Winning conditions
I just stalled my Jeep, bearing Ontario plates, across two lanes of Sherbrooke Street rush hour traffic. Oh, and I worked for Chrétien. Marois now has the winning conditions she…
February 2013
In Canada’s House of Commons, A Profound Fear Of “Zombies” (VIDEO)
By Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive, Feb. 14, 2013: Those of us who live in Ottawa are quite used to the talk and sightings of Zombies on Parliament Hill.…
I am closing blogger
Well, it will be closed for now at least. I will not be making anymore updates on this blog.I want to "organize" my blogging. I want to start a travel…
I am closing blogger
Well, it will be closed for now at least. I will not be making anymore updates on this blog. I want to “organize” my blogging. I want to start a…
I am closing blogger
Well, it will be closed for now at least. I will not be making anymore updates on this blog.I want to "organize" my blogging. I want to start a travel…
‘Have-not’ community has idea to solve Vancouver park board saga
February 13, 2013 By Emily Jackson Metro Vancouver Sure, it’s down at the bottom on Vancouver park board’s “have-not” list, and yes, it’s all for a little more equality between…
Maybe some people are just dense…
Story in today’s Science Daily: Why Some People Don’t Learn Well: EEG Shows Insufficient Processing of Information to Be Learned. While you might initially want to say “because they’re stupid,”…
Conservatives pledge to release results of senators’ expense audits … NO WAIT… Audit of Senator Pamela Wallin’s expenses to stay secret, says David Tkachuk
Oh those whacky Federal Conservatives …. miscommunicating all over the place today!! The Globe & Mail The Star
Alberta to Obama – "Welcome Aboard"
Alberta Cons are warmly welcoming U.S. president Obama’s commitment to tackle climate change. In fact they say he’s just following Alberta’s lead. “After years of being out front alone on…
US Government Accounting Office – Climate Change Poses Big Financial Risks to Federal Government
The non-partisan, Government Accounting Office, has added climate change to its list of major threats facing the U.S. federal government. “GAO added this area because the federal government is not…
Harper and RCMP comments ignore Aboriginal victims’ fear of reprisal: Human Rights Watch
Ensure Accountability for Police Misconduct, Indigenous Women’s Safety By Human Rights Watch (Press Release)| Feb. 13, 2013: VANCOUVER – Comments by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Royal Canadian Mounted…
Yes, In My Back Yard!
Not Far From The Tree’s table at YIMBY 2011. Photo courtesy the Centre for City Ecology. The flow of information and ideas between community residents and policy makers is often…
Liberal leadership candidate Murray wants to gang up on the Conservatives
If you want to see the Harper Conservatives defeated in 2015 – or at least reduced to a minority government – it’s time you started paying attention to what Joyce…
Video Interview with Sanyika Shakur
In this interview, New Afrikan Communist Sanyika Shakur discusses his personal social development, his time in Pelican Bay-SHU, the 2011 California prisoners’ hunger strikes, the effects of long-term isolation torture,…
Jan.14: This is late because……..
I was committed to give a talk this morning (which I much enjoyed) on the history of leisure in Canada. I am committed to three Thursdays, and looking forward to…
V-Day Bellydance Flash Mob
Here’s an interview to explain what this flash mobbing was all about. More women joined the mob after my video recording stopped… There’s an encore at a mall tonight at…
This ‘Fracking’ BC Liberal Government Must Be Thrown Out!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Like many of you I heard our Premier Clark on the CBC the other morning. Christy sounded as if she had slept in and was still befuddled…
Is the GOP a Sinking Ship?
It’s a truly forlorn sight, a ship, broken in two, going down by the bows and the stern. But it may be an apt metaphor for today’s Republican Party. There’s…
Parliament Must Investigate Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women: Grits
Liberal Opposition Day Motion compels Parliament to investigate missing and murdered Indigenous women By Liberal Party of Canada (Press Release)| Feb. 14, 2013: OTTAWA – Liberals will use a rare…
Science Silenced: US Scientist Caught in Canadian Muzzle
What a difference a decade makes – especially when it comes to government-directed communications policies regarding science, and especially when you’re in Canada. In 2003 a Canadian-American research collaboration, involving…