Repressive Tactics Smack of History
Of course the so-called budget bill, stuffed to the gills with non-budgetary items as such, has multiple political purposes, but one of them is clearly to limit dissenting voices within…
May 2012
Will PEI MPs Affirm Women’s Rights – M312
The vote over M312 is approaching, June 13 and while abortion rights groups and suppoters rally, discuss, petition, network, lobby, educate, disseminate and push back against those who would see…
Automakers Tied to Slave Labour, Deforestation
Big names too – Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes, Nissan. They’re all in the spotlight for buying Brazilian pig iron produced in blast furnaces fueled by illegal logging using slave labour.…
Flashback: Kirsty Who?
Way back when, I wrote the music column for my friend Christine Renaud’s express and upfront magazines, dedicated to “art, entertainment & life” in Prince Edward County. This review is…
Hierarchy
Do not harm others. Conquer your anger and hatred. We live purposeful, meaningful lives. The practice of patience is essential. We have the ability and the responsibility to choose whether…
All They Need is a Cup of Fine British Hemlock
Latest Banksy Graffitiin London Where do these rightwingers get their Messianic complexes? Brit Conservative PM David Cameron has a message for his European counterparts, “Follow me.” Cameron says Europe…
Sharing The Care
Looking after a child with severe disabilities, then having another baby, then helping to look after an ageing Mum have all taught me some life lessons about surviving the caregiving…
Nefarious details in the Cuban Five case
I sit on a gray plastic chair, facing a tiny, gray, plastic table and another empty, gray, plastic chair, waiting for Gerardo Hernández in the visiting room of the maximum-security…
Federal jobs cuts: Clarity is always one year away
I’ve commented on federal job cuts many times before (here, here, here & here) and in the interests of beating this particular horse good and dead (no animals were harmed…
Aggressive misinformation from millionaires – Koch brothers-funded institute takes down offensive billboards
The Heartland Institute, that whacky rightwing think tank in the US that has corporations abandoning it faster than you can say Titanic, has added another bonehead move to its long…
The Monster Shows His Black Heart
Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic on trial for genocide in the murder of 8,000 Bosnian Muslims as well as the 10,000 who were killed in the seige of…
4687…Danny Tanner Is Not Gay
The dirtiest human being to ever walk the face of the planet, Full House’s Bob Saget, turned 56 today. WFDS
4646…I Lied To You
About that, ah read the cut and paste below from Urbanlegends.com. Come to find out, that news story circulating for the past two weeks about a Polish dentist pulling out…
Mr. Harper Accused Mr. Mulcair Of Calling The Oil Sands Industry A “disease” – Mr. Harper Is a Freaking Idiot!
“The leader of the NDP and ourselves are really on different wavelengths here.We’re not interested in identifying which industries we’re going to call diseases and shut down.” Prime Minister Stephen…
May 17: Prince Charles and Camilla to walk on….
…a street in St. John. Oh, I could die. I could just die. That’s the big story in section C. But skip through the rest (almost all ads) to p.…
4645…Dr. Shaq Is A Good Influence On Dropout
Dr. Shaq is, of course, Dr. Shaquille O’Neal, BA, MBA, PhD. The drop out, as reported at SFGate.com, is Don Nelson, who dropped out of Iowa University in ’62 to…
TED Talk Thursday: The Wisdom Of Cradle To Cradle Design
I’m still up to my ears in hugelkulturing, and hope to share my photos and experience soon. In the meantime, here’s architect William McDonough, co-author of Cradle To Cradle: Remaking…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Drew Anderson comments on the support the NDP is winning among groups which have historically supported the Cons: Seniors and men. Until…
How’s that again, Jerome? #nlpoli
Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy in the House of Assembly on Wednesday explaining some of the financial aspects of Muskrat Falls: The one thing I need to make clear though…
New column day
Here, on how the Cons’ imposition of an economic policy which benefits a few at the expense of people who get no say in the matter is just the latest…