Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green – Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my…
November 2015
Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green - Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my…
Promises – Openness, Transparency and Service.
Continuing our review of the Liberal Partys promises we turn to:= Openness and Transparency. Amending the Access to Information Act so that all government data and information is made open…
Going Green – Rechargable Battery Packs
In my first article about Going Green - Transportation I touched on Electropeds/Electro-Peds and the battery requirements and costs. That was on November 22nd. The thing that was burning my…
A Not So Brave New World
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/The world is being overwhelmed by Syrian refugees. And it...
Stephen Harper and the Torture of Omar Khadr
In a country full of Stephen Harper's victims, Omar Khadr is without a doubt the one who suffered the most.The one he went after like a bully in heat, or…
Reassessing NATO: Canada shouldn’t let itself be ‘Article Fived’ into a war by Turkey’s Islamist president
PHOTOS: A bunch of NATO political bureaucrats try to look busy in this file photo. Recognize anyone? Below: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and NATO Secretary…
All Along The Watchtower, A Dylan Song, A Hendrix Masterpiece
So Dylan makes this apparently (postapocalyptic motorcycle accident) disappointing (next release after Blonde on Blonde) album that includes this song. And the only reason anyone, anywhere on this planet (or
Alberta NDP should tap the brakes on its new Farm and Ranch Safety law
The Alberta government needs to rethink its approach to overhauling safety laws on family farms and ranches. Since it was introduced in the Legislature on Nov. 17, confusion about Bill…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Kaylie Tiessen offers some important lessons from Ontario's child poverty strategy - with the most important one being the importance of following through. And…
Nov. 27:http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/its-a-moral-issue-david-suzuki-compares-oilsands-defenders-to-slave-traders
The National Post was founded by Conrad Black - one of the few people in this world who, with the most expensive of lawyers, could be sentenced to years in…
Three Musicians
My take on the Jam last night with a sort of Picasso Meets Matisse homage. Report on the Jam will be up in the next few days.
call me lucky: a hilarious, heartbreaking, and inspiring movie
Barry Crimmins might be the most famous person you've never heard of.In "Call Me Lucky," a documentary tribute to Crimmins created by Bobcat Goldthwait, an A-list of comics talk about…
Rafe: How does oil-boosting Postmedia boss get into News Hall of Fame?
After selling his papers' journalistic integrity for oil and gas money, how does Postmedia boss Paul Godfrey wind up in the Canadian News Hall of Fame, asks Rafe Mair.The post…
Shawnigan Mother Assaulted By Truck Driver At SIA’s Contaminated Soil Dump Site!
Protecting your water supply is an absolutely defensible act. The BC Liberal government has refused to do so leaving beleaguered Shawnigan residents to protest. They have been partially blocking and…
TRUDEAU’S PLEDGE TO CLIMATE FUND
It is great to see Canada playing a productive role on the World stage.The Trudeau government’s pledge of $2.65 billion dollars to help developing countries with sustainability is important. It…
Burning questions
Does anybody actually believe for a second that a Republican-dominated Congress will be more willing to ratify a climate change treaty simply because it doesn't contain binding targets?And if not,…
Silicon Valley’s Acid Trip
To some of Silicon Valley's best and brightest, micro-dose LSD has become a popular, performance enhancing drug.Young professionals in the technological hub are microdosing on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and…
Erdogan in the Limelight. He Doesn’t Like It.
Just a day after boasting that he personally gave the order for Turkish fighter jets to down a Russian bomber, Turkish president Recep Erdogan seems to be having the political…
what i’m reading: ghettoside: a true story of murder in america
When we think of gun violence in the United States, chances are we think of mass shootings. These horrific events which occur with such regularity seem, to much of the…