Why does Britain have nuclear weapons?
There’s a lot of talk these days about the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Britain’s government is one of the voices adamant that it must not be allowed to…
November 2012
OLP leadership race guideline stuff
1. This is a pro-Pupatello web site. If you want to trash her or mindlessly promote another candidate, go elsewhere. Or, better yet, start your own frigging web site. 2.…
Why No Honest War Memorials?
I've seen many war memorials. A good many of them are topped by some heroic-looking lump of bronze depicting a perfect specimen, with immaculate puttees, a jaw fixed in determination,…
Post-Election Racism Tracked
The re-election of Barack Obama triggered a flood of truly ugly, racist tweets.A group of geography academics calling themselves the "Floating Sheep" scoured Twitter for the racist tweets and tracked…
Adding Insult to Injury – Northern Gateway Style
It seems Harper isn't finished working over British Columbia in preparation for forcing through the Northern Gateway bitumen pipeline-supertanker venture.He's gutted our fisheries regulations, ditto for our marine ecosystem protections.…
Curriculum Hateful? Yes. Anything Being Done About It? Not Really.
End of Jewish Plots and Treacheries: Ever since the Prophet’s entry into Madina, the treacherous Jews had vehemently opposed him and his Islamic call, evoking memories of their hostility to…
Growing the Options: Showing the Clean Economy is Good Politics and Policies
There are a lot of venues where clean economy players network and do business. Michael Liebreich’s excellent Bloomberg New Energy Finance summit and Pennwell’s Solar Power-Gen come immediately to mind.…
Kudos to Tabatha Southey on her Serengeti-prism for viewing Obama’s success
Republican voters?Commentators are diving into the gizzards of the election statistics to find out why Mitt Romney was so soundly trounced in a year when all odds (if you exclude…
Rick Mercer Outs PM Harper Over Treatment of our Vets!
Why is it that it is our comediens who tell it like it is while PM Stephen Harper’s performance is so sadly laughable?
From The Salamander
Lately, I guess as a response to the rhetoric that comes pouring forth every year as Remembrance Day approaches, I have made several critical posts directed against those who find…
Technology in a 21st Century Learning Inc world
Not surprisingly, technology is almost always identified as a component of 21st Century Learning. But this isn't simply adding new technology to aid in the delivery of curriculum or to…
America’s Other Civil War – the One Breaking Out Within the GOP
Do moderate Republicans now wish their party had chosen Santorum or Gingrich instead of Romney to take on Obama? Some, weighing up their bitterly divided G.O.P. in the wake of…
America’s Virtual Civil War
Robert Reich sees an America increasingly divided into two distinct camps steadily withdrawing from each other.It’s almost a civil war. I know families in which close relatives are no longer…
There are now 2000 candidates for the Ontario Liberal Party leadership.. what are their policies?
Ok.. so I’m exaggerating.. but it sure seems that way. It also seems like the entire provincial cabinet has resigned so they can enter the race. Two more have entered…
On questionable advice
Shorter Zach Paikin:In order to avoid the fate of the Ignatieff Libs, the NDP should totally abandon any principles and re-run Ignatieff's "we stand for nothing, but at least we're…
5314…Speaking Of Tim Hudak
Perhaps the correct term would have been writing about the failed leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontariario. Which is what Christina Blizzard of the Suns did in the…
Nov.10: de Adder has…..
...a first rate editorial cartoon. Always a good artist, he has this time brought in a serious topic (the failure of our prime minister to do much for veterans); and…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading.- Andrew Jackson takes a look at the UK's strong movement for a living wage, and notes that it's long past time for a…
Self-massaging the message #nlpoli
The Telegram’s Pam Frampton has a neat column this weekend on Jerome Kennedy, Muskrat Falls, and the provincial government’s problems with explaining to people in simple terms why Muskrat falls…