Are You a Consumer, Taxpayer or Citizen?
“Taxes are the way we pay for the things we decide to do together, and we are stronger together.” – Alex Himelfarb Citizen. Period. While we consume and pay taxes,…
February 2014
Amo, Amas, Amat…. and what?
My well-thumbed copy of Eugene Ehrlich’s book, Amo, Amas, Amat and More, is dated 1985. It’s amusingly subtitled “How to Use Latin to Your Own Advantage and to the Astonishment…
CSEC Exonerated
Mr Jean-Pierre Plouffe, CSEC watchdog, has determined that CSEC is off the hook,it did not direct any activity at Canadians or persons in Canada. He’s hanging his hat on the…
NDPocalypse in Ontario, Part 2
With last night’s by-election results in Thornhill and, seemingly more importantly, Niagara Falls, it seems Ontario’s New Democrats are indeed on a roll, having won four of the eight by-elections…
#JohnToryValentine
Hey, look who sent me a Valentine!
Ontario Byelections: The change that really counts
It seems that the leaders of all three poltical parties in the province of Ontario sense that voters want change. Premier Wynne, leading a minority Liberal government, was rejected by…
A Look Back: Indigenous Resistance in 2013
Reclaim Turtle Island is dedicated to spreading the word on the Indigenous Insurrection in 2014, and we look forward to continue to lift up one another’s voices on the frontlines…
New Study Shows Total North American Methane Leaks Far Worse than EPA Estimates
Just how bad is natural gas for the climate? A lot worse than previously thought, new research on methane leaks concludes. Far more natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere…
Salmon farm solidarity rally – Feb 17, Vancouver
Chief Bob Chamberlin of the Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwaw-ah-mish First Nation in BC’s Broughton Archipelago. The Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw people are fighting Fish Farm expansion on their territories on BC’s Coast. Come show solidarity…
National Energy Board to extend alternate pipeline route applications
Lowering pipes into Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (Photo: Warrior Publications). Read this February 13th article by Jason Howe in News 1130 on the National Energy Board’s upcoming decision…
Crazed Evangelicals: Donny Reagan Preaches His Racial Hatred To The Like-Minded
It is this kind of crap that gives religion a bad name. I lasted about four minutes watching Brother Donny Reagan’s vomitus. Recommend this Post
The Dignity of Servitude
Master-servant relations seem to be steadily regressing toward the 19th century with the restoration of the precariat, the suppression of the middle class and the ascendancy of plotocracy. That ugly…
In general, where an accused is sentenced for separate events, sentences should be consecutive
R. v Drader, 2014 ABCA 69: In ascertaining what is a fit sentence, a sentencing court may make sentences concurrent or consecutive. Particularly where an accused is being sentenced for…
Putin racing at Sochi Olympics
He is way ahead of his competitors. :))
Crude Oil Is a Heartbreaker
Scientists from Standford University and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, have discovered that crude oil spills release a toxin that sends fish into cardiac arrest. …crude oil interferes…
What if the Crown fails to elect Summary or Indictable
The Crown has the power of election on hybrid criminal offences. A hybrid offence is an offence defined in the Criminal Code as having both summary and indictable classes of…
Oil Industry Profited Off Polluting Oil Spills, Fraud Investigation Underway
When an oil company’s negligence leads to an oil spill, the financial costs incurred by the company can be crippling. They have to pay clean up costs, federal fines, and,…
We’ve Got It All Wrong
Seven years of this blogging business has been genuinely transformative. It began as a means of communicating with like-minds, to exchange ideas and vent frustrations. From there it morphed into…
I Love Climate Scientists, Don’t You?
* Even as the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration climbs upward, some climate deniers are bent on attacking climate scientists’ reputations. That’s why it’s more important than ever that we empower…