More International Elections
Austria held it’s vote today and the results are as follows. 53 – Social Democrats46 – People’s Party (Conservative)99 – Governing Coalition (two parties listed above) 42 – Freedom Party…
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Dinner with Justin Trudeau: Gimmick or Doing Politics Differently?
“Have dinner with me, Susan.” What a charming invitation. Too bad it’s part of a fundraising campaign directed at 300,000 supporters of the federal Liberal party. But wait…let’s think about…
BC LNG: The Real Story – exclusive series, presentations all this week
British Columbians have been hearing a lot of glowing rhetoric from their political leaders about the economic promise of building a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. We’ve heard that…
Collecting on a bet and meeting some folks (hopefully)
Well, it’s a quiet weekend, so I’ll just mention in brief that Jim Calder and I have settled on a date for me to come collect on my winning the…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matt Taibbi discusses how public pension funds are being looted for the benefit of a few well-connected banksters: Hedge funds have good…
Elon Musk Lifts Canada Into Space
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully placed Canada’s Cassiope research satellite into orbit. Cassiope rode into space atop a modified Falcon rocket. Sunday’s launch was also the first time the rocket…
Jason and Bonnie Devine Home Vandalized and Tires Slashed
We will post what was written by Jason concerning the incident: Just after 5am our house was attacked, again. It looks like a brick, or a part of a brick,…
With LNG emissions, BC will fail to meet climate targets
VICTORIA – A report presented to the United Nations indicates British Columbia is meeting its legislated targets to cut greenhouse gas pollution, but environmental leaders say that won’t last much…
Arms Race Update – China Goes Zubr, NATO Gets Wet?
It’s the largest military assault hovercraft in existence and China is expected to soon field four of them. It’s also considered China’s “go-to” option for an amphibious landing on Japan’s…
John Baird in his Santa’s lap
“I am concerned that there is a little bit too much enthusiasm as a result of the different tone. And what we hope is, the world won’t take the pressure…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Kitimat – Oct.4)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
Dr. Strangebet is Benched
Little Bundles of Instant Sunshine He’s a full admiral in the U.S. Navy and the second-in-command of America’s nuclear strike arsenal and now he’s been implicated in a casino gambling…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Prince Rupert – Oct.3)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Terrace – Oct.2)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Hazelton – Oct.1)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Moricetown – Oct.1)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Afternoon of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
LNG: What Does it Mean for Me? (Smithers – Sept.30)
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition presents: An Evening of Conversation on LNG with Damien Gillis DAMIEN GILLIS is a journalist and documentary film maker who has extensive knowledge of the economics…
"Retail Therapy" – It’s Real. Now Let’s Go To The Mall.
You probably already knew this at some level. Materialistic people experience more stress from traumatic events and are more likely to spend compulsively as a result, a new study suggests.…
Canada is going mobile – but you may be surprised by how much
Canada is going mobile. According to recent forecasts, mobile Internet traffic in Canada will reach a whopping 154 petabytes per month in 2017, up from 16 petabytes in 2012. Source:…
America Urges Philippines to Combat Inequality
Yeah, I know, I know. Me too. Then again, the Philippines is a good long way away from Main Street, U.S.A. American officials are urging the Phillipines to see to…