Thinkin’…
… that’s it’s a-gonna be a hot summer, kids… Great for tomatoes!!! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
2012
Bitumen Spills from Enbridge, Kinder Morgan Are Certain Disasters Waiting to Happen
Anthony Swift writes for Switchboard, which is the staff blog of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Here’s what he has to say on clean-up: “Raw tar sands bitumen is nearly…
Bill 78 and the Slow Decline. . . .
If there were any doubts in your mind that we are inching our way toward a police state, there can surely be no doubt left after this week’s passage of…
Beelzebub Slammed by Harvard, Smithsonian
Why is Stephen Harper like kryptonite to intelligence? Now scientists from Harvard, the Smithsonian Institute and other top academic institutions are furious with Harper for his decision to shut down…
Summer reading season begins with sales
If you’re looking for some fun reading this summer, I have a couple of books I’d like to suggest. And both can be purchased this week for less than usual.…
Are young revolutionaries bound to fail?
Demographer Richard Cincotta of the Stimson Center in Washington DC has compiled some intriguing facts about revolution and the age of populations. His analysis not only enables him to predict…
Dan Rather Slams Corporate Media
They’ve taken over in the States and they’ve done the same thing in Canada. In both countries our democracy is in peril due to the ascendancy of media giants pursuing…
Review: Imagined Communities
A quirky book that takes as one of its starting points the historically lousy job that the liberal and marxist traditions had done of theorizing nationalism, Imagined Communities became a…
Review: Lament for a Nation
I was not particularly looking forward to reading this classic English-Canadian nationalist text, originally published almost half a century ago. Partly this is because I
The Petro-Politburo Strikes Again
This time the malevolent hand of Steve Harper is obvious. The entire Department of Fisheries and Oceans contaminants programme is being axed effective April Fool’s Day. In B.C. that means…
Quebec singer Ariane Moffat releases single against Bill 78
Via OpenFileMontreal: Quebec singer Ariane Moffat has released a song, entitled “Jeudi 17 mai 2012″, which is targeted squarely at the Charest government’s emergency law Bill 78. Chanteuse québécoise Ariane…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne tears into the Cons for being interested solely in developing a junk labour market where both work safety and income security…
Why NATO?
China’s Next Cold Warriors? The North Atlantic Treaty Organization made a lot of sense when it was an alliance of North Atlantic nations to mutually defend the security of North…
May 19:Will Montreal come to Moncton?
First, just a quick look at the Times and Transcript.1. Four pages of pictures and story about Prince Charles and Duchess Whatever. And they aren’t even here yet.2. A two…
Satuday Photo: Zen and the Art of Spring Gardening
Actually I think the stone statute isn’t Japanese but is a kind of inukshuk, those Inuit signs of greeting. But the minalist balance of this spring garden is quite lovely,…
Homegrown Terrorism
Poster campaign over Khadr’s possible return | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun. There is nothing about this article that doesn’t repulse me. Look at the poster: 9/11?…
Bernie Farber On The Canadian Museum for Human Rights
A useful corrective, if only because we usually hear about the museum’s various downsides.
To start a real revolution, learn from Iceland first
The people of Iceland forced their corrupt government to resign. They created a public assembly to rewrite the constitution. The banks were nationalized. The people decided not to pay the…
4655…Father Of The Year
WREG-TV in Nashville reports that it is not going to be Desmond Hatchett of Knoxville, Tennessee.Mr. Hatchett is 33 and is very good at one thing. Getting women pregnant. He…
Is It Merely Gross Incompetence or Something Truly Sinister?
Just what does Steve Harper have against British Columbia? He’s hell bent on ruining our pristine coasts with bitumen supertanker traffic routed through some of the most treacherous waters in…