aspartame, science and society
Oh, what questions arise from opening a science textbook! I didn’t realize a biology textbook would lead me again to wondering about the challenges of being open to new information…
February 2014
I Love These Songs
I’m not sure what it is about these songs, but I’ve played them over and over again. Some of the videos are OK as well. But really, it’s the music.…
ConCalls: Fair Election Fraud Act #elxnfraud #cdnpoli
Conservative media pundits are happy to be able to say “fair” and “election” in the same sentence as “Conservative”, because saying “fraud” was getting old even 2 years ago. @kateheartfield…
CN Rail Strike Looms. Harper Recoils Impulsively.
There’s nothing, absolutely nothing that Stephen Harper abhors more than a little workplace democracy. When it comes to workers choosing to exercise their rights to democratic collective bargaining which, let’s…
California facing 500-year drought, running out of drinking water
Folsom Lake, California (Associated Press) Read this Jan. 30 story from the Huffington Post on the 500-year drought facing California today. California is dry as a bone, and the effects…
dylan farrow and woody allen: a feminist, a rape survivor, and a woody allen fan weighs in
Wmtc friend and reader Dharma Seeker writes: Some of my discussion groups have been blowing up since Dylan Farrow’s open letter to actors in Woody Allen films. My brain is…
Mystery ads about Rob Ford
It is interesting.;) Another good one. Update: I found an interesting Gif: There are quite a few more gifs here.
Steve Harper Has Peaked-Demand For Bitumen Dropping
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Possessed with the notion that Canada is more important than the political fortunes of the politicians and careerists that control the political scene in Canada, this poll…
The Senate as citizens’ assembly?
The best idea I’ve seen yet about what to to do with our constitutional albatross, the Senate, short of abolishing it, appeared in a recent issue of The Tyee. The…
Peak Harper-Steve Oversees Dropping Prices and a Glut of US Oil and Gas
Here is an excellent report from Desmogblog’s Kai Nagata By Kai Nagata It turns out we have yet to reach peak oil, after all. And in this topsy-turvy world where…
Rick Mercer Takes Aim At Julian Fantino
Rick Mercer surely is one of our national treasures: Recommend this Post
Newfoundland Liberals
The Newfoundland Liberals have 11 MLAs in the legislature. I want to do a short examination of them. Dwight BallBall is the leader, and former interim leader. His riding is…
Goodbye Irwin Cotler
We are proud to have had you in the Liberal Caucus. I'm certain you'll be missed. Wouldn't it be cool if the other Trudeau boy took a shot at that…
Goodbye Irwin Cotler
We are proud to have had you in the Liberal Caucus. I’m certain you’ll be missed. Wouldn’t it be cool if the other Trudeau boy took a shot at that…
Goodbye Irwin Cotler
We are proud to have had you in the Liberal Caucus. I'm certain you'll be missed. Wouldn't it be cool if the other Trudeau boy took a shot at that…
SAVE THE DATE: Our own Reilly Yeo will speak about the future of the CBC on Feb 6 in Vancouver
On February 6th, OpenMedia.ca’s Managing Director Reilly Yeo will be part of an exceptional line-up of panelists speaking out about the future of the CBC in Vancouver, B.C. OpenMedia is…
Feb. 5: The news the Irving press missed…
Just after singer Pete Seeger’s death, Rod Allen wrote a column on how the idealism and enthusiasm of Seeger’s music had impressed him in his younger days. I knew what…
Melting sea ice a help and hindrance to Arctic drilling
Read this story by Bobby Magill of Climate Central on the double-edged sword that melting sea ice poses for tapping into the massive estimated reserves of oil and gas in…
Goodbye Irwin Cotler
We are proud to have had you in the Liberal Caucus. I’m certain you’ll be missed. Wouldn’t it be cool if the other Trudeau boy took a shot at that…