Reclining. Considering
One sketch from today’s figure drawing session at #ldnont Arts Project. Fresh, quick and a good likeness. In retrospect I enjoyed dropping in the big black charcoal by accident at…
March 2015
ISIS: read this
This Matthews guy is smart. One expert in genocide and war said the government motion neatly manoeuvred Trudeau into repudiating his own party’s foreign policy legacy. “I think now from…
Event: The Inconvenient Truth About Harper’s Canada
In Ottawa this evening, prominent authors Michael Harris and Donald Gutstein will discuss the “inconvenient truth” about Stephen Harper’s Canada. The post Event: The Inconvenient Truth About Harper’s Canada appeared…
March 24: Stop the presses!
Page A1. Banner Headline. A land purchase has been approved so Sobeys can build a new store in Dieppe. Be still, my heart. Actually, there is an important story on…
First Nation taking herring concerns to Jimmy Pattison’s Canfisco
Commercial seine boat in Spiller Channel (Pacific Wild) Bella Bella, BC A delegation of Heiltsuk First Nations and their supporters will be taking the central coast community’s concerns over a…
Access Denied: Ministry of Environment Vetoes Interview Request on Oilsands Toxins in Animals
Documents obtained by DeSmog Canada reveal that Canada’s Ministry of Environment vetoed an interview request on toxins in fur-bearing animals in the oilsands, even though the federal scientist was “media…
Pope Francis is the most important progressive leader in the world
And here’s yet another reason why.
More Spy Stuff
The bottom half of this page is all about CSE. Canada’s had a recent track record that’s bad. PONY EXPRESS ring a bell? So what is our watchdog really doing?…
Shawnigan Community Fights Against Contaminated Soil Dump
More than 200 residents from Shawnigan Lake showed up to discuss last week’s decision by the provincial government to allow a company to dump contaminated soil near Shawnigan Lake CHEK…
It’s Not For the Sake of Science.
China, the People’s Republic Whereof, wants to establish an Arctic research station in Tuktoyaktuk or Cambridge Bay, NWT. John Higginbotham, senior fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs…
Rocco Galati in court to challenge how Bank of Canada does business
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The mysterious world of money, making it, printing it,spending it. There has been contrary views regarding the role of banks in controlling our money supply since the…
A Growing Chorus Demanding an End to Denialism.
Climate change denial is immoral. Who says? A growing chorus of voices in the United States for starters. California governor Jerry Brown slammed radical Republican, Ted Cruz, for his denialism…
Did Bibi Spy on Barack? Easy Answer? Of Course.
Israel has never been reluctant to spy on its global benefactor, the United States. Now Washington is accusing Israel of having spied on American negotiations with Iran for a nuclear…
I Just Can’t Say "Climate Change." I Can’t. I Won’t.
Florida governor Rick Scott continues to deny that his office has forbidden state staff to use the term “climate change.” Really, Rick? Watch Florida emergency management director, Bryan Koon squirm…
Where’s Linda Knight now?
When the unhappy staff at the Niagara branch of CarePartners first entertained the idea of organizing themselves into a union, CarePartners owner Linda Knight picked up the phone and called…
Send In the Slaves
When it’s completely boiled down what are robotics except the process of capital owning labour? What are the implications of that if capital is given a free hand to dislocate…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Your news links for today: Officer facing charges calls G20 protesters ‘terrorists’ – Toronto Star ‘Create unrest’: Canada’s CSE agency includes ‘false flag’ operations as part of newly-revealed cyberwarfare scope…
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Press Gallery searches for news The account of a one small Alaskan newspaper holding a BC Minister to account for his misstatements of fact: The Bleatings Of Bill Bennett…Not Just…
It’s Time For "Just Society 2.0"
I was lucky enough to be around when Trudeau (the real one, not Junior) inspired us all with his vision of a “Just Society” for Canada and our people. On…
Signing Back on after a Couple of Productive Months
This morning I sent off a draft of my new non-fiction book Road through Time to a publisher who seems interested in it. What a great feeling! Reading it over…