Have the CVRD Politicans Finally Woken Up?
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger I suspect that many of you are getting as tired of hearing about yet another CVRD screw up and outright failure to responsibly represent the taxpaying…
September 2013
Regina’s P3 Columnists
As the referendum on whether to privatize Regina’s wastewater plant nears, the Regina Leader-Post is printing a column a day advocating the P3: John Gormley on Friday, Bruce Johnstone on…
Pope Francis, Here. Today’s Sermon – Globalization Sucks!
Know what Pope Francis likes about globalization? Nothing. Big fat zero. Visiting an Italian region especially hard hit by the European economic crisis, Pope Francis blamed high unemployment on globalization…
Not your Bill Davis Tories: Ont PCs formally adopt U.S. tea-party labour politics
The Ontario PCs almost walked away from the brink this weekend. Last year the provincial Tories introduced a white paper advocating U.S.-style labour policies that would undo the rights working…
L.A.’s Famous Four-Level Freeway Interchange, ‘The Stack,’ Turns 58
by Nathan Masters on September 22, 2011 3:00 PM Fifty-eight years ago today, the Four Level interchange first opened to traffic. This iconic concrete ribbon that binds the 101 and…
Gun Lobby: An armpit which stinks – a killer stink
Matt Bors: Political cartoonist for Medium. Author of Life Begins At Incorporation
Harper getting desperate to move Alberta oil as pipelines stall
Stephen Harper has been trying to win over Barack Obama on the stalled Keystone XL pipeline (Adrian Wyld/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks increasingly desperate to find ways for expanding…
Global Warming Hasn’t Stopped – It’s the Hottest Decade on Record
With the release of a major climate science report by the United Nations coming this week, the self-proclaimed climate “skeptics,” better referred to as the climate deniers or flat-earthers, are…
NY Times On Harper’s Abuse Of Science
Over at Huffington Post, someone noticed that the New York Times spent some significant column space raking Harper over the coals for how he has abused Canada’s science community. I…
Michael Woods of Postmedia toes the party line attacking New York Times editorial on tar sands
There is nothing ‘alleged‘ about Harper muzzling scientists, idiot. Mr. Woods also gives the final word of the article to notorious liar Joe Oliver: “Americans are free to oppose resource…
New York Times Editorial Board BLASTS Stephen Harper For Muzzling Scientists To Promote Oil Industry Interests …
OTTAWA — The New York Times editorial board is taking the Harper government to task for allegedly silencing publicly funded scientists, a strategy the Times says is designed to ensure…
The New York Times bashes Canada’s science-bashing
Is it just my imagination or is Canada’s international reputation slipping into the sewer? The question seemed particularly pertinent this morning as I read an editorial in the New York…
Is game theory nothing but a fable?
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Lars Syll One of the world’s most renowned game theorists – Ariel Rubinstein – gives his — affirmative — answer in this interview…
Only 36.5 per cent of unemployed Canadians now qualify for EI: NDP
by: Obert Madondo Statistics Canada reported last week that Employment Insurance (EI) recipients dropped by 2.1% in July to 503 900 after the Harper government toughened the rules earlier this…
Sept. 23: Lies, stupidity, and the burning, sulphur smell of real evil….
Mr. Alward and his merry men, especially Craig Leonard, have made much of their claim that Professor Lapierre was honoured by the prestigious National Academy of Sciences when it invited…
Memo to council candidates: here’s how to get my vote.
The civic election campaign is now officially underway, even though, judging from the thousands of signs that are now mostly knocked down along city boulevards, it has been on unofficially…
Alberta scientist Jessica Ernst warns Newfoundland of fracking risk
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Alberta resident Jessica Ernst is warning Newfoundland about the risks of hydraulic fracturing, saying…
Steve, Alison, Christy – a Moment of Your Time Please
Canada’s got some pretty hardcore fossil fuelers from Steve Harper to Alberta’s Alison Redford and British Columbia’s Christy Clark. Waiting in the wings to join them are Tommy Mulcair and…