Red Alert Women-Here Is What You Will Get With Romney & Ryan!
Former PM the Hon. Pierre Trudeau “Living next to you,” (Former PM) Trudeau told an American audience in a speech to the National Press Club in 1969, “is like sleeping…
2012
North Cowichan Council Support Increased Super Tanker Traffic
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Hard to believe but North Cowichan Council turned down a motion objecting to the threat faced from increased oil and bitumen carrying tanker traffic along our…
Musical interlude
Dirty Vegas – Little White Doves
5251…Violence Can And Is Justified
That’s what the war on terror is all about. It is also a credo that The Ottawa Citizen reports Jacksonville, Florida’s own Allen Blair Casey subscribes to. Or is it…
This Is What Sask Premier Brad Wall Calls A ‘Boom’
“Saskatchewan reported a 6.2-per-cent decline in wholesale trade in August, the largest sales decrease among the provinces and the third consecutive monthly decline. Sales rose in eight provinces in August,…
Sisters, sibling rivalries, and realization.
Ya, I am Mama blogging. Bear with me. Last evening after the gurlies had been put into bed and kissed and hugged, they got into a kerfuffle about a book.…
Friday night Gov’t Mule blogging
This is called Lola Leave Your Light On and it’s from an episode of the Conan O’Brien Show. This song has grown on me. The first night I watched this,…
Bell’s Takeover Goes to Ottawa?
After losing in it’s battle against Canadians before the CRTC, Bell announced it would try to get parliament to overturn the decision! Bell seemingly just can’t respect the will of…
Rebranding: Not Interested in Scraps
The goal is government. I’m interested in a party that wants into government. Anything else is a waste of time. It’s a waste of time to just complain and oppose,…
Techvibes: CRTC blocks Bell’s $3.4-billion takeover of Astral Media
Because of your support of the http://StopTheTakeover.ca/ campaign, Bell’s takeover of Astral Media has been stopped by the CRTC. Had the deal been approved, Bell would have been given an…
The New Head Of Environment Canada On What Causes Global Warming
“Wow. Umm. They didn’t tell me I’d have to answer questions like that when I took this job. I think that it’s – I don’t know the total answer to…
Just asking
According to audited financial statements, BC Hydro’s debt for future energy purchases was $7.9 BILLION in 2006, not including Powerex. In 2012, that number had gone up almost seven fold,…
Climate Denialist Aussie Radio Host Must Take Fact-Checking Course, Says Authority
IT’S not been a great few weeks for Alan Jones, arguably Australia’s most influential radio personality who believes global warming is a hoax and that climate change science is “witchcraft“.…
Will Anybody Demand Peter Kent’s Resignation?
Would someone who didn’t have prior knowledge of this please demand Peter Kent’s resignation? This, of course, is the deliberate dumping last July of 200,000 pounds of iron sulphide into…
Presidential Election: The Battle of the Pollsters
Nate Silver – 538 pollster While most Americans are focusing on the battle between Obama and Romney, hardcore political junkies (such as you) are also darting from one poll to…
NatGeo Sheds Light on Queen Charlotte Iron Dumping
Russ George is a man on a mission to come up with some scheme that will allow him to create, and sell, a fortune in carbon credits. His scheme of…
Canadians moved the CRTC
The beginning It started with Stop The Meter. The CRTC’s 2011 decision to allow Big Telecom to impose punitive extra fees across the entire Internet service market was the breaking…
5250…A True Conservative Gets Caught Cheating
CBC.ca reports that “Labradorians — including former MP Todd Russell are using some harsh words to describe Peter Penashue’s overspending on his federal election campaign. ‘Peter was a cheater. It’s…
Fidel Castro is Dead (is What You Will Soon Read, maybe)
María Valverde I went to the Miami Herald’s web site for confirmation that Fidel Castro was almost dead and got seriously distracted by the news that María Valverde is starting…