2012
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Revolutionary thought of the day: Among the peoples of the world the idea of war resistance is growing. You must fearlessly accept the challenge and aggressively spread the idea of…
Enbridge Cleans Up
The fellow in the vid is John Bolenbaugh, a one-time employee of SET Environmental, a company Enbridge hired to clean up their Kalamazoo spill. He sued them for wrongful dismissal,…
High Politics and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
“ega-projects”, writes political scientist Will Jennings,” exhibit a ‘performance paradox’ …being prevalent and popular among planners despite suffering from extremely poor track records in terms of completion times, cost escalations…
Does Red Leaf’s "EcoShale" Technology Greenwash Oil Shale Extraction?
Red Leaf EcoShale.png At the Clinton Global Initiative in 2008, former Vice President Al Gore called the possibility of fossil fuel corporations extracting oil shale "utter insanity." Insanity, though, doesn't…
Minister Thug
I hate to link to the Toronto Sun, but I have to — here’s Warren Kinsella’s great column on Kenney’s mean bill : Whenever the Conservative government gets in trouble…
Preston Manning is no saint, as secretive Carleton University scheme illustrates
Preston Manning and his then-protégé Stephen Harper back in the day. Below: Mr. Manning as he now appears (United Church Observer photo): Alberta premier E.C. Manning, Preston Manning’s father; Mr.…
Bravo, Mr. Kinsella … Bravo!
“It is also possible that Kenney truly believes in what he is doing. But if a single mother or child dies as a consequence of the legislation, Kenney’s political career…
In today’s Sun: Jason Kenney is a thug
You can judge a nation sometimes on how it treats its weakest citizens. Canada, historically, has always known itself to be a nation of immigrants and refugees. All of us…
POLL: What Exactly Did You Celebrate on Canada Day?
Opinion polls are a great and simple way for you to express your big opinion on the issues of the day. A few clicks, you’ve spoken! Our current poll on…
No shock here on the Conservative foot-dragging on Omar Khadr
A column in the Star today about how the Canadian government has been doing nothing to live up to its agreement it made with the US and Omar Khadr’s lawyers…
4888…Kitty Wells Gone Like A Hurricane
She played Barrymore’s, a wonderful old theatre/dump in the skidish part of downtown Ottawa, about fifteen blocks south of The Hill, when she was in her 80’s. The Queen of…
Molly’sBlog 2012-07-16 20:07:00
ENVIRONMENT: A TASTE OF SHELL GAMES TO COME IN THE ARTIC: Shell Loses Control Of Arctic Drilling Rig In Alaskan Harbor By Climate Guest Blogger on Jul 16, 2012 at…
The Cons and the Attack of the Angry Doctors
OMG. I don't blame the Cons for thinking that Canada's doctors are after them. But that'll teach them to treat sick refugees as less than human. “There is a new…
Google Street View Circa 1907
It seems Google didn’t invent Street View The idea was 100 years old when it first started to become popular on the Internet! Behold Vancouver, street view from 1907 Barcelona,…
Cost Over-Runs and Muskrat Falls #nlpoli
When announced in November 2010, the Muskrat Falls dam, the line to the island the connection to Nova Scotia were supposed to cost $6.2 billion. The dam and the line…
July 16 addendum: what won’t be in the TandT July17
For July 16, the Washington Post web site carries a story that a former CIA contractor who had access to top level information has published an on-line book saying that…
Names for ex-Capital Ex fail to inspire, but still ….
Northlands is trying to get the public engaged in renaming its annual summer fair by holding a naming contest to replace the unloved title Capital Ex, which itself replaced the…