Detroit Wants Robocop!
Movies, while providing a source of entertainment, also possess the ability to inspire us, move us and provide an example of the direction our society is moving in. Robocop among…
July 2013
The scene in the Slocan Valley
This is a bit too close to home. My brother, his wife and my littlest sibling all live in Winlaw, B.C., in the Slocan Valley, right near Lemon Creek. It…
Toronto Centre Liberal nomination race heats up…
It’s now confirmed that author and journalist Chrystia Freeland (pictured) will be seeking the federal Liberal nomination in Toronto Centre for the upcoming byelection to replace retiring MP Bob Rae.…
This Doesn’t Look Quite Right
A knife-wielding man on a TTC streetcar last night wound up on the receiving end of a barrage of police gunfire. A horde of cops had the streetcar surrounded when…
For All the Union-Bashers Out There
Ninety-year-old Joy Taylor asks all of us to ‘be the voice’: Recommend this Post
Fearless
I’ve been listening to this Pink Floyd tune for years and only found out the name of it a week ago:Hippies kill punks, forever and always.
Adjectives for the Harper Cons
Cloud, meet silver lining.The Harper Con’s cheap partisan dissing of astronaut and Liberal MP Marc Garneau has produced a very useful set of adjectives which we can all use in…
Last Monday’s #HonourTheApology Event
If you want the federal government to honour the apology you may have taken part in an event, publicly or privately, on Thursday. Either way, last Monday, you may have…
Waterfall and soothing music
Forget about the troubled world and enjoy the relaxing music.
Alberta Tar Sands Blowout Threatens Boreal Forest, Wasn’t Disclosed Until Months Later
Tar sands oil has been spilling in Alberta’s boreal forests for months, and according to a government scientist, neither industry nor government knows how to stop it. Four “oil blowouts”…
Maybe We Shouldn’t Put All our Eggs in One Aerial Basket
Britain did something profoundly stupid in the early 30s. It invested a huge amount of its air force budget in twin-engine, light bombers. These designs were easily capable of out-running…
Egypt in turmoil again
I don’t understand what is going on in Egypt. First Egyptians did not want a military government. There were violent demonstrations until people succeeded to topple Hosni Mubarak. He was…
Responsible loan schemes and speculative riches
“Responsible resource development”. I mean, if it’s not ethical, at least it’s responsible right? They’ve got to sell it as something… NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ont. – The premiers of British Columbia and…
Letter from a Hunger Striker: “If We Can Do This in Prisons Then Our Barrios and Ghettos Can Also Form United Fronts Out in Society…”
Today marks day nine of our peaceful protest hunger strike/work strike. We have heard on the news that people are being rehoused in an effort to isolate people further! The…
From Paradise to Paradise Lost
If you’ve never experienced the magic of California’s Pacific Coast Highway, you might want to add that to your list of things to see before they’re gone forever. To a…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Marc Lee takes a high-level look at the absurdity of our destructive economic choices: Exhibit one: the North Pole at the moment is…
NOAA Releases New Warming Data – Deniers Flummoxed, Again
Here’s the skinny from the National Climate Data Center of the U.S. National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration. It’s just boring data but it goes to refute the claim that global…
Climate Change and the Attack of the Cannibal Lobster
It’s kind of funny but it’s really not, anything but.
When Obama Courted Ho Chi Minh
It’s creepy how America’s radical right New Think breezes straight past history to mislead the public. Case in point. The man who struggled against the Japanese, the French and ultimately…