Oilsands And Selective "Upsides"
If you’re a proponent of the oilsands, your central argument is obviously the economic upside. Listen to any sales job, and immediately you hear how the oilsands don’t just benefit…
February 2012
Decluttering, again
Everything tastes better in my Maureen Marcotte bowl, which I bought at the 260 Fingers pottery show last Fall. I’ve launched a new decluttering campaign at my place. I’m trying…
Sad Spaceman reads too much Camus
Alltop enjoys a good void.
Artist Profile: Interview with Michael D’Antuono – Artist challenges government’s monetary redistribution, and more
Michael D’Antuono’s work is striking. His background as an illustrator sets a foundation for a remarkable oil painting style – deep shadows all set among poignant messages. After years of…
Keeping an eye on the ball that is C-30
More on C-30 here. On the one hand, there was this presentation from a Vancouver police official yesterday: “People need to focus and keep their eye on the ball,” said…
Nevermind The Budget Bollocks…The VSun Has ‘Real’ News To Cover!
ButWhatIfTheWeatherStarts GettingALittleRoughVille Yes that’s right! As you can see by the red cirle we’ve added to the image above, this important bit of news, which was published late last week…
Reminder: Jerry Bannister on political myths in NL #nlpoli
With the provincial government and its proponents deploying Churchill falls and bay d’Espoir as part of their arsenal of argument in favour of Muskrat Falls, there couldn’t be a better…
Heartland Documents Proven Authentic
…by the man who obtained them: At the beginning of 2012, I received an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute’s climate…
Partisan hypocrite? #nlpoli #cdnpoli
or just full of it? Leo Abbass on news that no one wants to use Goose Bay as a supersonic flight training venue: “From what we were told the base…
Tinkering with the Standing Orders
MPs are going to be looking at the Standing Orders to see if things need to change with regards to time allocation, committees going in camera, and changes to Question…
Harper Government Promotes Faith Healing
Stephen Harper has welcomed the news that a fellow religious extremist turned head of state, Benedict XVI, is officially turning a long-dead Mohawk woman named Katherine Tekakwitha into a saint.…
Canadian Internet Providers Already Set Up For Mass Surveillance
There has been some talk recently about who would pick up the tab for a bill like C-30 when in fact the throttling technology used to slow down P2P connections…
Cleese Responds to Futile Comments
John Cleese responding to YouTube comments in a video posted on the Monty Python channel. In this video, hear what elderberries taste like, Cleese’s take on religion, and what, exactly,…
Ceiling Vic
via: unrepentant old hippie/Robert McCelland
alberta election maps: candidate nominations (february 2012).
Using the latest updates from the list of Alberta election candidates, I have created the maps below showing where the Progressive Conservatives, New Democrats, Wildrose Party, Liberal Party, Alberta Party,…
Here come the lawyers
Over the weekend Planet3.0 reported that the Heartland Institute was threatening to sue anyone who commented on the leaked documents. Well yesterday they sent letters to Desmogblog, Greg Landen, David…
Elder Abuse
Have you all seen the commercials on Tee Vee lately? Courtesy of the Canadian Government, and paid for by all of us. It is a very real problem which needs…
Whistleblower Authenticates Heartland Documents
Gleick.jpg Climate scientist Peter Gleick has acknowledged that he was the person who convinced the Heartland Institute to hand over the contents of its January Board package, authenticating the documents…