Think Twice About Central America
So much for my plans of a once-in-a-lifetime motorcycle trip from Panama to Vancouver Island. That route, it seems, has become Murder Alley. While we’re all becoming aware of violent…
March 2012
It’s his brand
Susan Delacourt of the Toronto Star attended the Manning Centre for Building Democracy’s annual shindig in Ottawa this weekend and put up a post to summarize the proceedings. I thought…
The Tar Sands Are Making Us Stupid
So suggests Thomas Friedman, and it makes good sense to me. When you have no resources, you become resourceful.
Another Tar Sands Fantasy Challenged
To hear Big Oil and its political minions tell it, the Athabasca Tar Sands will be restored to their pristine state once the black sludge is finally gone. This stands…
Decline of Climate Change Acceptance Scares Leading Scientists
Dr. Nina Federoff, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, said at a recent gathering of the AAAS in Vancouver that she is “scared to death” about…
Republicans Driving Votes to Obama
Women, check. The young, check. Minorities, check. Moderate conservatives, check. Liberals, check. The poor, check. The soon to be poor, check. The Republicans, it seems, have done a dandy job…
The Curious Case of Guano as a Staple
Peru – the heart of the Inca Empire – and thereabouts is where the potato originated, to be spread around the world after Europeans ‘discovered’ it. Off Peru’s coast a…
The Maher-Manning Misunderstanding
. ShindigForDemocracy RockTheCasbahVille And yes, the original ‘Pogue Mahone’ post from Mr. Maher has now been disappeared. Thus…. We regret any and all previous suggest-o-grams that may have been interpreted…
US Soldier Goes Postal – Guns Down 16 Afghans
Afghan president Hamid Karzai is accusing a US serviceman of gunning down 16-people including 9-children and 3-women. Another 5 Afghans were said to have been wounded. A report in The…
A liberal quandary at the Daily Kos
From south of the border comes a cautionary tale—but not the one author “DuzT” is spinning. Yet, in my heart of hearts, I believe we’re reading a clever parody here.…
Stephen Harper gone Robotic
You heard of robocalls. Now Harper is trying robotic technique for his speeches. In this speech he goes from normal, to slow, to fast and normal again. This is his…
SpiderBruce….SpiderBruce…Does Whatever A Springsteen Does
ThroughTheRain TheSnowTheWindTheRainVille From his show Friday night at the Apollo Theatre…. …Mr. Springsteen, who is 62, sang the lead parts of those (soul) songs while wading into the audience, climbing…
Robocall Impact
I find it a bit odd, the rush to verdict on the robocall affair, particularly when it’s clearly an evolving story, that is nowhere near crescendo. How anyone can make…
The Latest On The F-35
While the militaristic Canadian Conservative regime, led by flyboy fan Steve and aggressively supported by his Defence Minister, the dishonourable member from Central Nova, continue to champion the acquisition of…
There Are None So Blind
The Manning Centre came to Ottawa this weekend to celebrate Conservatism Triumphant. And it demonstrated, yet again, the party’s fatal flaw — its garrison mentality. Richard Ciano, head of Campaign…
today in dundas square: rally for democracy!
If you’re in the GTA, here are the details. Rallies are being held across Canada. Check this Facebook page or do the Google to find an event near you. Demand…
Electoral and Parliamentary Reform (part 3)
Electronic Voting Last week I touched upon the subject ofelectronic voting as a means to increase the number of citizens whowould participate in this important part of our democratic processand…
RoboCalls – Another robocall from Guelph Appears
** I wrote the first part of this blog post a couple days ago, and the story is very significantly updated, so I felt it should get the full attention…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“We can sum it up in one sentence: Our technical civilization has just reached its greatest level of savagery. We will have to choose, in the more or less near…