Daniel Higgs at Café Oto: A refuge of cultural integrity
In the mosh pit of global corporate excess that claims so much of London (UK) circa 2014, Café Oto is an oasis of cultural intelligence and inspiration. I popped in…
June 2014
On the centenary of Gavrilo Princip’s fateful shot in Sarajevo, let’s learn the right lessons from history
Gavrilo Princip under arrest. Below: Princip and the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Today is the centenary of the day Gavrilo Princip took his little Belgian pistol to Sarajevo and blew the…
CASL A Kick in the Junk to Canadian Small Businesses and All Canadians
The knee-jerk reaction to the Conservative-imposed CASL shows how we all need to pause to reflect on the intelligence of this requirement.
Toronto Is More Than The Core
Marcus McGee makes a nice attempt at an ode to Toronto as opposed to the idea of Ford Nation: “Toronto isn’t Rob Ford. Toronto is more than that”. Unfortunately, I…
Direct Action Protest Temporarily Shuts Down Utah Tar Sands Project
An environmental group called Women of Action Against Violent Extraction (WAAVE) shut down U.S. Oil Sands’ mining operation in Utah temporarily on June 16, citing tension around whether the project’s…
Opponents Vow To Stop Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline
First Nations groups say that the pipeline would disrupt their traditional seafood harvest and endanger their culture. The post Opponents Vow To Stop Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline appeared first on…
Sunnis versus Shi’ites explained … sort of.
By now, you’ve probably hear about some ruckus in Iran. Or maybe Iraq. Yes, that’s it, Iraq. I always get those two confused. And if you think that’s confusing, just…
Chief Allan Adam: Oilsands Health Study to “Knock Socks” Off Industry, Government
This article originally appeared on MikeDeSouza.com. A new study from the University of Manitoba will soon challenge industry and government claims downplaying environmental health impacts of oilsands development, said the…
Fracking for natural gas/oil causes earthquakes
I believe it does. Are Oklahoma Earthquakes Tied to Fracking? Answer is yes. But gas/oil companies won’t admit it. Please watch the video here.
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz wraps up the New York Times’ series on inequality by summarizing how the gap between the rich and the rest…
Those are some really cute toes
A challenging contrast of line and form. Not sure they work ideally together. Filed under: art, drawing Tagged: #MadeWithpaper #cat
We gotta get behind this leadership candidate.
The truth is that it was hard to stop laughing when the news was first announced: Patrick Brown MP is considering running for the leadership of the Ontario Conservatives. It…
Business leaders warn global warming is bad for the economy
If you are an investor, the risks of climate change should matter to you. That’s the message from the Risky Business Project, led by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,…
A Nation Of Laws
DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS This week’s Supreme Court decision is not a blanket rejection of pipelines. It’s more complicated and far reaching than that. Tom Walkom writes: First,…
Why I’m Marching with ACT with Pride!
My first encounter with ACT (AIDS Committee of Toronto) was in its early days operating over what at the time was a KFC take-out restaurant. Compassion and information deep-fried! I…
The Con Regime and the Attack Ad Question
Well as you can imagine, the secure facility where I live is a Con-Free Zone.No pictures of Stephen Harper are permitted, except those stored in the bowels of my computer.And…
The Wal-Mart Workers and the Big Tomato
The two companies couldn't be more different. Wal-Mart, the destroyer of communities, that closed this store in Jonquiere, Quebec, after its workers voted to unionize.And after nine years of fighting…
The End of Facebook at Politics, Re-Spun
Note how this looks a bit like the Death Star? 🙂 Hello! Welcome to the post-Facebook Politics, Re-Spun website! You will not find a Like/Recommend button at all anymore. Anywhere.…