Warren Buffett Barack Obama.png On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly from President Barack Obama’s recent cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. If built, TransCanada's Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline would carry tar sands crude, or
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The Scott Ross: Liberals & Conservatives, Two Halves of One Party
Are the BC Liberals a coalition of federal Conservatives and Liberals or are the Conservatives and Liberals just a federal party not yet united? There’s an answer to that question and though it relies on perspective, it doesn’t rely on your own. The BC Liberal Party is sometimes cited as
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: The great consumer sellout
Michael Geist raises a good point about the lack of discussion of digital issues in Ontario’s provincial election. But it’s worth wondering whether Canada’s Western provinces are even able to have the debate which Geist rightly sees as vital:Copyright …
Continue readingHarper Valley: The Devil Wears Prada, Christy Wears Nada
What’s this? Christy Clark showing off her finery? If the Emporer has no clothes at least Christy might look better then him parading naked down Government Street, but all it would serve to do is let us know what we already do: Clark is all about money, making money, spending money, perhaps even […]
Continue readingImpolitical: Why progressives should support the HST
Ken Lewenza in a speech in December, 2009 on the anti-HST positioning from the right: We can’t buy into this. Neither can my friends in the New Democratic Party. I said to the Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath, “Andrea, the harmonized sales tax, as unp…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how B.C.’s HST referendum and Wisconsin’s state Senate recalls should rekindle our interest in setting up direct democratic mechanisms to hold governments accountable between elections.
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Continue readingHarper Valley: Tales From The Shelter – 54
We sit around and talk about things we need but Gordie Campbell took away from us. “Shirley” is elderly and needs orthotics as her arches are collapsing and her feet become very painful. That need was ripped from the books of the Ghost of Gordy Campbell Present and it will cost her $800 (with the […]
Continue readingHarper Valley: Tales from The Shelter – 53
I’m on my home island finishing up some songs I’m writing and recording. My friend I stay with is a true friend and mega talented woman. It’s inspiring to be at her home. The break from the Silly Man couldn’t have come any sooner. All hell’s been breaking loose with Botox woman using crack in […]
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