Rafe Mair on Mainstream Media a Decade after Leaving CKNW
It was ten years ago that I was unceremoniously dumped by CKNW, where I had been for 19 years. What does that have to do with an environmental web page?…
‘City looks to protect home of former premier’ – Charlottetown, PEI
That was the article title in The Guardian today, in a piece written about a rezoning on my street. Only thing is …. this is the first mention I’ve heard…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest HemingwayJuly 21, 1899 - July 2, 1961Your reading assignments for today are:Hemingway's 1954 Nobel acceptance speechAnd this:What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter S. ThompsonNational Observer, May 25,…
Adios Ernesto
RIP Ernest Hemingway July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961 Your reading assignments for today are: Hemingway’s 1954 Nobel acceptance speech And this: What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum? By Hunter…
Canada Day +1, Our Quiet Genocide
A banner drop during last night’s Canada Day celebration in Toronto’s Mel Lastman Square. (Photo: IdleNoMore.ca) Canadians are so nice. We have such a happy, positive self-concept. This makes it…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield to write “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life”
by: Obert Madondo | @Obiemad: Astronaut Chris Hadfield. (Photo: Canadian Space Agency) On October 29, expect an awesome book penned by recently-retired Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. The book will be…
6203…Glastonbury Update: Mick And Keith
From The Daily Mail via WRAT FM, New Jersey and Dean Rivando on Facebook comes these two scary monsters. They are still upright and working though which is more than…
U.S. Congressman Grayson has something to say about the secretive TPP texts
Last week, we told you that U.S. Congressional Representatives have finally been given limited access to the drafts of the secretive and extreme Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement. U.S. Congressman Grayson has…
6202…Poor Senator What’s Her Name
That would be "Government Senate Leader Marjory LeBreton......the Senate expenses scandal-which has rocked the government and the Prime Minister's Office for months, has seen the resignations of three Conservative Senators…
Scarborough/Rouge: Surprising merger talk despite evidence pointing to higher costs
When the Central East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) asked the Scarborough and Rouge Valley hospitals to work together to plan hospital services in the eastern most part of Toronto,…
Christy Lee Rogers – Into The PostArctic
From her website “Christy Lee Rogers is a fine art photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led…
Runaway Hydro Debt: Economist Erik Andersen’s Open Letter to BC Energy Minister
Since 2006/09 BC’s domestic electrical demand has mostly “flat-lined” at about 50,000 GWhrs, making liars out of the many at Hydro and elsewhere who forecasted demand closer to 70,000 GWhrs…
6201…AB Sen Points Out Harper’s Lies
That would be Liberal Senator Grant Mitchell who last week on his website pointed out that our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, be telling nose stretchers when it comes to…
Javelins or Baseballs, Our Shoulders Have Evolved for Throwing
It’s interesting how when you’re involved in something, you find relevant information everywhere. Since I’m hard at work on the chapter about how the first modern humans left Africa to…
Linda McQuaig: Alberta And Climate Change
For me, one of the most disappointing aspects of the media coverage of the Alberta floods has been the relative dearth of commentary linking this monumental environmental disaster to climate…
Google Reader is Dead. Long Live…?
Following up on my posts last Thursday here and at SlawTips, Google Reader has now officially expired. For those who have yet to migrate to another service, note that Google…
Tar Sands Coal Export Boom: Petcoke Exports Second Highest Ever in April
With many eyes honed in on the Powder River Basin coal export battle in the Northwest, another coal export boom is unfolding on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Although no coal…
Ask General Kang: What should you do if you discover your leader is a hypocrite?
First of all, don’t be surprised. Then, I suppose it depends a little what kind of hypocrite. For example, if you are talking about a leader of a church —…