Ecocide: Crimes Against Nature and Humanity
On September 30, 2011, a mock trial by judge and jury at the University of Colchester in England found two oil executives of Canada’s tar sands guilty of ecocide. The…
May 2012
Voter suppression: The Mystery of the 4-Minute Gap
The plot thickens, sayeth Deep Throat. The latest news about the sleuths working for Elections Canada to find out who Pierre Poutine is and who else might be involved in…
The correct response to Heartland’s disgusting billboards
This absurd and extreme guilt by association that Heartland is pushing should be countered by making it abundantly just clear how absolutely absurd it really is. And while we are…
You Don’t Say… May 4, 2012
I’m not saying I listened to the Beastie Boys every second of every day, but their music is important to the history of rock and rap and Adam Yauch (MCA)…
New coins costing Canadians a lot of cash…
Last month, the Royal Canadian Mint put into circulation a new generation of loonies and toonies. The Royal Canadian Mint, however, did not give Canadian cities official notice of when…
Cue the Defections: Rep. Sensenbrenner First To Pull Out of Heartland Institute’s Denial-a-Palooza Conference
heartland_billboard.jpg Although not likely to be the last, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) became the first speaker to distance himself from Heartland Institute's outrageous billboard stunt today, telling the Washington Post…
Nehanda Abiodun, Political Exile
Recommended reading: Jake Krzeczowski’s blog post about Nehanda Abiodun, a political exile living in Cuba; “They say I and others were involved in expropriations of armored trucks, that we were…
The "path to sustainability"
The words are code, of course, for celebration of globalism where business and capital dominate unions and labour and holdings of wealth become concentrated, where law and order supersedes civil…
Voter suppression: Talk by a Tory of ‘American political tactics’ to suppress votes
Interesting snippets about a conversation about how some American politicians use robocalls to suppress votes down south: Christopher Crawford, a member of the local Guelph election campaign, also talked about…
Here we go again
TransCanada applies for Keystone XL pipeline permit: TransCanada Corp has asked the U.S. government for approval to build the $7.6 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline which has been put on…
#Bertschi4Canada
I got a new follower on my Twitter account today. Team Bertschi is a “Grassroots Exploratory Committee” presumably drumming up support for a David Bertschi Liberal Leadership campaign. Bertschi’s name…
Will Heartland Institute’s Corporate Funders Tacitly Endorse Comparing Climate Realists to bin Laden and the Unabomber?
heartland logo.jpg UPDATE: The Washington Post reports that Joe Bast and the Heartland Institute will discontinue the outrageous billboard campaign in a matter of hours. Bast issued the following statement…
RIP MCA – Saying Goodbye to a Beastie Boy
On this day, May 4th, 2012, the world was given the news that founding member of the Beastie Boys, Adam (MCA) Yauch, passed away after his long battle at the…
P.E. I and Ontario connect
It is a marriage. Dalton McGuinty’s son is going to marry Robert Ghiz’s sister. Fixed link between Ontario and P.E.I. The Toronto Star story.
The Raincoast May Be Getting Wetter
Coastal British Columbia may not be a great place to live if you have problems coping with rain. We have what I like to call the “Rain Festival” that runs…
Students- Request for input on Mount Allison University’s Website Redesign Project
Cundari is helping create Mt. A’s new website. Help Mt. A by providing your input to them. Hi everybody, I’d like to relay a message sent this afternoon to all…
Students- Request for input on Mount Allison University’s Website Redesign Project
Cundari is helping create Mt. A’s new website. Help Mt. A by providing your input to them. Hi everybody, I’d like to relay a message sent this afternoon to all…
conrad black vs war resisters: the most whopping double-standard of them all
The Government of Canada welcomes an ex-convict who renounced Canadian citizenship, a man who defrauded seniors of their pensions and life savings. Indeed, the path for his return was cleared…
Huh?
IF this is the full story, then that school in Nova Scotia should give its politically-correct head a shake! Now y’all KNOW that I’m a grumpy ol’ atheist. Always have…