350.org’s Bill McKibben on Colorado fires and the global warming threat
On the heels of the failures of Rio+20 initiatives, the US has been hit by environmental wake-up calls in the form of a devastating heatwave and flooding. These are hardcore…
July 2012
4830…Breaking News: Teenagers Are Horny
This newsflash comes to my attention via Milky, the mid day guy at 93.9 BOB FM in Ottawa.Ottawa’s news leader, The Ottawa Sun, breaks the news, from Reuters, that a…
Let’s play 3: Oda retires
A little bit of by-election mania in our near future… Durham. Calgary-Centre. Etobicoke-Centre. Do I hear Peterborough, anyone? Maybe four in our future. Or Provencher? Go for 5?
Canada’s Lamentable Lack of Imagination
When I was a kid growing up, I thought Canada was cool. Canada’s centennial celebrations made me believe that as a young country we were just coming into our own.…
Speaking Truth to Power in Harperland
I think this cartoon in the Toronto Star neatly sums up what Stephen Harper did on Parliament Hill the other day. Turn a celebration of Canada, into a shameless and…
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Private health care: Placing children at risk to increase profit
You have to wonder how executives at GlaxoSmithKline sleep at night? Yesterday the British drug manufacturer agreed to a civil settlement with the U.S. Government in which they will pay…
Good riddance
Now, Libs, we got any hope of winning that riding? Held it long ago, as I recall.
No Justice Here. . . .
One more scumbag gone, how many left to go? Bev Oda is an example of real human trash. She told bold-face lies to the House of Parliament, she actively supported…
4829…Weird Wisconsin Union Fact
I am doing this from memory coz I am too busy to look it up, busy of course being the 2012 code word for I am too lazy to look…
Summer TV watch list
The hottest months of the year are usually a dumping ground for the big four television networks. Yet some of the greatest shows of all time first aired in summer.…
Does Mayor Robertson really want to build condos on parkland?
A story in the Straight quotes Vision Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson of supporting the idea of building housing on a portion of the Langara golf course. “Meanwhile, Vision mayor Gregor…
Fun with Google Maps
Teddy here again. In my spare time, I like to make political and politically-related maps on Google Maps. I have more than just the Quebec Senate Divisions. I decided that…
Bev Oda’s Sweet Double Resignation
GOOD RIDDANCE! The minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has resigned from both Stephen Harper’s cabinet and her elected position as Conservative MP for the Ontario riding…
Bev Oda’s luxurious, tax payer funded lifestyle comes to an end
After months of continued pressure, Minister of International Development, Bev Oda’s ridiculously obscene, tax payer funded lifestyle has come to an end: she has resigned. I won’t say more here…
Taking Back Our Democracy: Bridging the Generational Divide
These are tough days for Canada’s parliamentary democracy. Having endured years of steady erosion, it is now under frontal attack. Journalists and public leaders, across the political spectrum, have begun…
Harper Wasting No Time Slashing DFO Habitat Jobs as Notices go out to Staff
According to Otto Langer, the former senior DFO scientist and manager who first blew the whistle on Stephen Harper’s plan to gut the Fisheries Act, the job cuts associated with…