Mongolia Builds Their First Wind Farm
Mongolia is entering the sustainable energy market and the country aims to export renewable energy to its neighbours. It’s great to see countries that are not as well-off as others…
June 19: A dynamite headline…..
….I iwonder if the editor who wrote that page one headline understands the whole meaning of it. “Moncton planning for climate change effects”. (Actually, it’s only planning for some effects,…
things i heard at the library: an occasional series: # 9, or why this new librarian found the reference desk a little scary
In this post, I described doing reference as “a bit scary,” and Impudent Strumpet asked why. I started to write an answer, ran out of time, then found myself on…
Half of First Nations children in Canada live in poverty, study finds
By: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | Press Release: OTTAWA – Indigenous children in Canada are over two and a half times more likely to live in poverty than non-Indigenous…
My daughter, who is amazing
That little person? That’s my daughter. She is amazing. Tonight, somewhat older, she graduates from high school – and, I suspect, she’ll be graduating on the honour roll. It’s been…
But how was Harper’s golf score?
Hopefully, Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a better golf score than German Chancellor Angela Merkel. It really does not make sense for the world leaders to meet at a golf…
Tory Appointees Move To Muscle Bill C-304 Through Senate
The link is to Marc Lemire’s site (one-time leader of the white supremacist Heritage Front), so you may not want to click though, but what he’s saying sounds right: the…
The New Chinese Connection #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale took off for China on Tuesday as part of a new effort to get Chinese state-owned companies to invest in the province’s mining and offshore oil and…
Being Insulted By Cheney Is An Honour
It bothers me that American media doesn’t preface interviews with Dick Cheney by pointing out he’s evaded charges for war crimes (re: Iraq War). It does please me that Snowden…
Why aren’t they happy? #nlpoli
Here are some screen captures for your consideration. CBC’s Jeremy Eaton took the video as part of his coverage of a great announcement. The provincial government is putting money into…
6164…Cronuts: This Year’s Food Trend
You read it here first coz I read it first on NBC’s today.com. The cronut is the faddiest of the faddiest foods in New York City. Made at the Dominique…
The Gulf Gets Bigger
Two reports — one released yesterday, the other today — paint a pretty grim picture of where the country is. The Huffington Post reports that Canada’s wealthiest continued to do…
6163…Peterboro Weighs In On Dean Del Mastro
From The Peterborough Examiner comes this letter to the editor regarding that town’s second favourite son. Masterful performance suspended the facts Re “MP wants his name cleared” (June 14) –…
Sudbury’s fight against the municipal replacement for CSUMB
The Ontario Liberal government’s ended the Community Start Up and Maintenance Budget (CSUMB) as of Jan. 1, 2013. A portion of the money previously going towards CSUMB was put into…
Corporate Counterfeit Science – Both Wrong and Dangerous
This is a guest post by Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). It originally appeared on the UCS blog…
Tune for Two
Great dark stuff, very Tarantoesque! By Alfa Primo. One of 11 fascinating short films of 2011. Alltop prefers Rainbow Connection. H/T to Adam Fraser!
6162…PMO Budget Plan Revealed
By Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper. WFDS
Frankenfoods, Toothpaste, & Justin Bieber: Capitalism & Technology II
In a previous post I argued that too often Marxists fail to recognize the ways in which capitalism remains dynamic and continues to advance technologically and socially. This one-sidedness distorts…
Frankenfoods, Toothpaste, & Justin Bieber: Capitalism & Technology II
In a previous post I argued that too often Marxists fail to recognize the ways in which capitalism remains dynamic and continues to advance technologically and socially. This one-sidedness distorts…