October 2013
Think Dirty on Your Mobile to Shop Clean
Think Dirty is an app for your mobile phone (iOS only) designed to help people understand the ingredients in products. It’s focused on cosmetics products as a starting point for…
It’s an ill wind that blows against Vision’s empire
The Province, October 21, 2013. 12:41 pm • Section: Opinion Vision began as a protest movement, fighting against what its members saw as the radical agenda of the leftist COPE…
169 credit cards + $12.50 in change = Indebted States of America
Indebted States of America by Maine artist Eric Leppanen is created with 169 of his own credit cards, collected over the past 23 years, adorned with the 50 U.S. state…
Used To Be Pretty
Some folks seem to have this idea that if only they have more or get more or get something different, that all of the Bad Things in their lives will…
Country life, and the glory of silence
I say aloud to myself, “Ahh…it’s so quite here! Thank God I moved to the country!” And the words reverberate warmly through the room, their sound highlighting by contrast the…
Governance, Harper-Style, a "Potential Threat to all Canadians."
Just as quickly as he could after ascending to power on the promise of transparency and accountability, ‘Sideshow Steve’ Harper moved to sequester the public service and sever lines of…
‘Slackjaw Joe’ Oliver Pisses Off Pipeline Operator
While most news stories focus on Enbridge and the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal, Kinder Morgan is working to expand its own pipeline operation straight into Vancouver. The head of Kinder…
Another Refreshing Perspective From Pope Francis
I am finding more and more to like about the new Pope everyday. I am certain his distinction between faith and ideology will enrage some on the right – that…
Koch Brothers could make $100 Billion from Keystone XL pipeline
American oil billionaires David and Charles Koch A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if…
Duffy Strikes Back
The game may well and truly be afoot. Senator Mike Duffy, his lawyers (and others) have all the e-mails in the Wright-Duffy affair and they are said to reveal how…
Breaking: Judge lifts injunction against Elsipogtog fracking protest
photo: Jen Choi/CBC New Brunswick Justice George Rideout declined today to extend an injunction against members of the Elsipogtog First Nation who have been protesting exploratory activities for fracking on…
Apres le Deluge
One of the helpful services Google provides is a daily e-mail of news stories on virtually any subject you might specify. They pick out top news stories from around the…
6348…Mike Duffy Doth Protest
Too much methinks. The Honourable Senator for Kanata-Prince Edward Island's mouth piece, Donald Bayne, was on CBC Newsworld over my lunch hour explaining everything but truly explaining nothing. In defense…
6348…Mike Duffy Doth Protest
Too much methinks. The Honourable Senator for Kanata-Prince Edward Island's mouth piece, Donald Bayne, was on CBC Newsworld over my lunch hour explaining everything but truly explaining nothing. In defense…
6348…Mike Duffy Doth Protest
Too much methinks. The Honourable Senator for Kanata-Prince Edward Island’s mouth piece, Donald Bayne, was on CBC Newsworld over my lunch hour explaining everything but truly explaining nothing. In defense…
6347…Happy Halloween Matt Schaub
He's the quarterback for the Houston Texans. They were picked as the team to beat, the putative 2014 Super Bowl champs. Turns out he sucks. So, as reported by KHOU…
6347…Happy Halloween Matt Schaub
He's the quarterback for the Houston Texans. They were picked as the team to beat, the putative 2014 Super Bowl champs. Turns out he sucks. So, as reported by KHOU…
6347…Happy Halloween Matt Schaub
He’s the quarterback for the Houston Texans. They were picked as the team to beat, the putative 2014 Super Bowl champs. Turns out he sucks. So, as reported by KHOU…
US-Venezuela Relations: A Case Study of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism
US relations with Venezuela illustrate the specific mechanisms with which an imperial power seeks to sustain client states and overthrow independent nationalist governments. By examining US strategic goals and its…