BC the land of Fantasy Gardens once again
I planned to keep an eye on the BC Liberal throne speech and add my comments about Premier Photo Op’s pre-election prescription for prosperity. I won’t bother though because Vaughn…
February 2013
Flight and Death
Last week I watched “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” which is a must-see movie, not only if you love it when alien bugs invade brains. I won’t spoil…
Liberal leadership race: Garneau calls on Trudeau to take a stand
By Marc Garneau Press Release | Feb. 13, 2013: OTTAWA – Federal Liberal Leadership front-runner Justin Trudeau has a responsibility to tell Canadians where he stands and where he intends…
3C, Maybe. 5C, Possibly.
The British scientist who formerly chaired the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says we’ve pretty much lost any chance of holding climate heating to 2C and now have just…
The Resurgence of an Evolving Climate Movement, Part 1
Ken Wu is executive director of Majority for a Sustainable Society (MASS) and co-founder of the Ancient Forest Alliance. After years of apathy and political inertia, North America’s climate sustainability…
America’s Tab for 2008? 22-Trillion Dollars.
The non-partisan Government Accounting Office has done the math on the 2008 financial crisis and concludes it cost America over 22-trillion dollars. “The 2007-2009 financial crisis, like past financial crises,…
Old Vision Vancouver hands raging over park board mess
By Allen Garr, Columnist Vancourier.com February 14, 2013 Just so you know: a battle has been raging for the past couple of weeks in the back rooms of Vancouver’s governing…
5636…Today’s Reason/Excuse To Drink
It’s National Flag Day! On this day in 1965 Canada got its very own flag! John Diefenbaker wasn’t too happy but the rest of us were! WFDS
Because
… I just couldn’t resist reposting this morning’s Star editorial cartoon. Recommend this Post
Making Sense of Iraq, Ten Years On
The Hawks were wrong. That’s the view of Huffington Post UK political director, Mehdi Hasan, about Iraq ten years after the Anglo-American conquest. Hasan concludes that, contrary to neo-con mythology,…
5635…Another Conservative Sen Makes Headlines
For all the wrong reasons. This time it is CTV stepping up to the plate and the person in question in Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson. The Tory “… has been…
Feb. 15:We made it!
Human Rights Watch is an organization originally aimed at investigating human rights abuse in the Soviet Union. Since then, it has expanded with work all over the world. Recently, it…
The Damaging Impact Of Seizures On Individuals With Autism
Seizures and epilepsy are serious issues for persons with autism and their families as we learned first hand in our home on November 17, 2012 when Conor suffered a very…
Rome Lives on in the Roman Catholic Church
Gwynne Dyer points out that Roman Catholic is more than just a name. How Roman are the traditions and instincts of the church that Pope Benedict XVI has led for…
Sheila Fraser Calls for Regular Audits of Commons and Senate
Former auditor general, Sheila Fraser, says Canadians shell out half a billion dollars a year on Parliament and are entitled to know where their money is going and how it’s…
Trudeau: Project your beliefs on me
Liberal leadership candidate Marc Garneau has called out Justin Trudeau for not having a platform. Trudeau has said that he is deferring to the Liberal’s policy renewal process. There is…
"His Most Preposterous Policy Statement Yet"
As noted here the other day, young Tim Hudak, in another move that shows the caliber of his leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, announced that student loans should…
Harper’s Grotesque Spectacle
Maybe we should call him Sideshow Steve for, when it comes to distracting the Canadian public with gimmicks, Steve Harper has the instincts and moral compass of a carnival barker.…
Video of Meteor that Hit Russia
Pretty dramatic stuff
Zombies and the Republicans–and Conservative Economics in General
Once again Paul Krugman takes up the battle against the forces of darkness.“Zombie economic ideas have eaten his brain,” he writes in The New York Times, talking about Florida Senator…