Why Do We Make Music?
Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast, To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak. I’ve read, that things inanimate have mov’d, And, as with living Souls, have been…
December 2015
Are the COP21 Corporate Sponsors as Green as They Say They Are?
Some corporate sponsors of the COP21 Paris climate talks are failing to properly report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions a new report reveals. The Paris climate conference is sponsored by…
Music and Human Brain
I always wondered about the complexity of human brain and how music impacts human brain. We all have tragedies in our lives. Music provide calmness. Certain sad event happened in…
On balancing acts
For those wondering, I'm indeed following up on these posts and working my way through some of the factors in the NDP's federal election result. (For more on the subject,…
Furstenau–When Will Enough Be Enough?
By Sonia Furstenau-Shawnigan CVRD Director This was the image that accompanied a message that arrived in my inbox at 7:32 am this morning. This is what it has come to…
The Internet: a vanity press for the deranged
I think you forgot to do spacing. And spelling. And grammar. And context. https://t.co/T81pEcXiLk — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 2, 2015
Adele – Set Fire To The Rain (Live at The Royal Albert Hall)
Adele is a rising star. She is very popular and has broken past records of sales of songs.
A Third of our Arable Land Lost in Just the Past 40-Years.
It's that old saying about how "life is just one goddamned thing after another."I really hope we work something out at the Paris climate summit but I'm not sure it's…
Podcast: COP21, climate inaction and corporate power
This week marks the beginning of the COP21 climate talks in Paris, the latest episode in a UN framework that has been trying, and failing, to reduce global carbon…
Russia Fingers Erdogan, His Son, His Son-in-Law in Trafficking ISIS Oil
Turkish president Recep Erdogan seems to be a bit of a dirtbag. He's been in and out of the public eye over Turkey's 'tolerant' policies toward ISIS in Syria and…
Have your say on the 2016 Vancouver Park Board Budget
A 2016 Budget information document has been posted on the City of Vancouver website and is available for your review. Please note that the Park Board section is on pages…
We wish you a Bad Brains Christmas
This is probably ancient, but I only saw it this morning. My God, it’s brilliant. Charlie Brown, via the Bad Brains’ ‘Pay To Cum.’ Matt Galloway and Errol Nazareth, this…
Five Numbers You Need to Know to Understand Canada’s Role at the COP21 Paris Climate Talks
Even though the COP21 climate talks in Paris only began Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has already made waves, thrusting Canada back onto the international stage amid excitement and applause.…
No Small Task
http://www.absentlimits.net/Justice delayed is justice denied. Throughout the...
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Paul Krugman reviews Robert Reich's upcoming book, with a particular focus on the connection between corporate power and growing inequality:...Reich makes a very good…
The death of the news.
On February 2, 2011, a brief speech was posted in this space instead of our usual commentary. It was a speech to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). It…
The Importance of Infrastructure Changes for a Sustainable World
With COP21 happening this week in Paris there are many approaches to fighting climate change being discussed. No matter what approach is used there will have to be structural changes…
Syrian refugees, David Price and choices
Two things preyed on my mind, last night. One was news accounts like this one, describing what Syrian refugees are presently experiencing: As winter closes in, and temperatures dip into…
The Con Media Goes After Justin Trudeau’s Children
It couldn't be more of a disgusting or more cowardly move.The Con media which despite its best efforts has failed to damage Justin Trudeau's popularity, or destroy our hopes for…