I tell my kids that “hate” is not a nice word…
… but I am finding it increasingly difficult to avoid that word when thinking Harper’s ReformCons. Hey, I knew and we all knew that Stevie positively DESPISES the Public Service,…
September 2012
Canada’s Imperial Premiership
You don’t have to convince many British Columbians that Ottawa no longer functions as a democracy. Consent, in the twisted mind of Stephen Harper, is something that is extracted at…
Weaver Slams Harper – Again
It wasn’t a large protest rally, just 200 people in the crowd, but the message was loud and clear – Harper must stop gagging Canadian scientists. On hand at the…
Sept. 15: Big gaps in the TandT….
The Moncton Times and Transcript which vowed to keep us fully and accurately informed on the shale gas issue has still not mentioned that medical staff at the Moncton Hospital…
‘Winners’ And Losers In Quebec Asbestos Mess
Photo: Vsmith/Wikipedia Support for Canadian chrysotile asbestos is dead. First point, this: Canada should have gotten out of the asbestos game a long time ago.All asbestos causes cancer. We won’t…
Baffinland’s Mary River iron mine approved
The Nunavut Impact Review Board approval, with conditions, is huge. Nunavut will have a major industrial base – this changes everything.
U.S. pressuring Bradley Manning to implicate Julian Assange (VIDEO)
Julian Assange‘s U.S. attorney, Michael Ratner, claims that the U.S. is getting tougher with Bradley Manning hoping to pressure him to testify against the WikiLeaks founder. He tells The Real…
"We’re In Uncharted Territory"
Europe could be plunged into a deep freeze again this winter, a condition linked to the disappearance of Arctic sea ice. The Jet Stream is moving north and it’s slowing,…
From The Great Exporter Of Democracy
I guess free speech is something Republicans only value when they export their democratic principles. Recommend this Post
Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
It’s an old phrase, oft used but perhaps never more fittingly than to describe our war in Afghanistan where we succeeded so brilliantly in failure. We defeated ourselves. We defeated…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jon Wisman and Aaron Pacitti put a price tag on the upward redistribution of wealth in the U.S.: Between 1983 and 2007, total…
China’s Nuclear Hair Trigger
China is just one of several countries with arsenals of nuclear weapons. Yet, unlike the others, the unusual structure of China’s military forces may leave the country much more prone…
The sad ballad of Tim Hudak
Ontario Liberals didn’t like the outcome of the Kitchener-Waterloo by-election – and it’s spelled Kitchener, Tim Hudak, not “Kichener” – but Ontario’s PC leader probably liked it a lot less.…
RIP Premier Lougheed….and Education in Alberta
Is it just me, or is Alberta getting more and more insane all the time? Must be all those bitumen fumes..where else would a teacher be fired for doing his…
5157…Dalton McGuinty’s Bad Optics
Got this from Hot 93.5 in Sudbury. Somebody on the Premier’s staff wasn’t paying attention when they shot this one. He’s still the man but this is funny. WFDS
Another OOPS of Joe Biden
“During a campaign stop at Wright State University in Ohio, Vice President Joe Biden accidentally mixed up the name of the college he was speaking at. “Middle class families need…
Contempt in family law matters
CM v. SM, 2012 NLCA 59 has a useful comment regarding contempt in family law matters: While the court's power to cite for contempt should be used sparingly, especially in…
No Breakthroughs Necessary: 95 Percent Renewable Energy Possible By 2050
It’s a commonly held belief, even within the climate action advocacy community, that significant technological breakthroughs are necessary to harness enough clean, renewable energy to power our global energy demands.…
what im reading: john henry days, by colson whitehead
Here I am again, gushing about another novel by Colson Whitehead. For my last grab at pleasure reading before trudging back to my grad-school cell, I went back to the…