Trudeau "Gaffes" Killing Party In Quebec
The same stability marks the federal level. The Liberal Party of Canada (DFC) Justin Trudeau won five percentage points in a month, the New Democratic Party (NDP) Thomas Mulcair has…
November 2013
Fracking Lobby ANGA’s Tax Forms: Big Bucks to Media Outlets, "Other ALECs"
America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) – the public relations arm of the oil and gas fracking industry – has released its 2012 Internal Revenue Services (IRS) 990 form, and it’s…
20 Answers to the Telly’s 20 Questions (Part 2) #nlpoli
(Continued from Part 1) On October 19, Russell Wangersky wrote a column for The Telegram entitled "20 questions for the premier." Mr. Wangersky posed questions about the development of the…
Stephen Harper and the Missing Paper Trail
Well after staying away as long as he could, and seeing the stature of his ally Rob Ford diminished, Stephen Harper returned to the Commons today, only to find the…
Mother Jones Fingers the Big Three Emissions Backsliders
This from Mother Jones. “Three Countries That Are Bailing on Climate Action.”
They should have paid attention two years ago
News item, November 19, 2013: “The B.C. government is disbanding its controversial Pacific Carbon Trust…” Yeah, they should have paid attention to us, the humble nincompoops blogging in underwear, or…
And the "BullShitter of the Year" Award Goes To – Kory Teneycke and Sun TV!!!
The Rob & Doug Ford show on Sun TV has been aborted almost as quickly as it was conceived. Interesting Factoid – the debut episode beat the network’s all-time record…
I feel like Charlie Brown’s football
Every time I start to think that maybe the Harper Cons aren’t so bad, I find out that actually, they’re worse.When disaster strikes somewhere in the world, like now with…
"Stephen Harper’s climate-change record can’t be ignored anymore" – because it’s putting Canadian jobs and our economy at risk
Worthwhile article from Chantal Hebert here. She’s not the first to link Harper’s gutting of environmental regulations, skeptical attitude towards climate change and attacks on the environmental movement to other…
Just shut up
Production costs? Oh, give me a break.Big City Lib suggests a secret statement and Montreal Simon says The Ford Nation is Dead !!!! Mound of Sound suspects that Ottawa has…
Canadian taxpayers bail out Norwegian fish farms for diseased fish
The only thing keeping profits afloat for a number of Norwegian salmon farms in Canada is the hundreds of millions of dollars they net from taxpayers when their fish die…
Heartbeat
This Running Room clinic has really opened up my eyes to a whole world of technicalia around running. Heart rate, specifically. I bought a heart rate monitor with my bike…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Hatted cats.
"Dr." Paul Fromm Visits Malta: "We Would Have Slaughtered Them"
Paulie has been pretty quiet (for Paulie anyways) but it looks like he's been busy lately: We so love when Paulie talks about himself in the third person. There he…
How fast exposed skin can freeze when it’s very cold
With cold temperatures in place, it’s important to remember the dangers of wind chill to exposed skin! Here’s a look at how fast skin can freeze when exposed to the…
All for Nought
It’s kind of a riddle: there are 5 essential learning components in the course. A student did two with an average of 68, but stopped working and hasn’t handed in…
Our Democracy on Life Support
This week, Elizabeth May, member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Leader of the Green Party of Canada, is in Warsaw, Poland, attending the 19th Conference of the Parties to…
On Designer Vaginas and Media Influence
Labiaplasty is on the rise. Who knew? There’s an article in the Guardian in which Daisy Buchanan argues that we can’t blame porn for this rush towards plastic surgery to…
Harper Government, CSIS spying on Enbridge critics
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is one Enbridge critic whose activities are being followed by CSIS (Damien Gillis) Read this Nov. 19 story from The Vancouver Observer on the spying of…