Movement History on the West Coast
There is an exciting new initiative from No One Is Illegal - Vancouver Coast Salish Territories called ”Inheriting Resistance: A Community History Project”. They just released their first video from…
August 2011
Pure Dumb Luck
Stephen Harper, party insiders tell us, likes to think that he is the smartest guy in the room. But Lawrence Martin makes a good case for believing that Harper's "triumph"…
Why I’m Not Jumping On Board The Google+ Bandwagon
by matttbastard Jillian C. York on why the current corporate backlash against online pseudonymity is misguided: There are myriad reasons why an individual may feel safer identifying under a name…
Gone Fishin’
Be back soon.Recommend this Post
The Evils of Commerce
In Sohunglo, Chugoku Prefecture, (just down the road from Hiroshima) the geisha house of Okiya Yumyum made the best of a bad situation by introducing the art of contortion to…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Not much change promised for Ontario’s municipalities this election
Ontario’s provincial leaders are promising a lot this election. It’s what they’re not promising that is more troubling to me. I listened to the leaders of the three parties speak…
Friday drive-by blogging
1. Harper on the possibility of new stimulus spending, the first words from The Economist™ on the topic in light of the latest economic anxiety: "Flexibility I think has been…
Media Culpa On Wente And Electric Cars
Another bad column, another takedown:We expect regular eco-trashing and McGuinty-bashing from Ms. Wente, but there is an election going on in Ontario, and it behooves the Globe and Mail to…
Stephen Lewis to deliver eulogy for Jack Layton
http://bit.ly/oh9aVy I met Stephen Lewis a few years ago when he was speaking on HIV/AIDS. A remarkable thing -- he is as eloquent on a one on one basis as…
Australian MP Wants His “Gay” Back
Same-sex marriage has been a fact of life in Canada for so long now that many of us have long forgotten the silly hysteria that led up to it. Yet,…
Muskrat Falls fails joint federal/provincial environmental review #nlpoli
… if the recommended economic and alternatives studies show that there are alternative ways of meeting the electricity demands of the Island over the medium term in a manner that…
The final departure
Jack Layton has departed the Hill for the last time, to a 15-gun salute. He now lies in state at Toronto City Hall, with the funeral at Roy Thompson Hall…
20 Tips for first-year students: #15- Finding coffee in Sackville, NB
In the 15th of 20 in our video tip series, fourth-year psychology student Aleka Maclellan talks about the best places to grab a coffee in Sackville. Drinking coffee is a…
The Republicans on the Environment
I have decided to look at all the people who would like to become the President of the U.S and look at there platform. Issue by issue. Since I already…
The Washington Monument and the Holy Rollers
OMG. Shake me like a rattle. Or call me a prophet eh? Because as soon as I saw this. I knew that the Christianist crazies would soon be howling at…
Breaking: State Department Calls Keystone XL Environmental Impact "Limited," Ignoring Evidence
stop-tar-sands.jpg The State Department just released their Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. The 27-page document does not flag any significant en...
It’s officially fall
Dr. Grumpy has posted his annual nightmare at Staples post:When Mrs. Grumpy was wondering when she'd have time to get the school supplies, I volunteered. I figured "How hard can…
Remember where you heard it first! Former St. Albert city councillor James Burrows gets Wildrose nomination
Former St. Albert city councillor James Burrows on municipal election night 2010. The TV monitors in the background did not display particularly good news for Mr. Burrows. Now he has…
The Jack Nation and the Promised Land
I found the sight of Jack Layton leaving the House of Commons for the last time incredibly moving.The cannons blasting, the people clapping, the bells playing "Imagine."And when the funeral…