The Devil’s Snare #nlpoli
The latest eruption of the Manning political controversy volcano is evidence of many things. Not the least is that Premier Paul Davis and his team have a monumental problem in…
October 2014
Richard Berman, Tobacco To Fossil Fuels
The NYTimes just ran “Hard-Nosed Advice From Veteran Lobbyist: ‘Win Ugly or Lose Pretty’ – Richard Berman Energy Industry Talk Secretly Taped”. Rick Berman has long been the architect of…
Harper’s War and the Rise of ISIS
Back in my teenage days when I was studying martial arts and fighting a lot, I tattooed this famous Sun Tzu quote on the back of my right shoulder:"Know your…
MacKay makes the right noises
With all the feverish reaction from politicians and a good part of the media to the two recent “terrorist” incidents, it is encouraging to hear Justice Minister Peter McKay say…
Seriously, From Here on In, This Might Be as Good as It Gets. But, on the Other Hand. It’s Something Else.
My all-time band, from the very first time I heard “Satisfaction” to today and, almost certainly, forever. The Rolling Stones with former, albeit briefly, band member, Mick Taylor. Oh yeah,…
World’s Major Banks Poured Over $80 Billion into Coal Last Year Alone
At least $83 billion USD in financing was provided to 65 coal mining and energy companies last year by 92 of the world’s leading commercial banks, according to a Dutch…
World’s Major Banks Poured Over $80 Billion into Coal Last Year Alone
At least $83 billion USD in financing was provided to 65 coal mining and energy companies last year by 92 of the world’s leading commercial banks, according to a Dutch…
New Study Documents Air Pollution at Oil and Gas Fracking Sites Exceeding Risk Levels
This is a guest post by Caroline Cox, research director at the Center for Environmental Health. Decades ago, when I was a graduate student, my advisor often said that our…
And the Winner Is…..
So it would seem that my substitute writer offered a $50.00 cash prize to the winner of the Paulie election banner contest. And as a result I am on the…
PR Firm Navigator Dumps Jian Ghomeshi
High profile public relations firm Navigator announces it’s no longer representing beleaguered former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi. The post PR Firm Navigator Dumps Jian Ghomeshi appeared first on The…
Journalist Tired of Unfree Press Pushing War
A German journalist explains how the CIA misused him to manipulate people, to push war. “Non official cover”
Splitting Headache
Are you a member of a family that has one or more children under 18 and two parents, only one of whom is working? Is that one working parent in…
UFCW’s Anti-Democratic Position on Sudbury Store Hours Referendum Outcome Reflects Poorly on Labour Movement
So, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is claiming victory in the recent referendum on store hours in the City of Greater Sudbury. 3 questions were asked of…
Minimum Wages and Employment Outcomes
Last week my Unifor colleague Jordan Brennan and I published a study through the CCPA Ontario office examining the historical empirical evidence regarding the link between changes in minimum wages…
Oct. 30: October thirty, part two….
Nothing changes. The TandT is still running “news stories” (ads) about the wine expo on page 1. Page A2 still has ads for itself disguised as news stories. A6 has…
The Verge: Check out "Off the Grid"
This video game uses intuitive learning to teach players about how online information really functions on the Internet – from enhancing our understanding to undermining our privacy. Article by Andrew…
Jian Ghomeshi: One woman, actor Lucy DeCoutere, alleges she was slapped and choked without her consent.
Richard Hughes-POLITICAL BLOGGER Like so many Canadians I jumped on the bandwagon in defence of Jian Ghomeshi. It was a knee jerk reaction and my earlier comments mocking the CBC…
Rafe Mair–Shell Game: Public being fooled by great BC LNG illusion
By Rafe Mair We are allowing ourselves to be mesmerized over Liquified Natural Gas (LNG). Perhaps we’re doing this to ourselves but the sad fact is that the government’s total…