IPCC report shows action on climate change is critical
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change just released the first of four chapters of its Fifth Assessment Report. It shows scientists are more certain now than in 2007 when the…
2013
Ranked ballot will end Harper’s “vote marketing”
In today’s Globe and Mail, Jeffrey Simpson laments the sad state of Canadian politics since Harper came on the scene. The era of big-tent parties — who tried to win…
Guess Who’s Running to Run Kabul?
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf has announced his candidacy to fill Hamid Karzai’s shoes as the next president of Afghanistan.Like Karzai, Sayyaf is an Afghan warlord only Sayyaf has a few spots…
Oct. 5:The TandT as gossip mag….
…you know, the ones you see at the supermarket check-out with a picture of a fat woman in a bikini with the face blacked out, and the headline “Guess what…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The National Post offers an excerpt from Susan Delacourt’s Shopping for Votes discussing the role branding played in the election of John Diefenbaker.…
“We Don’t Care What’s On Your Head. We Care What’s In It.”
So there’s this thing in Quebec which I’m sure my Canadian readers have heard of and maybe also a few of my American readers, which involves the Quebec government devising…
Warman Vs. FreeD: Warman Speaks
Richard has his own brief account of his case and its outcome here. The most interesting bit is his interpretation of the fact that punitive damages were awarded. He quotes…
Soul searching for solace.
For the first time in over a year, Babel-on-the-Bay skipped posting for one day last week. Readership plummeted. There was a technical problem. It was solved with the purchase of…
A Primer on Montréal’s 2013 Municipal Election
In a month’s time (November 3rd) Canada’s second largest city, along with most of the rest of the province of Québec’s various municipalities, will be holding local elections. Yay! Montréal,…
Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry opposed to Charter of (Racism and Bigotry) Values
What was Pauline Marois thinking? Former PQ and BQ leaders oppose this Charter of (Racism and Bigotry) Values; including Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry. “Despite his history, Parizeau…
It’s About His Judgement
Stephen Maher has spent a great deal of his journalistic energy investigating the robocalls swindle. But this week — after a second person was taken to the hospital from Patrick…
Is Stephen Harper Collaborating with the Teabaggers?
Uh oh. I knew Stephen Harper's all out offensive to try to force Obama to approve the Keystone pipeline was going to end badly eh?First he made a fool of…
Saturday At The Movies
Hummingbirds are amazing – baby ones even more so!
“A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws | Democracy Now!
“A Corporate Trojan Horse”: Obama Pushes Secretive TPP Trade Pact, Would Rewrite Swath of U.S. Laws | Democracy Now!. Crucial information on the secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership — Looks like a…
Stephen Harper and the Con War on Women
He's been trying to soften his image by posing as a friend of poor women and children. He told a U.N. group on maternal health that "action trumps rhetoric.". His…
Musical interlude
Delerium – Wisdom
Is Harper Conspiring with Congressional Republicans to Undermine Obama
Yes it sounds far fetched but American billionaire, Tom Steyer, is questioning whether Steve Harper played a role in the shutdown of the U.S. government. “Have your government, your government’s…
What our Conservative government would do here on abortion..
(..if they could get away with it): International Development Minister Christian Paradis says the government will not fund overseas projects that allow war rape victims and child brides to obtain…
The GOP attack on the Affordable Care Act is confusing
Let's assume the Act is as terrible as the GOP suggests. That it will fail miserably. So? Give the Democrats the rope to hang themselves with. No one can say…