Everything You Need to Know About DilBit
Confused about diluted bitumen, the stuff Ottawa and Alberta are so determined to push through British Columbia? It’s not easy to find balanced information on dilbit so it was great…
The Mound of Sound
Dumb Shit Dies
Some people don’t deserve to live. Michael Bayless was one of them. The 33-year old from Indiana died when his 3-year old son squeezed the trigger on his dad’s loaded…
Mountie Monty Off the Hook
Recently resigned RCMP coporal Monty Robinson will serve no time for killing a young motorcyclist, Orion Hutchinson in Delta, B.C. in 2008. Evidence revealed Robinson was driving home from a…
Why Buy Obsolete Warplanes?
The F-35 is about one thing, stealth. This light attack bomber sacrifices everything for that one quality, stealth. It sacrifices payload and range, two pretty important abilities for a penetration…
He’s Back. Stevie Boy’s BFF, Bruce Carson, Charged with Fraud
I’ve been wondering what rock Harper aide Bruce Carson has been hiding under of late. Bruce Carson, 66, has been charged with one count of what’s formally referred to as…
American Olympic Hero on "Mitt the Twit" Romney
Nine-time gold medalist Carl Lewis had a pithy comment on Mitt Romney. “I swear, sometimes I think some Americans shouldn’t leave the country. Are you kidding me? Stay home if…
And We’re Fueling China for What Exactly?
Stevie Boy Harper is dead keen on exporting Athabasca bitumen to China, just as much and as fast as he can. But why is Steve suddenly so fond of China,…
About That Link Between CO2 and Warming
A team of Australian and Danish researchers has shown that CO2 was more instrumental in ending the last ice age than previously believed. The scientists examined ancient air trapped in…
Climate Skeptics Really Are the Tin Foil Hat Brigade
New research confirms the nutjob factor is alive and well among those who refuse to accept the reality of global warming. People who endorsed conspiracy theories such as “9/11 was…
The SEC Weighs in on Climate Change
Climate change is a fact and, according to the powerful U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, it’s a material fact that companies must disclose to their investors in SEC filings. Agribusiness…
A Common Sense Admiral
Jonathan Greenert says he supports the F-35 light strike bomber but the man does have reservations. Admiral Greenert has whipped up a storm by saying that advantages from America’s prized…
This Is Greatness
Since I was 14, maybe 15, this was my favourite band. 40-years later it still is. This was probably this band at it’s peak – 1978. Magic.
The Northern Gateway Liability Trap
A major part of Harper’s perfidy lies in the way the Northern Gateway is structured with liability cut-outs to let the major players escape liability. IslandTides.com has an eye-opening feature…
What’s Up? Flash Floods, That’s What.
From Britain to Africa, America to China and Russia, India to Canada, no corner of the world seems immune to flash flooding. Is global warming the culprit? In most cases,…
Are You Part of the Problem?
Chris Hedges’ latest column for TruthDig explores how western society has degenerated into myopic careerism in which facts and reality are impertinences. David Lloyd George, who was the British prime…
Oh Those Wacky Conservatives
From McClatchey Newspapers
Harper Ditches the Snitches
Why has Stevie Boy Harper gutted fisheries and marine protection services and staff, leaving the British Columbia coast seriously unprotected, just as he’s pushing through the greatest environmental threat our…
Bitumen’s Oh So Dirty Little Secrets
There are some things that never come up when discussing the Athabasca Tar Sands or shipping bitumen to China. The difference between bitumen and conventional oil never comes up. Bitumen…
Are We Going This Alone?
Will British Columbians stand alone against Alberta’s bitumen pipelines? What I’m reading is that the populations of other provinces seem to support the Northern Gateway and Kinder-Morgan pipeline/bitumen-supertanker initiatives. And…
How to Fight Climate Change Deniers
Our problem coping with climate change skeptics could be solved, perhaps, by bringing them out in the open – the lot of them, all at once. Climate change science mainly…