Israel —-Palestine
PARIS — An encounter with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Paris climate conference should not be misinterpreted as a harbinger of a rapprochement, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said…
December 2015
Are We Living a False Reality? Bill McKibben Writes Big Fossil’s Obituary.
Canadians, especially western Canadians, still see our country as a petro-state rich in oil and gas. Bill McKibben, of 350.org, says technology has already put that dream to rest. If…
Drinking and Christmas
It's nearly Christmas and it's a time for parties and happy times with friends and family. Unfortunately it's also a time when people tend to overindulge and drink too much.…
Refugees from the Middle East
It is heartbreaking. Why we humans are so cruel? Middle East turmoil has left millions homeless. Sad!
Phoney expressions of outrage happening in five…four…three…
Who cares. The adults get RCMP help, but the infants are supposed to fend for themselves? Dumb. #cdnpoli #cbc https://t.co/JYyhA1doWw — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 1, 2015
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Your news links for today: Dark Clouds Over the Internet - New York Times Surprise! The NSA Is Still Spying On You - Gizmodo UK ISP boss points out massive…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Your news links for today: Dark Clouds Over the Internet - New York Times Surprise! The NSA Is Still Spying On You - Gizmodo UK ISP boss points out massive…
Global Leaders Fight for New 1.5 Degrees Warming Target at COP21 Climate Talks
A coalition of vulnerable countries is pushing the global community to adopt a new 1.5 degree global warming target at the ongoing climate talks in Paris. The group of countries,…
Simple Ways to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
We have the technology today to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 12 gigatonnes! This is based off of looking at only 17 possible climate change solutions. The world…
First Days at Paris Climate Talks: Riots, Selfies and a Whole Lot of Expectation
A lot of people today have been asking whether the ‘French gamble’ paid off. Did having over 150 heads of state in Paris for the first day of COP21 set…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Mason weighs in on how income and wealth inequality spill over into every corner of a person's life:It is very possible to…
Canada Could Actually Help Strengthen the World’s Climate Agreement in Paris
This is a guest post by Dale Marshall, national energy program manager with Environmental Defence. There’s a lot of hope for the U.N. climate change summit starting this week. And…
They want the show and substance too.
“My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends – it gives a lovely light!” Edna St. Vincent Millay…
In this week’s Hill Times: help wanted
The worst newspaper columnist in Canada – The Writer Who Shall Not Be Named – is not impressed. Justin Trudeau’s government, which has been governing for 26 days – not…
Canada: Conservatives Not Wanted
In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canadians said goodbye to the last Conservative government in Canada. It was a crushing defeat for the Newfoundland and Labrador Conservatives. This is a first*. I…
Vast left-wing conspiracy, exposed
Like no less than Carol (public servants are acting like “teenaged groupies”) Goar and others, I was profoundly uncomfortable with the greeting that the public servants at Foreign Affairs gave…
Trudeau Promises More Science, Indigenous Perspectives in Climate Action at COP21
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told international dignitaries that “Canada is back,” Monday in his speech at the opening of the COP21 climate talks in Paris. Trudeau told the crowd, “our…
Stephen Harper’s Day of Defeat and Embarrassment
Well one thing is for sure. In his lonely loser bunker, surrounded by the last of his loyal Cons, somewhere between Alberta and Paraguay, Stephen Harper is having another bad…
iraq war resisters still need your help: tell the liberal government to let them stay
I rarely blog about the War Resisters Support Campaign anymore, but the war resisters are always on my mind. In fact, they're in my thoughts more than ever, now that…