Snowdrops, Because We’re Getting There
No, they’re not open yet, but the shoots are definitely above ground. Makes me feel good to see them.
No, they’re not open yet, but the shoots are definitely above ground. Makes me feel good to see them.
In my post of March 12th about peak everything, I mentioned that China, which produces 97 per cent of the rare earth metals, elements critical to the production of many…
Today, just a single, solitary, lonely link. Why St. Patrick’s Day pisses me off.
This week’s music break features my favourite heavy metal band, Machine Head. They have been controversial for their whole career, but to me the important thing is that they make…
It’s going to be a tough century for places like the state of Florida. For all its many challenges, the greatest one facing this retirement Mecca is climate change. Low-lying…
I’m not saying that St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto is the best healthcare facility in the world, but it is damn good! Special kudos to the cardiac surgery team and…
Tune in, turn on and give a few bucks to one the most fabulous radio stations anywhere. WWOZ New Orleans community radio is having their annual membership fundraising drive, and…
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – William Black suggests that we consider applying the “broken windows” theory to the financial sector – particularly since the signs of a severely…
Cash was truly great. I hadn’t heard this song until Tuesday, but it even has caragana bush mentioned in it. Not sure why someone would bed down in it though,…
…if the people are silent, you call them content; if they protest, you say that they are given to disorder; and in the one case as in the other, they…
The breathless coverage of Terri-Lynne McClintic's testimony in the Tori Stafford murder largely accepts what McClintic says. But wait — McClintic is a deeply troubled person who was, even if…
The new skipper of the Boston Red Sox is also the inventor of the Wrap.Bobby Valentine told the New York Times that he invented it back in the early ’80s…
This story of how a Syrian refugee risked his life to post and smuggle video of atrocities to the West should make us all feel just a bit ashamed as…
hoaxbook.jpg Last week, we were treated to one of those facepalm moments that make those of us who care about the future of planet intensely frustrated. Or worse. Senator James…
heartland logo.jpg A Heartland Institute front man* phoned a Greenpeace activist and lied about his identity in an effort to get her to turn over UN climate conference documents to…
Two more reasons to say j’aime le Quebec. Two days ago, the Cons’ ridiculously wasteful, unnecessary, and inhumane crime bill was passed in the House of Commons. The leadership of…
There are no links in this post. There are no photographs. There is only my sincere hope that I am not the only person in Canada disgusted to the point…
They are also a breeding ground for lesbianism and abortions. Yeah, I know, the above two sorta counter each other but this isn’t my idea, k? The brainiac that came…
There’s an article on the CBC site today about scientists in Russia and South Korea who are going ahead with an attempt to clone a wooly Mammoth. The comments section…
Foreign policy analyst Yves Engler will be speaking in Winnipeg Thursday about his newest book, Lester Pearson’s Peacekeeping: The Truth May Hurt. Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Time: 7:30 p.m.…