Most Unique Interview Ever
This week I’m guest blogging for the National Post. I decided that my first post should impart some of the wisdom I’ve gained with experience. For example, years ago before…
2012
Iggy, Still A Dick…
…forgotten but not gone, relevant in the UK, apparently. Wanking it re the possibility of Que. separatism. Kind of like a more pretentious Al Apps, but even more embarrassing.
Open Letter to Christy Clark on Enbridge, BC’s Sovreignty
Dear Premier Clark, Your government has not spoken out for or against the Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Enbridge Inc., rather preferring to wait until the National Energy Review Board…
Taking Out the Trash, Bringing Home the Bacon
Mexico City has introduced a novel approach to dealing with its trash problem – food for trash. Under the plan, Mexicans can take standard recyclables to a recycling centre where…
#AbVote – Poll and Projection Analysis
So last night wasn’t the greatest endorsement of my projection system ever. I had predicted, at the very least, a Wildrose government, with a hefty PC opposition. This was based…
A new new name?
A twit from Victoria reports: I thought they’d already changed. It is the BC Christy party now, according to the LINO website.
ALEC Launches Assault on Renewable Energy Industry
ALEC Exposed Image.jpg The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), as covered previously by DeSmogBlog, is the "Trojan Horse" behind mandating that climate change denial ("skepticism," or "balance," in its words)…
Deconstructing the Wildrose Effect
So what happened in Alberta’s election yesterday, other than people telling pollsters that they want change, then chickening out when it came time to mark an X. The Politics, Re-spun…
March of the Living
This is the one video you should watch today. A good friend of mine has a son on the March of the Living right now. Unless we remember, we are…
Robocon: Was the Conservative Party behind the voter suppression in the May 2011 election?
Harper’s Tories have rejected any suggestion that the voter suppression crimes committed before and on the May 2 2011 election were lead by that party. As the seven lawsuits supported…
Secret shared
Jim Newell, Salon.com “The dirty little secret about political punditry, that is not actually a secret to anyone who watches and reads it, is that it’s all lies. It requires…
Hot Docs 2012 – The good, the bad, the incomprehensible
This article was originally published at Art Threat. The 19th edition of North America’s largest documentary showcase and one of the world’s largest film festivals begins this week, running from…
Justice Department Files First Criminal Charges In BP Oil Disaster Probe
bp_oil-leak.jpg The U.S. Department of Justice has filed its first criminal charges into their investigation into the cover up of BP’s oil geyser in the Gulf of Mexico. The charges…
Sun comes up, it’s Tuesday morning
I spent the half hour before the kids got away to school going through the letters I have in my little Tin of Letters that I have hauled with me…
Robert Schuller Jr. sued by CBS
In 2009 Robert A. Schuller and his son-in-law, under their company ComStar Media acquired FamilyNet, a tv network in the US. In March 2011, it was announced that FamilyNet was…
“Directly affected” silences hunters, fishers, landowners … and environmentalists
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Natural Resources Minister, Joe Oliver, recently stated that proposed changes to Canada’s environmental laws will (if passed) prevent anyone who is not “directly affected” from speaking…
Lovelock’s Curious Turn
At 93, James Lovelock chose a curious moment to call himself an “alarmist” over global warming. Yes, he was a good bit over the top when he predicted mankind would…
This Is Most Gratifying
I suspect that Adam Carroll, the Liberal staffer who established the Vikileaks Twitter account revealing embarrassing yet publicly-available information about Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was speaking for many of…
Risks of Cell Phone and texting
It can put you in a deep dark hole. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Those who do that while driving makes it even…
April 24: people are dying..so who cares?
The Moncton Times and Transcript has no follow-up on the Fredericton man from Congo who was on a hunger strike to draw attention to human rights abuse in Congo. When…