January 2014
Citing DeSmogBlog Series, "FrackNation" Screening Cancelled by MN Film Festival
“FrackNation,” the documentary film about hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) with close conservative movement ties, recently had its showing cancelled at Winona, Minnesota’s annual Frozen River Film Festival (FRFF). Citing DeSmogBlog‘s two-part…
Five Eyes, More Lies
Ottawa defends spy agency, says collection of Canadians’ data ‘incidental’ The federal government is defending its secretive eavesdropping agency in a lawsuit filed by a B.C. civil rights group, insisting…
LIVE CHAT NOW: How do you think we can build a more Connected Canada?
Canada, the battle is underway over who will control digital services in Canada: You and other people across Canada – or giant telecom conglomerates. We know that Big Telecom lobbyists…
First Nations and the Development of our Energy Resources: Some Principles
New Principles for Energy Industry This post touches on the duty to consult, the impact of recent court decisions on the cumulative effect of energy resource development on claims of…
Mac Turns 30, Our First Mac Is 29
In January 1985 we bought our first Mac, a 512. With all accessories, including printer, it cost well over $4,000, which was a lot of money. I’ve been thinking of…
Friday night blues blogging
It’s Friday evening and Those Delta Rhythm Kings are here to ask the musical question: Let’s Do It Like Monkies. This is Harriet Nelson fronting a German outfit called the…
Richard Sherman was the sportsman; Crabtree the poor sport.
Sherman to Crabtree – “Hell of a game. Hell of a game” with hand extended. Crabtree slapped his hand away.To all you Richard Sherman critics, fuck off. You don’t know…
Because Nothing Screams "Invasion" Like the An-2
North Korean garden gnome, Kim Jong-Un, is reported to have recently overseen exercises that simulated a special forces attack on South Korea’s busy Incheon airport. The attack involved airborne troops…
Canada’s idea of democracy is a joke
Canada has the worst implementation of democracy among all developed countries. To see how this is the case one must examine our most prominent political institutions: head of state, voting…
That’s What Bitumen Is For – The Great Flood
You know that whole Noah’s Ark business? Well the Noah before the Judeo-Christian Noah was apparently told by God 1.0 , the Mesopotamian original, to build an Ark with the…
Just sayin’ …..
We are well into 2014. The Canadian political scene has remained relatively quiet in the post Christmas/New Year period. The current lull should not be considered an accurate reflection of…
Ontario Feb. 13 2014 By-elections: A preview of a spring election?
The February 13, 2014 Ontario by-elections in Thornhill and Niagara Falls may give us a bit of a preview of a potential spring election in Ontario. However, there are only…
Vertical farms see rapid growth around the globe
Read this Jan. 16 story from the New Scientist on the growth of vertical farming around the world. URBAN warehouses, derelict buildings and high-rises are the last places you’d expect…
Can you spot the white, millionaire, out-of-touch conservative?
Oh, wait. All of them are. “No man is rich enough to buy back his past.” ― Oscar Wilde
Is Rex Murphy CBC’s In-House Tipping Point?
Rex Murphy gives curmudgeons a bad name. The jumped-up little shit has exploited his perch at the CBC to promote outrageous climate change denialism. Murphy, whose educational background lies in…
The Most Obnoxious Blowhard?
Many of you have probably already heard of this, but I can’t help but wonder if Kevin O’Leary is in some kind of competition with Donald Trump for the title…
The Tyee Asks: Are the RCMP Ready for the Battle of The Northern Gateway?
It’s looking increasingly unlikely that Harper will ever get bitumen into supertankers at Kitimat wihout one hell of a battle against First Nations, environmentalists and just ordinary citizens of British…