4149…Poor Gilles Duceppe
First he loses his cushy job in Ottawa. Secondly the Habs suck badly. Now this. This being a story that was broken late last week, to wit: As J-Source’s French-language…
January 2012
USS Enterprise False Flag Operation Planned?
Would the US destroy one of its one ships to give cause for attacking Iran?
Just Too Dumb to Be an Atheist
There I’ve said it. I’m just too damned dumb to accept atheism. And, the way I see it, so are you even if you won’t admit it… yet. It’s the…
Advice to Teachers on Online Learning
Here are the answers to your questions: The EdgeX website says this on your page”This to me is a society where knowledge and learning are public goods,freely created and shared,…
What Stephen Harper DID NOT Tell Delegates At The Davos Capitalist ‘Love In’
Canada’s PM Harper spoke to delegates at the elitist Davos conference in Switzerland today. Here are a couple of key points that he DID NOT make in his speech: -When…
Rivers drying up in England?
When trout waved lazy in the clear chalk streams, Glory was in me … So wrote poet John Betjeman about his beloved River Kennet. Sadly, the trout have had trouble…
Dances With Oil
If Stephen Harper were a character in a Hollywood epic movie about the western Canadian frontier, and went to live with the First Nations people, I can’t help but think…
Cuba: Looking back and ahead
In 2012, the White House will focus on the most important of international and national issues: the re-election of the President. U.S.-Cuba policy will fall into “Next Year’s” box—or the…
Stephen Harper’s recent meeting with Natives
Harper was high on rhetoric and rituals but lacking on substance. All in all the results of the meeting were disappointing for the natives. Read more here.
Abortion on PEI – Liberals need a National push
Access to reproductive health services, including legal abortion, is guaranteed under the Canada Health Act – Fact. Our one lone female leader on PEI, Olive Crane, happy with a status…
No threat #nlpoli
In a meeting of the committee that manages the business affairs for the House of Assembly, the Tories approved an additional $150,000 for the Liberals. The New Democrats got nothing,…
Sitting in Yummy Shawarma in Iqaluit, listening to Ice FM
The North is developing very quickly. When I first came here the idea of a shawarma place would be laughable. No longer. Making Nunavut a Territory gave it a self…
Conflict of Interest? Not Here!
Let’s suppose that it was publicly revealed that a communications officer in the Prime Minister’s Office — Sara MacIntyre — was the wife of a senior Russian diplomat at the…
Pinheirinho II: capital vs. the people
“A toast to real estate speculation.” Carlos Latuff proves once again that a picture is worth a thousand words. Up to 9,000 people are made homeless, not by natural disaster…
Victory for Chickens in Europe
Being a chicken who’s sole purpose is egg-laying can be hard because of the horrible living conditions. Too many animals, in this case chickens, are held in enclosures that don’t…
we don’t care about facts, tarsands edition
Why you always have to ask, who is sponsoring this exhibit/ad/study/media. And why tax dollars should support the arts, humanities and sciences: because if we don’t, they will. (Emphasis added.)…
Race to the Ballot in North Carolina
Race to the ballot is an effort to defeat amendment 1 in North Carolina this May 8. The ballot wants to make marriage between a man and a woman the…
"we don’t care about facts", crime edition
If only the Harper GovernmentTM weren’t determined to waste our tax dollars on prison-building and useless mandatory sentencing, while telling us we can’t afford to maintain decent spending levels for…
PEI City Councillor tweets on Abortion!
Have a look – http://i.minus.com/jg2ZnqiUbZK5H.png – that’s a link to a static pic of the Tweet, captured by folks who thought maybe the Summerside City Councillor might try to deny…
The morning sun reflecting off Lake Victoria
We spend our last morning in Uganda on Lake Victoria. The early morning sunlight reflecting on the waves made the entire lake seem as if it was made of liquid…