When Normal Isn’t Normal: A Trip to the Dentist
My son Nicholas has been seen by a dentist many times, but he’s never really had his teeth examined. He’s never had a dental x-ray and he’s never had his…
November 2013
Nov.27: A remarkably vacant paper – even by Irving press standards.
If you don’t read the first section at all, it will make no difference whatever in your life. The lead story isn’t a story at all; it’s a promo for…
A Brief History of "Oh So Many Years"
A Brief History of “Oh So Many Years” _1_ Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7lZhbCZ4QQ starts at around 23:28, so go back. --Billie heard the Everlys' Songs Our…
A Brief History of "Oh So Many Years"
A Brief History of “Oh So Many Years” _1_ Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7lZhbCZ4QQ starts at around 23:28, so go back. –Billie heard the Everlys’ Songs Our…
A Brief History of "Oh So Many Years"
A Brief History of “Oh So Many Years” _1_ Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong (2013)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7lZhbCZ4QQ starts at around 23:28, so go back. --Billie heard the Everlys' Songs Our Daddy…
Stephen Harper and the Con Bagman
Well there he was again today answering all questions about the Senate scandal by repeating the same mantra. Nigel Wright and Mike Duffy are the ones responsible. That's why Duffy…
Oil and Tobacco
It’s worth remembering that marketers should not drive scientific research. Cigarettes are dangerous? We’d better make them appear less dangerous so they will still sell. I know, let’s filter the…
A Brief History of "Oh So Many Years"
A Brief History of “Oh So Many Years” _1_ Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong (2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMj0JlTOwp0 starts at around 23:28, so go back. –Billie heard the Everlys’ Songs Our…
Oil and economy: Understanding the risks [Part 1]
In my last post on the bitumen bubble I was prompted with some questions on the global situation. My answer has become quite complex, so it’s been made now into…
Investment in society and in human beings?
A paper published in the journal International Political Science Review considered if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was “Democracy’s Friend or Foe.” It noted that reforms required by the American…
Funding “reform” has CEOs chasing hospital mergers
In a perfect world hospitals would be publicly funded to meet the health needs of their communities. That would be it. When the government started talking about funding reform, the…
Pope Francis rips capitalism and trickle-down economics to shreds in new policy statement
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is amazing to watch and listen the new Pope Francis actually tell the truth and shame the devil. He has seized the hot button issues like…
Rafe Mair Rants About BC Hydro Lies From BC Liberals, But Hydro Is Blameless
As we are treated to distortion, lies and revisionist BS Rafe Mair of the Common Sense Canadian steps in and tells it like it is. Rafe Mair The crap we’re…
In the Name of
This is something that’s been bothering me for a while. It goes hand-in-hand with the fact that we don’t value art and culture. I mean, as a society. And this…
Why Saying No to Toronto Airport Expansion Makes Sense
Saying no to the expansion of the Toronto Island Airport and introduction of jet aircrafts is the economical, ecological and socially responsible thing to do. At present, Pearson Airport can…
Revenge of the Whale
A researcher in the Faroe Islands was doing a bit of exploratory flensing on a dead sperm whale. Then this happened. I imagine the smell must have been delightful.
Fear is better than hope. Despair is better than optimism.
Some today are criticizing Justin Trudeau for appropriating Jack Layton’s last words in an election night speech. And indeed, I cringed watching the clip, but not for the reason most…
MLA, Mayor turn up heat on Fraser River jet fuel, tanker plan
Fisheries expert Otto Langer and MLA Vicki Huntington take on Fraser River jet fuel plan (Brad Densmore) A group of BC politicians and community leaders held an emergency meeting yesterday…
thoughts on "the central park five": new york city, the central park jogger, and me
We’ve just seen “The Central Park Five,” the Ken Burns film about five young men of colour who were wrongfully arrested, indicted, and convicted of rape and attempted murder, and…
Firm with History of Spill Cover-Ups Hired to Clean Up North Dakota Oil Spill
Tesoro Logistics — the company whose pipeline spilled more than 800,000 gallons of fracked Bakken Shale oil in rural North Dakota in September — has hired infamous contractor Witt O’Brien’s…