JDL Off To Quebec…
…to picket Stephane Gendron’s office. Gendron is mayor of Huntingdon, Quebec and a small-time radio shock-jock. His most recent comments re Israel’s right to exist, when seen in their full…
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Rafe Mair On The Northern Gateway Pipeline
I oppose violence with every remaining sinew in my body but I’m saying to Harper and Oliver that violence is what their policies will bring. I haven’t had a fight…
We Do Not Comment On Bullshit Polls…
…conducted barely eight months into a four year mandate. Even (marginally) encouraging ones. And hardly a reason to plump for Bob as LPoC leader this far in advance of the…
Climate Scientists Send In The Lawyers
Climate Science Legal Defense Fund Gets New Backing PEER Sponsors Effort to Counter Fossil-Fueled Attacks on Climate Scientists Washington, DC — The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund (CSLDF) has found…
Section 13 Swan Song?
The story of Cran Campbell, who is on a mission to keep hate-speech off Craigslist: After sending a complaint to the CHRC in the fall, Campbell received a response this…
Denier Defunded
The much-criticised author and climate policy sceptic Bjorn Lomborg has told the Ecologist he is the victim of a vendetta after his funding was cut by the Danish government. Bjorn’s…
Corbella Story Collapses Utterly
In a story a week or so back, Licia Corbella intimated that someone in the environmentalist camp was signing fake names to the list of people asking to make oral…
How’s That Ethical Oil Thing Working For You? Part II!
Actually, a bit better than it was. Mind you, WK says discount anything Forum Research puts out.. h/t
How Crazy Has American Politics Become?
This crazy:h/t
Trost Drops Hints?
Inertia and piecemeal solutions are the order of the day, unfortunately. Something major needs to be done. Getting rid of the Indian Act would be a good start. If legislation…
Would You Like Fries With That, Sir?
The result of a survey of unemployment rates among college graduates: Nice to see what would happen if they split up “Communications/Journalism” into two catagories. Writing up press releases for…
We’re Number 9!
Nine of the ten hottest years on record have been since 2000. 2011 was the ninth hottest year on record, and those records go back 130 years. Just a reminder.…
Paul Wells On Northern Gateway
Sure, he’s recycling the work of bloggers without giving acknowledgement (mostly DC; maybe me a bit). Sure, some of it is unintentionally funny: a Conservative insider insisting that there is…
Do Tar Sands Have Libel Lawyers?
Levant said the oilsands have been “defamed” by a number of organizations… Ezra, getting them all riled up in Fort Mac.
Harper Will Meet First Nations Next Tuesday; Plans To Bugger Off Early
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to leave by lunch time during next Tuesday’s meeting with hundreds of First Nations leaders in Ottawa, according to chiefs in Ontario and British…
If Your iPad Seems A Bit Slow
As many as 10 fake iPad 2s, all made of slabs of modeling clay, were recently sold at electronic stores in Vancouver, British Columbia. Best Buy and Future Shop have…
Rumour: Quebecor To Cut Management Staff
I heard yesterday there was finally going to be some trimming at the management level due to creation of one sales force. Less advertising managers was the story going around.…
Their Audience Is "Indeed Miniscule"
The verdict so far on Fox News North: So who does watch Sun News Network? “The vast majority of the few viewers SNN does get are way over 50, outside…
Wind Concerns Busted!
A prominent anti-wind-power group is under fire amid accusations it broke election financing by running a negative advertising campaign against Liberal candidates last fall. They say Wind Concerns Ontario failed…
A Touching Rapprochement Between Muslim And Christian
Except its over the wrong damn issue: January 16, 2012 (theCatholicThing.org) – The 10 p.m. negotiating session was set to go all night long. This was the last night of…