Dogwood Initiative: Political Hardball Against Harper, Enbridge
We’re sending this e-mail because we want to make one thing crystal clear. Despite the best efforts of Canada’s federal government to fast track oil tanker and pipeline projects, we’re…
July 2012
Mandatory Minimum Sentence Right for Firearms Trafficking
Christopher Lewis was a small time drug dealer. He sold crack cocaine to an undercover police officer on a few occasions, and then offered to sell him a .45 calibre…
!!! at Bluesfest
While I waiting for Sleigh Bells to take to the River Stage at Bluesfest, I ventured over to the seemingly quarantined Electro stage and was pleasantly surpised. Daring California dance…
Hot Enough For Ya? Extreme Weather Events Consistent With Climate Change Science
temperature map.gif Large portions of the U.S. are on fire. Record droughts currently encompass massive swaths of America. The areas not experiencing droughts have been inundated with flooding. Winter weather…
Quote of the day
Granted, we’ve only lived in the area for 25 years… But the first 15 left an impression that this was not one of Dante’s circles. The last ten: approaching inner…
InterBank Rate rigging probe escalates in UK and Germany
(Reuters) – A global investigation into manipulation of interbank lending rates widened on Friday with Britain’s fraud squad taking up the case and sources telling Reuters that Germany’s markets regulator…
Cameron Ward on RCMP, Picton and Oppal Inquiry
RCMP officer Jim Brown is a sexual sadist-so what’s the big deal? Cameron Ward, July 6, 2012 “…Willy Pickton didn’t kill up to 49 women by himself, not according to…
Large petition against TPP’s Internet trap hand-delivered to negotiations in San Diego
delivery1.jpg Broad coalition confronts TPP negotiations armed with over 90,000-strong StopTheTrap.net petition July 7, 2012 – Organizations and people belonging to the StopTheTrap.net Coalition delivered 90,000+ signatures from around the…
FreedomWorks Fails Basic Math And Economics To Smear Renewable Energy Investments
Freedom_Works_Logo.gif The corporate funded, Libertarian/Conservative “think tank” FreedomWorks is doing their best to convince Americans that taxpayer-funded energy subsidies and loans are a waste of our resources. Of course, that…
Friday night unplugged
In 2003 John Fahey came in at number 35 on a Rolling Stone list of the top 100 guitarists of all time. This is Poor Boys Long Way From Home.…
Intense Jealousy
I am not a jealous person… or at least I wasn’t until I saw this picture: NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition 31 flight engineer, posing with more digital cameras than…
Elections Canada’s new motion at the Supreme Court on Etobicoke-Centre
CBC is reporting this today, based on a motion filed with the Supreme Court earlier this week: “Elections Canada has new evidence in Etobicoke Centre.” Apparently Elections Canada has found…
Summer reading
One of my regular readers asked me to post ideas for summer reading. Here is some of what I’ve been reading this past year: 1. The Death and Life of…
Are Harper and Charest Murderers?
The news that the Jeffrey Mine will reopen may warm some hearts in the Eastern Townships. Nevertheless, the Quebec government’s decision to provide a $58-million loan to Canada’s last asbestos…
Are Harper and Charest Murderers?
The news that the Jeffrey Mine will reopen may warm some hearts in the Eastern Townships. Nevertheless, the Quebec government’s decision to provide a $58-million loan to Canada’s last asbestos…
First post in a long time, some policy discussion!
I haven’t posted in forever, so I decided to break out of the doldrums of summer by posting a policy I’m considering submitting for OYL Summer Fling on reforming Canadian…
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Call from ICCC Mentoring Program 2012 The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the launch of the 4th round of its mentorship program. This three-month long program was…
Friday RoboCon
News goes to die, on Fridays. So today it is appropriate to talk about the biggest news story in the country that doesn’t get the respect or urgent coverage it…
Where can I get a drink around here?
This is a pic of an old water fountain in my old home town. One side for people and the other for horses!
Higgs boson explained … not really.
I am not a scientific person. I don’t understand how computers work, and I’m pretty sure that electricity is, actually magic. So all this news about the discovery of the…