The Oppression of Lawns
The concept of a lawn at a residence has a short, but rich, history. Basically, the rich had large estates and to demonstrate their wealth they had large swaths of…
August 2016
Water Rights, Muskrat Falls, and the Muskrat Falls Disaster #nlpoli
Forget everything else that you know about Muskrat Falls.The entire project hinged on Nalcor's ability to control water flows on the Churchill River. Nalcor's internal assessments showed that without the…
Jason Kenney and the Mexican Tour of Alberta
Yesterday I wrote about Jason Kenney's absurd pickup truck tour of Alberta, and his plans to ask Albertans to surrender their bedrooms.Which had me questioning his sanity.Well now as that…
A dispatch from the road: Enron and the power boys played Ralph Klein’s government for suckers
PHOTOS: With the revelations about how Enron and like companies got what they wanted from Ralph Klein’s government, are we seeing the sunset of Alberta’s disastrous experiment with electricity “deregulation”?…
Hollande makes labor reform bill official – POLITICO
http://www.politico.eu/article/francois-hollande-makes-labor-reform-bill-official-workers-unions/Filed under: Uncategorized
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Covered cats.
The Day Donald Trump Went Over the Deep End
He was already the most dangerous demagogue ever to run for President of the United States.He is a foul bigot, a creepy misogynist, a bloated narcissist with delusions of grandeur.He…
Le Sommet Noir (The Black Summit) — Hoodstock in Mtl
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1570476676589437/ Saturday at 10 AM – 11 PM Parc Henri-Bourassa, Montreal Le Sommet Noir est la 3e édition de Hoodstock, un événement visant à mobiliser les forces des communautés…
Salon du livre Queer entre les couvertures// Queer Between the Covers Book Fair
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1732493170296625/ Saturday August 13, 2016 11am to 6pm Centre communautaire de loisirs Sainte-Catherine d’Alexandrie 1700, Rue Amherst Métro Beaudry or Berri-UQàM This event is part of Pervers/cité, a radical…
Alerte antifasciste! La Ligue de défense juive prévoit manifester à Montréal cette semaine // The racist JDL plans to protest this Wednesday
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/193517527729402/ Alerte antifasciste! La Ligue de défense juive (LDJ) prévoit manifester à Montréal cette semaine Mobilisons-nous pour les en empêcher! Date et heure: mercredi le 10 août, 12h30 (pile!)…
U.S. Hydropower Vision Exposes B.C.’s Short-Sighted Thinking on Site C Dam
It sounds like a renewable energy utopia of the distant future. Twelve million houses with roofs covered in solar panels. Wind turbines whipping the equivalent energy of 170 Site C…
U.S. Hydropower Vision Exposes B.C.’s Short-Sighted Thinking on Site C Dam
It sounds like a renewable energy utopia of the distant future. Twelve million houses with roofs covered in solar panels. Wind turbines whipping the equivalent energy of 170 Site C…
Is the Queen of the Greens Pouting?
Elizabeth May was none too happy when the Green Party membership voted in favour of a motion supporting the Boycott Divest Sanction movement opposing Israel's illegal occupation of the Palestinian…
Justin Trudeau, Jason Kenney, election spending limits and PPAs
I joined Brock Harrison and Dónal O’Beirne to talk politics with Ryan Jespersen this morning on 630CHED. For your listening pleasure, here is part one and part two of our…
CANCELLED – Island Savings Centre Commission, August 11, 2016
Cowichan Valley Regional District Agenda Notification Service CANCELLED – Island Savings Centre Commission, August 11, 2016 http://www.cvrd.bc.ca/index.aspx?NID=993 This link provides access to CVRD meetings If clicking the link doesn’t wo...
Wall: Sky Darkens for Sunshine Premier
Photo by Courtney Markewich/CJME News Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall had already broken one promise even before he called the election: “We didn’t make a lot of election promises, but we…
Opposing the Discrimination of the JNF
Photo by Ethan Ableman Imagine during Jim Crow a Canadian political party polled its members about pressing Ottawa to stop subsidizing US racism only to be smeared by an organization…
August 9: The National Energy Board as a mole.
We'll start with items I received in my gmail, items you are most unlikely to find in the irving press.Press Release - Risk of Energy East to Water and Atlantic…
August 9: The National Energy Board as a mole.
We'll start with items I received in my gmail, items you are most unlikely to find in the irving press.Press Release - Risk of Energy East to Water and Atlantic…