toxic water 2.jpg The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has released a startling report showing that coal ash dumps near coal-burning power plants are leaching arsenic and other toxic chemicals into water supplies. The new report identifies 20 new sites in 10 different states where coal ash is contaminating water supplies.
Continue readingTrashy's World: Hilarious…
Gritchik rox royally sometimes… httpv://gritchik.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/a-very-conservative-christmas-message/ Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingcentre of the universe: Right Now
It seems I will never sleep again Or else sleep too deeply for the rest of time Today I hate Sundays because Sundays are a day of goodbyes My soul is raw and tender with your leaving We created the … Continue reading →
Continue reading@GeorgeMonbiot takes down the corporate media
George Monbiot – Unmasking the Press: ‘via Blog this’ Too bad about Hitchens, but the best thing I’ve found about the corporate media this week comes from Monbiot. Everything you need to know, including the essential 99 percent versus 1 per cent dynamic, is in here. The class-warfare element is
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Rankings – December 18, 2011
We now have at least a bit of pollster data to compare to Skinny Dipper’s online poll on the relative positions of the NDP’s leadership candidates. But Forum Research’s results look to largely match the previous candidate positioning – which combines with relatively little news from the candidates’ travels to
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A Challenge to All Candidates for Liberal National Board
What three specific, measurable and achievable goals will you accomplish if elected? I set mine out some time ago: http://jmortonmusings.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-commitments-as-next-vice-president.html What are yours?
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Garlic in your soul
And arsenic sauce!
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Enbridge Fined $100,000 per Death for Negligence in 2003 Ontario Blast Whcih Claimed the Lives of Seven
Read this story from CBC.ca reporting on the $700,000 fine levied at Enbridge relating to a fatal 2003 blast in Etobicoke, Ontario, which stemmed from the lack of proper markings for a gas line the company operates. The natural gas explosion levelled a strip mall on Bloor Street West near
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Not everyone shocked by Cohen disclosures
From my November 25 piece titled To be different, we must do things differently: “Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, along with Chief Bob Chamberlin and Chief Marilyn Baptiste, executive members of the BC Union of Indian Chiefs, attended the Nov. 24 celebration honouring Rafe Mair. It was a treat to hear each talk
Continue readingBuckdog: As Long As Boys Are Raised To Consider Women As ‘Lesser’ Or As ‘Property’ – Morons Like This Are Going To Keep On Killing When They Don’t Get Their Way
It would have been tragic enough if he had just killed himself. No, he killed 3 others plus himself because a young woman would not do exactly what he wanted. Women are not property! Raise your sons to understand that. -Ottawa Citizen
Continue readingMacKay being used as scapegoat to clear path for Jason Kenney as next Conservative leader?
Interesting article in the Straight about Kenney’s ascension in the Conservative ranks. The writer Charlie Smith feels that Kenney is the logical successor to Harper, with the scandals plaguing former favourite Peter MacKay all but eliminating the very elite Minister of National Defence from contention. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has
Continue readingTrashy's World: The US says bye-bye to Iraq…
… and it’s about time… The last U.S. soldiers rolled out of Iraq across the border to neighbouring Kuwait at daybreak Sunday, whooping, fist bumping and hugging each other in a burst of joy and relief. Their exit marked the end of a bitterly divisive war that raged for nearly
Continue readingAnother one bites the dust
As another year comes to a close and I find once again that instead of this time being one about celebrating some Christian festival or the fervour of basking in consumerism excess I reflect on the year. In past years some were terribly blue and although this year has not
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: "We’d be in shallower shit now if…"
One of my favourite Brits is actor/writer/comedian/social commentator David Mitchell. He’s been mentioned here before probably because, while I may not share his rapier wit, I do share his cynical disposition and contempt for pomposity, even while occasionally displaying touchs of that quality. In his weekly Guardian column, Mitchell takes
Continue readinggay persons of color: Thousands of children sexually abused at Dutch Roman Catholic institutions
A report, known as the Deetman Inquiry, has confirmed that “between 10,000 and 20,000” children were abused at Catholic institutions in the Netherlands over the past 65 years. This is the latest in a series of investigations and reports coming from North America and Europe which have documented widespread and
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – Bruce Anderson worries that the Cons might think they face no restriction on their ability to get away with dirty tricks. But Noah Richler suggests that the best way to fight back against the Cons’ disdain for democratic debate is to treat them
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Sixth Estate Flack Awards Recognize Militarization of Santa, Government Subsidies to Naval Targets
The only reason the preposterous announcement that Santa’s sleigh will be receiving an armed escort by CF-18 fighters doesn’t win the Flack Award this week is because the same announcement has been made for several years now. Why does Santa need a military escort through Canadian airspace? Is the government
Continue readingEnemies of the people: CFIA’s war on science
The folks in charge of making sure your food is safe to eat are damping down scientific research to accommodate Stephen Harper’s PR priorities. And the Canadian Food Inspection Agency isn’t above a few dirty tricks to make things happen Harper’s way. Fred Klibenge runs a reputable testing lab, which
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Leadership 2012 Candidate Profile – Martin Singh
With the NDP’s leadership contestants otherwise consisting entirely of sitting MPs or media-anointed favourites, Martin Singh has faced a tougher job getting noticed than anybody else in the field. So how has he done trying to start from that disadvantage? Strengths So far, the answer looks to be “not badly
Continue readingMind of Dan: Uganda teaser pic
So far I have taken over 2500 pictures. But the internet here is too slow for me to upload much, and you probably want me to go through the mountain of pictures and only show the ones worth showing (who needs to see 75 almost identical pictures of the shoebill?)
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