5721…Hating On JT; Not Justin Timberlake
The other one. Justin Trudeau. The National Post yesterday ran an editorial that painted the Liberal JT as a rock star with a fickle fan base. Even pointed out that,…
March 2013
This isn’t the recovery you’re looking for
Simon Donner makes a disturbing point: If you look at the global fossil fuel emissions data, all of the major disruptions to energy and oil use in the past 60…
Climate Change Is the Biggest Threat in the Pacific, Says Top U.S. Admiral
Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III is no smelly hippie. North Korea just annulled the 1953 armistice ending its war with South Korea. China and Japan are locked in a dispute…
In Tuesday’s Sun: dispatch from sunny Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Is this place coming back? As recently as two years ago, it assuredly wasn’t. The thousands of winter-weary Canadians who trekked here every March saw plenty…
Danielle Plamondon at Cafe Victoria in Verdun
Danielle Plamondon is one of the most respected, admired, and loved urban explorers on the planet. From the abandoned factories of Montreal and the rooftops of Europe, through the sewer…
Onslaught of Kochtopus Groups Threaten Kansas Clean Energy
By Connor Gibson, crossposted with permission from Greenpeace USA. A recent flood of Koch-supported think tanks, junk scientists and astroturf groups from inside and outside of Kansas are awaiting the…
Could Stephen Harper Be About to Retire?
Golly. I have to admit that when I first saw the story I had to stick a fork into myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming.Because this is definitely one…
Only 1/3 of Liberal "Supporters" Registered to Vote
… which is to say, we’re at least going to *maybe* beat what the Alberta Liberals managed in 2011. Back then, only 8,760 out of 27,567 “supporters” ended up voting…
The Consequences Of Corruption And Venality
Although his is a painful story, I think we owe Tomas Young the respect he deserves by reading it. And while we read it, we might want to remember the…
On Teacher Accountability
One criticism that Cooper and friends say is part of the problem with education is a lack of teacher accountability. I actually agree with this one. But how do we…
Liberals And Followers
I TOLD YOU FUCKING SO, LIBERAL PARTY OF CANADA! I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU SO I TOLD YOU FUCKING SO!!!! WATCH EVERYONE THAT ACTUALLY VOTES IN THIS DAMN…
Devolution for NWT — a start
I cannot agree too much with PMS’ agenda, but today he took a huge step forward in signing a tentative devolution agreement with the Northwest Territories and five of the…
WikiLeaks: Hollywood Hatchet, Swedish Swindle
The problem with how Sweden, the UK, and the United States have been treating Julian Assange of Wikileaks, has dragged on for years. It’s left the foremost journalist in the…
CRA Atlantic Polls: NL and NB Sees Some Change
Corporate Research Associates, Atlantic Canada’s most frequent (and at times, only) pollster for the provincial scene, has come out with the second half of its quarterly reports for the four…
Big Telecom’s cell phone spin taken down once again
With the release of our plan to fix our dysfunctional cell phone market, we’ve seen Big Telecom make claims that the market is fine as it is. Our findings however,…
Municipality without people is a Jumbo of a problem
Monday, March 11, 2013 When is a municipality not a municipality? When no one lives there. West Coast Environmental Law is proud to support the West Kootenay Ecosociety in their…
Free Speech and the Privatization of Public Space
Donald Smith was protesting a sign at Glenmore Landing in Calgary’s southwest Sunday that bans political demonstrations. The privately owned parking lot near the prime minister’s constituency office asserts that…
5720…I Love Lawyers
For true. From gawker.com. If I could make this stuff up before it happened I would be the Mark Twain of this generation. In a major victory for depressed guinea…
Beached Dolphins Dragged Back in Water In Brazil
It’s from last year but still resonates with power.
Review: Moving Politics
When I started reframing some of my prior preoccupations as, in part, an interest in how emotion and other feelings in the body are intertwined with/produced by/produce the social world,…