Greenpeace Uncovers Shocking Photos Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Disaster
More than two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded and BP's well spewed millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico, Greenpeace has finally been…
2012
Setting aside a noting in default is a discretionary order
1067609 Ontario Inc. (Turner's Garage) v. Schell, 2012 ONCA 310 is a useful source for the principle that the setting aside of a noting in default is discretionary: Setting aside is a…
An 18-month-old girl on no-fly list
Paranoia in the U.S has hit the new high. Who is winning the so-called war on terror? Read The Toronto Star story.
The Only Good Muslim Is a Dead Muslim. Did We Just Say That to the Muslim World?
I’m afraid that’s just what we did tell the Muslim world with the exposure of a course taught at America’s own Joint Forces Staff College that suggested the only way…
Pesticide Incidents confirm that domestic pesticides pose risks
Friday, May 11, 2012 As the BC Legislature’s Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides grapples with the question of whether to ban the use of cosmetic pesticides, a recent report by…
The Powerful Stench Of Obsequiousness At The CBC
With the polls revealing that the NDP, under leader Thomas Mulcair, is enjoying 34% of popular support while the Harper Conservatives languish at 30%, it is probably no surprise that…
Gray power redux
Some of us suggested the Harper Reformatories would come to profoundly regret messing with Canadian seniors. Dance with those that brung ya, etc. Looks to be happening. I’ve never been…
Does Michele Bachman have Swiss citizenship or not?
Ed Shultz of MSNBC clarifies the confusion. He does a good job of it. Watch the video below: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Whatever Happened to the Saskatchewan NDP?
From 1944 through 2007, politics in Saskatchewan was dominated by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor the New Democratic Party (NDP). But the NDP was soundly defeated by…
a tiny glimpse into the ways our government serves the corporate and financial world, not the people of Canada
Some Key Areas Where Neoliberal Policy Undermines both the Industrial Economy and Canadian Democracy Under the Harper Regime, the investor class is constantly being protected at the expense of the…
Jesus and Mary Chain
…they’re playing the Phoenix in August. Want to see them, a lot. But you know what, Ticketmaster? I WON’T PAY MORE THAN SIXTY BUCKS A TICKET AND IT IS A…
We Must Force the Politicians to Go Post-Carbon
We need to leave the tarsands oil in the ground. We need an increasing carbon tax. We need to stop subsidizing carbon energy producers. We need public money invested in…
Friday Robocon rant
This post will be a little short on details but it will provide the links so you can follow them and fill in the blanks if you don’t get the…
Reading list update
An update on my Read 50 Books This Year project: 17. Another Day Another Dungeon by Greg ConstikyanA lighthearted comic fantasy novel that reads like a session of Dungeons and…
Accountability- What’s That? We want more checks and balance, not less
Reading about cuts to the office of the Auditor General’s office here, reminded me of this song, here. And that pretty well sums up our dearly beloved Conservative party of…
Now That It’s Out in The Open, Pentagon’s Not So Keen On "War on Muslims"
The Pentagon has launched an investigation into why its Joint Forces Staff College has been teaching a course advocating tomorrow’s generals prepare to inflict genocide on the Muslim world. Sound…
On tectonic shifts
I haven’t spent much time discussing the spate of recent polls showing the NDP with a modest lead on the Cons, as those top-line results can easily enough be considered…
Fallout from Protests and Smoke Bombs: Quietness?
This was book club week, and a strange thing happened. In all four groups, we had much less attendance than normal. The weather has been cold and damp, which might…
The CPC is taking the NDP rise in the polls…
… quite well, I’d say… Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario