The Wisdom Of Direct Investment
One of the Right’s favourite shibboleths is that, when government invests directly in people, it encourages sloth. Far better to offer citizens tax credits. Government shouldn’t invest, they say. It…
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE MISSING TERRORIST SCIENTISTS IN THE NEWS
In April of this year the RCMP announced that they had uncovered a bio-terrorist threat involving two Canadian scientists working for the innocuous sounding: Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The…
"sharecroppers on wheels": port truckers are organizing, and they are winning
When is an employee not an employee? The answer to this riddle is rapidly becoming the true face of employment in the North America today. In her brilliant investigative book…
Chris Spence’s ‘Performance: The Reviews Are In
I realize that the subject of Chris Spence is likely of little or no interest to readers of this blog outside of the immediate area, but I cannot apologize for…
Hell 2.1, a small update
I left you in my exploration of the Encyclopedia of Hell pondering which version of the Faustus story was better: with or without his final redemption. Personally, I prefer without,…
The Mayor’s friend, Dave
You’ve probably heard about David Price. He’s Rob Ford’s long-time bestie, former football coach,’Dave’ the talk radio anonymous caller who calls in to declare the awesomeness that is Toronto’s mayor.…
a teenager’s courage reveals the brutality of anti-choicers: "please stop calling me a whore"
This articulate and courageous 14-year-old girl says she wants to be a science teacher when she grows up. I hope she will also be a writer, because this is one…
Dunder-Dex offside with Emera #nlpoli #nspoli #cdnpoli
Premiers Kathy Dunderdale and Darrell Dexter may be telling everyone that the Maritime Link can;t be stopped but the private sector company involved in the project said in June there…
Conor Countdown Continues In Support of FLEXIBLE, EVIDENCE BASED Inclusion
The Conor Countdown continues, as Conor gets up each day at 6 am and changes the number reflecting the number of days until school resumes. My son Conor, and his…
6282…Swedish Meatballs
Those are the opening two words of the headline in The National Post. The opening two paragraphs are: A Swedish politician who wanted to show his new tattoo to followers…
Bring on the BC bud
Kinsella thinks Trudeau’s pot legalization proposal is a mistake: To sum up: a policy that is made on the fly, apparently without much caucus consultation – to curry favour with…
Methane and the risk of runaway global warming
Reblogged from uknowispeaksense: Research was published this week showing the financial cost of methane being released from Earth’s permafrosts. But the risks go beyond financial – Earth’s history shows that…
Musical interlude
Chicane – Don’t Give Up
American Nomads
Beneath the America we think we know lies a nation hidden from view – a nomadic nation, living on the roads, the rails and in the wild open spaces. In…
Song of the Kauri: a Documentary Feature Film from the Heart of New Zealand
Reblogged from Sustainability Studies: The Honolulu Museum of Art featured a film this month, Song of the Kauri, directed by Mathurin Molgat. The film, a part of the Aotearoa Film…
What is the deal with Methane?
Recently a comment published in Nature made the case for a catastrophic release of the methane (a very potent GHG) in the Arctic which in turn could cause sudden warming…
6281…Make Justin Trudeau Be Quiet
We are down in the polls, eh? Methinks it is coz Justin Trudeau and his cabal have lost sight of their purpose. Their purpose being to run Canada. Headlines like…
GMO whistleblower: Canadian federal scientist speaks out
An interview with a whistle-blower doesn’t happen every day. I spoke with Dr. Thierry Vrain, a former soil biologist and genetic scientist who for 35 years worked for Agriculture Canada,…
What God Wants You to Know This Week
More Tweets of God: I get too much credit for Friday and not enough for Saturday. If women didn’t want to be sexually harassed they shouldn’t have been born with…