Campaign Update: Trent Wotherspoon
Trent's Website: LINK Well, better late than never I suppose; I've found myself a bit short of time recently, so writing this post has taken me a bit longer than…
2012
Occupy Wall Street launches a new kind of collection agency
Typically, the way a credit collection agency works is that they purchase the bad debt at pennies on the dollar as the company who owns it has pretty well written…
I’m now a “Hootsuite Certified Professional”
After getting an offer for free “Hootsuite University” training via Klout Perks I spent a few hours going through the certification process to become a “Hootsuite Certified Professional“. Shortly thereafter…
Conservative Canada Is Closer To Crisis
Referenced IMF data can be found here Canada's increasing Debt-to-GDP ratio is a problem no one is talking about. While the country's gross government debt (which includes all levels of…
Tales From a Child of the Enemy
With Remembrance Day (and Veteran’s Day) coming up tomorrow, I find myself drawn back to a book I picked up a couple of years ago. It is a book of…
Audio: Damien Gillis Discusses Obama, FIPA and Water Licenses for Fracking on SFU Radio
Damien Gillis and SFU Radio's Sylvia Richardson discuss a wide range of energy topics - from the impact of Barack Obama's recent presidential victory on North American climate and energy…
Fort Nelson First Nation to Discuss Massive Shale Gas Water Licenses Nov. 13 in Vancouver
Leaders of Fort Nelson First Nation from northeast BC are coming to Vancouver to share their concerns over 20 new long-term water withdrawal licenses the BC Liberal Government is considering…
Starbucks VP Speech at Newhouse
On Friday, James Olson, Vice President, Global Public Relations for Starbucks Coffee Company came to campus to present his talk, “Enlightened Leadership: How to Turn a Company into a Movement”.…
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…
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?