Nissan Cars May Power Your Home
Nissan has built a car that can charge on the road then use the excess charge it holds to power a home. This car can then be used to power…
2011
The food insecure amongst us
Every year the UN-OCHA (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) says that 3-4 million (always different) subsistence farmers and pastoralists in a variety of different regions in Ethiopia are…
Yup
Turmell is much more fun than that boring old economy.
Nycole Turmel: Naive Or Lying?
Don MacPherson makes an interesting point in today's Montreal Gazette:Another is that not even the subtleties of politics in Quebec allow you to be a member of two competing federal…
We’ve seen this movie before..
A day or so ago, Harper came out at the Mayor of Toronto’s private picnic calling for a defeat of the Ontario Liberal government, which was published on Youtube. Some…
Canada’s GHG commitment problem
For the past decade, Canada’s GHG emission targets were framed by the Kyoto Protocol, in which Canada committed to a 6% reduction in emissions by 2012 relative to 1990 levels…
Austerity and Welfare State Practices
I’m going to dip my toe back into the blogging pool via a quick “Lookee here!” post. In the last little while, lots of energy on the left has been…
Jane Taber’s one-sided column unleashes Dean Del Mastro on Margaret Atwood
In a column worthy of her nickname ‘Tory Taber’, the Globe writer gives all kinds of space to the Con spokesperson to insult and lie about Margaret Atwood. Only one…
Michael Moore and Dead Peasant Insurance
Long overdue, I finally got around to watching Michael Moore's latest documentary Capitalism: A Love Story last evening, having borrowed the disc from my local library. (Happily, not being a…
Our liberal media part XXVVX
Fair and balanced Brian Lilley & family on CTVOttawa Citizen reporter Glen McGregor writes about Brian Lilley's wife and family taking centre stage on CTV endorsing the Conservatives move to…
Not quite comparable
Alice notes that all three official parties in Parliament amassed record fund-raising totals during the course of this spring's election campaign. But it's worth adding one asterisk to the raw…
Kim Jin-suk and her Hope Riders
If you feel that one person can't make a difference then you haven't met Kim Jin-suk yetOn January 6, Kim Jin-suk began her sit-in against her employers plans to shed…
Dirty NDP
On the same day that we learn of massive cuts to Environment Canada coming from the federal Conservatives, it's important to remember that the ONDP is going off track on…
Libertarianism Is Not Paleo
What does supporting wars against people in far off countries have to do with being paleo? A couple of years ago I had put on about 20 pounds and was…
Gazette: Canadian online video start-ups could thrive
Canadian small businesses thrive when given the opportunity to compete on a level playing field with the big guys. Punitive pricing for Internet "overuse" could threaten the Montreal-based start-ups described…
New column day
Here, on the silliness of this week's hullabaloo over Nycole Turmel's past Bloc membership - and the lessons we can stand to learn about Quebec politics in response.For further reading...-…
3976…Oh To Be In Regina
At the Queen City Fair. I have been and as fairs go the Queen City Fair is as good as it gets.No, it is better.I was reading Peter Mills in…
3975…Apparently Miranda Lambert Likes Guns
This is a big story in Ottawa.Imagine my shock.LOL.WFDS
Opening the doors on government information
There are lots of good ideas floating around that could make Newfoundland and Labrador a stronger and better place to live. One simple one would be to emulate British Columbia: …
3974…Toronto Star Aims For Pulitzer Prize
In the category "It's Obvious".The headline, above the fold even, on the front page of the Toronto Star this day is that "Canada's Must-See List Excludes Capital".What? The story by…