Democracy Now host Amy Goodman hosts a roundtable discussion of Occupy Wall Street movement on its 1 year anniversary with the following experts: Frances Fox Piven, an author and professor at City University of New York who has studied social movements for decades; Nathan Schneider, editor of the blog Waging
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The Scott Ross: Romney Is What He Appears To Be & That’s Not Being What He Appears to Be
From not releasing his tax returns to flip flopping on almost every major issue, Democrats often warn that Mitt Romney isn’t what he appears to be. Good news for Mitt, a new secret-video shows who he really seems to be; bad news for Mitt is that it shows that what
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: U.S. pressuring Bradley Manning to implicate Julian Assange (VIDEO)
Julian Assange‘s U.S. attorney, Michael Ratner, claims that the U.S. is getting tougher with Bradley Manning hoping to pressure him to testify against the WikiLeaks founder. He tells The Real News Network: They would want him to testify or roll over against Julian. And it’s not me making that up.
Continue readingcartoon life: Buddha, Kate, Bertolucci and Seung Sahn
Found as posted by Paul Lynch on Google+, a post from a Blogspot blog: http://chanpoetry.blogspot.ca/2012/09/growing-up-and-so-is-love.html Filed under: Buddhism Tagged: Buddha, Kate Bush, video
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Canadians Hang Out With Soccer Superstar Christine Sinclair (VIDEO)
Olympic soccer bronze medalist and national women’ team Christine Sinclair answers some questions from her fans and Sportsnet.ca host Gerry Dobson. After leading the Canadian women’s Olympics soccer team to a historic bronze Olympics medal during the recent London Olympics, Sincliar was chosen to carry the Canadian flag during the closing ceremony. The seven-time Canadian
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Cry Wolf: A Canadian Unethical Oil Story
Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story (via Desmogblog) Over the last several years, Alberta has killed more than 500 wolves using aerial sharpshooters and poisoned bait in order to conceal the impact of rapid industrial development on Canada’s iconic woodland caribou. Independent scientists say that declining caribou health stems chiefly
Continue readingknitnut.net: Only Pets
I still watch the Birds for Sale category on Kijiji, just in case. (In case of what, I’m not really sure. The last thing I need is another bird.) Last night we went to Critter Jungle for dog food, and of course I stopped by the bird section to say
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Radicals for our coast: New Democrat MPs and community reps (VIDEO)
A must-watch video on the ongoing fight against Enbridge’s cursed pipeline. The following New Democrat MPs visit Terrace, Kitimat and Kitamaat, British Columbia, and discuss the energy giant’s proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline: Deputy Leader and Environment critic, Megan Leslie (Halifax); House Leader, Nathan Cullen (Skeena-Bulkley Valley); Public Safety & LGBTT
Continue readingCanadian Progressive: Another Conservative MP Calls Harper “Prime Minister of Cannibal” (VIDEO)
For a second straight day, a Conservative MP hosting Stephen Harper introduces the Dear Leader as “the prime minister of Cannibal”.
Continue readingCanadian 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 readingcartoon life: The Horse’s Mouth
I saw The Horses Mouth as a movie in my senior year of high school. I had read the novel, given as a gift by my cousin, a corrupting and influential gift, while I was in public school. There was much I didn’t understand then. And those are indeed, magnificent
Continue readingArt Threat: Montreal-North stand up: part two – An interview with MC Emrical on the fourth anniversary of the death of Fredy Villanueva
While Chuck D’s famous phrase “Rap is CNN for black people,” has been quoted by countless ‘reality’ rappers, there are few artists who have embraced the concept as throughly as Emrical. The only difference is that in this case the Montreal-based emcee reports from the racially diverse low-income community of
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Quebec votes 2012: Separatist Option Nationale’s disingenuous appeal to Anglophones
This might come as a surprise to most Anglophones in Canada and Quebec. But it’s true. Option Nationale, a party unconditionally committed to separating Quebec from Canada, invites Anglophones to help shape the “future” of the province. To help the province “reach its full potential”. The party’s leader, Jean-Martin Aussant,
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: David Suzuki on Site C Dam and ‘The Economy’ at Paddle for the Peace
David Suzuki’s powerhouse speech at the 7th annual Paddle for the Peace, which inspired hundreds of people from the Peace Valley and around the province who turned out to voice their opposition to the proposed Site C Dam. Said Suzuki, “In elevating the economy above everything else, we fail to
Continue readingThings Are Good: Crowdsourcing the Meaning of Life
Some filmmakers are channelling the world to find out what the meaning of life is. Their project has started an Indiegogo campaign to fund their project and they can use your help. The world we live in is extremely confusing and precarious. With economic meltdowns, global terrorism, ecological disasters, civil
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Bill Nye teaches you how to tie a bowtie
Bill Nye check list: Whimsy ✓ Bowtie ✓ Seemingly infinite knowledge of the universe ✓ Someone needs to check if Bill Nye has 2 hearts. Filed under: Things That Are Great!, Video Tagged: Bill Nye, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bowties are cool, Doctor Who, Nerdist
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: The “Life of Pi” Movie Will Probably Rock Your World
Canadian novelist Yann Martel’s “Life of Pi” is one of the few novels I’ve started with enthusiasm and but couldn’t finish. I simply failed to connect with this award-winning wrenching fantastical story of loss, adventure and hope. But the movie, directed by award-winning director Ang Lee, promises to be something
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Paddle for the Peace Builds Momentum Against Site C Dam
It was a record turnout and perfect conditions for the seventh annual Paddle for the Peace on July 14, 2012. Hundreds of boats and close to a thousand people in total joined in the event to show their opposition to the proposed Site C Dam, which would flood the area
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: NHL Hall of Famer Mike Richter Speaks Out Against Enbridge
A 3 min video from Pacific Wild and Damien Gillis, featuring NHL Hall of Fame goaltender Mike Richter sharing his once-in-a-lifetime experience in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest – threatened by the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline and supertankers.
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: ‘Some Risks Are Not Worth Taking’ – Campaign Launched to Take on Kinder Morgan
The first in a series of new public service announcement videos from Tanker Free BC, a Vancouver-based organization taking on US energy giant Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin the Trans Mountain Pipeline to Burnaby. The one-minute video was produced through the volunteer contributions of a group of communications and film
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