Friday night
Not hard this week at all ‘cuz there’s new Deadmau5 to be heard. I like this one, called October, so seasonal and all. Have a good night.
2012
Hudak keeps open option of alliance with Liberals
Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak has kept his powder dry and has reframed from personally criticizing the Liberals’ proposed public sector labour legislation. Or even commenting on it. Instead, he…
Friday night oldies
All of these clips are from the Sixties. A couple of the tunes are older than that. The intricate fingerstyle guitar and the minor key on this first song are…
Handmade Hallowe’en Volunteer meeting!
Want to help out with Handmade Halloween in Hintonburg? There’s a volunteer meeting tomorrow – Saturday 29 – at Twiss & Weber, 177 Armstrong, 4pm. See you there?
UN recognizes wildlife crime as threat to rule of law
UN recognizes wildlife crime as threat to rule of law (via World Wildlife Fund) New York – Poaching and the illicit trafficking of wildlife products were raised on the floor…
UBCM Supports By-Election For Cowichan School Trustees!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes As an old politico of the CVRD flavour I have found myself intrigued by the UBCM activities taking place in Victoria this week. CVRD Director Ian Morrison…
the politics of sex-selective abortion: there shouldn’t be any
Hard on the heels of the defeat of Motion 312 – on the mind-bending spectacle of the Minister of the Status of Women voting with the anti-choice contingent, on the…
Battling Climate Deniers: How Many Could You Fight Off?
Tags: Franke James climate deniers global warming denialists
And just like that, the dreaded October
I know, I know; I haven’t been blogging, and I’ve been actively avoiding Twitter except for when I “cheat” & use it like the micro-blogging service that it was designed…
Government takes small step in support of rural broadband access
The StarPhoenix yesterday called out phone company SaskTel for its sudden announcement of a cancellation of Internet services to rural areas in Saskatchewan. This will leave 8,000 customers without Internet…
Richard Branson’s Blog – Humanizing a brand
PRL 614 Blog Review Assignment Eccentric billionaire and Charman of Virgin Group Richard Branson authors a blog on the Virgin website where he writes on various topics from his time…
Mulcair on Trudeau
Best lead in to a Mulcair quote in recent memory: Mulcair interrupts his oyster eating. “You know far too much about Quebec politics, “ he says bluntly “to think that…
Just Another Day’s Work At The Star
Yesterday I wrote a post expressing real pleasure that The Toronto Star is enjoying such a wide readership and profitability, given the important work that it does on a number…
Criminal Cartels Behind Global Trade in Illegal Timber
Organized crime may be behind 15 to 30% of global timber trade. A U.N. report finds organized crime responsible for half to 90% of illegal logging in the Amazon basin,…
What would Martin Luther say?
I was surprised to discover recently that governments in Europe collect taxes for churches and other religions. In Germany, for example, taxpayers pay between 8 and 9 per cent of…
The Natural Gas Lobbyist Rush is on in British Columbia
According to lobbyist registry data, there are currently 57 lobbyists representing the natural gas industry to elected officials and government agencies in the province of British Columbia . This is…
Was Mitch Romney Another Rightwing Chickenhawk?
Dave Letterman refers to him as “Mitch” Romney. I like it. Think it should stick. Jim Webb, a highly-decorated Vietnam Marine combat officer, has raised the notion that Mitch must…
Obama’s "Double Tap" War Crimes
Barack Obama is very probably a war criminal. As Commander in Chief of a military behemoth that kills without regard to international law, Obama should be on trial if that…
Wotherspoon Campaign Update
As mentioned in my previous post, today will be a look at what I gleaned from attending a Trent Wotherspoon event here in Saskatoon the other day. For the most…