Radical environmentalism on the rise
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October 2012
Hey Steve, Guess Who’s on the Security Council? Australia
Well, well, our cousins down under have succeeded where Steve Harper utterly failed. Australia has been given a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Not that it matters to…
The Fertilizer Tree Catches On in Africa
Researchers in Malawi have found a way to free farmers of dependency on expensive and destructive fertilizers. Farmers there grow maize, corn, and their crops require large quantities of nitrogen…
Rosie Perez sets Romney straight
Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez has teamed up with actually.org to set Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney straight. Romney was secretly taped in May at a Florida fundraising dinner joking that…
Newsweek to Become an Online-only Publication
Newsweek will be ending its print edition and becoming an online only publication. Is this good news? A sign of moving forward in the digital age? A sign of a…
Why We Must Break Up Canada’s Media Cartel
Once you have a thoroughly corporatized mass media, rife with concentration of ownership and cross-ownership, your democracy is in peril. It’s not a question of if but a question of…
Is America Too Divided to Continue?
Being American these days is becoming something akin to sharing bathwater – it’s no fun if you know the previous occupant is too damned dumb to wipe his butt. A…
China-Canada Investment "Straitjacket:" Interview with Gus Van Harten Part 2
This post is second in a series on the Canada-China Investment “Straitjacket:” Exclusive Interview with Gus Van Harten. You can read the first segment here. Right now Canadians stare down…
Anonymous: The Betrayal Of Wikileaks
Last week, the hacktivist collective Anonymous dumped WikiLeaks. Anonymous accuses WikiLeaks’ beleagured founder Julian Assange of turning the whistle-blowing website into a one man “Julian Assange show”. Below is the…
Angry White guy
The other night was the most hilarious thing I have seen on TV in a long while. Romney lied and smiled that horrible smile, and he face planted on the…
After 16 Years of McGuinty, What’s Next for OLP?
Sixteen years ago, Dalton McGuinty won the Ontario Liberal leadership race at 4:30 am, after 5 rounds of voting. Always one to defy expectations, McGuinty worked his way up from…
Guest Blog: Selective Amnesia at Bank of Canada
The following is a guest blog from Marc Lavoie and Mario Seccareccia at the University of Ottawa: In a speech delivered on October 4th to the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce…
In determining whether speech is hate speech context is critical
Lund v. Boissoin, 2012 ABCA 300 holds, very properly, that in determining whether speech is hate speech, and subject to legal sanction, context is critical: B. Consideration of context In…
Funny, isn’t it
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says planned changes to the pension plan for members of Parliament won’t take effect until after the next election, noting it would not be fair to…
Pope Sending Timothy Cardinal Dolan on Peace Mission to Syria
He will serve on a Vatican delegation that will travel next week to the war-ravaged country. Good luck to him; a tough gig to say the least! Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/pope-sending-cardinal-dolan-on-peace-mission-to-syria/#ixzz29fXowzwt
Oct. 18: Mea culpa…
I don’t know how I could have been so foolish as to miss it. A reader pointed out something very important to me, something I had missed.(maybe I really should…
Seniors Who Are Social Are Healthier
Seniors who lead active lives like playing cards and generally hanging out with friends feel healthier and are healthier than there less social peers. Friends make things fun and keep…
Liberalberta
A green flag looks nice, but a white flag might have been more apt Via Daveberta, comes news that the Alberta Liberals will be rebranding themselves as Liberalberta. The change…