NDP Clearest Alternative, Globe & Mail Is Loathe To Admit
The G&M must be loathe to report stories like this. But the NDP are so much in the lead and seen as the party of clear change, that they have…
July 2015
NDP Clearest Alternative Globe & Mail Is Loathe To Admit
The G&M must be loathe to report stories like this. But the NDP are so much in the lead and seen as the party of clear change, that they have…
Every Once in a While
A Canadian journalist reawakens after a nap several years long. Why is our media like Rip Van Winkle? @nbf54321 Shawn, you're overlooking that for years @Justin_Ling and reporters have put…
As I Stare at My Smoke-Clouded Sky, a Thought or Two About Tipping Points
A tipping point isn’t that instant when water begins pouring over the canoe’s gunwale. The tipping point is actually before that, when the canoe is heeling over and can’t be…
Permits to Start Construction on Site C Dam Issued Despite Pending Lawsuits
Authorizations allowing construction to begin immediately on the Site C dam on the Peace River in northeastern B.C. were issued on Tuesday by B.C.’s Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Armine Yalnizyan writes that reliance on temporary and disposable labour is utterly incompatible with long-term economic development. And Joey Hartman and Adrienne Montani…
An Update To Yesterday’s Post
I don’t have a new post today, as I just changed ISPs and am preoccupied trying to solve a problem in configuring my wife’s computer for the encrypted router I…
Community Solar Garden to Open in BC
Germany, and to a lesser extent other nations, have championed community-owned sustainable energy production. In many ways it gives power to the people. Indeed, one way to encourage mass adoption…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Your news links for today: Canadian government issues “transparency reporting guidelines” – Canadian Privacy Law Blog ICANN’s plan to end online anonymity would ‘radically undermine’ internet privacy and safety –…
Election night will be a loooong night
#NDP on top in three biggest provinces. #CPC and #LPC close behind. Election night’ll be late!
“Due to stock market’s collapse the rooftop is now closed to prevent accidents”
Making the rounds after the collapse of Chinese markets. Here. May not be legit, but after the rout of recent days, may well be!
Dear New Democrats who admire what Greece has done
Read this. In this sense, the Greek referendum delivered an insult to 18 countries, including some that are in situations no less difficult than Greece’s and yet have made considerable…
Do we really want all the latest election toys?
Targeted marketing is not just for your drug store. It is also in play for the upcoming federal election. Not that it is going to be as open and simple…
Front And Centre
David Suzuki writes that we live in a warmer world — a world in which extreme weather is a fact of life. The evidence just keeps piling up: Several recent…
Funny How Things Go: Reflections On Fallen Heroes
No word of a lie, two of my biggest child-hood heroes were Bill Cosby and Woody Allen. In grade four my teacher played an LP of Cosby’s stand-up routine on…
Joe Oliver, Stephen Harper, and the Great Con Economic Meltdown
As you know, I believe that we need a Con like Joe Oliver as our Finance Minister at a time like this one, like a drowning man needs an anvil.…
Confidence Builder #nlpoli
The public utilities board asked Liberty Consulting to review Hydro’s decisions in 11 projects. Hydro is looking for a rate increase. The board wanted to make sure the increase was…
Greece, Angela Merkel, and the Failed Policies of Austerity
As Angela Merkel and her gang of EU stooges and bloated banksters give Greece until Sunday to decide how much more flesh they can carve off its shrunken body. Frustrated…