LHC Data Freely Accessible from CERN
The Large Hadron Collider run by CERN is making huge insights into the fundamental workings of the universe. Already it has found evidence the Higgs-Boson and other groovy particles in…
2014
Taking His Cue From Goering
Naomi Klein coined the phrase “disaster capitalism.” Taking his cue from Klein, Michael Harris writes that “disaster democracy” is alive and well in Canada. It’s not a new phenomenon. Herman…
Is EnergyEast Justin Trudeau’s Waterloo?
How often have we seen a single issue become the real turning point in an election? It hardly matters how tired and out-of-touch the party in power might be, you…
Stephen Harper, Stephen Lewis, and the Con Neanderthals
Somewhere in his grim bunker, or his dank closet, Stephen Harper must be celebrating madly.I'm sure he can't quite believe his good fortune. Or the way the bony hand of…
Judge Headroom #nlpoli
The Crown Prosecution Service lost an application last week to overturn a decision by a Provincial Court judge. That’s not the newsworthy thing. The Crown wins applications and loses them…
UKIP’s Special Relationship with ALEC, Heartland and American Fossil Fuels
Would UKIP be riding so high if voters knew of the party’s links with powerful right-wing US corporate interests promoting fossil fuels, denying climate change, opposing gun control, and supporting…
WTF? Canada votes against UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism! Have we taken leave of our senses?
United Nations headquarters in New York City, apparently as good a place as any for Canada to make an international fool of itself. Below: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and…
Okay you Liberal Bastards, What Now?
Trudeau the Lesser’s Liberals did backflips to support Israel’s brutal outrage against Gaza’s civilian population this summer. It was as though no one had ever heard the Israeli military’s term,…
Ernie goes to Italy: Part I
I was going to blog about Italy today, but I didn’t get around to it. Here’s the thing: an Italy post needs pictures. I have a new camera (a real…
Some Ukrainian films at Cottbus 24 festival convey ‘a thoroughly dishonest presentation of conditions in the east’
An article in World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) – Distortion and dishonesty: Ukrainian films at the Cottbus Film Festival – critiques some of the Ukrainian films that made it to…
‘Climate Change: Which way out?’ with Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Chris Hedges, Bernie Sanders, Kshama Sawant
From left: Chris Hedges, Naomi Klein, Brian Lehrer (moderator), Bill McKibben, Kshama Sawant I was fortunate to attend the largest climate change march in history on September 21, 2014 in…
Joy of Conor 2014
I will not pretend, I will never pretend, that autism is just a different way of thinking. Heather and I love our son too much to lie to the world…
Rafe: Tough on Kinder Morgan, Corrigan & Robertson My Kind of Mayors
Rafe Mair stands with Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Derrik Corrigan fighting for land use jurisdictional authority against Kinder Morgan and the Prime Minister Harper’s Federal Government. Kinder Morgan’s plans…
A Relationship
Just a scrawly line scribble that turned into, curiously, unconsciously, gender shaped objects. Filed under: art
The Sad Saga of Vikingwarlord14: Part II
We always enjoy when our fans send us feedback: Oh you sweet talker you! It looks like "Unit14"/"Jay Stone"/"Jay Smith"/"proudcracker420" might not have appreciated the article in which he was…
Who Has The Worst Job in Alberta Politics?
Why does the public go bananas when Danielle Smith, the leader of the Official Opposition, criticizes the PC government? They say she’s too negative, too shrill, too something. Can’t she…
One Nation Under the Fascists’ Heel
Israeli cabinet approves legislation defining nation-state of Jewish people Opponents say proposed law would reserve ‘national rights’ for Jews and not for minorities that make up 20% of population Peter…
Nov. 23: a catch up on the news there wasn’t time for….
The first story is one that didn’t appear in the Irving papers because it just happened on Saturday. (It’ll be interesting to see if it does appear.) Defence Minister Rob…
Before You Become a Politician
No, this isn’t about me. This is about federal politics. I never had an inclination for higher levels of politics, those other arenas, other battles, nor the lofty separation of…