Sweden Trashes Canada In Renewable Energy
Read more: Sweden Wants Your Trash
2012
Gruending On Remembrance Day
One might be tempted to consign T.T. Shields and his demagoguery to the past but it is not so different from a recent program that I saw on CTS Television.…
Some Thoughts on Politics, Myth, and Identity #nlpoli
Your humble e-scribbler saw a couple of comments last week that said the NDP town hall on Muskrat Falls was a good argument against having a referendum on the megaproject. …
Rocket Science
via XKCD (of course)
Harperland and the Big Pig’s Baby
OMG. In the darkness of Harperland I sometimes can't decide whether it's like living in Orwell's 1984, or on his Animal Farm. Or both at the same time.But what I…
International Open Data Day – An Update
(Can’t read the whole post? Important stuff is highlighted in grey below.) Two years ago, I met some open data advocates from Brazil and Ottawa, and we schemed of doing…
Video: Kinder Morgan Vancouver Pipeline, Tanker Debate
On Oct 30, the Board of Change hosted a debate in Vancouver on American energy pipeline giant Kinder Morgan's plans to turn Vancouver into a shipping port to access new…
Next year country
Sigh
Lili Marlene- Marlene Dietricht
So many memories and such wonderful music that relected and softened the roughest edges of the time
Great line of the day
Liliana Segura on the Twitter:: I just hope whoever replaces Petraeus restores the CIA's reputation as a beacon of moral rectitude.
‘Canada’s Carbon Corridor’: Multi-Media Dialogue in North Vancouver Nov. 14
The Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival is hosting a multi-media discussion of "Canada's Carbon Corridor" this week at North Vancouver's Centennial Theatre. The event's title refers to the interconnected web…
5321…Remembrance Day: A Final Thought
Ottawa comic Jim Robinson shares these impressive words on FacebookI once attended an (accidental) event in Europe where Canadian and German soldiers from the same battle met and socialized. They…
Zombie apocalypse
As regulars know, zombies freak me out. I am, however, prepared for the zombie apocalypse, 24/7. I do not regard this movie as entertainment. It is a documentary.
“The End of the War Years” by The Fallout from the…
“The End of the War Years” by The Fallout from the album Dismantlement (Insurgence Records, 2007) We hold our breath and we wait for some for some good news to…
5320…At Least She Was Hot
The woman, Paula Broadwell, that had an affair with CIA boss Gen. David Petraeus.WFDS
“Power & The Glory” by Cockney…
“Power & The Glory” by Cockney Rejects ———————————————————————————— Those years ago our ships set sail to restore England’s pride. Thousands of blokes like me and you, were on their way…
Malala Yousafzai Honoured With Global Day Of Action
A Taliban gunman shot her as she made her way home from school in Pakistan. She survived the assassination attempt and is now recovering at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospital…
Buffy Sainte-Marie performs for Veterans for Peace and Iraq…
Buffy Sainte-Marie performs for Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War in 2008.