On Ethos – a 2011 Documentary
“Our ethos is all that we currently hold to be true. It is what we act upon. It governs our manners, our business and our politics.” – Howard Zinn Directed…
August 2014
Banging the War Drum – Washington Post
It was earlier this month that the German financial newspaper, Handelsblatt, warned of the dangerous spread of war fever throughout Europe. The paper found that Europeans were being “mentally mobilized”…
Feds To Resume Oil And Gas Leases Despite Fracking Report That Raised "Grave Concerns"
Jim Kenna, the California Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, told reporters on a conference call last Thursday that a new scientific report commissioned by the agency to…
Sister Simone for pope
What you may ask is a non-Catholic, indeed a non-Christian, doing recommending someone for pope. Well, it’s partly tongue-in-cheek, of course, even if American Sister Simone Campbell might very well…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Gerald Caplan suggests that Rogers and Bell might be ripe for nationalization – though it’s also worth pointing out that we don’t have…
Stephen Harper and the "S" Word
Uh oh. Prime Minister Harper is using the “s” word again. After the retrieval of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body from the Red River in Winnipeg, and the recent discovery of…
Stephen Harper and the "S" Word
Uh oh. Prime Minister Harper is using the “s” word again. After the retrieval of 15-year-old Tina Fontaine’s body from the Red River in Winnipeg, and the recent discovery of…
Eurozone fears of stagnation grow as France and Italy suffer | World news | The Observer
Eurozone fears of stagnation grow as France and Italy suffer | World news | The Observer. Francois Hollande and Paris’s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, at a ceremony on 25 August marking…
Why Italy’s stagnation could be the future for the entire eurozone | Riccardo Bellofiore | Comment is free | theguardian.com
Why Italy’s stagnation could be the future for the entire eurozone | Riccardo Bellofiore | Comment is free | theguardian.com. This summer Italy fell into a triple-dip recession. After the…
Time To Revisit The Question Of Mandatory Voting?
In her column today, Susan Delacourt suggests that it is. While my own opposition to mandatory voting, the reasons for which I outlined in an earlier post, remains unchanged, she…
Ignoring The Obvious
http://www.breitbart.com/ Stephen Harper has just completed his ninth tour of the North. These tours provide the prime minister with an opportunity to serve up warm rhetoric.
Understanding the morning line.
There is a caveat to Babel-on-the-Bay’s publishing a morning line on upcoming elections. While we are more accurate than pollsters, a morning line is based on a knowledgeable observer’s assessment…
Inside Stephen Harper’s Head: The Trudeau Obsession
I have no idea why anyone in the MSM would want to psychoanalyze Stephen Harper. It seems something better left between a psychiatrist and his patient. Or in Harper's case…
Australia’s Climate Change Conspiracy Theorists Get Angry Over Radio Interview That Never Happened
In the space of six days, Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper has published five news stories and an opinion piece attacking the credibility of the Australian government’s weather and climate…
What a strange week
What a strange week it has been — horrible bus crashes and nine-year olds with Uzis and Russia invading the Ukraine but lying about it while the American media flips…
BREAKING: Stephen Harper Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize !!!!
OK. I realize you are staring at that headline in disbelief. And wondering whether I've finally lost it.But then so am I eh?And I wrote it.Because as bizarre, or as…
Musical interlude
Lahox – Feel
BCTF-BC Government Continue Talks Behind Closed Doors
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Day 2 of talks with mediator Vince Ready, now seemingly immersed, are going well enough that are continuing and we are not hearing exactly how it is…
Motherboard: Experiencing civil war through virtual reality goggles
This virtual reality simulator is helping to bring the visceral, human effects of war to life for people far away from conflict. Article by Chris Malmo for Motherboard The situation…
The Hill: World to the U.S.: Please don’t ruin the Internet
The stage is set for a global showdown against Internet slow lanes. Here’s why you can’t afford to keep quiet. Article by Danielle Kehl for the Hill At the annual…