6142…Wallin Splains All To CBC
See the problem, the reason, the Senator from Saskatchewan cheated on her expense thingys is coz, as she told CBC’s The National, “There’s a lot of paperwork particularly in government,…
June 2013
Friday night blues blogging
Good evening. This is the Heritage Blues Orchestra with Get Right Church. This is what happens when you let Jeff Beck into the White House. It’s a slow instrumental called…
12 Reasons the Harper Government Doesn’t Punish People Who Steal Elections
That’s 12 reasons apart from the fact that under Harper, the Conservative Party itself successfully attempted to steal the 2006 election by deliberately exceeding its spending limit and laundering the…
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American Roadside – Ryann Ford
Rest Stops : Vanishing Relics of the American RoadsideLiterally, before our eyes, rest stops are vanishing from the landscapes of America. All over the country, rest areas are losing the…
Nova Scotians condemn RCMP repression of anti-fracking protesters
By: Council of Canadians | Press Release HALIFAX, NS, June 14, 2013 – Representatives of several- Halifax-based environmental, social justice and cultural groups are condemning the heavy-handed actions of the…
On how to say no, clearly and loudly
Friday, June 14, 2013 On June 5th Organizing for Change, a coalition made up of West Coast Environmental Law and 11 other leading environmental organizations, wrote to Premier Christy Clark…
On how to say no, clearly and loudly
Friday, June 14, 2013 On June 5th Organizing for Change, a coalition made up of West Coast Environmental Law and 11 other leading environmental organizations, wrote to Premier Christy Clark…
21 Balançoires (21 Swings)
This is something I have to try! 21 Swings Exercise in musical cooperation Every spring, an interactive installation takes over a high-traffic area in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles and sets…
Wallin Says Sorry, But Doesn’t Step Aside
Maintaining her power over Canada, doesn’t seem like the best way to apologize for ‘accidentally’ cheating Canadians out of tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not entitled? How many…
Capturing Alert
Sit back, go “full screen” and enjoy a preview of Charles Stankievech’s photographic odyssey filmed at CFS Alert, the world’s northernmost permanently inhabited outpost. The images are truly astonishing.
Harper to the UK Parliament
What to make of the PM’s speech to the UK Parliament yesterday? When a leader is accorded that type of honour, surely they’ve got to come up with something worthwhile.…
Harper to the UK Parliament
What to make of the PM's speech to the UK Parliament yesterday? When a leader is accorded that type of honour, surely they've got to come up with something worthwhile.…
Harper to the UK Parliament
What to make of the PM’s speech to the UK Parliament yesterday? When a leader is accorded that type of honour, surely they’ve got to come up with something worthwhile.…
Will Robotic Killing’s Real Victim be Democracy?
Science fiction writer and futurist Daniel Suarez explains the danger, to us and to our very democracy, from the rise of autonomous lethality, killer drones. Get your weekend paranoia fix…
What I Wish I Had Learned in School
School for me was not really a pleasant experience. Oh, sure, it had its moments, but it was a struggle. On the one hand, we had the typical high school…
Eventually, the Teflon® wears off…
Eventually, the Teflon® wears off… Scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal after scandal… It’s only…
Friday Film Pick: Things are Different Now
Ryan Conrad recently pulled his film from the Frameline San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival because the festival, despite a robust budget and years of protest from filmmakers, audiences and…
Stephen Harper’s Speech To UK Parliament Called ‘Not-Prime Ministerial’ … more suitable for “a meeting of the parliamentary Conservative party.”
Harper speech to UK Parliament ‘not prime ministerial’… “Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a stop in London to speak to both Houses of Parliament Thursday, one shadow cabinet minister was…
Are You a Multi-Issue Extremist? How Activism is Becoming Terrorism
Are You a Multi-Issue Extremist? If you read this site regularly, and subscribe to the claims and advice of Rafe Mair, you probably are. Because the 81 year-old Mair is…