… is one of those places that I haven’t visited, but would love to. Would this make it easier? Even if not, they are a fellow northern nation, why not? No downside that I can see… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Tar Sands, Tories and Ethical Oil – an interview with Shelley Glover, MP
St. Boniface MP Shelley Glover recently lectured Winnipeg broadcaster Michael Welch of CKUW-FM 95.9 on the virtues of “ethical oil” and the “balanced” approach of the Conservative government to energy development that has obtained the “support” of aboriginal people for tar sands development and the Enbridge Pipeline Proposal. Michael checked
Continue readingEdmonton-Leduc NDP: Voter Suppression
Posted by David Nash Voter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone who thinks that character assassination directed at Ignatieff did not have the effect of voter suppression has to be very
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Edmonton-Leduc NDP: Voter Suppression
Posted by David Nash Voter suppression is not just done with telephone calls. Another major factor in it is negative advertising. Nobody denies the CPC used negative advertising. And anyone who thinks that character assassination directed at Ignatieff did not have the effect of voter suppression has to be very
Continue readingSo, what’s in Anonymous’ bombshell Toews video?
Early this morning, Anonymous dropped its Toews bombshell via youtube. I tried to follow the narrative but my hearing (Menieres/tinnitus) was not up to Anonymous’ echoed audio. I gave up after a couple of minutes of trying to decipher the contents. It didn’t sound like much so I moved on,
Continue readingkirbycairo: To Hell with Democracy. . .
Here’s something to think about – the palestinians in the Gaza Strip elected Hamas with 45% of the vote (a victory well over most electoral victories in Canada) in an election that was uniformly considered free and fair. I have never once heard a Conservative (with a small “c” or
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Peak Everything and a Perpetual No Growth Economy
Many heterodox economists and post-carbon researchers – most notably Richard Heinberg in several books but particularly in his seminal The End of Growth and Chris Martenson in The Crash Course – have recognized that, among other lesser causes, because of peak oil, the core source of energy that has been
Continue readingLeft Over: Limbaugh- America’s Sweetheart
All over Canada and I suspect in the US as well, there has been much talk and speechifying about bullies…. Limbaugh has just said some unforgivably stupid and ugly things about a legal student who spoke at a hearing on insurance coverage through the workplace for birth control…but I didn’t
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Roboscam: Where’s Poutine? Follow the map!
Hat tip to Saskboy for this fascinating post which hints that it might be possible to physically track exactly where the mysterious Pierre Poutine was when he made those voter suppression calls during the May 2011 election. Click here for a graphic illustration of how this works! Click the start
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: We’re So Screwed
What’s most infuriating about the fierce debate over global warming is everything that’s left out. The denialists act as though the fact and severity of warming is the issue instead of the larger issue of our persistent refusal to live in harmony with the only life support system we have,
Continue readingVote-rigging, surveillance–and more torture
I have to rub my eyes when I realize I’m writing about Canada. Since July of last year, CSIS has had the official go-ahead to share information with torture-states even if there is a substantial risk that torture will be used because of it. We know the agency was a
Continue readingWashington Post ribs Iceland’s planned adoption of Loonie: "Step one in Canada’s quest for world domination"
The Washington Post isn’t too optimistic about Iceland’s plan to adopt the Canadian dollar. In fact, it finds it all a bit of a lark. More seriously, Iceland wouldn’t be the first country to unilaterally adopt another country’s currency: Ecuador abandoned the sucre and adopted the U.S. dollar in 2000
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4299…More Useless Cocktail Party Chatter
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s nick name is Bibi. The Ottawa Senator’s captain, Daniel Alfredsson’s wife’s nick name is Bibi. Coincidence? I think so. WFDS
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Roboscam: Ten Things You can do to protect Canada’s democracy
Elections Canada has finally thought fit to let the public know the extent of Canadians’ concern about voter suppression actions during the May 2011 federal election. It says it has received a staggering 31,000 complaints from upset Canadians about possible election fraud! Now is the time for all Canadians to
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4298…Bibi Snarls Traffic In Your Capital
Love him or hate him enough of you hate him to make security uber tight in Ottawa’s downtown core today. He, of course, is the boss of bosses in Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. For conspiracy freaks there were actual Black Helicopters over Parliament Hill this day too!!!WFDS
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Time away is temporary
Posting of new items will be light for the next short while as I focus my time on others things. Typical of one person blogs, output occasionally suffers because life interferes. One thing I’ve been doing is spending time with grandkids and, oh my, have I had my fill of
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca Supports Call to Stop Internet Price Hike
openmedia_logo.jpg 500,000-strong group behind Stop The Meter campaign supports a reexamination of the costing in the usage-based billing decision March 2, 2012 – Today a group of independent ISPs, the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC), filed an appeal with the telecom regulator. Grassroots group OpenMedia.ca is glad to see support
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is This Just Too Hot For Any of You to Touch?
Anonymous dropped its Vic Toews bombshell today. It’s a very serious allegation of abuse of power which, if it stands, goes to the heart of the Harper government. I did a post on it this morning but, beyond that, nobody but nobody is touching it. The allegation is that, while
Continue readingcartoon life: Hey, I’m #68!
Okay… it’s a special, obscure category. Arts and Architecture. Not even in the pop-up menu in iTunes. Of 184 top free books in Art and Architecture. Number 68 and number 88 in top free books in Art and Architecture. But they are there. Way cool. And they are complete books,
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