Are You Part of the Problem?
Chris Hedges’ latest column for TruthDig explores how western society has degenerated into myopic careerism in which facts and reality are impertinences. David Lloyd George, who was the British prime…
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Oh Those Wacky Conservatives
From McClatchey Newspapers
Support the World Cerebral Palsy Challenge
One of the projects that I’m working on right now is to raise awareness and recruit teams for the upcoming World Cerebral Palsy Challenge in support of the Cerebral Palsy…
Harper Ditches the Snitches
Why has Stevie Boy Harper gutted fisheries and marine protection services and staff, leaving the British Columbia coast seriously unprotected, just as he’s pushing through the greatest environmental threat our…
4940…End Of The World As We Know It
As I write this Twitter is down. OMG.If it happened a day or two ago Paraskevi Papachristou, the Greek triple jumper, would be on her way to London.WFDS
Twitter is down
Here. In other news, up in Ottawa, certain members of the press gallery don’t know what to do with themselves.
4939…First Olympic Faux Pas
You may be aware of the fact that things are touchy between the North and South environs of Korea. It was in all the papers as is the story about…
There’s no greater yada than a yada yada #nlpoli
The Nunatukavut are a group of aboriginal people living in Labrador. They used to be known as the Labrador Metis. In October 2003, Danny Williams told them – in writing…
4938…Rob Ford Is A Sit Com
More like a cartoon character than a mayor, Hizzoner Rob Ford of Toronto has some pretty unusual friends. SUN TV’s Warren Kinsella blogs this morning about Mr. Ford’s photo op…
Why Are Taxpayers Subsidizing A Business Model That Is Destroying the Planet?
* In case you missed the news of the huge Greenland melt this week, you can read Climate Progress’s post on it, ABC News On Greenland Ice Melt: Scientists Say…
Warning — Old Fraud On-Line Coming Back
There’s an old fraud on lawyers that is coming back with emails. A “client” contacts you and retains you to collect a debt. Oddly you collect it easily and get…
Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKay Said Canada Should Bring Omar Khadr Home
Surely this has got to be the ultimate Tale of Two Nazanins. Better still, Of Denial And The Tale of Two Nazanin Afshin-Jam MacKays. The brand new wife of Conservative…
Odd colours
The odd colours on the blog seem to be a technical issue from the hosting service. They are not permanent.
Party liability for continuing offences
R. v. Vu, 2012 SCC 40 was just released. The case stands for several principles. First, kidnapping is a continuing offence that includes the victim’s ensuing confinement. So long as…
The nuclear approach to climate risk
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is holding a round table on Nuclear Power and climate change with a focus on developing countries.
Homeowners Can Earn Cash From Solar Roofs
Energy is still delivered via large power stations which can fail and leave entire regions without electricity. The future requires a more distributed energy grid that is a combination of…
4937…Ottawa Rock Star Appears In Court Y’day
580 CFRA reports that Father Joe LeClair, ex of The Glebe’s Blessed Sacrament Church, appeared in court.“LeClair was charged earlier this month with fraud, theft, money laundering, and breach of…
Whatever Happened to Jon Latvis?
You know, the lead guitar player for the White supremacist band RaHoWa who later went on to who went on to what we might generously call a solo career: Hanging…
RuPaul on Girl on Guy
If you are going through a Drag Race withdrawl and jonesing for a weekly fix of the fabulous RuPaul, give a listen to this sincere interview Mr. Charles gave on…
Bleeding Green
Mitch Alexander writes: What kind of council does the city of Regina have. You best believe that I won’t be going to that stadium. I think everyone should just boycott…