In Sunday’s Sun: democracy, the passing fad
“There will be lots of blood.” That’s what the Egyptian man in Cairo, working for a Canadian telecommunications company, has just said. “There will be blood,” he said, matter-of-factly discussing…
Hey CVRD! Draw Up a Bylaw to Protect the Shawnigan Watershed!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger OK so the Provincial Election returned the BC Liberals. They changed Environment Ministers slotting Mary Polak in as our new Environment chief. Those concerned with the Shawnigan…
Egypt – Morsi to the General: "Can I leave the country?"
I appointed you … Fascinating report from a journalist who claims he heard the conversation between Generalal-Sisi and Morsi: “And if I don’t want to go?” Morsi inquired. “It’s a…
Conservatives Politicize Confederation, Pt. 2
A reader named David Loughton sent in this comment by e-mail in response to my earlier post, which points out something that I for some reason didn’t put down in…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz makes the case for free trade talks to be based on the public interest rather than the further entrenchment of corporate…
Mulcair: Harper lied
Speaking Saturday morning at the NDP’s Quebec youth convention, Mulcair told QMI Agency that for the last several months, the prime minister has been “willfully leading the public down the…
Deadly Quebec Oil Train Disaster and Athabasca River Spill On Same Day as Tar Sands Healing Walk
Today, as hundreds of people joined First Nations leaders to walk 14 kilometers through the tar sands in Fort McMurray on the Tar Sands Healing Walk, news of several new…
Encouraging crime best way to fight crime?
“An investigative reporter who analyzed hundreds of FBI counterterrorism stings says the case of a Surrey couple accused of plotting to bomb the B.C. Legislature rings eerily similar. ” ‘…you…
One Lie Too Many for Sideshow Steve?
If the Mike Duffy scandal has shown us anything, it’s how easily – and successfully – Stephen Harper and his minions lie. They’ve almost brought it to the level of…
Nature and its beauty
Enough of Politicians Enjoy the beauty of nature. JAPANESE TEA GARDEN ✿ GOLDEN GATE PARK ✿ SAN FRANCISCO
Egypt: How bad information cost Morsi his job
David Kirkpatrick has an interesting analysis in the New York Times about how badly Morsi miscalculated in the months and days leading up to his ouster as president of Egypt…
Wealth in the USA Graphed Nicely
You can see what Americans desire as wealth distribution, vs. what they think the unfair situation is vs. reality. It’s off the charts, literally, how much money the 1% makes…
The Villain ALWAYS Wore A Black Hat In The Old Vintage Western Movies …..
Ladies and gentlemen …. I rest my case!!!! -Harper’s version of events contradicted in court documents on Duffy scandal
Forget Peak Oil, Peak Water is the Greater Threat to Mankind
It’s a problem so widespread, so obvious, so immediate and so perilous to so very many people in every corner of the world that it speaks to the paralysis of…
The Globe and Mail: A Study in Vindictiveness
As one well-acquainted with the scourge of depression and the toll it takes on both the sufferer and his/her family, it was with great interest that I recently read Jan…
Band of the Month: Most People
It’s July…..Time for Band of the Month! Today’s band is Most People. Soothing, yet energetic, and jam packed with a vibrantly colourful sonic palate, Most People capture attention and lay…
Why it’s ridiculous that Canada’s Big Telecom giants are going to Federal Court to delay new cell phone rules
As you probably know, the Big Three mobile providers, joined by SaskTel and MTS, have announced they are taking on the CRTC and Canadians in court to delay much-welcomed changes…
6218…Dean Del Mastro Update
Still nothing to say. Off the front pages too. This guy should take Senator Mike Duffy and the other shady Senators to his favourite buffet and kill it coz they…
6217…Harper Is Houdini
Not only is he our beloved Prime Minister but Stephen Harper is a magic man. Canada.com reports that the Conservative Party of Canada is re-branding and part of the re-branding…