Donald Trump’s Hellish Day On the Campaign Trail
As you may know Donald Trump has been trying to reach out to to African American voters, by visiting black churches and asking one wacko preacher after the other to…
September 2016
City assessed school property at sale price #nlpoli
City councillor Jonathan Galgay attacked the school board and the provincial government over the sale of IJ Samson school for $189,000 after the purchaser put the thing on the market…
Conservatives and Relativism About Truth
As the U.S Presidential election campaign intensifies, the national polls there show Hillary Clinton’s lead dissolving, and the race turning into a virtual dead heat. I am not surprised. The…
Conservatives and Relativism About Truth
As the U.S Presidential election campaign intensifies, the national polls there show Hillary Clinton’s lead dissolving, and the race turning into a virtual dead heat. I am not surprised. The…
Electoral Reform Committee Launches Cross-Canada Public Consultation Tour
On Monday September 19, 2016, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform launched its cross-Canada tour to consult Canadians on the best alternative to replace the current anti-democratic first-past-the-post system. The…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2016-09-21 20:20:00
90 % of Grassy Narrows Residents Suffer Mercury Poisoning The researchers say people who were not born when 9,000 kilograms of mercury was dumped into the English and Wabigoon River…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2016-09-21 20:20:00
90 % of Grassy Narrows Residents Suffer Mercury PoisoningThe researchers say people who were not born when 9,000 kilograms of mercury was dumped into the English and Wabigoon River systems…
Is This the First Crack in Fossil Fuel’s Dike?
The Amalgamated Bank of America is divesting its fossil fuel holdings. It's not a big deal, just 4-billion dollars, but it's the bank's reasoning that could spark seismic change.The decision…
Sounds Like Putin Wants His Own CSIS
I think this paragraph from Foreign Policy speaks volumes:Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Kommersant, is planning a major overhaul of the country’s security services. The Russian daily reported that…
Why Trudeau’s Commitment to Harper’s Old Emissions Target Might Not Be Such Bad News After All
On Sunday, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced that the federal government will stick with the previous government’s target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The news, delivered via an interview with…
Sept. 21: The rise of capitalism, and the collapse of Christianity.
Big headline for Tuesday's irving press. Our leading m.p., Dominic Leblanc, expresses hope that the Energy Pipeline will go through - even though there is no study yet to show…
Remind Me, Why Do We Put Up With This Garbage from China?
Imagine a drug so potent and dangerous that the US government limits production of it to just 19 grams, barely half an ounce.Now imagine why someone in China tried to…
Too Much Truth to Bear?
From AlterNet:The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that black men in Boston who avoid run-ins with police officers may be justifiably motivated by a desire to “avoid the recurring…
Collingwood is being investigated
Collingwood Council and town administration are in trouble. The Ontario Energy Board (OEB) is investigating them and their recent activities with regards to Collus-PowerStream and its board of directors. This…
America’s Institutional Racism
I caught a few moments of live coverage of US Secretary of State, John Kerry's lecture to the UN Security Council this morning in response to an apparent Russian or…
Harper’s Favourite Jailbird – A Man of Many Convictions.
Bruce "The Mechanic" Carson has added to his score. This time it's three counts of illegal lobbying.Carson broke the law while pushing Harper’s fossil fuels friendly agenda from two perches.…
Climate Refugees? We Don’t Have a Plan for That
While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau maintains relatively high popularity numbers here in Canada, they pale in comparison to the borderline rock star status the Canadian Prime Minister currently has on…
Elizabeth Warren Eviscerates Wells Fargo CEO
The world may need more Canada, but it also needs more Elizabeth Warren. A tireless defender of the unrepresented, i.e., the majority of Americans, the Democratic Senator, as you will…
How To Let Go Of The World And Love All The Things Climate Cannot Change
Like many of you, I have watched Gasland, Gasland II and the Sky Is Pink. Josh Fox has been a trailblazer digging in and challenging the oil and gas trade.…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Paul Wells argues that climate change and First Nations reconciliation - two of the issues which the Libs have tried to turn into signature…