Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African…
June 2011
Of Plastic Bags and Things
As described in this article, Rwanda is one of several places in the world that has banned plastic bags. Kigali, the capital of Rwanda is a beautiful and clean African…
Hockey Politics, Maybe?
Join Tia and me as we liveblog/snark our way through Game 7! Go Jets! Hockey Politics, Maybe? Share the Love: Twitter del.icio.us email RSS Facebook Google Bookmarks Digg LinkedIn StumbleUpon…
3855…To Strike Or Not To Strike
With a combination of back to work legislation and lockouts the Stephen Harpers are making the decisions for unionized Canadian workers.That's wrong.Shame.WFDS
3854…Hardware Will Go Back To Boston
May be not the Stanley Cup but fer sure, fer sure, fer sure the Conn Smythe Trophy, most valuable player in the playoffs, goes to Tim Thomas of the Boston…
3853…Minutes To Go Before The Big Game
You know which one.Vancouver Canucks, game seven Stanley Cup, hoping to bring Stanley home for the first time since '93.Boston Bruins win = a coronary for Don Cherry.Pick yer poison,…
A Stanley Cup Prayer
Our father who art in Boston. Hockey be thy name.Thy will be done. The cup will be won. On ice, as well as in the stands. Give us this day…
QOTD
John Cole at Balloon Juice translates the latest White House attempt to explain why the Obama administration doesn't need congressional approval to continue military action against Libya: We're not engaged…
‘Nucks or Bruins? Does Orr trump all?
For me, this is more complicated than it seems. I grew up just outside Parry Sound, Ontario – the birthplace and hometown of Bobby Orr – the best player EVAH!…
The NDP have become “Liberals in drag”
Give a guy free housing and he becomes the Tories’ new BFF. Careful Jack, your naked ambition is showing.
The Last Post
Well that's about a wrap for the Disgruntled Democrat. I've said pretty much all that I have to say about the political economy. In doing so, I have had the…
President Obama’s Fracking Panel Unmoved By Pennsylvanians’ Water Concerns
Picture-11.png On Monday, the Natural Gas Subcommittee, from Energy Department Secretary Stephen Chu’s Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), held its second public meeting. Around 400 people ...
Help Jeff Jedras Out
Just in case some Liberals missed it, please check out this post by Jeff Jedras on his proposed sub-amendment to give us a leadership race in the fall of 2012,…
What is Really Going on in Libya?
I can't help feeling that this so called "mission" in Libya is just more blood for oil. You can't save people by bombing them, and yet we are bombing the…
NBC/GE, Dylan Ratigan Show, and the Methane Gas-Media Industrial Complex
Dylan Ratigan firewater.png Yesterday, I published an article for the Center for Media and Democracy's PRWatch titled, "MSNBC's (GE's) Dylan Ratigan Show 'Firewater?' Series: Natural Gas Industry...
IEN Protecting Mother Earth Conference North Dakota 2011…
Importance of Health and CultureJuly 28 - 31, 2011Hosted by the people of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara NationsLittle Shell Antelope Society Arbor - 4 miles w. of New Town, NDPre-RegistrationRegister…
NDP MP Fin Donnelly Reintroduces Bills on Salmon & Oil Tankers
This week in Ottawa, NDP MP for New Westminster-Coquitlam-Port Moody Fin Donnelly reintroduced two private members bills he authored last year. The first calls for a legislated ban on oil…
All according to plan
Oh, that poor, unfortunate Stephen Harper. If he could have counted on his party's Senate majority to allow its own institution to be reformed, he might have faced some pressure…
I really like it when writers encourage us to think about organizing in more layered ways…
...especially when it comes to in-fighting among those with common enemies. it's always better when issues are dealt with out in the open. hate whisper and covert ostracism campaigns. these…
My On Trek To Washington trip!
I will be going to Washington next week I hope to keep you posted on my voyage. You may recall the title of this post it comes from the famous…