Remembrance Day 2014
http://veteransday-pictures.com/ We have become mesmerized by bad behaviour. Michael den Tandt writes that honour is is short supply these days: Honour is AWOL, missing without leave, in the case of…
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11.11: honour the dead by committing to peace
Robert Fisk, in The Independent: But as the years passed, old Bill Fisk became very ruminative about the Great War. He learned that Haig had lied, that he himself had…
November 11, 2014. Lest We Forget
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, Veteran’s Day in the United States. Today I remember my father, James Edward Thomson, who fought in Europe with the Royal Montreal Regiment and…
Remembrance Day 2014: And My Promise to the Dead
It's going to be a very emotional Remembrance Day in Canada, especially at the National War Memorial.For the reasons we all know, for the blood spilled. And at the stroke…
If the numbers are not known, invent them
Reviewing BC Ferries financial statements this week, I was reminded of a radio interview I heard early in the tenure of the current BC Ferries CEO. That was shortly after…
Stephen Harper’s Great Shabby Trip to China
Well it wasn't much of a trip, not the grand photo-op he was expecting.He never got his pandas.And as for those two caged Canadians they're still in a Chinese jail.…
Lest we Forget #nlpoli
More people will pay attention to Remembrance Day this year than usually might. The murder a few weeks ago of Corporal Nathan Cirillo, and to a lesser extent, the murder…
LEWAT AGEN ATAU LEWAT MASKAPAI?
Ada beberapa kelebihan dan kekurangan dalam kedua hal tersebut dalam kaitannya dengan booking tiket pesawat online. Yuk kita intip sedikit garis besar keuntungan dan kerugiannya. 1. Keuntungan Kenyamanan tentu saja…
McIntyre’s Missing Millions or How Climategate Blogger Missed Out on ‘Deal of a Lifetime’
This November marks the fifth anniversary of Climategate – when millions of emails were illegally hacked and spun as evidence that the world’s leading global warming researchers were engaged in…
McIntyre’s Missing Millions or How Climategate Blogger Missed Out on ‘Deal of a Lifetime’
This November marks the fifth anniversary of Climategate – when millions of emails were illegally hacked and spun as evidence that the world’s leading global warming researchers were engaged in…
Fiscal unfairness, a BC Liberal tradition
Between Powell River and Texada Island, ferry service is by the oldest vessel in BC Ferries’ fleet, the 57-year-old MV North Island Princess, a vessel with capacity to carry 49…
Marci McDonald, “friend” of Faytene?!?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Did you know that reporter and author Marci McDonald was at one time part of “The hand of Hell”? Or that…
The Nanaimo-Duncan Labour Council organized a debate for the three candidates vying for the North Cowichan mayor’s chair
Don Maroc – Cowichan Conversations by Don Maroc The Nanaimo-Duncan Labour Council organized a debate for the three candidates vying for the North Cowichan mayor’s chair, at the Cowichan Community…
Shell Accused of “Hijacking” Clean-up Process in Niger Delta
This is a guest post by Andy Rowell, cross-posted with the permission of Oil Change International. Today is the nineteenth anniversary of the muder of the writer Ken Saro-Wiwa by…
Tony Clement’s Orwellian "Open Government" Plan
I suppose we should have known that anything Tony Clement proposes would be hideously flawed, so rotten is his record.And his so-called "Open Government" plan" is no different.The Conservative government…
No Surprises Here: The Fraser Institute Shows Its Biased Incompetence
Of course, right-wing groups like the Fraser Institute never let facts and data get in the way of a rabid ideology: Recommend this Post
Obama calls for strongest possible net neutrality rules… And saves the Internet?
As you may have heard, this morning, U.S. President Barack Obama came out with a decisive statement calling for the strongest possible rules to prevent slow lanes on the Internet.…
Conservatives Learning Lessons of History
11. Government handing over the most vulnerable to religious groups has worked out well in Canadian history: look at the residential schools — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) November 10, 2014 1.…