The Mother, the Soldier, and the Con Suicide Scandal
I'm glad the mother of Cpl. Justin Stark decided to speak out about the one-cent cheque the government sent her dead son.And that the Cons were forced to apologize, for…
2014
Understanding Alberta’s 2014 budget: the deviltry’s in the details
Budget 2014: let the good times roll. Life’s great nowadays if you’re a Tory insider in Alberta – like these happy political staffers from the Premier’s Office. Actual political advisors…
What is happening in Venezuela? It’s certainly not what the mainstream media is telling you
“Much of the reporting by the mass media gives the impression that Venezuela faces a national rebellion. The reality, says Miguel Tinker Salas, is that the protests have been restricted…
New U.S. Government Report Warns of ‘Cascading System Failures’ Caused By Climate Change
New Government Report Warns of ‘Cascading System Failures’ Caused By Climate Change WASHINGTON — From roads and bridges to power plants and gas pipelines, American infrastructure is vulnerable to the…
Atlantic Polls
I’ll note that since the last Nova Scotia election was rather recent, and since the poll does not show a radical change from that result, I will not be covering…
Rex Tillerson, you are a big, fat NIMBY
ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson loves fracking other people’s back yards – just not his own Dear Rex Tillerson, I am writing to express my disappointment in learning that you recently…
Energy Board approves Enbridge Line 9 reversal
The National Energy Board has approved energy giant Enbridge’s plan to reverse the flow and increase the capacity of a pipeline that has been running between southern Ontario and Montreal…
My commenting guideline
The thing I find the most interesting about Progressive Bloggers and that which I like about it is that there is such a wide variety of opinion. It’s a great…
Bill C-23: Stealing Democracy Part VIII: Brad Butt Lies To Parliament
One of the centrepieces of Bill C-23 are a series of measures intended to put a stop to voter fraud. Central to all of this is the testimony of one…
homeschooling, both religious and secular, and the need for accountability
In most settings I interact with people there is a presumption that a person will keep quiet about his or her religion, and not assume to know what religion the…
DFO predicts monster Fraser River sockeye return this summer
2010 was a record year for Fraser River sockeye. DFO is predicting an even bigger return this summer. Read this Globe and Mail story from Mark Hume on the record…
Should Rogers be allowed to block us from watching Hockey Night online?
Big Telecom is running scared of cord-cutters – and is doing what it takes to block them from watching their favourite shows online. It looks like Rogers is even planning…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Chris Hall notes that Brad Butt’s admitted fabrications can only hurt the Cons’ already-lacking credibility when it comes to forcing through their…
Amazing coincidences and occurrences
Amazing coincidence – Peter Mackay muses that liberalization of pot/marijana laws/legislation easing criminal charges are now a real possibility, and like magic, the anti-Justin Trudeau ads running on Toronto area…
No, the budget is not balanced.
I just had the pleasure of receiving an email from Allison Redford, premier of Alberta. In it she claimed that the budget was balanced for the first time in 6…
Microfacture from 3-D Printing Part of the Solution to Carbon
At times in history, new technologies have profoundly changed the course of society. The development of the printing press allowed the mass distribution of books, which led to increased literacy…
The Satisfaction Delusion #nlpoli
You’ll hear Conservatives, Corporate Research Associates, and some commentators play up the fact that public satisfaction with the governing Conservatives has gone up in CRA’s most recent quarterly poll. That’s…
Big, Big Dreams and Caregiver Guilt
This morning I was daydreaming about the movie “The Trip to Bountiful.” It’s a gorgeous film about an elderly woman near the end of her life who has one wish;…
Creating radically democratic solutions to the financial abduction of Europe | openDemocracy
Creating radically democratic solutions to the financial abduction of Europe | openDemocracy. LOTTA TENHUNEN and ADRIÀ RODRIGUEZ 6 March 2014 Last weekend we participated in the European meeting and seminar…