No Matter What You Call It, It’s Still Ethnic Cleansing
The Gaza Strip, refuge for nearly 1.7-million Palestinians, will be uninhabitable by 2020. “Action needs to be taken now if Gaza is to be a liveable place in 2020 and…
August 2012
What would Huck Finn have said?
My favourite book in childhood, and I was an avid reader, was Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Rafting down the mighty Mississippi from adventure to adventure was as romantic…
Boston Cleans Up the Harbour
Boston has had problems with sewage and keeping water clean, and all of that is set to change thanks to a new initiative. They are are going to increase fines…
In Climate Change News
The Radical Republican Party, or GOP(R), has denounced president Obama for stating that climate change presents a severe threat to America. “The strategy subordinates our national security interests to environmental,…
I Don’t Have a Problem with Crazy People
It’s radical conservatives, people who act crazy to exploit others, that infuriate me. You know they’re acting crazy when they ramble on about “death panels” and socialism, “job creators” and…
No Silver Medal
Civil disobedience has halted production at Mexico’s “top grade producer of silver.” Farmers of the La Sierrita village, a close knit community of about 50 families, located 40 minutes north…
GOP Convention in Tampa and Hurricane Isaac
Although Isaac will by-pass Tampa and unfortunately its main impact will be on New Orleans, Louisiana. However, rain and thunderstorm is possible for Tampa. It looks nature does not like…
And We Think We Have Animals in Our Backyards..
The racoons ranging in our backyards seem to have disappeared–or maybe they just figured out how to get out of trash cans and so don’t make so much noise. Whatever,…
Labour Day Weekend – Courtesy of Unions
Inspired by Labour.
On common viewpoints
I haven’t yet blogged about Angus Reid’s poll on how respondents see the economic issue ads released earlier this year by the NDP and Cons. But I’ll take a moment…
The Business of Killing
What else would you expect from the first true Warfare State in centuries? American arms sales abroad tripled last year. The Sydney Morning Herald puts the take at $66-billion or…
Torture directives from Anttawa ‘immoral,’ NDP says
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/08/28/pol-cp-torture-opposition.html
Either Crazy or In League With the Dark Side
An Australian study has outed climate change deniers as falling within one of two categories – radical free marketeers or nutjobs. The paper, titled “NASA faked the moon landing –…
Tracey Weiler Runs Away From Tim Hudak
Is that a rooster crowing I hear? Yesterday Tracey Weiler, the “Progressive” Conservative candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo ran as far as she possibly could away from Tea-Party Tim Hudak. First in…
Tory candidate Tracey Weiler: Not a Tim Hudak fan
At Monday night’s crucial Kitchener-Waterloo candidates’ debate, star PC candidate Tracey Weiler is asked if she supports Tim Hudak’s “right wing conservative agenda.” Her frosty answer: “I’m not here to…
Jim Flaherty’s Economic Inaction Plan
Flaherty says private sector responsible for stimulating economy Stimulating the economy ultimately falls on the heads of the private sector, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday. “We’ve done a lot…
The Muskrat Falls Debate (on Twitter) #nlpoli
Over at the Telegram, you’ll find two blog posts that are well worth your time if you want to get more insights into the ongoing discussion about Muskrat Falls. Political…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, August 28, 2012: Apple lists Samsung devices it wants banned from U.S. market Trial Judge Orders Prop…
Star Ontario PC candidate: I’m not going to defend my leader
Some days, I feel sorry for Tim Hudak, the Tea Party North leader. Almost. Here’s his star candidate in Kitchener-Waterloo, refusing to talk about the guy, much less defend him.…