Hot Nasties, death, Fucked Up and the NME
“If you guys had stayed together, you would’ve been really big,” daughter said to me this afternoon, as we headed back from the cabin. “But you wouldn’t have had me,…
August 2014
In Tuesday’s Sun: Prince Pothead
Is Marc Emery a secret agent for the Conservative Party of Canada? It sure looks that way. It’s impossible that you have not heard of the World’s Most Famous Pothead.…
zucchini abundance recipe of the day: zucchini-corn-tomato bake
I found a bunch of recipes similar to this, and adapted them to my tastes. This one is easy (especially if you use a food processor to shred the zucchini…
Canadian rockers join Blue Dot tour – David Suzuki’s swan song
David Suzuki and rocker Neil Young will be teaming up again for the “Blue Dot” tour (Photo: davidsuzuki.org) A now-famous 1972 photo of Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts from…
The Oilsands Cancer Story Part 2: Deformed Fish, Dying Muskrats Cause Doctor To Sound Alarm
This is the second installment of a three-part series on Dr. John O’Connor, the family physician to first identify higher-than-average cancer rates and rare forms of cancer in communities downstream…
The Oilsands Cancer Story Part 2: Deformed Fish, Dying Muskrats Cause Doctor To Sound Alarm
This is the second installment of a three-part series on Dr. John O’Connor, the family physician to first identify higher-than-average cancer rates and rare forms of cancer in communities downstream…
Gaza: What a destructive and unnecessary war!
The war in Gaza is really about Israel stopping a fledgling Palestinian unity government of Fatah and Hamas that might have paved way for a two-state solution in Israel Palestine.…
On soft support
Ezra Klein discusses Ray LaRaja and Brian Schnaffer’s graph of U.S. donor policy preferences against political donations: Klein’s take involves a comparison between the graph and the U.S.’ discussion about…
Coal Company, West Virginia Attorney General Blame Lifesaving EPA Rules For Layoffs
Alpha Natural Resources, one of the leaders in the practice of mountain removal mining, has made it clear that they aren’t happy with the new EPA rules that will require…
‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ Should Change Their Name to ‘Confused Taxbusters’
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger of the left persuasion. Seems as the so-called ‘Cowichan Taxbusters’ are beating up the tight-fisted rightwingers on North Cowichan Council. Now I could find plenty to argue…
The New Logo For The Canada Revenue Agency?
CRA protests notwithstanding, it works for me. H/t iPolitics Recommend this Post
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Leo Panitch questions the “responsible capitalism” theme which is being used by Ed Miliband in lieu of a more significant alternative to unfettered…
Survival Skills for Stressed Out Caregivers
I’ve just come from our family cottage in the north woods of Quebec. It’s peaceful there – a place for reflecting and remembering. My Nana built our cottage in the…
Transcript: Julia Gillard Addresses The Broadbent Institute Progress Summit
Here’s the transcript of former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s keynote speech to the Broadbent Institute’s first annual Progress Summit, held March 28-30 in Ottawa. The post Transcript: Julia Gillard…
Jason Cherniak for the Liberal Party Nomination, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill ( #lpc #cdnpoli )
It's an exciting day to be a Liberal and to be a Liberal blogger. If you're at all familiar with Canadian political blogging, then you recognize Jason Cherniak's name.I've met…
Jason Cherniak for the Liberal Party Nomination, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill ( #lpc #cdnpoli )
It’s an exciting day to be a Liberal and to be a Liberal blogger. If you’re at all familiar with Canadian political blogging, then you recognize Jason Cherniak’s name. I’ve…
Jason Cherniak for the Liberal Party Nomination, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill ( #lpc #cdnpoli )
It's an exciting day to be a Liberal and to be a Liberal blogger. If you're at all familiar with Canadian political blogging, then you recognize Jason Cherniak's name.I've met…
Jason Cherniak for the Liberal Party Nomination, Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill ( #lpc #cdnpoli )
It’s an exciting day to be a Liberal and to be a Liberal blogger. If you’re at all familiar with Canadian political blogging, then you recognize Jason Cherniak’s name. I’ve…