4194…It’s Back!
The death penalty. Those fools over at the Ottawa Sun nearly made me spill my breakfast this morning when I read their editorial in favour of bringing back the noose.…
February 2012
Today in history
Today: Gerry Nicholls wins Twitter. We’ll never top that.
Scary, Scary, Scary…..Indeed.
IsHistoryDead? SureHopeNotVille Yesterday we noted the tapestry of injustice that is Rick Santorum winning every caucus/primary in sight just a few days after he babbled on biliously about how abortion…
Why Big Oil Can’t – and Won’t – Let Go
Ever wonder why Big Oil doesn’t take its massive profits and take over the alternative (“clean”) energy business? Why do the fossil fuelers make such an expensive and concerted effort…
Batshit Crazy Festival 2012: aka CPAC
Only in America could there be such an event as the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) – an annual gathering in Washington where nearly 10,000 angry white men and fiercely…
the chamber of mature, sober second thought
Meet Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein: It’s speculation, but I think it is highly likely that Conservative Senator Irving Gerstein’s report cards from primary school must have included the notations “Has…
The Globe and Mail: Government ignores concerns regarding Bill C-11
By Peter Nowak for The Globe and Mail Free speech is a great thing, but what happens when the powers that be don’t listen to what’s being said? Does that…
Alberta Budget 2012
BOOM goes the dynamite! Analysis later. – E.S.
QP: All that is holy and decent
With neither Harper nor Turmel in the House today, it was up to Joe Comartin to lead the moral indignation against the CSIS directives that allow for the use of…
tala plays with a grizzly bear cub!
Psyche! Not that Tala! This Tala is a wolf pup, now a full-grown wolf. Watch more inter-species love. Thanks, James!
Getting perspective on CO2 emissions
I’ve just put up a tool at YouSustain called How Much CO2 Is That?, which I think is pretty neat. You can enter (or pick) an amount of CO2 emissions…
action alert: don’t privatize canada’s national parks, even a little
I meant to include this in my earlier post with various action alerts. It’s a bit old, but very important. Since this organizing started, Parks Canada has agreed to delay…
The Saga of Calgary-West… No, the OTHER One…
Nation, there are a few areas of the city where small-c conservative politics are a messy, messy business. The reasons for this are unclear… it certainly doesn’t seem to be…
Thank Occupy For Mayor Ford’s Big Defeat
Of course I know that it was a revolt by city councillors against the hare-brained, disastrous transit “policy” of Toronto Mayor Rob “I love gridlock” Ford. And it was the…
Conservatives and knowing stuff #nlpoli #cdnpoli
What is it about some political Conservatives and ignorance? There really isn’t another word for it except ignorance. In the most recent example, Rick Santorum proves it isn’t just a…
Rolling Over Speed Bumps: Weekly Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Lindsey with your update: read more
Air travel and carbon footprint
A bi-annual vehicle emissions test got me thinking about my personal carbon footprint. A lot broad-brush numbers and calculators exist out there to calculate one’s footprint, but I’ve never found…
Political bribery still legal
…thanks to the able assistance of both wings of the Librocon party, the Bloc rump—and Elizabeth May, that ardent defender of the democratic process. Crossing the floor of the House…
Accountability Moment: Manhattan Institute’s Robert Bryce Squirms And Evades Question on Fossil Fuel Funding
Robert Bryce from the fossil fuel industry-funded Manhattan Institute just can't bring himself to answer a simple question about the fossil fuel industry funding flowing into his group. Readers of…