Gilmour’s Authors
Well, there aren’t that many gals on my bookshelf, so I can’t fault him on that score. The real issue is: how does a guy as obscure as David Gilmour…
Canadians call on Harper to say no to extreme U.S.-driven Internet censorship proposals at final TPP talks next week
OpenMedia_Logo.png Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca, Canadians are speaking out against secretive U.S. plans to censor the Internet and restrict free expression online September 26, 2013 – Led by citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca,…
2013 Cowichan Local Government ‘Stupid Awards’
Richard HughesPolitical Blogger In an attempt to win back some of accolades and spotlight from the CVRD, North Cowichan Council has seen the CVRD’s mishandling of the contaminated soil issue,…
Blogging Hiatus
We are off for a sojourn in the Venice area. Since I will only be bringing my Blackberry Playbook with me, a pain to write with thanks to its electronic…
"So, Do You Work?"
A stranger asks, “What do you do?”. They really mean, ‘do you WORK?’. When you reply that you care for a loved one, they look past your shoulder, scanning the…
Harper Continues To Isolate Canada
With Harper and his band of geniuses running around the UN this, it’s actually been kind of interesting. As I pointed out back in May, Harper’s foreign policy has served…
Please Support Cowichan Green Community’s FruitSave Program
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger The Cowichan Green Community is an ever growing asset in the Cowichan Valley. Here they are once again reaching out with a most worthwhile program. This…
Stephen Harper gives cold shoulder to Ban Ki-Moon on Climate Change (repost)
I did this picture in May 2010. There has been change for the worse. Now that Harper has majority he has become full time salesman for oil companies, Tar Sands,…
Conspicuous Consumption at Its Finest
When you really need to say, “I’ve got mine and you and your planet can go straight to Hell,” nothing beats a mega-yacht just like any of these currently on…
Bashar Al- Assad will now follow international norms
Power addiction is dangerous as it could turn some of the powerful into a mass-murderer. It is hard to understand this aspect of human nature. Assad is up there with…
France Bans Child “Beauty” Pageants
The bizarre practice of over-sexualizing prepubescent girls on stages in front of people has now been banned in France. I’ve never understood the reasoning behind these pageants and it’s nice…
Police Surveillance
For those interested in the best way of ensuring police behave themselves, the following is a timely reminder of what our rights are when filming them: For more information, check…
Antero Resources’s Proposed $500M Fracking Water Pipeline a Costly Wager for Drinking Water Supply
This is a guest post by Clint Robertson. There’s been a lot of hype about Keystone XL over the past few months. The proposed pipeline extension, which would carry tar…
Failure to prove time of offence does not necessarily require acquittal
R v Jacques, 2013 SKCA 99: In summarizing the proper approach a judge must take when the evidence has not proven that an offence was committed on the date specified…
Buying Calgay’s civic election with a little help from Preston Manning
Alberta’s election funding rules are notoriously weak. Those applying to municipal elections are no exception. The essentials can easily be summarized: no spending limits, contributions limited to $5,000 a year…
And We Thought All We Had to Deal With Was Enbridge.
Nexen, the Chinese Communist Party’s anchor in Athabasca, is urging Canadian National Railways to start shipping bitumen by rail car to Prince Rupert where it can then be loaded on…
BOOM!
Well, not yet. Just trying to get ahead of the news cycle.
Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday September 25, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Why Canada has ‘Third World access to the Internet’ (National Post) Elephant in the Room (Ben Klass) CRTC letters show public’s displeasure with Bell,…
Our Governments Gave Up the Business of Protecting Us a Long Time Ago. Will Banks Fill the Breach?
We know that a fossil fuel future is unsustainable. Even the energy industry may agree that fossil fuel consumption is unsustainable but just not yet. The old nag has still…