Video of Jello Biafra appearing on the satirical comedy show…
Video of Jello Biafra appearing on the satirical comedy show Portlandia. “Yuppies … Yuppies … Yuppies! … How could people let this happen?” Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of…
April 2014
Planning the Metropolitan #Vancouver Region: A Critical Perspective
Here is a review of the Planning the Metropolitan Vancouver Region: A Critical Perspective- Thank you to AY for inviting me- great catching up with SCARP people and making new…
"I can’t even get my friends to like me." Mark this date:…
“I can’t even get my friends to like me.” Mark this date: April 16, 2014. Disgraced Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper tells the truth for the first time in his…
Greater Sudbury Election Notes, Part 1: Social Media Use So Far
Throughout the 2015 municipal election campaign, I’ll be posting a series of short pieces on items which have caught my attention. In Greater Sudbury, there are already dozens of candidates…
This song is “Crad Kilodney Was Innocent” by the…
This song is “Crad Kilodney Was Innocent” by the Toronto punk band Armed and Hammered, in response to the news that cult author Crad Kilodney has died. He was a…
‘Revolt of the rich’ – the privileged face of US-backed Venezuelan opposition: Bolivarian achievements
When reading corporate media coverage of the wave of protests that have roiled Venezuela you could be excused for thinking a massively popular revolution is sweeping that nation. This version…
Please Share: Something BIG is coming
Here’s your OpenMedia team hard at work on something BIG. No spoilers… stay tuned for Tuesday read more
New Study Shows Link Between Climate Change And California Drought
A study published by Geophysical Research Letters sheds new light on the connection between California’s epic drought and human-induced climate change. The study carries the decidedly wonky title, “Probable causes…
Democracy in the Pits: The Corrosive Effect of Canadian Mining Companies Worldwide
Democracy in the Pits is a two-part series outlining the tarnished reputation of Canada’s mining sector and the Harper government’s role in supporting it. In a recent article chronicling the…
Mayor On Crack single – out tonight!
Bjorn Von Flapjack III, Winkie, Davey Snot and Royal Niblet tonight at the Tranzac Club, on Brunswick at Bloor! .
Israeli peace activist Miko Peled, in conversation
Published in the March/April 2014 issue of Canadian Dimension magazine. “There’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that there will be peace in my lifetime.” For Miko Peled, an Israeli…
Trends in the news – real analysis for a change, and honesty, if you can imagine that!
Trends in the news: Energy madness, tech stocks plummeting, gold prices rising, propaganda over Ukraine, and China refuses GMO food – real news, brought to you by the world’s leading…
BC LNG faces growing First Nations opposition
The Unist’ot’en camp’s Toghestiy (left) and Mel Bazil stand in the path of 3 pipelines (Two Island Films) One of the biggest myths pervading BC’s energy dialogue goes something like…
Internet Explores You
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Study Finds Methane Leaks 1,000 Times EPA Estimates During Marcellus Drilling
This week, a United Nations panel on climate change issued one of its most urgent warnings to date, explaining that unless major changes to greenhouse gas emissions are made within…
Enough already – Stop public funding to Mike Harris’ pet institute
Kathleen Wynne should say enough is enough. Why is the Harris-era Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity still receiving nearly $1 million a year in public funding to manipulate the public…
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee Hires Coal Lobbyist to Direct Policy Office
This is a guest post by Eric de Place, originally published on Sightline Daily and cross-posted with the Sightline Institute‘s permission. In a classic instance of the revolving door between…
Dollars, rubles and global imperial strategy: The collapse of the Western empire and the rise of the BRICS
Russia began in March a decoupling from the US dollar and begins to end the reign of the petrodollar, and buy and sell oil and gas and other goods and…
Getting Their Tunics In A Twist
I was very pleased to read that Honey Maid has joined the 21st century, evidence of which can be seen in the following television commercial:. However, those mired in an…