I painted this
Was retrieved from…a long story. Lala doesn’t like it. She never likes my stuff. .
May 2014
In Tuesday’s Sun: how a loser is winning Ontario’s election
Allan Gregg tells a great anecdote, one that explains why the least popular guy is presently ahead in the Ontario provincial election campaign. It’s all about authenticity, the talented former…
The BC Liberal Government Is Foolishly Moving To Allow Fracking On Farmland-Videos
Long time Cowichan activist Bill Woollam has offered this guest post critical of fracking and David Black’s refinery proposal. Bill has his own blog that covers wide-ranging issues. It can…
Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Why are we spending billions per year subsidizing the fossil fuel industry in Canada?
Southwestern Energy Executive Mark Boling Admits Fracking Link to Climate Change
An Executive* of a major shale gas development company has conceded what scientists have been saying for years: global shale gas development has the potential to wreak serious climate change…
New Brunswick Provincial Redistribution Transposition
So, in the interest of my unusual hobby of looking at/projecting/stalking elections, I looked hard online for a full transposition of the 2013 redistribution of New Brunswick’s provincial electoral districts,…
Hmm, Parliament talks about abortion
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission The political issue of abortion may be closed in Stephen Harper’s mind, but the pro-choice side in Parliament is not co-operating,…
PCPO MPP Lisa MacLeod: An Inconvenient Clip
Its truncated, sure. But anyone’s first impression of PCPO MPP Lisa defending Tim Hudak’s jobs plan is that a Hudak gov. will somehow include women taking maternity leave in its…
Syncrude Sustainable Development Award Decried as "Misleading"
Critics cried foul last week after oilsands giant Syncrude was awarded the inaugural Towards Sustainable Mining Environmental Excellence Award at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) industry…
Years of Living Dangerously Takes On Climate Denial, Anti-Science Attacks on Climate Solutions
“Sometimes you can’t convince people, you just have to defeat them.” That was Washington state governor Jay Inslee’s message about dealing with climate deniers today at Climate Solutions‘ 6th annual…
Photos of Superstorms and Extreme Events, Inspired by Years of Living Dangerously
The release of Showtime’s “Years of Living Dangerously” series about climate change inspired me to edit a collection of my climate change related photographs. They include the aftermath of extreme…
Assume the position, please
Reader who goes by the name of Hawgwash left this comment at the earlier article, Subsidies for some, higher fees for others, “I see Vaughn Palmer is actually touching this…
Going … going … gone … Western Antarctic ice sheet slips into the sea
It seems the planet is running out of ice. The latest news on that front came with two reports last week that said the Western Antarctic ice sheet is collapsing.…
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and déjà vu
That Egyptian general Abdel Fattah el-Sisi intends to return the country to military rule becomes increasingly clear. Leader of the July 2013 coup against then President Mohamed Morsi, Sisi is…
Nomination battles in Edmonton-Wetaskiwin, Griesbach
TweetWhat happens when three federal ridings become one? South of Edmonton, large portions of the Wetaskiwin, Edmonton-Leduc and Edmonton-Mill Woods-Beaumont ridings have been merged into the new Edmonton-Wetaskiwin riding. The…
Tim Hudak’s 0% Unemployment Plan
Why is no one questioning Tim Hudak on the unprecedented statistical impossibility of his Million Job Plan?
May 19: Missed the A2 cartoon a couple of days ago? Worry not.
You’ll find it today, repeated in the usual spot on A2, TheTandT undoubtedly has the sloppiest editing I have ever seen in a newspaper. I was driving past Moncton City…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Elias Isquith interviews Matt Taibbi about the complete lack of morality underlying Wall Street and the regulators who are supposed to protect the…
This Is The Weekend To Plant A Garden!
Richard Hughes- Blogger Like many of you I have spent the weekend in the vegetable garden and up on the deck. It is encouraging when with some work and effort…
Doug Ford: A champion of NIMBYism
Doug Ford, a Toronto city councilor and brother of our notorious mayor, is supporting a community that wants a residential program for developmentally challenged youth thrown out of its…