Bernie Farber On Injustice And The Jewish Community
There is an ancient Jewish folktale which tells of a man visiting hell and being amazed to find its inhabitants all seated at long tables with fancy tablecloths, beautiful silverware…
November 2013
Breaking: The PMO Offered to Help Duffy Sell His Story !!!!
Uh oh. Call out the Fire Brigade or the Big Lie Brigade. There's more smoke pouring out of the PMO. Remember when Mike Duffy accused the Harper gang of cooking…
Rob Ford, the Mob, and the Harper Connection
Well I'm sorry to report that Rob Ford is still clinging to power, and that the big question seems to be will he go to rehab before he drops dead?…
Syria- A Short History
SYRIA – A SHORT HISTORY By Phillip K. Hitti, Colier Books, New York 1961 This book is an abridgement of the author’s previous work ‘History of Syria Including Lebanon and…
Syria- A Short History
SYRIA – A SHORT HISTORY By Phillip K. Hitti, Colier Books, New York 1961 This book is an abridgement of the author’s previous work ‘History of Syria Including Lebanon and…
Musical interlude
Mat Zo – Fractal Universe
Nathan Cullen Will Not Seek BC NDP Leadership
Nathan Cullen NDP MP Skeena Dear friends, This is an open letter to supporters and allies who have been involved in some way in my decision regarding the BC NDP…
Ben Klaas: To sign or not to sign?
We’re now just weeks away from the implementation of customer-friendly new wireless rules, which come into force on December 2nd. In this piece, OpenMedia community member Ben Klaas looks at…
To those influencing environmental policy but opposed to nuclear power:
An open letter by leading climate scientists, Ken Caldeira, Kerry Emanuel, James Hansen and Tom Wigley calling on green groups to stop opposing nuclear power: To those influencing environmental policy…
Unplanned encouragement of opponents
A TransCanada Corp. executive is encouraging people who oppose pipeline projects such as Northern Gateway, Energy East and Keystone XL. He’s quoted by CBC News: “I used to believe if…
Friday night blues blogging
It may not come as much of a surprise to you that I have a few tunes to share. I’ll start with Rory Gallagher covering Blind Boy Fuller’s Rag, Mama,…
Fracking, dead cows and…RADIATION?
Alberta cattle rancher Howard Hawkwood (photo courtesy of Green Planet Monitor) Alberta cattle rancher Howard Hawkwood has a beef with the local fracking industry. He’s convinced the controversial technique for…
Who benefits from water in BC?
Friday, November 8, 2013 The current public consultation on a new BC Water Sustainability Act represents a perfect opportunity to ask: who should benefit from BC’s water? Because right now…
Why I feel sorry for Rob Ford.
I now officially feel sorry for Rob Ford. Oh, I’m not saying that he should stay on as mayor of Toronto. I am in no way supporting this morbidly obese,…
Puzzled or muzzled?
Strangeness in BC coastal waters. CBC reports scientists are puzzled. Commenter asks "Puzzled or muzzled?" #cdnpoli http://t.co/DNfs7ueBts — Norm Farrell (@Norm_Farrell) November 8, 2013
Our Cowichan Valley Medical System Needs a Shake-up!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Recently I visited the doctor about unexplained weight loss and was directed to have full blood tests which resulted in a positive reading. I was told that…
Farmland advocates fire back at secret plan to gut ALR
ALR co-founder Harold Steves on his family farm in Steveston, BC (Damien Gillis) VANCOUVER – A leaked cabinet document that proposes significant changes to British Columbia’s Agricultural Land Reserve —…