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September 2014
Why Babel-on-the-Bay is cutting off the Greens.
It is supposed to be flattering that Babel-on-the-Bay receives so many news releases from so many sources every day. Some of them are interesting, a few are funny, some are…
World War III Started By Lies
Why is Stevie and his crew lying to Canadians about their participation in the pile on against the mythical beast called ISIS?
Rock Snot a State Secret?
Back in May of this year a reporter from The Canadian Press made a request to speak to Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist Max Bothwell the recognized expert on Rock…
Stephen Harper and the Great War on ISIS Trap
It couldn't have been a more jarring sight, or a more deeply disturbing one.For there was Stephen Harper, back from his stunning performance as Great Mother Leader at the United…
Profits first, charities second
Not what it seems. I’ve kept an eye on finances of the CKNW Orphans’ Fund. My attention began after the Corus radio station dropped its long time policy – under…
How the Neoliberal Dream Became the Reality of Thatcherism
The finest triumph of the Institute of Economic Affairs was winning Thatcher to free market economics. That story is told here. Their second, decades later, was seeding climate denial. An…
DeSmog UK Conservative Party Conference Special!
Grassroots members attending the Conservative party conference have plenty to discover on DeSmog UK over the coming week. The links on this page will come live as we publish our…
ISIS and the USA
Photo from Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for Public Affairs In order to overcome massive US and world public opposition to new wars in the…
Harper ramps up his war on independent thought
Photo from Public Domain In the conservative quest to shape public debate in recent years, no tool has proved more useful than the think tank. Nobody understood this better than…
The Conquest of Europe
Photo from Public Domain Russia’s President Putin is reported to have said in a conversation a while back that he could be in Kiev in two weeks. In our press,…
Work in the age of anxiety
Photo from Public Domain Working Canadians, from blue collar workers to middle class professionals to hamburger flippers are facing the worst economy insecurity, most stressful working conditions, the slowest increases…
Damien Gillis-BC Should Not Be Bullied or Suckered by Petronas Over LNG Taxes
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The stakes in the fossil fuel game are high as are the risks taken by those who blindly speak of the riches coming our way from the…
Reflexology: another daft New Age idea
As medicine, reflexology is bunk. Just like iridology and phrenology. Of course, you knew that. But not everyone does. Reflexology popped up recently in a shared post on Facebook (a…
ISIS is Not Our Problem
So there are a bunch of armed religious zealots running around Syria and Iraq trying to turn that region into a Saudi Arabia minus the Saudi part. How is that…
ISIS is Not Our Problem
So there are a bunch of armed religious zealots running around Syria and Iraq trying to turn that region into a Saudi Arabia minus the Saudi part. How is that…
ISIS is Not Our Problem
So there are a bunch of armed religious zealots running around Syria and Iraq trying to turn that region into a Saudi Arabia minus the Saudi part. How is that…
ISIS and the USA
In order to overcome massive US and world public opposition to new wars in the Middle East, Obama relied on the horrific internet broadcasts of ISIS slaughtering two American hostages,…
Harper ramps up his war on independent thought
In the conservative quest to shape public debate in recent years, no tool has proved more useful than the think tank. Nobody understood this better than the director of the…
The Conquest of Europe
Russia’s President Putin is reported to have said in a conversation a while back that he could be in Kiev in two weeks. In our press, this was reported as…