Messing Up the Food Chain. Can’t We Leave Enough for the Whales?
Okay, they’re not really whales. They’re a large species of dolphin but the Orca, a.k.a. Killer Whales, are one of the most majestic creatures here on the wet coast. Unfortunately,…
2018
I never said that Patrick Brown was a deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous equivocating, fallacious, false, fibbing, fraudulent, lying sack of shit
I didnt say that, but: Author Warren Kinsella never wastes audience time on nuance when he's doing our show "If Patrick Brown were hooked up to a lie detector, he'd…
A Cannabis Beacon
For those seeking to ingest ‘the herb’ legally and are looking forward to the opening of bricks and mortar stores in Ontario April 1st, Premier Doug Ford has taken all…
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday November 15, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Where a person dies without a will, an intestacyarises.…
May warns Ottawa will be forced to pay for oilpatch cleanup costs
Photo by Alex Tétreault Green Leader Elizabeth May is warning that taxpayers across Canada could soon be forced to bail out Alberta’s oilpatch because of a failure to adequately manage…
Selling Well
Doug Ford’s Conservatives are ripping away at each other. And Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives are engaged in the same self-flagellation. Maxime Bernier is attempting to blow up the federal Conservative Party.…
Israel’s Mockery of Security: 101 Actions Israel Could Take
Photo by U.S. Embassy Jerusalem Israel has made a colossal mockery of the concept of security. In debating an Israeli friend from Jerusalem, I challenged him that Israel consciously plans…
Bernier’s bonus: “No more political correctness.”
As MP Maxime Bernier continues to build his new party of the far right, he is finding easy hunting in Alberta. The MP from Beauce claims some 30,000 memberships sold…
Big Data Proves Bicycles are the Fastest Mode of Transportation
Regular readers of this site already know that in urban settings using a bicycle is the best way to get around. Thanks to an on-demand food delivery company there is…
fact: it is really hard to leave friends and comrades
This is the tough part. And it’s really tough. Friends, union sisters and brothers, the activist network. Saying goodbye. Leaving this place, Mississauga, is easy and exciting. Leaving a job…
SaskPotty Cave Men Are Liars
You and Minister Duncan are liars, and are harming Saskatchewan's chance at adapting to #climatechange. Stop fighting the #carbontax, and start making a plan to leave office so real leaders…
Donald Trump’s Scary Five Days of Fury
There was clearly something terribly wrong with Donald Trump during his recent visit to France.He seemed bitter, paranoid, angry. Afraid of everything, including the rain.It was clear that the midterm…
LA Times – Trump’s "Cocoon of Bitterness and Resentment"
It’s perceptible, even palpable. Donald Trump is showing the strain of the mid-term elections. He’s looking worn and acting like an angry child. This, from the Los Angeles Times: For…
Calgary’s Olympic bid is dead, but don’t completely rule out a zombie moment
Moments after 10 p.m. last night, the few Albertans nervously paying attention outside Calgary received word voters in Cowtown had clearly said no to the idea of a re-do in…
Is Maxime Bernier Hurting Andrew Scheer’s Cons Already?
Ever since Maxime Bernier left the Cons to form his own party, the People's Party or Max Party, Andrew Scheer has been desperately trying to ignore him. Trying to pretend,…
It’ll Be the Death of Us All. Trudeau’s Failed Climate Policy.
I like to think George Monbiot had Justin Trudeau in mind when he wrote: Those to whom we look for solutions trundle on as if nothing has changed. As if…
Monbiot on "Climate Breakdown" – a Call to Arms
The signs are inescapable. They still take many of us by surprise. A lot of us can’t or desperately seek to avoid having to connect the dots but that does…
Maybe Newspapers Don’t Have to Fail (Even If Some Really Should)
Except that is for the National Post. It needs to be put out of its misery. Adios, Paul Godfrey and take Black with you, preferably before the power is cut…
Earthgauge News – November 13, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/mixdown-18-11-13.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online…