An Alberta MP, Tory naturally, thinks it’s high time the Harper tyranny put an end to opposition questions. A supposed million dollar cost of responding to a few hundred written…
Nuclear power is probably mankind’s only real hope of weaning our civilization off fossil fuels in time to avert runaway global warming. By nuclear power I don’t mean the first…
Waves of tornadoes at this time of year? The U.S. doesn’t get tornadoes until much later in the year or at least that used to be the case. But that…
What’s most infuriating about the fierce debate over global warming is everything that’s left out. The denialists act as though the fact and severity of warming is the issue instead…
Anonymous dropped its Vic Toews bombshell today. It’s a very serious allegation of abuse of power which, if it stands, goes to the heart of the Harper government. I did…
Steve Harper used the Chretien-era “sponsorship scandal” as a springboard to power. Even though Paul Martin was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Gomery Commission, Harper didn’t hesitate to smear…
Israeli prime minister Benny Netanyahu is in town and his visit makes plain that he’s not interested in friendly countries supporting Israel, it’s their obedience he’s after. No problem with…
Did Vic Toews reward one of his mistresses with an appointment to the Manitoba Court of Queens Bench? That’s the allegation and, it’s claimed, the reason Harper removed Toews as…
A week ago someone supposedly representing the activist group Anonymous began posting youtube vids promising to out Vic Toews for unspecified perfidy today (Friday). This is the latest posted on…
When it comes to racist, this rings all the bells: “A little boy said to his mother; ‘Mommy, how come I’m black and you’re white?’ His mother replied, ‘Don’t even…
As long as the turd is painted Conservative blue, apparently there’s very little difference. Or at least that was the message that seemed to come through from reading this assessment…
Rightwing loudmouth Andrew Breitbart is no more. The 42-year old died last night apparently of natural causes. Salon.com chronicles Breitbart’s descent into the hardcore radical right. Or, if you want…
The battle to disrupt the Anonymous collective is underway. The latest campaign has been directed at Spanish-speaking activists. Spanish cops arrested several suspects earlier this week and further arrests followed…
This should play neatly into the hands of nutjob Republican candidate, Rick Santorum. As a devout, even rabid Catholic, Santorum draws a lot of flack for his extreme social conservatism…
Weighing the respective merits of the Athabasca Tar Sands and Canadian manufacturing is a hot button issue. Ontario premier McGuinty found that out when he state, quite rightly, that one…
If only we didn’t have the attention span of house flies. Some 50-groups are now wading through over 5-million e-mails obtained from the self-proclaimed ‘shadow CIA’ intelligence company, Stratfor. The…
A prominent associate of the US based Heartland Institute managed to teach a climate change course at Carleton University from 2009 to 2011. An audit found the course, taught by…
The Irish public may be charting the next round in the battle over European austerity politics. The coalition government in Dublin reluctantly yielded to overwhelming public pressure demanding a referendum…
One question – who allowed this to happen? “This” is the oxycontin addiction plague that has swept through northern native communities and may leave enormous suffering in its wake when…
It seems Steve can blow cold air too. He’s quick to talk big about his commitment to the Arctic but talk is cheap, even big talk. It’s when it comes…
