1235361139_7f26eef43c.jpg A new United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) report discussing the environmental destruction in the Ogoniland region of the Niger Delta wetlands calls out Shell...
A discussion around the copy desk today- what are the best newspaper/media movies?A short list in no particular order:1. All the President's Men. Woodstien and Bernward eat Nixon's lunch. A…
Search string of the day:doctors told me to get an abortion to save my life what should i doThis is what you should do: GET AN ABORTION.Your life is more…
Many people would agree that one’s right to freedom of expression also implies responsibility. That is one must also accept the fact that there are possible consequences ,e.g one’s words…
By now anyone who follows energy, economics, or the environment has probably heard the term “ethical oil”. If you are not familiar with it; it was coined by Ezra Levant…
While boasting about gaining around 15,000 new unpaid members for their party, the Alberta Liberals meanwhile only settle with 3,500 paying members for the party, compared to about 25K for…
The above is from a Globe article. My concern is not so much with Ms. Turmel's former membership in the Bloc as her current membership in Quebec Solidaire. Apart from…
It’s been amusing, if not a little sad, to see the right wing trying to outdo each other criticizing Obama for having a birthday party. They’re all pissed but none…
Thanks to the hard work of the pro-Internet community and the Stop Online Spying Coalition, word is really starting to get out about the government's costly and poorly thought-out online…
Canada has been largely free from terror attacks experienced by other western nations at the hands of Islamic extremists, thanks in large part to the Liberals’ refusal to engage in…
It didn't take long for that shoe to be on the other foot:There's a serious unease in the NDP over interim leader Nycole Turmel's memberships in two Quebec sovereigntist parties,…
Hard on the heels of a Con campaign against “war criminals” at least two of whom are unknown to authorities in their own countries, comes a strategic leak about Abousfian…
Pretend the following isn't a NDP staffer, who does it sound like?:The staffer, speaking anonymously to RDI's La période des questions, said it shows a lack of integrity that Turmel…
For those of you out there who have not seen it, I recommend Social Europe Journal. There is a lot of good progressive economic commentary by leading European economists and…
Japan's Fukushima catastrophe brings big radiation spikes to B.C. After Japan's Fukushima catastrophe, Canadian government officials reassured jittery Canadians that the radioactive plume billowing from the destroyed nuclear reactors posed…
The political elite and its stenographic media don’t classify types of terrorists. If they did we would get the good, the bad and the crazy. Since no one is perfect,…
WeAreAllRayBradburyNowFahrenheit451Ville....Because If You Don't Gordon Campbell's Disco Inferno Will Burn You and Yours Forever.It's too late for mail, but the deadline for direct drop-offs is 4:30pm, today, Friday Aug 5th,…
astroturf.jpg The oil industry has put their astroturf and lobbying efforts into overdrive over the last few months, preparing for a bitter fight in the upcoming 2012 presidential election. In…
While some heralded SlutWalk as the future of feminism, the lack of hype around Calgary’s second attempt at SlutWalk reveals that it was little more than a trend that has…
While some heralded SlutWalk as the future of feminism, the lack of hype around Calgary’s second attempt at SlutWalk reveals that it was little more than a trend that has…
