I’m Running for President
While standing in front of a crowd of Liberal members, supporters and guests in Vancouver, I was quite nervous as I accepted the microphone from my friends Ray Larson and…
August 2013
Syria – A Cautionary Message from Gwynne Dyer
Yeah, okay, we get it. Chemical weapons were unleashed against civilians in Syria. That seems, just as John Kerry claims, undeniable. But, as Gwynne Dyer, warns we have to tread…
Hilton hotels: friendly home to hate speech?
Looks like Hilton/Markham GM Robert Regina is unafraid of making the Hilton chain a haven for hate speech. He is hosting Islamaphobes Pam Geller and Robert Spencer to speak at…
Passing Gas – EV’s now outnumber gas stations, in America
My latest piece is up on GreenCarReports, here. It’s where I sourced the photo from. 🙂 And yes, putting “Passing Gas” in the title was deliberate. Hey, it’s catchy! From…
India Bursts Her First Bubble
To the extent we paid attention to India’s economic miracle at all, it was mainly to see its ascendancy as unstoppable. What we read were tales of new moguls and…
Pam geller, Robert Spencer Still Not Booted From Hilton Toronto/Markham Conference Centre
“The booking is confirmed to take place as scheduled,” the hotel’s General Manager Patrick Regina told the Jewish Tribune after consulting with legal counsel, Hilton World- wide and the York…
Mulcair takes opposing tack to Trudeau on NDP caucus member smoking pot as MP: "I think that would be a problem."
The Liberals are looking a lot better these days, even under Trudeau’s unsteady hand. Oh, I long for Nathan Cullen at the controls of the NDP. H/t: @pdmcleod
Anthony Weiner Caught in Public 3-Way
No, he wasn’t sexting at the wheel either but I thought the title would get plenty of attention. It was just a 3-car fender bender on Manhattan’s Franklin D. Roosevelt…
Time for a "Third Way" approach to fix broken cell phone market, says citizen-backed group OpenMedia.ca
Image: big3_appeal.png News heading: All political parties urged to take a stand against Big Three blocking Canadian startups as Parliamentary committee prepares to hold emergency meeting August 26, 2013 –…
RoboCalls Scandal – It’s Still Alive
For those who had lost track of the Robocalls fraud perpetrated by the Harper Conservatives during the 2011 election, it hasn’t gone away. Harper has done an enormous amount of…
Crowdsource Climate Solutions: Last Week to Vote on MIT Climate CoLab!
All this year I’ve been working on MIT’s Climate CoLab, which is crowdsourcing responses to some of climate change’s toughest challenges. We received submissions from all over the world on…
Crowdsource Climate Solutions: Last Week to Vote on MIT Climate CoLab!
All this year I've been working on MIT's Climate CoLab, which is crowdsourcing responses to some of climate change's toughest challenges. We received submissions from all over the world on…
Crowdsource Climate Solutions: Last Week to Vote on MIT Climate CoLab!
All this year I’ve been working on MIT’s Climate CoLab, which is crowdsourcing responses to some of climate change’s toughest challenges. We received submissions from all over the world on…
Degas at D’Orsey
Drawn from memory. This is one time I should have sketched her briefly on the iPad and finished later. Once again,the room was hot and crowded. Filed under: art
Rain and Floods – International Dilemma
The southeastern U.S has had unusual floods this year. Too much rain and floods have also hit other parts of the world. Here is a picture of floods in Sudan.…
Capital Pride was a Liberal success
Kudos and cheers to a great group of Liberals who marched in Ottawa’s Capital Pride parade and worked our booth at the info fair – a well-orchestrated collaboration between the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Paul Kershaw highlights what’s most needed to support Canada’s younger generations: Even with all this personal adaptation, most in Gen X and…
Gaza Strip: Is it a concentration camp?
FROM THE INSIDE: Palestinian schoolchildren looked out the window of their United Nations-run classroom in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters) U.K. Jewish MP Gerald Kaufman: “Israel acting…