Stephen Harper and the Decline of the Con Regime
They say he is holed up in his bunker at Harrington Lake surrounded only by his closest advisers.The small band of PMO fanatics who never say no to anything he…
2013
UN Report Says Small-Scale Organic Farming Only Way to Feed the World
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It could be done individually and co-operatively in a great many locations such as the Cowichan Valley. Organic Gardening – Farming, should become an integral part of…
Tech on the Side: Lessons from HDDVD vs Blu-ray
My first real foray into the world of following tech news came with the epic HDDVD vs Blu-ray fight. This was more than a little odd. At the time, I…
Don’t sweat it Pope Francis, Jesus pissed off the rich and powerful too…
Pope Francis has recently been harshly criticized for bemoaning the imbalance that exists in our world, an imbalance between the rich and the poor. Some, like Rush Limbaugh, have accused…
Don’t sweat it Pope Francis, Jesus pissed off the rich and powerful too…
Pope Francis has recently been harshly criticized for bemoaning the imbalance that exists in our world, an imbalance between the rich and the poor. Some, like Rush Limbaugh, have accused…
Don’t sweat it Pope Francis, Jesus pissed off the rich and powerful too…
Pope Francis has recently been harshly criticized for bemoaning the imbalance that exists in our world, an imbalance between the rich and the poor. Some, like Rush Limbaugh, have accused…
Great line of the day
No More Mister Nice Blog is writing about the NSA scandal, and this is pretty much how I feel now too: At first I was an Edward Snowden skeptic. But…
Trending tonight on twitter
Twitter / Carolyn_Bennett: We love this photo … Ditto …:
Our elected leaders need to talk less and listen more.
As we all watched the bizarre proceedings in the city of Toronto, and the consequences of the mayor’s behaviour, I think these events are symptomatic of a larger problem in…
Great Christmas Gift for Loved One with Alzheimer’s or Dementia!
Your search is over. Here it is – the perfect gift for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia. It’s a book to read with your loved one; a book…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lined-up cats.
Obama’s NSA is the East German Stasi of our time
German leader flat out states that Obama’s government is little better than the East German Stasi. “In an angry exchange with Barack Obama, Angela Merkel has compared the snooping practices…
NAFTA at 20: State of the North American Worker
Twenty years since its passage, NAFTA has displaced workers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, depressed wages, weakened unions, and set the terms of the neoliberal global economy. By…
Stay of civil proceedings on Court’s own motion to be granted rarely
Yaiguaje v. Chevron Corporation, 2013 ONCA 758: While s. 106 of the CJA entitles the court to grant a stay on its own motion, the circumstances under which it may…
It Was Inevitable
And well deserved, incidentally.
Countdown Is On: British Columbians Anxiously Await Enbridge Recommendation
In the summer of 2009, Dave Shannon find himself sitting in Dieter Wagner’s backyard. Wagner, a former colleague at Kitimat’s aluminum smelter, had convened a meeting of locals concerned about…
$10 Billion Site C Dam: You pay, no say
If you live in BC, it will cost you, conservatively, $10 Billion – paid through skyrocketing power bills and taxes. It will flood tens of thousands of acres of excellent…
Danny to fire publicists? #nlpoli
Someone organized a stunt designed solely to gain publicity and no one invited the Old Mullet Hisself to huff and puff and pose for the cameras. Clearly, the people handling…
Should Account-holders pay for High-Flying Bankers’ Misdeeds?
When the next big financial crisis hits the world economy, and Canadian banks are in distress — as they were during the 2008 financial crisis — the bank-using public will…