Dear Regina: You can all stay at my place.
But whether you do or you don’t, one thing’s for sure: you’d better get the Hell out of there before Thursday. Sincerely, Warren
February 2014
If Plants Can’t Grow, What Fate Awaits a Hungry People?
Smog in China has become so severe that it’s interfering with photosynthesis. Chinese scientists report that China’s smog-clogged atmosphere has taken on aspects of “nuclear winter” and could wreak havoc…
Pat Buchanan: Civil Rights Laws Have Served Their Purpose
Wow. I’ve known that Buchanan had long since fallen off the rhetorical cliff of the far right, but today’s column is a real prize winner. A radical idea: Suppose we…
The Blustery Winds of Stupidity Hit Weyburn Hard #skpoli
At least 2 Weyburn City Councillors were not duped by anti-Wind propaganda that afflicts many municipalities. There’s probably no bylaw against this family running a noisy, polluting diesel generator in…
Climate leadership from BC Foresters
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 A little more than a week ago (on February 13th), the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) awarded its first ever “Climate Change Innovators” Award to…
Separate Great Lakes from Mississippi River to contain Asian carp: study
A recent study led by the University of Notre Dame and the U.S. Forest Service confirmed that hydrologically separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed would be 95…
Yukon fracking threatens groundwater safety: hydrologist
The Liard River Basin is threatened by proposed fracking (Two Island Films) Read this Jan. 31 article from the Whitehorse Star on the risks and benefits of hydraulic fracturing of…
Dan Murphy skewers Janet Holder’s Enbridge Pipeline PR
Former Province cartoonist Dan Murphy’s latest poke at Enbridge’s ongoing efforts to buff up the image of its controversial Northern Gateway pipeline. Here, Murphy takes on the “face” of Enbridge’s…
Stephen Harper and the Outrageous Roman Banquets
Well we know that he has a touch of Nero in him, and we know he loves to eat.But who knew the Cons were throwing themselves Roman banquets, and sending…
Yond Zach Pakin Has A Lean And Hungry Look
Zack Paikin, the son of TVO Agenda host Steve Paikin, has announced that he will seek the Liberal nomination for the Ontario riding of Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas. While I am heartened…
Past Time to Close Loophole That Exempts Oil by Rail Companies from Spill Response Planning
In 2013, with the rapid expansion in the use of rail to transport crude oil, we learned that there was a huge increase in the the amount of oil spilled…
You know what I find really astounding?
That we still find childbirth amazing and incredible: Woman Gives Birth on New York City Street It’s pretty cool. Read story hereFiled under: Happy rant, No Rant-Just Interesting Tagged: babies,
She Speaks!
But unfortunately, the politically timid (opportunistic?) leader of the Ontario NDP, Andrea Horwath, doesn’t really have much to say as she finally figures out what her political ambitions will permit…
LNG Pipedreams: Global investors getting cold feet?
by Anna C. Novacek The projections supporting the BC Liberals’ prosperity fund rest on the assumption that there will be indefinite demand to buy into BC’s fledgling LNG market. However,…
Big oil’s chokehold on Canadian democracy
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” – Benito Mussolini With the announcement by the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA)…
A Must Read – Why America Is Not in Decline, Except at Home.
America hasn’t really declined. America simply went global and, in the process, turned its back on working-class Americans, blue and white collar. A globalized America is an America of the…
Happy birthday, Dad
This is always a difficult day for me. Birthdays are supposed to be fun, light events. He was born February 25, 1941. And he was tragically killed just thirty short…
Feb. 24:; As section A dropped at last from my numbed fingers,……
…..I had to face the fact that there is nothing to say about it – because there was nothing in it in the first place. Well, there were the usual…
Ralph Nader Looks to VW in Tennessee and Sees the Ravenous Beasts of Corporatism Running Wild.
Ralph Nader warns there’s a critical message we all need to take from the UAW’s failure to unionize the Volkswagen plant in Tennessee last week. Like ravenous beasts of prey…