Risky Business – Bloomberg, Paulson &Steyer
Three big guns are joining forces to warn America of what climate change really holds in store for them and their country. Outgoing New York City mayor, Michael Bloomberg; former…
October 2013
Stephen gone invisible in Malaysia
His Royal Highness was ignored and non-existent in Malaysia. Both the Malaysian authorities and media ignored him. It must be hard on his Royal Highness. “Harper’s three-day stop in Kuala…
Winnipeggers demand justice for missing and murdered aboriginal women
Oct. 4, 2013: Winnipeggers gathered at the Manitoba Legislature to remember the lives of 600 missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, 75 of whom came from Manitoba. Photo: Paul…
Letters To My Kids
This might seem weird on what is currently a campaign site, but this is still my blog and I have a life (sort of) outside the campaign. Here are the…
On Celebrating Talent
Convalescing from a wicked cold that’s beating the crap out of me, I watched a trio of movies about amazing musicians: Joe Strummer, Ginger Baker, and Sixto Rodriguez. In the…
watch the future unfold: gaudi’s masterpiece to be completed in 2026
This post on the design blog Core77 brought back so many wonderful memories of our recent trip to Spain, especially my total infatuation with the city of Barcelona, and the…
Energy East ads for nought?
This takes some analysis. TransCanada Pipelines is delaying the application for its Energy East Pipeline until next year. This is a major delay for the company. Even if TransCanada does…
A Sad And Sorry State Of Affairs
Susan Delacourt’s new book, Shopping For Votes: How Politicians Choose Us And We Choose Them is creating quite a stir. Delacourt’s central thesis is that Canadians no longer act as…
Autism Speaks Enters Into "PURE" Autism Research PACT; Excludes Autism With Intellectual Disability
Autism Speaks has entered into a Research PACT to continue its focus on “pure autism” (referred to in the PACT as core symptom autism), while ignoring 50% of the autism…
Conference circuit time for celebrity Calvinists – Act Like Men
US pastor Mark Driscoll was in Hamilton for the neo-Calvinist Act Like Men conference this weekend. According to one participating US celebrity pastor, Act Like Men Canada drew about 8…
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There have been more than 20,000 pageviews of my candidate list for the 2013 municipal election.
Why Tom Steyer Has Stephen Harper Running Scared
Well I see that Stephen Harper hasn't dared reply to Tom Steyer's letter demanding to know whether he has been working with the Tea Party extremists to blackmail the U.S.…
Video: An OpenMedia supporter speaks out against the TPP & Internet censorship
We’re so amazed to see how many people are speaking out against the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) extreme Internet Censorship plan. Over 100,000 people have spoken out already – and…
Huffington Post Canada: When it comes to the TPP, what is our government negotiating in Asia?
Our government representatives are headed to Asia this week to discuss the ultra-secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership – an agreement that could break our digital future. Isn’t it time we learned the…
In Sunday’s Sun: they’ve got problems, we’ve got problems
NEW YORK — Does this happen in Canada? Darin K. Williamson, who has been asking me a lot of questions on the train between Newark and New York, tells me…
Class Struggle in County Durham
Dispatches from the class struggle in County Durham: What the colliers’ dependence on the exploiters for their homes means in practice can be seen in any strike. For example, the…
Waiting for renewable energy is not like waiting for the next iPhone
Wind and solar electricity is not reliable. The only way to get rid of the power when nobody needs it (e.g. at night) is to pay the States to take…
The Eyes Have It
This summer my mother was diagnosed with macular degeneration. There is no cure. It is irreversible. It simply progresses. Science has some hope for future cures, and has some treatments…