Sept. 28: Guess who scooped the irving press – again…..
Transport Canada will be investigating the work of Professor Lapierre in the building of the bridge to PEI. Well, of course. Here is a man with no qualifications involved in…
2013
Abdul Haji: Hero. Muslim. BAMF.
“I don’t feel like a hero at all. That girl who ran towards me is brave. That’s bravery.” ‘Hero’ is indeed an extraordinarily over/misused word these days. But despite his…
Ten Per Cent
Environment Canada, in the wake of the latest IPCC report, says the horse has already left the barn. Reached by telephone in Sweden where he contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel…
The Unknown Monk Meme
This pseudo-poem popped up on Facebook today. It’s been around the Net for a few years, without any source attributed to the quote, but it seems to be making its…
Chomsky Drones On
Noam Chomsky has got a drone in his bonnet. He sees the evolution of drone technology as the instrument by which we lose not merely our privacy but the very…
Over 65,000 people have spoken out against Internet Censorship
Thank you to everyone who has spoken out against the TPP’s extreme Internet censorship plan. As of today, over 65,000 people have spoken out for our collective digital future! We’re…
Abdul Haji: Hero. Muslim. BAMF.
“I don’t feel like a hero at all. That girl who ran towards me is brave. That’s bravery.” ‘Hero’ is indeed an extraordinarily over/misused word these days. But despite his…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The CP reports on Suzanne Legault’s much-needed warning about the Cons’ secrecy in government: In a closed-door session with dozens of bureaucrats Thursday,…
Book to read – From the Great Transformation to the Great Financialization
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Maria Alejandra Madi and the WEA Pedagogy Blog In her new book, Kari Polanyi Levitt considers the insights of her father Karl Polanyi’s…
Alberta Liberals on the move, still searching for direction
TweetTo the sound of muted fanfare, the Alberta Liberal Party is holding its annual policy convention tomorrow in Calgary. Attempting to revive a faded brand, the Liberals plan to tackle…
Event Booths: Put the Table at the Back
Summer in Canada is filled with community festivals, parades, farmers markets and street parties. Liberal riding associations across the country will be setting up booths, hanging banners and handing out…
Photo of the day: William Burroughs interviewing Jimmy Page
The look on Page’s face says it all.
U.N. International Panel on climate change
“The Panel says we are hurtling toward the day when climate change could be irreversible with catastrophic consequences, they say. This group is now 95% sure that humans are responsible,…
WakaWaka: Fighting Climate Change and Poverty, Not to Mention Lung Cancer
My writing for DeSmog, and other blogs, has focused on the problems related to climate change. Today, I write about solutions. It’s important to keep in mind that the fossil…
Inequality For All Canadians
As the Robert Reich film, Inequality for All, hits theatres this weekend, Jordan Brennan and Jim Stanford write that what has happened in the United States has also happened in…
Wynne’s Whigs sell us short.
What did we say the other day about half measures by governments that have no idea where they are going? Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne seems to have fallen into that…
Saturday At The Movies
Jimmy Kimmel’s humorous, if cynical, take on U.S. politics:
Portugal: Local polls to test government austerity policies
Reblogged from Revolting Europe: Portugal is to go to the polls Sunday in what will represent a test for the brutal policies of austerity of the ruling right-wing coalition led…
Autism Action Network: It Started: DSM5 Used To Revoke Autism Diagnosis
The Autism Action Network reports, in It started: DSM5 used to revoke autism diagnosis, that the revoking of autism diagnoses under the DSM5 regime and the resulting denial of services…
september 28: global action for accessible, safe, and legal abortion
Today, September 28, women all over the world are taking action to demand the right to accessible, safe, and legal abortion. Women and our allies in more than 50 countries…