Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Pratap Chatterjee discusses our new age of robber barons – and how the wealthiest CEOs get out of paying any tax at all on massive sums of money: The Institute for Policy Studies, a Washington DC thinktank, says that a chunk of the
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Canadian Progressive: Enbridge Inc Rebuked: “This is not an Enbridge animation” (VIDEO)
*This is not an Enbridge animation from Shortt and Epic Productions on Vimeo. Last week, Enbridge Inc. insulted Canadians again with an animated propaganda video that omitted the natural resources the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline will destroy. The video omitted thousands of kilometres of islands and other natural features along
Continue readingwmtc: informed citizens vs. enbridge: misleading pipeline ads must go
What’s wrong with this picture? Lori Waters knew what was wrong. Waters, who lives in BC and designs scientific graphics, recognized that 1,000 kilometres of island coastline was missing from the map, giving the appearance of a broad, clear channel – one that might accommodate oil supertankers with a degree
Continue readingTrashy's World: The Rideau River…
… truly one of the great perqs of living in this City. (8) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingwmtc: some stuff i saw on facebook
A collection of stuff I saved from Facebook, courtesy of Snipping Tool. If only this were true! Then it might be a little more difficult for governments to sell people wars. In my usual way of getting sucked into Facebook trends that I dislike, I created this card because I
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Sum Of Us deserves plenty of credit for highlighting Enbridge’s attempt to delete a thousand square kilometers of treacherous and sensitive islands in order to sugar-coat the dangers of shipping oil out of Kitimat. But it’s also worth noting that the issue
Continue readingEclectic Lip: Commemorating Joe Romm’s “Language Intelligence”
Joe Romm‘s book Language Intelligence is now out in the US (but maddeningly, remains unavailable in Canada). Early reviews proclaim it as both a rhetorical masterpiece, and a masterpiece on rhetoric. To commemorate the book in my small way, I dug up a piece I wrote for a competition on Dr. Romm’s
Continue readingArt Threat: Blu mural tackles Italy’s Chernobyl
Italian street artist Blu has created a towering critique of the militarization of Sardinia. His latest mural depicts the devastating impact that industrialization and military bases have had on the Mediterranean island. In the south-east near Salto di Quirra, a rocket launching site run by the Italian Air Force, electromagnetic
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: What To Expect When You’re Electing: Representative Paul Ryan
Ryan Romney.jpg With the selection of Wisconsin Republican Representative Paul Ryan has his running mate, Mitt Romney has effectively pushed his campaign into the climate change denying fringe. While Romney hasn’t been considered a friend of the environment since he began running for national office, his tendency towards flip-flopping made
Continue readingThings Are Good: Young, Urban, and Farming in Rural Ontario
In Ontario women from the city are defying stereotypes and running farms. Once the purview of the stereotypical old white farmer who hates cow-tippers, now women raised in cities are buying and operating farms in rural Ontario. These young and educated farmers are using organic process and community driven opportunities
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: What Purpose Do We Serve?
Although I have written on this topic before, I think it merits a return visit, given the environmental disasters currently engulfing the world. Were it within my power, I would legislate that all people in both elementary and high school, and in the world’s corporate boardrooms, be required to watch
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Romney’s New Campaign Strategy: Attack Green Jobs During Massive Unemployment
Green Jobs US.jpg Since President Obama took office, industry-funded think tanks and faux grassroots organizations, along with oil-friendly politicians have been collectively demanding to know “where are the jobs?” And with last month’s jobs report showing an increase in the U.S. unemployment rate (even though there was a net job
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – pogge offers up the definitive response to the Cons’ attempt to encourage a sell-off of First Nations reserve land: When you look past the paternalistic argument that the only way First Nations communities can possibly thrive is to be more like us, this
Continue readingwmtc: deadline to comment on northern gateway pipeline is august 31: add your voice to the opposition
Please watch this beautiful video from Pacific Wild, featuring former NHL goalie (and Hall-of-Famer) Mike Richter, and more importantly, featuring the Spirit Bear Coast. In less than four minutes, you will understand the utter madness of bringing an oil pipeline and supertankers to this area. Madness, that is, unless you’re
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans o…
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans of evidence based policy goose bumps. Well… ..
Continue readingRandom Ranting Raving and Ratings: Stephen Harper finds Science – Well Not Really
Could it be that Prime Minister Harper has discovered the existence of science? The headlines across the country are declaring the PM says that “Science, not politics, will determine outcome”. It is enough to give fans of evidence based policy goose bumps. Well… ..
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On unscientific methods
Scott is absolutely right to be skeptical of the claim that the Cons will let science play any role in their attempt to force a pipeline through northern B.C. – particularly given their general distaste for the subject. But there’s a more direct response worth pointing out to Stephen Harper’s
Continue readingThings Are Good: Paris Revitalizes the Seine for People
Paris is continuing it’s transition to be more people-focused. The city has a great plan to gut its highways in the city along the Seine and replace them with bike lanes, pedestrian walks, and cultural spaces. It’s bound to make a city known for its romantic appeal even more lovely.
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Christian churches speaking out on Northern Gateway- Why are evangelicals silent?
Some of Canada’s Christian churches are giving voice to concerns over the Northern Gateway pipeline, in particular to the potential hazards it poses with respect to aboriginal peoples and wildlife. Kairos Canada has put out a primer for its member churches called: Ethical Reflections on the Northern Gateway Pipeline Kairos
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