The Week That Was
It’s a beautiful sunny Friday here in northern Ontario, and I’m in the middle of processing some juicy and delicious organic Okanagan fruit that was delivered by fellow local foodies…
August 2012
More Green on Blue
“Green on Blue” has become the term for Afghan security officials – police or army – turning on and gunning down Western forces in their country. The latest incident cost…
Canada lost 30 400 jobs in July & apologists blame the global economy
This is the kind of news Stephen Harper and the Conservatives would wish you didn’t hear. That’s because it debunks the self-made myth that they’re competent economic managers. They want…
Mars: Exploration and possibilities
Can we colonize Mars? Some scientists think that yes we can. NASA’s Curiosity rover’s initial pictures.
Tony Genco is the Ontario PC candidate in Vaughan
Ah, the dog days of summer. Nothing like a couple of byelections to get you back in business. I figured that since Genco already lost as a Liberal and then…
Dean Spade: For Those Considering Law School
Dean Spade of Seattle University School of Law gets lots of inquiries from people considering law school. Here are some points that he emphasizes they may have overlooked: Most legal…
Civilization At the Crossroads. What If We Make the Right Choice?
While the future of human civilization looks gloomy, mankind might actually make it through this century repositioned to face a wonderful future. It all depends on whether we can muster…
Target-ing The Canadian Market
6 U.S. retailers set to invade Canada’s malls Still another article on CBC online regarding the Americanization of the retail sector here, as if anyone even cared, anymore, besides the…
5013…74 Year Old Charged In Drive By
It ain’t Compton, it ain’t Detroit, it ain’t Harlem. It’s southern Saskatchewan.I am telling you they don’t play in Regina. The Regina Leader-Post reports that “Albert Clarence Kaiswatum…was charged on…
Friday morning Elections Monitoring Right Here In Canada blogging
Now with subtitles. The Del Mastro campaign contributions Justice Minister Rob Nicholson is staying out of Dean Del Mastro’s business. Nicholson’s response to a request from NDP MP Charlie Angus…
Is War With China Actually Possible? Is War of Some Sort Inevitable?
Is China on the verge of war? War with whom? There are factors building that suggest China faces the sort of instability that could force war on China and some…
The politics of table salt #nlpoli
Tom Hedderson would probably like a do-over. Responding to an opposition call for a ban on road-side pesticide use by Hedderson’s department, the minister compared the toxicity of the chemical…
Ry Cooder’s Mutt Romney Blues
American guitarist, composer and songwriter, Ry Cooder, doesn’t think much of Mitt Romney. He dislikes Romney so much, he’s even written a song about the guy, the Mutt Romney Blues.…
Naomi Wolf Slams America’s "Ignorance Industry"
Activist/writer Naomi Wolf has about had it with her homeland’s “stasis of stupidity” blocking any meaningful action to respond to man-made climate change. It is fairly well-known what has been…
A Breakdown of the Job Losses
Further to Angella’s post, after two months of treading water, Canada lost 30,000 jobs in July. The increase in unemployment was limited to 22,000 only because 8,000 people abandoned the…
July Job Numbers Fall
Statistics Canada’s monthly job numbers are out, and it doesn’t look great. After big jumps in March and April, there was little change in May and June. In July, total…
In the heat of the dog days
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Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – pogge offers up the definitive response to the Cons’ attempt to encourage a sell-off of First Nations reserve land: When you look past…
it’s getting a little more crowded on the ndp tarp.
TweetThe Alberta NDP ad in the 2012 Edmonton Folk Music Festival program.
Thinking about Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
People in Nova Scotia are doing a lot of thinking about Muskrat Falls, so it seems. Here’s part of an opinion piece by Brendan Halley that appeared in the Thursday,…