UN Finally Backs Human Rights For Gays
The United Nations, for the first time in history, endorsed the equal rights of GLBT people worldwide, condemning any country who discriminates or harms people for their sexual orientation. Well,…
Making the Most of Our Energy Resources (Part I – Electricity Reform)
In slightly more than a decade, fundamentally bad policy decisions by Liberal and Conservative administrations have turned the provincial government’s electricity corporation has turned into an unregulated, unaccountable monster. Such…
Two conventions later
The NDP convention has now passed, and things have not changed that much. The party deferred the decision to drop references in its constitution to “socialism” in favour of more…
The Change Was Made Uptown When The Big Man Joined…
.....The Band.Good-bye Clarence. We, and especially littler e., will miss you.______Greg Mitchell explains how the Big Man kept Scooter from being turned to mince-meat in Sing-Sing prison, post-Folsom, but pre-Run,…
Audio: Damien Talks Delta Foreign Trade Zone on SFU Radio
Get MP3 (24 MB)Damien Gillis and CJSF's Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson discuss the master plan to industrialize Delta - home to vital salmon, orca and bird habitat, and the…
The NDP will stay socialist, for now
After their Sunday convention, the NDP exposed, perhaps unwillingly, some deep identity rifts within the party over the use of the word socialism. For now, the party will keep the…
‘Respect for Taxpayers’ is a load of crap
True, I may be undermining weeks of arguing for engaging the people we disagree with in a spirit of openness and respect. And name-calling isn't going to help us show…
Book summary #31 – Your Money: the missing manual
For the book club, a decision was made to ease into the new year (at the time, 2011 was a then-new year) with a book on finances. If for no…
The NDP and the Great Leap Forward
Well I must admit I was shocked to find myself watching the NDP Convention on Sun TV. All because Sébastien taped Fox News North instead of CPAC. Claiming he didn't…
In Soviet Russia, cats bark at you!
No, really: And don’t you love how this kitty slows down to a meow when she realizes she’s being filmed?
The last time I built things from scratch in wood was in junior high…
i got marks in my eighties and felt pretty damned comfortable using all different kinds of machinery. then the principal got the intelligent idea that since funds were limited he…
Happy sperminating patriarchs day?
nah. :) just business as usual in our household. but we did have a pretty activity filled family day out of the house, if that counts. :)if what you're reading…
Women in Space
Tereshkova.jpg Second Wave feminism sought to address the dearth of women's presence in the public sphere, particularly in the workforce, recognizing that their bodies were disproportionately tie...
Women in Space
Tereshkova.jpg Second Wave feminism sought to address the dearth of women's presence in the public sphere, particularly in the workforce, recognizing that their bodies were disproportionately tie...
Via karmalised…
these people are our strident lefty warriors literally putting their lives on the line. i support them...Gaza IslandThe Freedom Flotilla 2, with 12+ boats carrying humanitarian aid and 1000+ peace…
Root and branch rebuilding: One tool we can use
Liberals have just had a successful teleconferencing convention that 2,700 members of the party subscribed to, and 2,100 members voted to extend the date a permanent leader is to be…
I really need to remove some stress from my life
I have two websites to launch this week for work, one freelance project that needs some attention, one volunteer website that needs to launch by the end of this month,…