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On Wednesday, Premier Paul Davis announced that Ken Marshall had been appointed chair of the board of Nalcor and an unspecified number of Nalcor’s subsidiaries. Danny Williams’ old business buddy…
December 2014
Die Linke’s Sahra Wagenknecht slams Merkel in Bundestag for being US stooge [video]
In a powerful Bundestag speech, Deputy Chair of the German Die Linke (Left Party), Sahra Wagenknecht, accused Angela Merkel of being an enabler of US interests, to the detriment of…
Confusing People with a Die-In in a Mall?
Shoppers didn’t quite know what to make of the whole thing. via Protesters Bring West London To Standstill In Solidarity With Eric Garner And Michael Brown – BuzzFeed News. I…
Die Linke’s Sahra Wagenknecht slams Merkel in Bundestag for being US stooge [video]
In a powerful Bundestag speech, Deputy Chair of the German Die Linke (Left Party), Sahra Wagenknecht, accused Angela Merkel of being an enabler of US interests, to the detriment of…
Alberta is always in Tough Economic Times
Tweet“They don’t know what to do with tough economic times. It was easy enough to govern when the money was flowing in, when things were going well. They took all…
Lima COP20 Climate Summit Marked By Protests, Publicity Stunts and PR Promises
An estimated 15,000 people marched through the streets of Lima yesterday in the People’s Climate March, demanding a shift to 100 percent clean energy by 2050. Earlier in the day,…
Elvis, the real Elvis-Unchained Melody
I know, Cowichan Conversations is mostly a political Cowichan Valley based blog, However I stray away from time to time as I am doing now. Ladies and Gentlemen, here is…
A Society of Captives
Photo by Tony Webster Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans to launch a pilot program in New York City to place body cameras on police officers and conduct training seminars to…
A political oddity hits the big time – but what do we really know about Michael Cooper?
Michael Cooper turned up door knocking on your blogger’s doorstep in St. Albert last summer. A photo was required! Below: Independent St. Albert Member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber, former Canadian…
A comment on Ukraine
Photo by Yevgen Nasadyuk James Petras distinguishes himself by rejecting the wrong-headed theories on the political left that the driving force of events in Ukraine is a ‘Russian aggression’ or…
Christy Clark admits Site C not needed for LNG; Cracks forming in her support for project: Bloomberg
BC Premier Christy Clark would choose the LNG industry over Site C Dam According to this Dec. 10 story from Bloomberg, BC Premier Christy Clark remains bullish on the beleaguered…
Alberta won’t appeal Jessica Ernst’s right to sue over fracking: Nikiforuk
Environmental consultant Jessica Ernst on her land in Alberta (Colin Smith photo) Read this Dec. 10 Tyee story by Andrew Nikiforuk on the Alberta government’s surprise announcement that it will…
The Reality of Stephen Harper vs. The Reality of Carbon Taxes
Last night Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his house band, the Van Cats, took to the stage at a Conservative Christmas Party in Ottawa. Seated at the keyboard, the Prime…
More on Israel
Things are heating up in the Israeli election, scheduled for March. There are a number of developments in the past week. Hatnuah, the party of Tzipi Livni, has decided to…
International Human Rights Day: 50 civil society groups urge Harper to oppose torture
On International Human Rights Day, 50 civil society organizations urge Harper government to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. The post International Human Rights Day: 50 civil…
Little Green Men From Mars- Hotline Radio Great Pat Burns
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Vancouver was the birthplace of talk radio in Canada. Pat Burns, Jack Webster, Judy LaMarsh, Barry Clark, were headliners in the early days. Of course there…
Canada ‘Flies Under Radar,’ Skirts Oilsands Issue At COP20 Climate Talks
Canada is “flying under the radar” at this year’s UNFCCC COP20 climate talks in Lima, Peru according to Canada Youth Delegation member Brenna Owen. Canada’s negotiators are working hard to…
OPEC has pretty much collapsed, and there is a free fall in the price of oil with Morgan Stanley
BC and the LNG Myth Patrick Smyth By: Patrick Smyth Back in March 2014 I wrote about BC putting all of its eggs into one basket by pursuing a one…