Del Mastro looses his bid to reopen trial and immediately displays the 10 stages of pouting
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Conservatives Tagged: Political
February 2015
Reporting on the Mount Polley spill: To err is human; to err and not ask why is a failure by government regulators
Wednesday, February 18, 2015 On January 30, the Panel appointed to investigate the August 4, 2014 breach of the Mount Polley Mine tailings storage facility (TSF) released its report on…
How 2 cold winters in Eastern North America doesn’t disprove climate change/global warming.
When it gets as cold as it has this winter (and last), you often see message boards yelling, “How about that global warming!” … as if these winters prove to…
Asian LNG prices take record 60% plunge from last year
Asian spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) have plunged by a single year record of 61.7% since February 2014, according to Platts JKM (Japan/Korea Marker) – a leading…
The Way We Wage War, We Never See This Coming.
We absolutely luuuuv our air wars, whether it’s over Serbia or Libya or Iraq. Load up those underwing hard points and let’s go drop some bombs. Yeah, that’s the ticket.…
DeSmogCAST 11: Corporate Political Influence, UK Fracking and Rick Perry’s Dirty Energy Ties
In this episode of DeSmogCAST’s Farron Cousin, Carol Linnitt, Kyla Mandel and Brendan DeMelle kick things off with a discussion about corporate spending in Canada and how the oil and…
Harpers novel approach to leadership, promote racism and divisiveness. Good thing he has not started campaigning
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Harper Tagged: Political
On Egregious Stupidity And Willful Ignorance
I readily admit to being intolerant of people at times. Not for me are the excuses that others may make for their shortcomings, such as the limitations of their upbringing,…
ISIS’ plans
This report is consistent with this analysis. Both are highly disturbing, and both suggest that we are at the beginning of a very long struggle. I won’t even bother to…
DeSmogCAST 11: Corporate Political Influence, UK Fracking and Rick Perry’s Dirty Energy Ties
In this episode of DeSmogCAST’s Farron Cousin, Carol Linnitt, Kyla Mandel and Brendan DeMelle kick things off with a discussion about corporate spending in Canada and how the oil and…
Tom Mulcair Weighs In on Bill C-51 Today – At Last, Finally, Maybe We Hope.
They’re both trained lawyers, Tom Mulcair and Elizabeth May. One of them knows right from wrong, the other waits awhile to see which way the wind’s blowing. Elizabeth May only…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Your news links for today: Bell agrees to stop tracking browsing data of mobile users who opt out – Globe and Mail Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Marketing Association Take…
#GxE Autism Paradigm Still #MSSNG From Autism Disorders Research, Understanding
Several years ago it appeared that a new paradigm for understanding autism disorders was emerging, one which would allow greater understanding of the cause, or causes, of autism. Historically, as…
Bank of Canada Court Case Won in Federal Court-Huge Ramifications Claimed
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger A great many Canadians have heard various rumblings about the wealth transfer scheme that kicked in shifting a great deal of control and profit from the Bank…
Un beau jour!
Ce jour, en 1980, Pierre Trudeau a gagné un gouvernement majoritaire, ayant annoncé sa retraite que quelques semaines auparavant. #CDNpoli — Daisy Group (@DaisyGrp) February 18, 2015
Mindfulness Meditation Effective in Improving Sleep
Mindfulness meditation is already pretty great, and it keeps getting better! Not only can it help you go amongst your day in a more thoughtful, productive, focussed manner, it can…
What’s Stopping Them?
Compelling reasons exist for putting a price on carbon. Three Star readers offer theirs: Re: Ontario carbon price policy in the works, Feb. 13 I was struck by the total…
The bread crumbs of Chantal Hébert.
The articles and commentaries of Chantal Hébert in the Toronto Star are always a delight to read. In the same way it would be a shame to miss one of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Garfield Mahood and Brian Iler discuss the challenge facing charities as compared to the special treatment of businesses in trying to advocate as…
A Very Dangerous Man
Stephen Harper has based his political career on the notion of austerity. Deep down, he believes it’s good for the soul. But, Thomas Walkom writes, he also stands fourscore for…