Gift at the Lake
On a beautiful day recently, A and I walked for 4 hours. At Sunnyside Beach, where in another time people danced to the music of big bands in the Palais…
April 2014
Canada is playing Russian Roulette in the Arctic
In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Georgia in 2008, Prime Minister Medvedev articulated a new Russian foreign Russian Nuclear Icebreaker policy doctrine with stunning implications. The phrase that caught…
This Has Gotta Hurt
Expect the Harper attack machine to ramp up its game: Recommend this Post
Halliburton refuses to disclose fracking chemicals
By Kevin Begos And Matthew Daly, The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday that it welcomes the decision by oil and gas industry supplier Baker…
Canada’s senate completes the perfect farce
Most people’s understanding of the senate is second-hand knowledge. They believe it plays an important role in the legislative process providing much-needed “sober second thought.” But nothing could be further…
Obama calls out racism without trashing the racists
Obama is truly one of the greatests Presidents the United States has ever had.Racism is such a deep part of the American character and experience, I have sometimes despaired that…
National Post: How Keystone XL spoiled Canada-US ‘special relationship’
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this April 24 story from The National Post and Bloomberg News on the effect of US President Barack Obama’s waffling on the proposed Keystone XL…
President Elizabeth Warren in 2016?
President Elizabeth Warren 2016? Right now, the person I would like to see take over from Obama in the White House in 2016 is freshman senator Elizabeth Warren. Here’s one…
John Betts is not going to like Jason Kenney anymore
Kenney calls upon fast-food employers to raise wages, employ more Canadians: Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney called a new moratorium on the fast-food industry’s use of the temporary foreign worker…
Untangling Colorado’s Flood of Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives
Colorado voters who try to figure out all the proposed statewide ballot initiatives to regulate drilling and fracking are in for a real challenge. So far, 11 ballot initiatives have…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Sunday reading. – Joe Conason discusses the increasingly widespread recognition that inequality represents a barrier to growth. And Heidi Moore takes a look at Thomas Piketty’s…
April 27: Another step back….
This will probably be just a short note. It bothers me I was not more critical of Gwynne Dyer, yesterday. He was commenting on the Ukrainian crisis – and rather…
April 25 was Liberation Day in Italy, a national holiday…
April 25 was Liberation Day in Italy, a national holiday commemorating the end of the Nazi/Fascist occupation of Italy. The above photo portrays the Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and…
Here Is A Worthwhile Challenge For All Communities!
Every community could take on this challenge by identifying the threats to bees and eradicating them. Elections are coming in November perhaps some candidates will stand up and show leadership…
Canada’s Burger King Kenney Doubles Down
http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2014/04/the-monster-burger-and-inner-torment-of.html It’s even creepier than you know, Simon..yesterday, our NDP politicians here in BC were speaking to the media after a meeting with the Victoria, BC TFWs that will “not…
No Community is Prepared for Major Oil-By-Rail Accident, Senate Hearing Told
Just as you aren’t supposed to try to put out an oil fire in your kitchen with water, you aren’t supposed to try to put out a crude oil fire…