Get ready to vote in the October 19, 2015 federal election
An eleven week election campaign may seem like a long time but it will pass quickly. To be sure you are prepared to vote in the October 19, 2015 federal…
August 2015
Robert Reich: Trump + Sanders = Looming Revolt.
Berkley prof, political economist, pundit and served presidents Ford, Carter and Clinton, Robert Reich sees revolt looming in America. “He can’t possibly win the nomination,” is the phrase heard most…
Liberal govt issues 4 new salmon farm tenures on eve of BC Day
An existing BC salmon farm (Damien Gillis) It was an unwelcome surprise on the eve of BC Day for critics of open net pen salmon farms: the Liberal government’s quiet…
Stephen Harper sings his favourite song
Campaign for October election has started. Harper’s way of appealing to voters to vote for him.
Harper calling Trudeau “Justin” just like a school yard bully
In a demonstration of how petty, disrespectful and full of piss and vinegar he is Stephen Harper and his Conservatives are calling Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, “Justin”. They are not…
Should web content be censored without a judicial process?
This article was originally published at Rabble.ca You don’t have to look far these days to discover new threats to the free and open Internet we all rely on. In…
The Liberal Exec for Gaspesie-Iles de la Madeleine have resigned, quit the Liberal Party and joined the NDP
“Port-Daniel) Eight members of the executive of the Liberal Association for the riding of Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine resign to join the New Democratic Party in protest against what they call “a lack…
On Bullets Dodged – For Now
Just back from a motorcycle tour of the island from Gold River to Port Renfrew in the southwest and back to my place on the east side. You don’t have…
Oh Dear. One of the Last Credible Justifications for Big Game Hunting… Well, Maybe We Shouldn’t Go There.
One of the strongest arguments big game hunters can raise is when they’re killing animals as necessary for population control. Sometimes natural predators can’t keep prey species in balance, usually…
Escaping the Euro Dream
Photo by Olaf Kosinsky The following statement was published last week by Nicole Gohlke and Janine Wissler, two radical MPs in Germany’s Die Linke (The Left Party) associated with one…
It’s Come to This
I guess “666” was taken.
What about Palestinian academic freedom?
Islamic University of Gaza • Photo by Manar al Zraiy The point of this article is to support the call for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and projects funded…
Calling Justin Trudeau “Justin” is clearly an evil Conservative mind control experiment
And it’s apparently working.
Of Israelis and Palestinians and Our Fairy Tales
Sure, it’s just a cartoon, but it goes to the heart of why we’re all so screwed up about Israel and Palestine. We’ve been fed a biblical fairy tale and…
To The Left, To The Left…Second-Guessing The Youth Vote
Free to dream, I’d be left of Jeremy Corbyn. But we can’t gamble the future on him Here is a comment I made re an opinion piece in the Guardian…
Has Harper Outsmarted Himself In Attempts To Buy Election?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our Prime Minister Stephen Harper is cunning, driven, stubborn and up against a wall of his own making. His too smart by half ploy of extending the…
End of Life and Medical Treatment – Can I Say What I Want to be Done?
Although it is scary to think about, we all come to the end of our lives. Obviously it would be best if that happened quickly at the end of a…
On So Much Anger
Anger may be defined as an impulse, accompanied by pain, to a conspicuous revenge for a conspicuous slight directed without justification towards what concerns oneself or towards what concerns one’s…
Why Mulcair Could Be in Trouble Over Bill C-51
I think by now most people realize that the NDP stance on Bill C-51 was crafted to make Justin Trudeau look bad. Before their vocal opposition, Mulcair had not yet…