Pro-rogue – In favor of – unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable?
I don’t often write about the Provincial government for two reasons:- 1) there is enough anti democratic stuff going on at the federal level to keep me and a truck…
2012
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
“If you can find money to kill people, you can find money to help people.” ~Tony Benn (Former UK MP)
Needles Highway
I was nervous going thru this tunnel in Google Street View. Imagine driving a bus! View Larger Map Try this one. View Larger Map Will he make it? Will he…
Harperland and Our Lost Canada
I was on my way to catch the ferry the other day, when I came across this seagull perched majestically on a pole, looking like it knew the answer to…
Alberta Premier Alison Redford gets warm reception in union lions’ den
Alison Redford speaks to the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees’ convention in Edmonton yesterday. (AUPE photo.) Below: Ms. Redford with AUPE President Guy Smith. Is she trying to build an…
5253…Brigham Young Had 55 Wives
Mormons are in style these days. A hit Broadway show, The Book of Mormon, the dude who may be elected Prez of the World in a couple of weeks. If…
5252…We Have A New Winner
In the big Who Gives A F*ck Contest. Michael Ignatief. Mr. Ignatief, the man who woulda, coulda and shoulda is in yesterday’s Calgary Herald talking about the upcoming race to…
The Invisible War: Rape, Sexual Assault Epidemic in U.S. Military (VIDEO)
Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman unpacks ”The Invisible War” a new documentary that examines the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the U.S. military. She speaks to Trina McDonald and Kori…
Gaza-bound ‘Estelle’ boarded by Israeli forces: ‘Ship to Gaza’ campaign
Top: Crew members of the Estelle A ship carrying thirty activists from Europe, Canada and Israel has been intercepted and boarded by Israeli marines. The Estelle, carrying a cargo of…
In Sunday’s Sun: kiss our ass, doomsayers
Can Canadian Liberalism survive? Is the party over? The times are clearly dire, for Canadian Grits. One need only to survey newspaper opinion pages to know this is so. “(There…
Media May Have Missed the Story on MP Pension “Reforms”: MPs Unanimously Vote Themselves Pension Bonus for Next Year?
Being neither a lawyer nor an accountant, I have to stress I may be missing something here. I do invite correction. However, I don’t think I’m wrong here. Here’s a…
Tippi Hedron smoking on the set of the Birds
How much can you communicate in an 8k gif?
Plattsburgh (Montreal) to Bogota, Colombia: $365
If you leave all your bags at home it is even more impressive: $305 from Plattsburgh, New York, 1 hour south of Montreal, to Bogota, Colombia, and back, for $305,…
The Enbridge Corporate Character
This is the poverty of ethics that undermines the credibility of any promises made by Enbridge. The $500 million in additional improvements came only when the possibility of a failed…
The Omnibus Ballet – Act II
Here we go again, another omnibus budget bill. The second portion of the implementation of the 2012 budget. I never finished my analysis of the budget, because the situation we…
More Narrows Inlet
Exploiters are taking us from HERE TO HERE If you want this to end, visit the website of British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office and voice your objections.
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to end your Saturday. – Jim Stanford looks in detail at the aftereffects of free trade with the U.S., and finds rather little to cheer: In sum, the…
Our Struggle to define Inequality – Doug Saunders’ Take
Doug Saunders In today’s Globe & Mail Doug Saunders has an interesting article on the difficulty we are having in defining exactly what inequality means: That’s why inequality has replaced…