Friday night: Tower of Power
Last week all the offerings were slow blues. This week, not so much. If you want the full introduction to the band, you can start this at the beginning. If…
2012
Meet ‘Dil Bit’: The Enbridge Testimony Stephen Harper Doesn’t Want Heard
Miranda Holmes statement from today’s Enbridge hearing in Comox – introducing the panel to the oily character at the centre of the pipeline controversy aka, Dil Bit: “Hi, my name’s…
Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch forbids commercial use of his music
Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys (photo by Michael Morel). Late hip hop pioneer Adam “MCA” Yauch has explicitly prohibited any posthumous use of his music for corporate advertising. In…
AccolAIDS much appreciated!
Healthline editors recently published the final list of their favorite HIV & STD blogs and I’m pleased to let you know that this blog made the list, which can be…
Something stinks on the Oshawa waterfront: Let’s ask Flaherty
Jim Flaherty is Minister Responsible for the GTA. Also happens to be the MP for Oshawa-Whitby. His wife, Christine Elliott is the MPP for Whitby-Oshawa. And there were big goings…
Canada at the Olympics – Follow Friday – #FF
So, we started this week with some talk about the Olympics, and I took my usual turn and looked at the issues people weren’t paying enough attention to, or really…
Underlooked Stephen Harper quotes P5: Canadian indepedence
Part 5 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three and four here. Quebec and Americanism/CorporatismAnd ironically, says Mr. Harper, that same aspect of Quebec's social distinctiveness is what…
Underlooked Stephen Harper quotes P5: Canadian indepedence
Part 5 of underlooked Stephen Harper quotes. Part one, two, three and four here. Quebec and Americanism/Corporatism And ironically, says Mr. Harper, that same aspect of Quebec’s social distinctiveness is…
Law School Drop Out Pens Best Rejection Response – Ever
When the San Diego Padres sent law school dropout Taylor Grey Meyer a rejection letter, after she applied to the team over 30 times, here’s what she had to say:…
Bye Bye Angel Glacier?
Angel Glacier is a glacier in Jasper National Park. As noted in the wikipedia article, like so many Canadian glaciers it was much larger once, but has been melting furiously…
Art in Strathcona Park
The 12th annual celebration of local artists kicks off Saturday Aug 11 in Strathcona Park. Fititngly dubbed Art in Strathcona Park, the collaborative event is a project organized by The…
Cause Nothing Says “I’m a Fetus Fetishist” Like A Snow Globe
The post Cause Nothing Says “I’m a Fetus Fetishist” Like A Snow Globe appeared first on Birth Pangs.
More on Drilling for Oil in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
As noted recently, the Harper regime, in its bottomless contempt and disregard for the environment, recently opened up the possibility of drilling for oil in the Gulf of St. Lawrence,…
‘THE LITTLE CANADIAN TOWN THAT MIGHT DESTROY THE WORLD’ The Huffington Post Canada
The above was the top headline in The Huffington Post Canada. That is how scary and hideous the Tar Sands project is. Our great leader Stephen Harper continues to promote…
The Internet Produces More Reliable Poll Results Than Telephoning
Great story today in Le Devoir about voting intention surveys by internet. I’ve spent more time than I would like to admit calling voters during elections, and I know that…
Latest TPP leak suggests a wave of dissent amongst negotiating parties
Citizens around the world clearly don’t like what the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a worrying multinational trade agreement—would do to the Internet and the rules that surround its governance. This distrust and…
BC Court Won’t Allow Harper to "Sacrifice" Gloria Taylor
The Harper regime has lost its first attempt to thwart Gloria Taylor’s right to die. A British Columbia Supreme Court judge two months ago struck down the ban on physician…
France embraces Robin Hood tax
On August 1st, France introduced its long-promised Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). Popularly referred to as a Robin Hood Tax, or Tobin Tax, the 0.2 per cent levy will apply to…
Certificate of Offence under POA — Sufficiency
Ontario (Transportation) v. Don’s Triple F Transport Inc., 2012 ONCA 536 is a rather confusing case arising from an appeal from a decision of a Justice of the Peace. The…
Republican Ohio Governor Kasich’s Trillion Dollar Shale Gas Lie
kasichshrug2.jpg About the only positive thing you can say about industry-funded astroturf groups is that they at least base their misinformation campaigns on phony “studies” and “reports.” Their lies are…