Let’s Call It "Differential Migration"
If you want to see what climate change looks like, venture no further than the beaches of southern California. There you’ll find hundreds of starving and dead seal and sea…
2015
Thrown Under the Omnibus: C-51 the Latest in Harper’s Barrage of Sprawling, Undemocratic Bills
In 1982, an omnibus bill proposed by the Pierre Trudeau government provoked such indignation in parliamentarians that the official opposition whip refused to show up in the House of Commons.…
Saving the Link: what we’ve accomplished so far, and where we’re headed
Yesterday the Save the Link network launched, to great success. The global network has been months in the making, and aims to bring together civil society organizations, web businesses, and…
Cameron Stages an Upset?
The New York Times and Foreign Policy are reporting that exit polls indicate a surprise surge in support for Conservative prime minister David Cameron, a.k.a. “Captain Austerity.” CBC News reports…
The Freedom of Omar Khadr and the Shame of the Con Regime
I wrote my first post on Omar Khadr eight years ago, and called it The Guantanamo Kid and Canada's Shame.And nothing that has happened since has ever changed my view.…
Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair and Former PC Prime Minister Joe Clark Speak On Bill 51
And now let’s hear from Former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Joe Clark
The Latest in the Drip-Drip-Duffy saga: Going Squirrelly
Here’s the latest revelations in the Drip-Drip-Duffy saga: Plan to prevent Duffy ‘from going squirrelly’ During the course of the interviews, the RCMP also cited a February 2013 email from…
SFH! Palma Violets! PATV!
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Tracing the ‘Endless War’ on Environmentalists Back to the War in the Woods
No one admits to recording Richard Berman’s address to a room full of energy executives in Colorado Springs in June 2014, but it’s an eye-opener. One unnamed industry executive recorded…
The Four Books
For many centuries, the core of Chinese education was focused on four classical works from the Confucian school: The Analects, The Great Learning, The Mencius, and Maintaining Perfect Balance. This…
Fair and Balanced Questions
As you probably know, “Fair and Balanced” is the Fox News tagline that exists to trick the more easily fooled into thinking that’s what their actual objective is. Check out…
Repeated Lies are Still Lies
How do you make people believe blatant lies? It seems that, in the estimation of the Conservative Party of Canada, the answer to that question is you repeat them incessantly.…
Omar Khadr’s Lawyer: "Mr. Harper Is A Bigot. Mr. Harper Does Not Like Muslims."
Denis Edney’s stinging rebuke of Stephen Harper and his regime’s contemptuous treatment of Omar Khadr over the years will resonate with all fair-mined Canadians. Recommend this Post
May 7:Remember how Moncton mourned the deaths of three police?
They were killed by a man using a combat-style rifle (high rate of fire, large capacity magazine). It was a rifle of no hunting value. (If you miss a deer…
Immigration Consequences of Sentence Proper to Consider
R. v. Nassri, 2015 ONCA 316 The appellant does not argue that the sentence imposed by the trial judge was unfit. He does submit that when the drastic and unforeseen…
Stephen Harper, an Anti-Muslim Bigot
If they’re not suing words, there sure as hell fighting words. Despite our prime monster’s best efforts, former child soldier Omar Khadr has been granted bail. Justice Myra Bielby ruled…
Measuring David Cameron’s Future – Will That Be Inches or Hours?
When the votes are counted at the end of the day, David Cameron may well remain Britain’s prime minister. As for tomorrow, all bets are off. …he may only hold…
"It Was Only a Matter of Time"
It’s taken two million years but we’ve done it! Finally, we’ve reached CO2 levels exceeding 400 parts per million everywhere on the planet, even the Arctic. The milestone was announced…