The Climate Change Bill Comes Due
It's reported that if the steady decline in Mississippi water levels continues for just one more month, the river will be closed to most navigation. The Mississippi carries some 60%…
November 2012
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article "Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree" is the lead letter in today's National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
My letter to the National Post
My response to the article “Jewish alumni ‘distressed, disappointed’ over Queen’s University plan to give Jimmy Carter honorary degree” is the lead letter in today’s National Post.
Cowichan News Leader Editorial Critical of CVRD’s Alternate Approval Process
Our take: Can’t democracy move with the times? A dedicated group of people mistrusts the Cowichan Valley Regional District so much it appears willing to knock on doors in the…
The corporate counterrevolution rolls on
In the 1960s, a phrase was being bandied about that included the two words that most terrify corporate executives: consume less. A substantial number of people, particularly young people, were…
Calgary Center by-election: Move over, Peek a Boo Tories, here comes the Red Tide!
Jack Layton's stunning success in the May 2011 election broke the grip of the do-nothing Bloc in Quebec, and made it legitimate for voters across Canada to consider the unthinkable.Now…
A Free Course in Climate Change
Germany's WBGU, climate change advisory group, is offering a 90-hour, 3-credit online course, "World in Transition." The course comprises 11-modules, each based on two or three lectures, plus assigned readings…
Britain Still Can’t Build a Decent Submarine
Canada got suckered into buying their previous disaster subs and wound up with them out of service from the get go and for years afterward. Now it's the Royal Navy's…
It is great that Queen’s University is honouring Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is a great man and deserves such an honour. I am a Queen’s graduate and proud of it.H/T: sol chrom
Watch a Con Minister Being Coached to Lie
I've always believed the Cons are a cult, where the truth means nothing, and the Big Lie RULES.A cult where Con operatives tell Ministers what to do and say.But never…
Nov. 17: The editorial is a keeper….
Of all the prime ministers of Canada, Brian Mulroney is the only one to have been publicly humiliated for accepting a huge bribe while prime minister, hiding it from taxes…
Peak Canada? No, it’s still peak oil
Just came across this: Peak Oil? More like Peak CanadaNow, my posts over the last few days on Alberta's financial and energy situation have gotten a lot of reads, and…
ConCalls: More Smoking Guns
Postmedia keeps churning out evidence that Elections Canada has gathered against the Conservative Party of Canada and their misdirection phonecalls made to voters during the last election. What the newspaper…
5347…Billy Graham Is Right: End Days Upon Us
The end is nigh and one of the seven signs of the Apocalypse has been revealed on Facebook.Dress sweat pants. Coz your thighs and calves are too big to get…
An Open Letter to Israeli and Palestinian Hawks
Dear Israeli hawks: What are you thinking? I realize that you consider every destructive, civilian killing, infrastructure shattering air raid you launch on the impoverished people of the Gaza Strip…
Donald Trumps’ HAIR
Donald Trump - 1964Donald Trump -recent photoHe seems to have more hair now than in 1964. What happened? Maybe he removed some pubic hair and got them planted on his…
Post-US Election Thoughts: The Blame Game
It didn’t take long for the blame, the vitriol, the accusations and the excuses to start spewing forth from the Republicans, after Obama won a second presidential term. You would…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Bill Curry reports on the Cons' latest public-sector slashing. But there hasn't yet been much discussion of the most alarming number: upwards of 30%…