Somalia Drought 2011.jpg Please join DeSmogBlog and a network of environmental organizations, websites, nonprofits, and social media mavens this weekend in a 48-hour fundraiser to benefit the 12 ...
The simultaneous attempts at name-clearing by Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik, who was illegally detained and tortured by the Sudanese government at the request of the Canadian government, and Moroccan citizen…
Finally, at least one of the bond rating agencies in the United States has owned up to its hypocrisies -- and slapped down the country's long standing credit rating, from…
From Luminus Express: The election of alumni representatives to Memorial’s Board of Regents was finalized on Aug. 4, with five new representatives and one incumbent taking the six available positions.…
The American economist, Kenneth Rogoff suggested this week that we stop referring to our present economic woes as The Great Recession, and instead label the present situation The Second Great…
The downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States credit rating proves three things:1. Obama is probably not going to be re-elected2. It's a good bet to learn Chinese…
Rex Murphy, His Majesty’s Loyal Conservative lapdog, commented about interim NDP leader Nycole Turmel’s status as oppositon leader. If some Canadians are upset about her status as Her Majesty’s Loyal…
On May 4, 2006, Nycole Turmel as President of the Public Service Alliance of Canada endorsed anti-scab legislation introduced as a Private Members Bill by Bloc Quebecois MP Richard Nadeau.Turmel…
http://natpo.st/nERU0x Excellent piece in today's Post
The oceans are starting to feel the impact of human’s polluting the planet in many different ways, including ocean acidification and the huge garbage patch in the Pacific. Here is…
http://bit.ly/nogJsJ From the standpoint of the deceased it doesn't make much difference. But from a societal standpoint it matters. Domestic violence is an attack on a spouse and is intended…
There is a lot of history on the debt ceiling in the united states. In fact for many decades the debt ceiling increased tremendously without the need of any compromise…
...to anoint the best Canadian political book of the past 25 years, which wound up anointing Ezra Levant's Shakedown. Discussions of the significance of this choice, such as the one…
The continued taberization of political reporting in Canada When bullshit fails… No thought, please. We’re Danny. Debt, electricity rates and Muskrat Falls Jane Taber – Twit Blochead-Dipper Watch The medium…
Quite a column from John Ibbitson for a lazy Saturday in August: "Will Cautious Stephen Harper let Wild Steve run free?" It's a musing on whether the thus far apparently…
In case you’re interested, here’s the YouTube video featuring “Canada’s best known fishing buddies” that was described by Tim Harper in the Toronto Star the other day. Better hurry though,…
Defense spending factors into the recent deal to avert the entirely political debt "crisis" in a couple of ways. Firstly, amazingly, the deal actually increases defense spending in a certain…
After the Berlin Wall fell, the world thought that the United States had won.So did the United States.Reagan talked about the shining city on the hill. Bush the Elder talked…
This video is the first trailer for Medicare's Orphans by Medicare for Autism Now! which will examine Canada's shameful exclusion of autism treatment from Medicare coverage and the consequences for…
