Toward amoral petro-state
An Open Reply to Joe Oliver’s Propaganda for the Petro State ENERGY & EQUITY: Nikiforuk joins the fray. Andrew Nikiforuk, The Tyee “Canada’s Natural Resource Minister Joe Oliver has just…
2012
Dr Strangelove and the Oil Pipeline
Well in case anyone didn’t understand why the Harper Cons are calling native people and environmentalists “radicals” and “foreign interests.” Leave it up to Tom “Strangelove” Flanagan to explain Big…
Artists remember homeless man killed by Montreal police
On a cold winter day in Montreal this past Friday, January 6, police bullets took the life of Farshad Mohammadi, a Kurdish refugee from Iran who arrived in Canada seeking…
Oboe’s in the hospital
Oboe’s luck ran out tonight. Duncan finally caught him. We took him to the vet and they admitted him. He needs pain meds, antibiotics, tube feeding, x-rays, and I forget…
Content inventory: what if it all just “went away”?
The flagship site at work – the one I’m mainly responsible for – needs a complete overhaul. Near as I can tell, it’s more than 3500 static pages composed mostly…
Video: Taiaiake Alfred – “The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism”
Check out this video with Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred giving a talk in Ottawa called “The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism”: (Found via Intercontinental Cry.)
Treading on the public welfare
News Item, January 11, 2012: “Shaw Media announced Wednesday that it has filed an application to the CRTC for a 24/7 regional, all-news channel for the province. “The channel is…
The Survivor Fund Project – Prairie Bible Institute speaks for RCMP and independent third party. Again.
Despite a mixed promise by Prairie Bible Institute for appropriate third-party help for abuse survivors who came forward last year, it appears PBI is confused about 3rd party responsibility. The…
Why is Ethical Oil so terrified of confirming if it is funded by Enbridge?
Wow. Just wow. Watched Power & Politics with Huffington Post’s Kathryn Marshall representing Ethical Oil debating with a representative from the Sierra Club foreign involvement in the Northern Gateway hearings.…
Looking For A New Liberal Leader? Why Not Scott Brison?
If you are looking for something to do at the Liberal biennial convention this weekend I have a suggestion for you: Walk up to Scott Brison (only if he isn’t…
The Bain Capital Debate in a Nutshell
More than 20 years ago, the Norman Jewison film Other People’s Money quite neatly described the fundamental contours of the debate that may be about to unfold in the GOP…
Shorter Bob Rae
I think this government sucks and the government I ran, which most people think sucked, doesn’t suck as bad as this one does. I kid, of course. His speech was…
‘Dinner for two’ for first journalist who dares to explain Conservative ideology
Journalists in the mainstream Canadian media are being intimidated from fully describing the soulless ideology practised by the Harper Conservative government – at least this has been my impression for…
Management for skeptics
At some point near the end of last semester I checked out Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton from the SFU library.…
The Argument from Theft
The argument from theft once again rears its ugly head, this time in an OER discussion forum. On 01/11/2012 6:44 PM, Jacky Hood wrote: There is an alternative: stop forcing…
Rob Ford And White Trash
Try and read the story through the link below and NOT think of the theme from Deliverance, which I would render in text as follows: Dingalingningningning…ning…ning…ning. Dingalingningningning…ning…ning…ning.Dingalinganinganing…Dingalinganinganing….Dinalinganinganinganinganinganinganing…! …and etc. I…
Update: Legal Services Society of BC and the Definition(s?) of Sexual Abuse
A while ago I wrote about the puzzling decision on the part of the Legal Services Society of BC to publish a handbook on sexual abuse against men that defined…
When will Ethical Oil release its donor list?
Ethical Oil was quick to slam environmental groups for taking US money… It appears Ethical Oil accepts funds, via PayPal, from around the world — including the USA. Just…
Americans Waking Up to Class Warfare, Find Themselves Under Attack
This could just be what the corporatist Right fears most; the American public realizing there’s a class war underway and they’ve been taking fire. If the American people get in…