On Thigh Gap
My daughter is worried about it. She just turned 11. She’s been sick from the heat a couple times because she wears jeans everywhere. It’s a problem. I told a…
2015
Paying Back Our Carbon Debt
This is concerning information. The scariest climate paragraph I've read today: http://t.co/p8qLzSyHRB pic.twitter.com/HS4PhTzbDd — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) July 13, 2015 So, how do our politicians (in B.C. and elsewhere) deal…
The Gradual Wake-Up
I believe that we are very slowly awakening from a terrible economic and political nightmare. That nightmare is neo-liberalism. For forty years now the global population has been fed a…
centre of the universe 2015-07-14 12:38:08
Dear effbook: I know we don’t know each other very well. I mean. You hardly notice me except when you want to force me to shut down my primary account…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Oscar-Winner Laura Poitras Sues After U.S Ignores FOIA Request – The Intercept Why was Oscar-winning Snowden documentarian detained 50+ times in US airports? – Ars…
Treating Syriza Responsibly
Photo by Sharon Mollerus As against those on the international left so keen to put the boot in against the Syriza government with the charge that they had abjectly capitulated…
Québécois solidarity with Greece
Québec solidaire president Andrés Fontecilla speaks at Montréal rally in solidarity with Greece Greece’s battle for relief from its European financial creditors has attracted substantial sympathy and solidarity in Quebec,…
Let my people go!
To the barricades! We have nothing to lose but our dog collars!
Unfriendly Fire
One hopes and expects that veterans have long memories; if they do, the Harper regime will find their lies catching up with them. A new campaign, entitled Vote To Stop…
On teasers
Yes, this will do nicely as the trailer for the long-awaited film The Fall of the Harper Conservatives: But let’s make sure people know where to find the full screenplay.…
In Japan, Abandoned Gold Courses Become Solar Farms
Golf courses have a well deserved reputation of being absolutely horrible for the environment. Golf courses are responsible for deforestation and damaging local ecological systems all while consuming an absurd…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jim Stanford highlights how the Cons are focused on exactly the wrong priority in pushing for cuts at a time when Canada’s…
Star candidate or sacrificial lamb?
If the son of late author Mordecai Richler had been offered his choice of electoral districts for the October election, the last choice should have been Toronto-St. Paul’s. This is…
It’s All Hogwash
http://www.quotationof.com These days, Michael Harris writes, the Conservative majority in the Senate is sounding more and more like Donald Trump: If there is anyone left in the country who still…
The triumph of reason and science – a close-up look at Pluto!
(0) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
How the State of the Economy Could Kill the Harper Cons
As you know Stephen Harper is now engaged in a delicate balancing act, or caught in a compromising position.He's trying to claim that when the economy was doing well it…
It was Greek to me #nlpoli
After days of intense talks, the Europeans apparently have finally reached a final deal to help Greece out of its latest financial misery. Greece is broke. With a gross domestic…
A Soft Coup in Greece
Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, debt, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Was the Senate report on ‘countering’ the threat of terrorism intended to incite hatred for political gain?
PHOTOS: Conservative members of the Senate of Canada answer questions about their “interim report” on countering terrorist threats to Canada. Actual Conservative Senators may not appear exactly as illustrated –…
If You Don’t Know What to Call It, Try "Blitzkrieg"
It’s the same old problem – once you get the panzers rolling, how in heaven do you stop them? Writing in Foreign Policy, Philippe LeGrain laments the sack of Athens…