The New Rockstar Philosophy:a marketing bible for DIY musicians
Every musician and their dog knows that the music industry ain’t what is used to be. Heck, it’s not even what it was ten years ago when I was still…
2013
Exxon pipeline breaks, spills 84,000 gallons of Canadian tar sands oil in Arkansas (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Yet another warning of the disasters Canadians and Americans would be forced to endure regularly if President Obama approves TransCanada Corp’s proposed Keystone…
Rob Ford loses again
He’s been denied his ridiculous demand for compensation in the conflict of interest case, as expected. What’s fascinating, however, is that the Divisional Court seems to be suggesting that he…
The BC Liberals Are In Chaos-Will The BC Conservatives Blossom This Spring?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Will the BC Liberals exist as a viable political force after May 14th? Will they have enough left in the tank to rebuild and re-brand their once…
OPSEU provides TV support for Kingston P3 plebiscite campaign
KINGSTON – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union is supporting the Kingston community plebiscite campaign by sponsoring a new television commercial to air over the next two weeks on CKWS-TV.…
James Hansen Leaving NASA to Campaign on Climate Change
The U.S. government’s most prominent science voice on climate change, James Hansen, is leaving NASA. In an e-mail Monday, Hansen wrote that he decided to step down “so that I…
Oh, the Irony
As recently as 2009 B.C. Liberals were voting 80% against electoral reform , because they had become convinced that the system worked well for them: http://thetyee.ca/Views/2009/07/08/WhoKilledSTV/ It is difficult to…
Shit Harper Did
Here’s a great new site that chronicles all of the ways Stephen Harper has taken our money and essentially put it in front of a giant blowing fan. Some of…
Site C Dam: A $10 Billion Taxpayer Subsidy for LNG, Fracking
Premier Christy Clark wants BC citizens to subsidize the oil and gas industry with a $10 Billion taxpayer-funded dam. Though she won’t put it quite like that, that’s precisely the…
Premier Wants British Columbians to Subsidize Gas Industry with Taxpayer-funded Hydro Dam
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Asian eyes
So something entertaining happened yesterday. A friend of mine sent me a link to this Cabbage Patch Doll site. Go ahead and click on the link and then look at…
5810…Conservatives Think It Is Easy To Be Poor
Not just in Canada either. In Merry Ole the Tories have decided that, like here, the reason the country is broke is coz the poor people have all the money.…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot proposes a basic income as one of the great ideas needed to challenge corporatist orthodoxy: A basic income (also known…
April 2: Well, I tried….
There is not a damn thing in today’s Times and Transcript that is worth reading. Well, in fairness, NewsToday has a worthwhile story on harrassment and discrimination among prison workers…
Monbiot on the "Inveterate Bastards" Who Have Hijacked Our Democracy
He writes of the plight of Britons but he could as easily be speaking to you. Most of the world’s people are decent, honest and kind. Most of those who…
Cat with eyeglasses 1
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Chris Hedges Takes Down Intellectual America – Iggy’s On His List Too
To Chris Hedges, America’s intelligentsia are a pack of sell-outs who showed their true colours when they lined up to support George w. Bush’s war on Iraq. And Hedges is…
Online TV gains on traditional providers by Steve Ladurantaye
Columnist says firms such as BCE and Rogers are still adding to their subscriber bases, but the rate of growth has slowed dramatically.
To Be or Not To Be
What Shakespeare was talking about in the famous soliloquy from “Hamlet” was not all about whether it’s better to end your life or to continue to endure pain and heartbreak.…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 2, 2013: Parental estrangement: A ‘silent epidemic’ of cut-off kids Ontario court recognizes “light” as a…