David Cameron’s Women Problem
Why is it always the dweebs? Conservative P.M. David Cameron’s Minister for Civil Society (and Dick Pics), Brooks Newmark, has resigned in disgrace. The Belgravia resident, father of five, was…
2014
Global Warming Pollution on the Rise, CO2 Set to Hit 40 Billion Tons in 2014
Atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming, are set to rise again in 2014 – reaching a record high of 40 billion tonnes, according to a new…
Could Climate Change be Detroit’s Salvation?
Will climate change be America’s 21st century equivalent of William Tecumseh Sherman’s “march to the sea“? The Union general has a lasting place in infamy in the southern states for…
Oh, Damn. The Word is Getting Out.
Don’t believe a word of it. Stay where you’re at. You really wouldn’t like it here anyway, really. An article in The Guardian, “Is Alaska the new Florida? Experts predict…
Sunday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Sunday reading. – Frances Russell notes that the corporate sector is laughing all the way to the bank (and often an offshore one at that) after…
Francesco del Cairo
Filed under: digital, drawing Tagged: portraits, uffizi
we like lists: list # 20: top ten reasons we love our favourite cult show or movie
For those who want the question with no context: Do you love a cult show or movie? What movie and why? List at least 10 reasons. (I wish everyone would…
Arctic Madness: Shell and ConocoPhillips Plead With US Govt to Avoid Standards For Arctic Spill Preparedness
Two oil companies planning to drill in remote Arctic waters, Shell and ConocoPhillips, are pleading with U.S. regulators not to make them follow new guidelines proposed by the Interior Department…
Health Canada’s Willful Impotence on Tainted Pharmaceuticals
As I have written previously, the scandal of tainted pharmaceuticals continues, and that which should provoke outrage and demands for accountability seems to elicit for the most part only shrugs…
All That Dead Money
http://muncievoice.com/ In 1974, Arthur Laffer famously drew a curve on the back of a napkin while he had dinner with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal. The curve illustrated…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
* It’s time to drop the hate and embrace the love.
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…