Global Temperature Data Released by "Climategate" Researchers
HadCRUT3.jpg TEMPERATURE data from more than 5,000 weather stations used to compile a key global record of surface temperatures has been released to the public. The raw data, sent from…
2011
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | AlterNet #uspoli
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | | AlterNet#facepalm just isn't strong enough for this.
Heroes for Today: A German, two lesbians, a mayor and a prime minister…
…and, hell: a whole slew of plain, ordinary Norwegian citizens of all faiths and colors: Meanwhile, here’s the German, who saved as many as 30 people from the frigid waters…
stihl bisy
But not so busy that I can"t remind you to read David Climenhaga on why Canadians need to stand on guard for thee against Rupert Murdoch. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy…
Economics for Dummies: “Austerity” explained
…in terms so simple, even a Repug could understand them: Shamelessly stolen from here. (Thanks, Pale!)
Democracy withers away: Europe’s wakeup call – Le Monde diplomatique | via @NaomiAKlein
Serge Halimi: Europe’s wakeup call - Le Monde diplomatique - English editionWhen the balance that keeps labour and capital in relative equilibrium gets trashed (or more likely in this context,…
And we’re back
So we beetled home today, anticipating much caterwauling on the part of Mallory who made it abundantly clear she did not want to leave. More specifically, "I hate camping. There's…
Yay, Sheepdogs!
They're on the cover of the Rolling StoneCongrats, boys.
Music for a Monday: A lament for Che
Yes, I know, this is very belated; I should have put this up yesterday: Steven Soderbergh’s two-volume movie of Che’s Cuban triumph and his Bolivian downfall is hugely ambitious, and…
Dumping Shit in The Ottawa River
This blog post contains graphic language because there is no way to pretty up dumping shit in the city's drinking water source.If I were to walk into the Ottawa River…
One man’s tar baby. The Doug Lamborn story.
Fox News thinks the real news about Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn saying about Obama, "...it's like touching a, a tar baby" is that it "riled the left". Meaning of course,…
Satan Sammich.
Well, the world has been SAVED...Fucked over and screwed again by the Obamamaniacs and the teabaggers.... Austerity is the word. And here is someone who will explain why what the…
Driving a wedge between the police and the public
http://natpo.st/qwomVl There is a long fictional tradition of police planting evidence to ensure a conviction; the police know who the criminal is but don't have quite enough evidence to prove…
Could Ontario NDP Pull A Layton?
This is interesting: The Forum Research survey found Hudak’s Tories at 38 per cent — down from 41 per cent in June — to McGuinty’s Liberals at 28 per cent,…
Reflections on BC Day
It’s August 1 – British Columbia Day. This being a relatively new holiday, we have not really come up with a tradition such as we have on Thanksgiving and Christian…
NDP Next Steps Roundup
Not surprisingly, plenty in the Canadian media have responded to the NDP's first big news of the summer with all kinds of discussion as to where the party will go…
I’m Sure Mme Turmel Expects Nothing Less
Well, what do we have here? Some Harpercons along with Timmy Powers, warning that Nycole Turmel will be “no 1 target” of her political opponents. “She will find herself under…