Do the Math! A Surprisingly Optimistic Video
University of Lethbridge Prof Jim Byrnes weighs in with a short video with survey of numbers both frightening and reassuring. The conclusion is obvious. There’s no question we can “afford”…
December 2012
40 Years On, Meadows Revisits "The Limits to Growth"
In 1972 professor Dennis Meadows published “The Limits to Growth” in which he predicted the world was on a path to economic collapse. Now, in an interview with Der Spiegel,…
#skndpldr – Swift Current Debate Notes
As Scott has already noted, Saskatchewan NDP’s Swift Current leadership debate included plenty of familar themes: And indeed, one of the more interesting issues facing both the candidates and the…
Are We Becoming Subdued?
The Occupy Movement came and went. Yet it was never truly confrontational. It was vocal, a revolving protest, that, in retrospect, seems more of a whiney lament than a drive…
Dec. 9: faith and foreign affairs….
….like….what the hell… it’s Sunday. The top-of-the-page sermonette for this Sunday turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The first two-thirds of it was well-written, engaging – and made a…
Don’t Believe Harper’s Post-Nexen Tough Line on Foreign Ownership of Canada’s Resources
Steve Harper says he’s stopped foreign takeovers of Canada’s resource industries but experts from the business sector say that foreign money and ownership will continue. CBC News reports that foreign…
Out of My League
How about this? Floor seats. Centre stage. Row 5. Yours for only $24,950 per ticket. And they’re going fast. That’s for next Saturday night’s Rolling Stones concert in Newark, New…
We’ll All Be Singing This Tune Before Long
It goes like this: “If we had had more ambition , we would not have to ask for so much for adaptation. If there had been more money for adaptation…
Rex Murphy is a high-paid troll with an extensive…
Rex Murphy is a high-paid troll with an extensive vocabulary. Murphy’s latest predictable, propagandizing public love letter to perpetual politician Stephen Harper is simply sickening to anyone who has been…
Carry On Roma
With all the to-do about these folks lately, I thought the following might be apropos: Dec. 6, 2012 — Despite their modern-day diversity of language, lifestyle, and religion, Europe’s widespread…
Tax the Rich – a video
You really should watch this video. It explains in clear, simple terms the argument of the billionaires and the rest of us. I like it because – while it’s simplistic…
Redistribution 2013 – NL, NS, and MB Commissioner’s Reports Released
Three provinces, admittedly minor, have had their redistribution commissions complete their reports. Let’s go over the changes from the original proposals quickly. Newfoundland & Labrador has some minor changes to…
Egypt’s President Trying to Make Himself a Pharaoh
Morsi, the Egyptian president, was doing well after negotiating the cease-fire between Gaza and Israel, showed he and his country were playing a constructive role in the region. Though, after…
New Feature: Captioning Harper’s Photo of the Day
Reference links: Harper’s Photo of the Day: December 6, 2012 On Crokett: “She was the quintessential yes man, very much a company person who did what management wanted,” Shutiak said.…
Last chance to get Pirate Therapy and Other Cures for free
You can download the Kindle edition for free, today and Monday only! “Mr. Rayner brings us wit, sarcasm, and a slightly deranged view of the world, as he sees it,…
As you know, we have been very clear. We told them we…
As you know, we have been very clear. We told them we wouldn’t accept our MP pensions (back when we were called the Reform Party). We promised them honest, open…
Oh Canada!
Many years ago I stood proudly with other newcomers to Canada and became a Canadian Citizen, of late I have not been so proud to be Canadian. The Canada that…
Canada and Egypt: A Study in Contrasts
My wife, well aware of my anguish over the disengagement with democracy of so many Canadians, made a comment this morning that has inspired this post. She observed the sharp…
‘Justin Trudeau’ … the musical
Featuring “Justin … get yer gun” ! This is going to be the ‘feel good’ production of 2013. I can hardly wait! …..