Remember Harper Muzzling Scientists? He’s Doing It To Veterans Too
Under the Harper Government, we have been fed enormous amounts of propaganda pablum in the name of “Support the War in Afghanistan Troops”. The “highway of heroes” when our troops…
September 2013
Rogers sucks, part infinity
Like you, I pay my bills online. With Rogers, I have several accounts: blackberry, two iPhones, home phone, Internet, cable. As a consequence, I pay them a lot. And often.…
What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons…
What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons…
Man produces beer in his guts
It is an interesting story. An unusual illness. Drunk without drinking. Having a beer gut took on a new meaning for a Texas man studied by U.S. researchers, who found…
Ignácio Brandáo, Muzzling Scientists, And Environmental Disaster. . . .
Read this – “Scientists. A minimal, marginalized lot these days. It’s almost prehistoric the way we’ve become immune to the warnings science offers us. As soon as the System realized…
"I Am The One Who Knocks"
For the past several years, my attention has been riveted on a show called Breaking Bad, without doubt one of the greatest television series ever produced, ranking right up there…
Stephen Harper: Will he fade away by 2015
All the scandals: Senate, robocalls, secretive government, all that pro-roguing…. Has his time come and come 2015 he will lose elections and Cons will choose a new leader? Or he…
The Atomic Road To Damascus (With a Detour Through Goldsboro)
Hey, remember when the US almost detonated an atomic bomb (260 times more powerful than either Fat Man or Little Boy) over North Carolina? Good times: The document, obtained by…
The Atomic Road To Damascus (With a Detour Through Goldsboro)
Hey, remember when the US almost detonated an atomic bomb (260 times more powerful than either Fat Man or Little Boy) over North Carolina? Good times: The document, obtained by…
Broken trust
After shifting his focus in recent months, Alex Tsakumis is blogging again and getting ready to launch yourshow.ca as a 3-hour a day webcast on politics, media and other current…
Saturday At The Movies
This beautiful video is set to the words theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918 – 1988). * * The Sagan Series is an educational project working in the hopes of promoting…
The Price Of Our Heedlessness – A Sobering Saturday Morning Video
Although brief, this video shows the terrible cost of our ‘disposable’ lifestyles: Recommend this Post
Slow Walkers Part 2 – Random Act of Kindness
Yesterday I shared a short film about time and aging called “Slow Walkers”. Today, I happened to come across this slow walker who was helped across the road in a…
Inequality For All
On September 27th, a documentary film with that title hits the theatres. The little guy who the film revolves around makes the same argument he has been making in print…
Burying Blackberry before the buyers.
Thursday nights on CBC’s National News there is an excellent panel of pundits, usually monitored by news reader Peter Mansbridge. The panellists are Chantal Hébert of the Toronto Star, Andrew…
Iggy Ever After
They’re calling it an excerpt, but I stopped reading at about the 900 page mark, after Iggy invoked the ancient Greek Gods to explain Cdn. politics. Nowhere does he ever…
Obamacare, the Koch Brothers, and the Harper Cons
It's a frightening and truly disturbing sight. The Republicans in the House of Representatives threatening to shut down the American government. Again. With one vote on Friday, the Republican-led House…
Climate Change According to Sask Party Government
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since…
A quick guide to UK Politics for Canadians
I follow politics pretty closely and among the first things I did upon arriving here was register myself and Sonia to vote (I’m a citizen through descent and Commonwealth citizens…