Okay, one more post about the RLCT
And then I'm done. First up, a public thanks to my partner and Mallory's mother, Irene Jansen. I've been eating up at least six non-work, non-sleep hours a week since…
June 2011
Yes, the NDP can get things done….
‘We can get things done’, Joe Comartin justice critic, for the NDP That's the way to do stuff. Comartin is a lawyer and has been on this issue for a…
Ugandan lesbian seeks asylum after brutal assault and outing…
Stop the deportation of Betty TibakawaPlease sign this petition: stop the deportation of betty tibakawaBackground (trigger warning) :Betty Tibakawa, a young lesbian living in Uganda, had gone for a walk…
Nalcor negotiating Muskrat transmission with Hydro-Quebec
Nalcor is currently trying to strike a deal with Hydro-Quebec on wheeling power through the province to other markets Read all about it in the Toronto Star. Newfoundland and Quebec…
"Now don’t you step back, sisters!"
HoLY Elder Crone with a plan!if what you're reading here grips you, holds you, fascinates you, provokes you, emboldens you, pushes you, galvanizes you, discomfits you, tickles you, enrages you…
Interior Dept Okays Thousands Of New Unconventional Gas Wells In Utah
kensalazar.jpg Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced that his department and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are fast-tracking unconventional gas drilling permits in Utah&...
FINALLY! Something about poly i can repost…
this article works for me, though...A Straightforward (But Complex) Loving Life Editors' Note: Guest blogger Wintersong Tashlin is a presenter and writer whose work focuses on topics related to sexuality,…
If a tree falls – a story of the earth liberation front…
given the destruction they've wrote and the way they choose to not listen to our voices united against them repeatedly, the powers that be should feel terror. they should be…
QP: One week later
Jack Layton kicked off question period with a trio of questions about Libya, which asked about the mission Parliament intends to vote upon, why Canada was not playing a bigger…
On no he di’nt!
It’s not often that malfunctions of a political mind are put so obviously on display. Well, expect for perhaps our dear friend, Hugh McFadyen. OK, we all know that on…
Arms Race Update – India Urged to Deploy ICBMs
The head of India's Air Force is urging his country to build and deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles of up to 10,000 km. range. Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik says getting…
WikiLeaks: Assange Breaking Ground While Governments Break Laws
Assange points out that there were illegal attacks on WikiLeak’s technical infrastructure, especially since it’s a legal, media organization and not an illegal group as some extreme critics suggest. ==…
Might Have been On Global Tonight
...interviewed this aft about a "needle" they found in a head of lettuce at a No-Frills close to my place. Don't know if they mean a syringe or a knitting…
Monty Solberg Is, Was And Always Will Be, A Big Right Wing ‘Fraidy Cat’
I dunno .. just seems to me that comparing the New Democratic Party to axe murderers might be a bit over the top ...... Who's Afraid of the NDP ..…
Avanti popolo!
Italy’s embattled Silvio Berlusconi has just taken four more staggering body-blows, just a few days after he lost his personal stronghold of Milan. A nation-wide referendum has just shot down…
Go Lizzy May!
Elizabeth May is the only MP in the HOC, and The Green Party the only party (by definition!) in favour of due diligence when it comes to legislatin' crime laws.…
Creating a Culture of Conservation
Two important issues have been emerging over the past several decades which are going to inform the events of this century. The first has to do with the way in…
Setting a high tech government funded asset adrift
Here is an item today that may be an indicator of the ideological underpinnings of this government shining through. See this post from Dwayne Winseck at the OpenMedia.ca site on…
Offshore board recommends mediator or panel review for Old Harry drilling proposal
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board issued the following news release on Monday: “The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB), in its role as Responsible Authority pursuant to…