2015
Newsweek’s Obituary for the Athabasca Tar Sands
Is it time for the Barons of Bitumen to wave the white flag? That seems to be the case according to an article from the latest NewsWeek, “Keystone and the…
The Grand Illusion
Photo by Menendj In the years since 9/11, American police alone have killed at least twice as many Americans as died in that single large event, the annual toll of…
You May Find This Hard to Believe
Just in from NOAA, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. January, 2015 was the second hottest January on record. I know, I know – the Polar Vortex, all those…
Wearing a hijab bars litigant from court
In truly bizarre story (see link below) a Quebec judge refused to hear a woman wearing a hijab. The judge cited Article 13 of the regulations of the Court of…
What Stands Between Stephen Harper and a Spring Election Call?
Yesterday, apparently, some Ottawa journos were speculating about Stephen Harper dropping the writ today for a spring election. I was told last week that Harper has already brought in a…
Harper Gives Exclusive Interview To CostCo Magazine, Gets Bumped From Cover By Sarah Style
What’s more hilarious? @pmharper giving an “exclusive” interview to @costcocanada, or that it’s not the cover story? pic.twitter.com/79nYDyKWpv— Elias Makos (@eliasmakos) February 26, 2015 And they say Justin lacks gravitas.
Well, Internet, we did it. We stopped the Internet slow lane.
Well, Internet, we did it. Today, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced the strongest Net Neutrality rules possible. Experts everywhere agree that the new rules will entrench net neutrality and…
Benjamin Netanyahu and Stephen Harper’s Iran Bomb Problem
Well I'm sure you remember the day that Benjamin Netanyahu turned up at the United Nations with a crude cartoon bomb to claim that Iran could have a nuclear weapon…
Leaked RCMP Report Fuels Fears Harper’s Anti-Terrorism Bill will Target Enviros, First Nations
The federal government’s anti-terrorism bill C-51 was the subject of heated parliamentary debate recently after revelations that the RCMP characterized pipeline opponents and First Nations as “violent anti-petroleum extremists” in…
Leaked RCMP Report Fuels Fears Harper’s Anti-Terrorism Bill will Target Enviros, First Nations
The federal government’s anti-terrorism bill C-51 was the subject of heated parliamentary debate recently after revelations that the RCMP characterized pipeline opponents and First Nations as “violent anti-petroleum extremists” in…
Something For The Winter Weary
WARNING: SOME MAY FIND THE LYRICS IN THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIONABLE Others may find find they speak precisely for them: Recommend this Post
It Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Fascism, But It’s Still Facism – John Pilger
There’s a form of fascism that’s flourishing today and it’s even considered pretty respectable. Then again, old school fascism prior to WWII was also considered respectable in some pretty high…
Tweeting the Llama chase
It started innocuously enough: This is an Open Carry Llama State. #llamachase — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 26, 2015 But, it quickly got out of control: Madonna was on one…
Feb. 26: playing an old game….
The TandT has yet another Front page, banner headline story that tells us nothing significant about the Larry’s Gulch affair. Sometimes, that’s the only way to kill a story you…
Operation Alienation™
Operation Alienation™ hits the jackpot again – this time a family member, no less! What superior people management skills! What morale-building! What a proud legacy! What a spectacular mess they’ve…
Prime Minister and Allies Working to ‘Neutralize’ Environmental Opposition, Says Harperism Author Donald Gutstein
In his recent book Harperism: How Stephen Harper and His Think Tank Colleagues have Transformed Canada, author and adjunct SFU professor Donald Gutstein outlines a battle being waged in Canada…
It’s an Internet party, and everyone’s invited
We did it! Today, the FCC announced that it would not allow Big Telecom to create Internet slow lanes, and would preserve real net neutrality. Go to StopTheSlowdown.net to celebrate!…
Remember that Mysterious Crater in Siberia?
It caused a world wide uproar when a helicopter crew in Siberia overflew a massive crater in the permafrost in the summer of 2013. Within a week or two a…
Canada’s Trans* Rights Bill Now Endorses Bans in Washroom and Gendered Spaces
Canada’s trans* human rights bill C-279 was amended by a Senate committee, in a way that makes it legal to ban trans* people from washrooms and gendered spaces appropriate to…