NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, is a finalist for this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded annually by the European Parliament to those who “combat fanatacism, intolerance or oppression.” Also in the running…
Apparently people riding on top of the subway is a big problem here in the Big Apple. Rob Ford, take note.
Dual-citizen and pundit, Diane Francis, maintains that Canada should merge with (into) the United States. She seems to think North American union is vital to protect our economy against state-run…
She's one of Stephen Harper's closest and longest associates, and one of the few people on Parliament Hill who can walk into his office ANYTIME she wants. And now Senator…
In a tribute to NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, Manchester-based artist, Sarah Lynn Mayhew, has created a mural entitled “Truth is Coming and it Cannot be Stopped.” The artwork appears on…
It supports 40-million people and four million acres of farmland production. It’s the Colorado River and it’s drying up. Next year the desert states of Nevada and Arizona could see…
Hint: it isn’t the shutdown of the federal government. The New Republic takes a look at the curious behaviour of America’s rightwing media the day after the night before: …the…
It’s starting in Britain but IKEA has plans to bring renewable, solar energy to the public worldwide. The company started selling solar panels made by China’s Hanergy in its store…
Britain, Australia and Canada have been singled out in a Guardian op-ed for “crushing academic integrity on behalf of corporate power.“ Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, contends that scientists have a…
Canadian blogger Ben Klass talks about the elephant in the room – and no matter how hard Big Telecom executives push out expensive, misleading PR spin to convince us otherwise,…
Canadian veterans’ ombudsman, Guy Parent, says seriously wounded Canadian servicemen are being left to face a life of poverty. “We’re saying it’s an urgent need,” Parent said. “I’m urging the…
Australians may have elected a climate change denier, Tony Abbott, as their prime minister but that’s not going to make their climate change problems go away. The Hong Kong and…
A New Zealand court will hear a refugee-status claim from a Kiribati man who contends he had to flee not persecution but climate change. Kiribati is a low-lying atoll in…
It’s the perfect storm of three factors – scarce groundwater resources, climate change-driven droughts and massive population growth. Put them all together and security analyst Russell Sticklor, writing in the…
Have you been wondering what’s happening on Brian G. Rice’s campaign lately? I thought I’d share this update with you – please feel free to share it with your friends!…
Here are your daily news links: I’ll be doing a long-planned “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit today at 1 pm ET (@ggreenwald) Income levels and the high price of telecom…
It should come as no surprise that Chris Hedges openly and strongly advocates for outright revolt. He believes that laissez-faire capitalism has run its course, leaving blue and white collar…
Fracking protest in New Brunswick (photo: Colin McPhail) HALIFAX – New Brunswick’s minister of energy is urging people participating in a demonstration against exploration for shale gas fracking to obey…
Harper brags his government created 750,000 jobs. But an analysis from the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab shows this focus on total employment is misplaced. Employment rate Most of the…
The American government has shut down for lack of money – with implications we can only guess at.. Canada’s John Baird gives very strange speech at the UN. An expensive…
