speech
Cushing .jpg It's the multi-pronged fight that never seems to end. The Alberta Tar Sands have been near the forefront of the North American energy and climate debate, thanks in large part to growing public concern and grassroots efforts like Tar Sands Action, a campaign led by climate activists to block construction of the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rob Ford’s Absolutism
In a report carried on CBC, Toronto’s monomaniacal mayor issued the following pronouncement regarding support for subways: You are either with us or against us. There is no middle ground. Hmm, now why does that absolutist assertion sound so eerily familiar? Recommend this Post
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Gone #paddling… If only to try and forget about #recallgardhouse
Continue readingwRanter.com: Even with a new leader, the NDP can’t defeat the Tories alone
I just can’t get excited about the NDP leadership race, which ends March 24 in Toronto, because irrespective of who wins, it’s hard to see it leading to a positive outcome for progressive politics in this country. Will Thomas Mulcair, the party outsider who reportedly flirted with the Tories prior to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Updated! Quick Hit: Our Two-Weeky-Versary
So, it’s been a wonderful three two weeks together and I want to say to every just how much fun I’m having working on this blog and getting your love and feedback. We hit a couple of really awesome milestones today! First, it’s been three two weeks since I (re)started this blog and
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