It’s time to pick a side. Joe Oliver is a denier.
In case you live under a rock here is the basis of the issue at hand.
Do you believe?
Mr. Speaker, we really do have a minister for the 19th century because the Minister of Natural Resources fails to…
It’s time to pick a side. Joe Oliver is a denier. In case you live under a rock here is the basis of the issue at hand. Do you believe? Mr. Speaker, we really do have a minister for the 19th century because the Minister of Natural Resources fails to
Continue readingWe watched the 1988 schlock film again the other night, They Live. Most definitely a satire, based on the commercialism and greed of the 80’s which was showcased just the previous year in 1987’s Wall Street, it stands up very well even today in the age of #OccupyWallStreet. Consume, sleep.
Continue readingHere is video footage of Gasland director Josh Fox being arrested by Capitol police earlier today. Josh Fox will be on the Ed Schultz show tonight on MSNBC at 8:45pm EST to talk about his arrest today. Fox released a statement about his arrest, which we reprint below (H/T Grist): read more
Continue readingHe has violated our Canadian values from the very moment he came to office. He is turning us into a crazed prison state. He says he doesn’t want to re-open the death penalty debate. But he WOULD like to hang some Canadians. Because he is a vengeful nerd. And he
Continue readingTonight on "The National" a story will air concerning the racist movement in Canada. Much of it will focus on the recent hack of far right websites and email addresses, including those of Canadian racists known very well to us and to our readers. However there might also be some
Continue readingThere is a lot of agreement that the rich pay too little of their wealth, that inequality has sharply risen over the last three decades benefiting the rich tremendously, and that the rich in America now enjoy a privileged status made possibly by their influence in politics. That GOP frontrunner
Continue readingBy mid-2013 Afghan security or, arguably its civil war, will again be the responsibility of Afghans. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has announced that he hopes America’s combat mission will wrap up by then as his country’s forces prepare for departure in 2014. Coming in the immediate wake of a
Continue readingThe bottom is falling out of the support for the NDP in Quebec, as recent polls have shown: The NDP nosedive in Quebec shows no signs of slowing down. With a steep drop in support among francophones, the New Democrats are now only one or two points ahead of their
Continue readingDivorced, divorcing, accused of being a sexual predator, being sued for bringing an alleged financial scam into his church, self-appointed, wealthy prosperity preacher… This January 29th spectacle at New Birth Missionary Church in Atlanta is not going over well in charismatic circles online, which tend to tolerate excess. It is
Continue readingAs this Globe and Mail article points out (with a few inaccuracies, like 28% being the “lowest” poll number for the BC Liberals since Clark took office – that’s actually 23%), this Angus Reid poll isn’t good news for Premier Clark, who is now not only facing a vote split
Continue reading…hopefully they will kill themselves. That is the plan put forward by Stephen Harper appointed Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. The Globe and Mail reports that the Senator, who is the founding president of the Murdered or Missing Persons’ Families Association, a group he established after his 27-year-old daughter, Julie, was abducted,
Continue readingThursday, February 2, 2012 In a January 20th letter, Canada’s Environment Minister, Peter Kent, assured Canadians that the Canadian Government, despite having withdrawn from the Kyoto Protocol, nonetheless has a plan on climate change. But reading the letter, it’s pretty clear that that there is no real plan, unless you
Continue readingThe mystery of the disappearing wild salmon may be closer to being solved due to the reconvened Cohen Commission and the extraordinary three days of hearings held in December, 2011. As earlier testimony revealed, many environmental factors affect the survival of wild salmon but imported diseases from the aquaculture industry
Continue readingSince the announcement that his government was considering raising the eligibility age for Old Age Security (OAS), Stephen Harper has backed off slightly, assuring the public that such reforms are years away. Nevertheless, media and experts of all kinds have fired into gear, speculating on the possible motivations for OAS reform,
Continue readingTanker disaster.jpg Jim Hoggan, DeSmogBlog co-founder and president, has an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun today discussing the "ethical oil" crowd's attacks on democracy in the Enbridge Northern Gateway public hearings. Head over to the Vancouver Sun to read it: "Who gets a say in our democracy?" Here is an
Continue readingCampaign coverage often likes to jump from gaffe to gaffe as if this (and poll data) is the only relevant thing to talk about in a Presidential race. Perhaps it is just a function of the overly polished, trite vacuousness of the rest of their tightly controlled campaigns that the
Continue readingIn my view the strength of the Liberal Party will be in and with its dynamic youth. People like Denise Brundsen, Rachel DeCoste and Yasir Naqvi will be the face of the party well into the 2050’s. Another brilliant leader is Giovanna Mingarelli, In the article below from the Globe
Continue readingThe Shafias are (and were) Canadian. Period. Entitled to the same respect as other Canadians and subject to the same laws as other Canadians. Saying everyone who is a Muslim (or an Indian or German or Japanese or Jew) acts in a certain way is offensive and, worse, wrong. The
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