Reefer Madness? Pot Mountie Charged with Assault.
RCMP corporal Ron Francis is in lockup, charged with assaulting a fellow police officer on the weekend. The 21-year veteran, now suffering from PTSD, is being held for a psychiatric…
December 2013
Who Knew? Well, As It Happens, They Did. Calgary Flood Warning Ignored.
In the wake of last summer’s mega-flood in Calgary, Alberta’s enviromin was quick to absolve herself and her government, claiming nobody could have seen it coming. That wasn’t quite right.…
TransCanada Begins Injecting Oil Into Keystone XL Southern Half; Exact Start Date A Mystery
Keystone XL’s southern half is one step closer to opening for business. TransCanada announced that “on Saturday, December 7, 2013, the company began to inject oil into the Gulf Coast…
Obama’s Liberal Moment
The United States is the flagship of modern inequality. The chasm between rich and poor, between the 1% and the bottom 75%, both in wealth and in power, is unraveling…
Spysplaining
The CSEC commish, entrusted to the task of ensuring CSEC doesn’t break the law during its spying on, err, for this country, is not coming out smelling like a rose.…
Ignorance Is Strength
At least it is so in Harperland. Recommend this Post
Oh Oh!! Authors of Report Concluding Aluminum Vaccine Ajuvants Are Contributing To Increasing Incidence of Autism Disorders Better DUCK!
Authors of a report published in the Comprehensive Guide to Autism 2014, pp 1585-1609 better duck fast! The article abstract reviews the highly toxic nature of aluminum and conclude that…
Sometimes the Right Things Get Done: The Positive Benefits of Protecting the Ozone Layer
Global warming would be a lot worse than it is, were it not for a protocol agreed to in 1989 that cut back the cloroflurocarbons that attack the earth’s ozone…
Hersh Versus Obama – The President Lied About Syria
By now we’re all too familiar with American administrations cherry-picking facts and mixing them with hollow assumptions to manufacture a casus belli, or grounds for whatever war suits them at…
BC/Yukon First Nation bans fracking, finds impacts outweigh benefits
Fracking operation in northeast BC’s Horn River (Two Island Films, Ltd.) A First Nation with un-surrendered traditional territory in both northern BC and the Yukon passed a motion late last…
The Morality of Online Poker
For years, I have engaged in a rather profitable side hobby: online poker. Poker is a fascinating game with layers upon layers of complexity, and I love the challenge, the…
Americans opt to mind their own business
For the first time since it began measuring the statistic 50 years ago, the Pew Research Centre reports that a majority of Americans believe the U.S. should mind its own…
The damage Harper has done
The Toronto Star has created an interactive graphic detailing the myriad of reckless spending cuts the Harper Government has made over the past 8 years. The article also delves into…
Amanda Lang’s Warning, Listen Up
Veteran business reporter, Amanda Lang, has a warning up on CBC’s web site that all Canadians need to hear. The financial system is rigged, top to bottom. Even if you…
Capital Gains and the Incomes of the Wealthy
Yesterday’s release from Statistics Canada on the income share of the wealthy generated some interesting coverage and commentary. It reported that the top 1%’s share of total income in Canada…
See what we’ve achieved together & help support the fight to safeguard the open Internet!
TO OUR COMMUNITY: Look at how far we’ve come together! With you, we continue to achieve a lot – but the need for our work remains. Learn more about our…
Has Britain Joined the Club of Developing Nations?
Most of us growing up were taught that the Western world was Master of the Universe. We had that undefined something that nurtured democratic civilization, science and industry of a…
Dec. 10 Is Alward a liar?
The banner headline on p. 1 reads “Alward pleased SWN ‘persevered’ through protests”. Yes, those are the words from the lips of the man who represents all the people of…
Who Knew? Smog is Good.
Well, it’s not that it’s all that good but it’s not entirely bad either. At least that’s what the Chinese government was telling its people as a toxic cloud covered…
I Couldn’t Agree More
H/t Occupy Canada Recommend this Post