Après Hiatus
Apologies to readers for being MIA from the blog for the past month or so, and especially to anyone that had their comments hung up in the dreaded spam filter…
Avaaz Petition to Stop Massive Water Poisoning in Ontario
Stop a massive open-pit mine in Ontario. It threatens our farms, our water and our economy.
CTV Quebec City Bureau Chief Kai Nagata Quits: Rips TV Journalism
In what is the most spectacular long blog post I've read from a TV personality ever, former Quebec City bureau chief Kai Nagata explains why he quit his job.This came…
A Pro-Life Voice That I Can Listen To
Today, I received a very interesting and thought-provoking e-mail from a person who knew Mary Wagner, (a more than willing candidate for pro-life martyrdom, it seems), from her time as…
Friday night Jimmy Rushing blogging
Anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Yes anybody asks you, baby who sang this song Tell them Little Jimmy Rushing, he's been here and gone...
No asylum in progressive Denmark – Friday Film Pick: Denied
A short 2009 documentary by Aage Rais-Nordentoft about the Iraqi asylum seekers who sought refuge in Brorson’s church, Copenhagen, to avoid being deported to Iraq – but were ultimately forcefully…
Short ‘n’ Stubby: “A fantastic day for Britain”
I was just reading a whole bunch of stuff about the News of the World phone-hack scandal when a certain stumpy-tailed cat started meowing at me. That can only mean…
Canadians: The New Military ‘Hawks’ Of The Western World (or) How Stephen Harper Militarized The Nation
"Behold the new Canadian militarism. It’s everywhere.Hardly a week goes by without the government gushing about our troops, or bowing to a DND wish. It has become politically incorrect, practically…
A-G Report Confirms BC’s Sham Environmental Assessment, Enforcement
Vindication always feels good but as you read the Auditor-General’s report on the BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO), which reports to the Ministry of Environment – it’s the governments licensing…
Liberal Industry Critic Backs ISP Accountability
Today, in response to the release of hundreds of pages of unresolved Internet openness complaints, Liberal Industry and Consumer Affairs Critic, Hon. Geoff Regan, announced his support for CRTC audits…
Uh-oh…
The CBC license approval has been delayed by the CRTC. My spin, for what it’s worth: this gives the Cons some time to spin the benefits of privatizing / gutting…
3913…But He Is Still Done Like Dinner
As in dead.He is Humberto Leal Garcia and the BBC reports that "The US breached international law when the state of Texas executed a Mexican citizen convicted of raping and…
3912…Somebody Has Been Drinkin’ On The Hill
The banner of Our Home And Native Land, the beloved Red White and White flag with a Maple Leaf in the middle was hoisted upside down this morning on Parliament…
When Wiki Met Moriarty….
AllTheMilitancyThatFitsTrueIronyVilleWhen The Tyee's Katie Hyslop asked The Province's Editor-In-Chief Wayne Moriarty to comment on the BC College of Teachers' response to Dan Murphy's 'Mr. Mitler' cartoon depicting a likeness of…
Reducing Air Pollution is Well Worth the Cost
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA is required to protect states from sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution emitted from coal plants in other states. After dragging its feet…
Google got 38 user data requests from Ottawa in 6 months
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/08/pol-google-governments.html
Sucker bet: windy moose version
The guy who did such a bang-up job of looking after the Hurricane Igor disaster is now the guy leading the fight against moose-vehicle collisions. Anyone care to wager on…
Canada’s military… is Sweden next???
We have fairly suddenly become a nation of Hawks. War is good and it is necessary. Wave the flag mightily. Buy the best of the best for the troops. Support…
Techvibes: The unfathomable markup of text messaging
By Knowlton Thomas for Techvibes Text messaging, or SMS, has become one of the core elements of the mobile world. Smartphones or dumbphones, prepaid or postpaid, everyone texts. You may…