The voters’ choice: People’s Order of BC winner
“…It was Morton who stunned U.S. scientists last fall with trace evidence found in wild salmon of a virus that killed millions of farmed fish in Chile. “Researchers from Washington…
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Serving humankind
Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax, Kim Willsher, The Guardian, May 29, 2012
Government – for people or for business?
Jumbo-friendly Bill Creates Municipality without Residents, The Tyee, Provincial legislation passed last week paves the road further toward construction of the controversial Jumbo Glacier ski resort and real estate development…
Volunteer photo person?
I’m writing articles that compare fast food products advertised and fast food products delivered to Canadian consumers. I need the skill of a photographer so that good photos are done…
Advance of fascism
Perhaps my concern in an earlier blog post about trending toward fascism missed an important proof. In July 2010, the chairman and cofounder of the Blackstone Group, one of the…
Rewarding friends, jailing opponents
Again in 2012, Alexandra Morton was not awarded an Order of BC. Perhaps she is not sufficiently distinguished or perhaps she failed to offer financial support in the way others…
Salute democracy while suppressing it
In British online news magazine The Week, Alexander Cockburn gives his take on America. Had he turned eyes north, the American based writer would have noticed similar trends in Canada.…
Pollution monitors kicked out the door
What would your choice be? Would you provide chauffeurs on standby 16 hours a day so that every cabinet minister could avoid the shame of riding in a taxi but…
Coleman regulates the ‘independent’ regulator
if we needed more evidence that BC Hydro has become the tool of financial pirates, Rich Coleman provided it Tuesday with news that public hearings scheduled to begin a month…
Liberals legislate silence from environmentalists
Virus sparks quarantine on B.C. salmon farm, Curt Petrovich, CBC News, May 17, 2012 “B.C.’s salmon farming industry is on high alert after the discovery of a lethal fish virus…
Add to your bookmarks
Keep your eyes on 2010 Gold Rush – News and Views on Vancouver 2010 (And Beyond) From Bob Mackin. On Twitter, follow hashtag #LiquorLeaks as Bob reports on Liberal friends…
Say, what?
In making consumer choices, most of us don’t have time for careful sorting of fact from fiction. As a result, we rely on sources presumed to be accurate and free…
From Doug Pyper
Hi Friends, I just sent a message to Premier Christy Clark recommending that the Government of British Columbia inform the Government of Canada that the province is now exercising its…
Debt history of BC Hydro
BC Liberals and their media surrogates regularly accuse BC’s NDP government of responsibility for “skyrocketing spending and debt.” Not that it matters to Liberal supporters, but we can determine if…
More from the Not-Net-Zero folks
The succinct words from Blog Borg Collective: Bullshit
Using police to suppress political opponents
RCMP conducted five-month national security probe into leaked F-35 story, Murray Brewster and Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press, May 16, 2012 “The Harper government called in the RCMP to investigate…
Lady Christy can sink no lower
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Evidence of corruption mounts
Economist Erik Andersen, writing at The Common Sense Canadian, contemplates why BC Hydro “indulged in its aggressive contracting with Independent Power Producers in BC when domestic demand increases are non-existant.”…
Parenting, North Carolina style
North Carolina Pastor Encourages Parents to Use Violence on Effeminate Children “Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist.…