Hi Folks. Miss Me?
I know a few people did. Hell, even Jeff Goodall sent his warm regards. Long story short, extended hospital stays suck. The food is flavorless. The beds are too narrow.…
2015
Canada’s Privacy Plan
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Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Federal Court of Appeal rejects Big Telecom’s efforts to delay implementation of wireless customer protection rules
victoryfb.jpg Federal Court of Appeal rejects Big Telecom’s efforts to delay implementation of wireless customer protection rules May 19, 2015 – The Federal Court of Appeal today has rejected Big…
Europe faces second revolt as Portugal’s ascendant Socialists spurn austerity – Telegraph
Europe faces second revolt as Portugal’s ascendant Socialists spurn austerity – Telegraph. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Europe faces the risk of a second revolt by Left-wing forces in the South after…
ConCalls: Documentary Rolling Across Canada #RoboCon
Peter is making a film about the RoboCon election fraud. His tour gets started tomorrow in Guelph, where the most famous incident in hundreds of ridings took place. . @edayfilm…
IMF study: Fossil fuel industry gets $5.3 TRILLION in public subsidies a year
A tar sands operation in Fort McMurray, Alberta (photo: Chris Krüg) Read this shocking May 19 story from the EU Observer on a new study by the International Monetary Fund…
A punk picture is worth…
Less than a thousand words, that’s for sure. But here is a bunch of pix from Friday’s show with us, Palma Violets and PATV. What a great night, maaaan.
You are not special
A thoughtful message to new graduates: the 2012 Wellesley High School graduation speech delivered by David McCullough, Jr., son of the famous American writer, historian and broadcaster.
May 19: Let’s get serious
First, a well-deserved acknowledgement that I forgot to make. Saturday’s Faith page had a sermonette by Brett Annington who is chaplain at University of New Brunswick. This is what a…
Economist Robyn Allan Publicly Withdraws From Review of Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline: “The Game is Rigged”
Economist and former ICBC president and CEO Robyn Allan withdrew from the National Energy Board’s (NEB) review of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project Tuesday, saying she can…
Polievre and the election wrinkle
It’s not exactly news that Stephen Harper and his merry band are willing to cut a few corners when it comes to getting democratically elected. It’s also probably not news…
Just How Risky is Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion?
With the May 27 deadline for evidence submission to the National Energy Board’s review of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project fast approaching, the cities of Burnaby and Vancouver are…
Mike Duffy Saga
Harper sure knows how to appoint Senators, Pamela Wallin, Patrick Brazeau, and the notorious Mike Duffy. Harper campaigned against an appointed Senate, against privilege and corruption, in 2006, only to…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Elizabeth Warren reminds us (PDF) that previous trade agreements were packaged with the same promises of labour and environmental standards being used…
Reflections on McChesney: Problematics of Media Self-Regulation
FULL DISCLOSURE: I worked as a mainstream news reporter between 2003 and 2012. News media goes where many cannot or will not. It infiltrates the halls of power, the courtrooms,…