Nowak: "A worse proposition than almost anywhere"
It’s official: the price is too damn high. And that’s the message that the CRTC needs to hear from you. Send your message at http://unblockcanada.ca/?src=fba Article by Peter Nowak for…
2015
August 12: I may add a supplement to this one…
The problem is that it’s hard to write every day about a newspaper that is trivial and almost empty of either thought or information. So I might add a follow…
Oh, Damn! Jimmy Carter has Cancer.
The most decent president in modern memory, Jimmy Carter, has announced that he has cancer and it has spread throughout his body, apparently metastasized. He’s the sort of gentleman who’ll…
Big Day Tomorrow – It’s Earth Overshoot Day – August 13, 2015.
Tomorrow is Earth Overshoot Day, the date on which mankind has gobbled up a full year’s worth of renewable resources – biomass, water and such. The date falls a couple…
Duffy & Senate Scandal: Email snippets
Going squirrelly Nigel Wright is on the stand, and a blizzard of emails is being released (see hereand hereabout them and how to access them). In no particular order, here…
North Cowichan Prepare To Empty And Then Refill Their Massive Aquatic Centre Pool During Drought
CHEK TV and CBC News ran stories about the Island Savings Aquatic Centre (The Cowichan Community Centre Pool)- being drained and then refilled. North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure This is…
Sure, Nigel, So Why Didn’t You Just Write Him a Cheque and Be Done With It?
Let the narrative unfold. Nigel Wright says he gave Duffy a cheque for $90,000 to clear the Cavendish Cottager’s Senate tab because he felt an obligation to Old Duff. Really,…
Changing the channel: words of wisdom from The Rainmaker
(Who I miss very, very much, by the way. I adored that man.) Here’s what Senator Davey famously said: “If the other guy says, ‘You’re fat,’ don’t say, ‘I’m not.’…
When a Couple at McDonald’s Said I Shouldn’t Feed My Son in Public
I am fortunate to write for the marvellous site, The Mighty. Here’s my latest post for the good folks there – and if you feel like a daily dose of…
Linda McQuaig is right, but there’s more to it
Since her common-sense quip that most of Canada’s tar sands reserves will have to stay in the ground, Linda McQuaig has been vilified by much of the political establishment and…
First Nations Seek Injunction to Stop Site C Dam Work, Destruction of Eagle Nests
Two Treaty 8 First Nations have applied for an injunction to prevent BC Hydro from cutting down trees containing eagle nests in preparation for construction of the controversial Site C…
First Nations Seek Injunction to Stop Site C Dam Work, Destruction of Eagle Nests
Two Treaty 8 First Nations have applied for an injunction to prevent BC Hydro from cutting down trees containing eagle nests in preparation for construction of the controversial Site C…
Two Buddies: Kim Jong-un and Stephen Harper
Can you tell the difference? One is the ruler of North Korea and other is the ruler of Canada.
The Incredible Cowardice of Bubble Boy Harper
As you know Stephen Harper is planning to put as much distance between himself and the Mike Duffy trial as he possibly can. Even if that means taking his travelling…
Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi on rumoured LNG project in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford
STATEMENT – Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi on rumoured LNG project in Cowichan-Malahat-Langford August 12, 2015 Unconfirmed reports suggest that the Malahat First Nation and Steelhead LNG are planning to announce a liquified…
Would you invite kids to a fundraiser at a shooting range? Colin Carrie did
Oshawa MP Colin Carrie is doing just that. Quote (and from the Sun, no less): TORONTO – Conservatives in Oshawa are hunting up donations with a “family friendly” fundraiser at…
Want to go to heaven? Clime the ladder.:
A Chinese man builds a ladder to heave from fireworks in memory of his mother who passed away.
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Your news links for today: When Phone Encryption Blocks Justice – New York Times The Many Things Wrong With the Anti-Encryption Op-Ed in the New York Times – The Intercept…
Signifying Nothing
It is a taleTold by an idiot, full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing. Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5 In the above quotation, the beleaguered Macbeth, facing his final battle, is…