Hard To Survive
We think of population control as unethical, but is it ethical to not respond to reality?
April 2014
Anadarko stock rises after $5.15 billion contamination settlement
(Photo: Oil and Gas Law Digest) by Eric Tucker and Dina Cappiello, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The federal government on Thursday reached a $5.15 billion settlement with Anadarko Petroleum…
TPP breathes life into SOPA as Obama appoints Holleyman as chief negotiator
Remember the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)? It was a reckless piece of U.S. legislation that aimed to censor the Internet through extreme copyright enforcement mechanisms. Let’s refresh our memory…
Spills, Explosions, Earthquakes and War: Welcome to American Energy “Independence”
A well-deserved show of gratitude to the efficient and reliable fossil fuel sources of American energy independence — oil, coal and gas — is in order, following a truly remarkable…
Quebec election: "You don’t need a weatherman….
… to know which way the wind blows”, goes the old Bob Dylan song. It applies well to this Quebec election, which has had plenty of twists, turns and surprises…
Samaras close aide resigns over Golden Dawn contacts
Originally posted on Greek Left Review: originally published at enet.gr Wednesday 2 April 2014 Video shows cabinet secretary Takis Baltakos in conversation with Ilias Kasidiaris Updated At: 19:20 Wednesday 2…
Wherein the lawyer to my pal Laura Miller kicks some OPP ass
Wow. Gauntlet, thrown. Lisa MacLeod, can you please make some defamatory allegations, just this once, and outside the privileged confines of the Legislature? Please? I’d like to see your wages…
Simon Wren-Lewis: The European Left And Economic Policy
http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/04/european-left-economic-policy/ Filed under: Uncategorized
April 4: I tried, I really did….
….to find something worth commenting on in Section A. At last, on page 8, I found something. It’s the best I can do. “Senior dog left abandoned…..” It wasn’t the…
Top 5 things you need to know about the government’s long-awaited digital economy strategy
We were starting to worry this day would never come. But, lo and behold, here it is: the government has finally announced its long-awaited digital economy strategy, Digital Canada 150.…
2014 PEF Summer School in Heterodox Economics
The Progressive Economics Forum (PEF) will host a Summer School in Heterodox Economics in Vancouver on May 29, 2014, prior to Canadian Economics Association annual conference in Vancouver from May…
Jason Kenney, Tony Clement and…
… a number of other ReformCon Ministers and PMO staff are reportedly on their way to the site to get new material for the 2015 CPC election campaign. Artifacts like…
Misinformation about Ukraine and Russia
Since the overthrow of the Yanukovych government in Ukraine at the end of February 2014, the mainstream media en masse has attempted to whitewash the nature of the current interim…
Windmills Are Things of Beauty
Here is a David Suzuki post on the controversy over wind power By David Suzuki I have a cabin on Quadra Island off the British Columbia coast that’s as close…
Ontario Launches Provincial Public Forum on Energy East Pipeline, Everyone Welcome to Speak
The government of Ontario is holding community discussions in northern Ontario to hear opinions on TransCanada’s proposed Energy East oil pipeline project. Part of the $12 billion pipeline project involves…
World Vision Canada covert discrimination – I Was Blocked From Hiring a Gay Person at World Vision Canada
Then I was called into the office of a senior staff member for a one-on-one meeting. I was so stunned by what I heard that I didn’t even know how…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, April 4, 2014
Your news links for today: Charting Canada’s Digital Future – Google Canada Blog Harper Government unveils plan for Canada’s digital future – Canadian Digital Media Network Digital Canada 150 (direct…
The Return Of Todd Standing
Todd Standing is back. The guy who convinced CPC MP Mike Lake to present his infamous Save Bigfoot Petition! some years back, to much laughter and general merriment, is back…
Government’s digital strategy leaves Canada stuck in the slow lane – fails to tackle stark digital divide and national digital deficit
OpenMedia_Sidebar_Image.png Canadians deserve so much more than just warmed-up leftovers from previous government announcements: new strategy means Canada will likely fall even further behind its global counterparts on Internet affordability,…
The Wisdom of Caregivers: Part II – Our Power and Love
Recently, I wrote about the wisdom and knowledge of caregivers. Families giving care sometimes feel that they are operating in a vacuum – that the only compassionate place is the…