toxic1.jpg The Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) has released a new report showing that coal ash disposal sites are threatening water supplies at 33 sites located in 19 different states acros...
Because there isn't going to be any meaningful institutional response.But this might be even more effective. Just show them being assholes, and then let public scorn do its work.If they…
Manufacturing jobs have been declinining as a percentage of total jobs in most OECD countries for several decades, with Ontario being especially hard-hit as a jurisdiction. At the end of…
Experienced civil litigators and those otherwise acquainted with our rules of procedure will readily acknowledge that an action may be without merit even though the Statement of Claim discloses a…
Well the filibuster is finished and the Conservatives have gotten their way. There is nothing new in that. It is something we will have to face over the next few…
Please tell me someone got a picture ...Related posts:The day they turned the Charter of Rights into toilet paperCare for a chaw, S-Supt. McGuire?No name tag? You disgust me, Officer
Mrs. Raitt,As you've started your tenure as a Labour Minister with a major breakthrough in taking labour rights in Canada into the 19th century, here is some advice for the…
Given we seem to be stuck in fairly heady economic times it seems worthwhile to me to put out another post on the subject of employment, labour force growth and…
...about her celebrating being such a wrong and dirty little freak that gives me tingles...2 miscarriages, a death, a birth, the g20 aftermath, a fall 5 stories out of a…
This one and Shriekback’s “Fish Below the Ice” have been in my head a lot lately, for no reason other than that they sound a bit similar. Unfortunately, no one…
openmedia_logo.jpg Stop Online Spying Coalition congratulates Angus and Sandhu for taking a stand against “Lawful Access” legislation ...
Tiny Pirate, Monkey of The Seven Seas, a photo by Ape Lad on Flickr.
from angry news around the world...Lima, Peru - Protests against Canadian silver mine leaves 2 people dead AFP24/06/2011 - LIMA - At least two protesters were killed Friday in clashes…
“When we drive around farm country we sometime see people working in fields. People who may not look like us. They are very anonymous. We don’t really know much about…
With the Summer reading season at hand, here is a short list – in no particular order – of the best books I have read over the last couple of…
I have extraordinary respect for this reporter, he has covered all the current wars from Afghanistan to Iraq to Libya as well as the Arab spring in Tunisia, Egypt, and…
It's interesting to watch everyone in Ottawa recalibrate the political landscape in the wake of the last federal election. Obviously, things have changed dramatically, so an adjustment is warranted, in…
I've pointed out before how the Cons' deliberate attack on the Canadian Union of Postal Workers figures to create damaging incentives as federally-regulated employers consider how to handle future collective…
Click to make it bigger. Click again to make it even bigger than that. Hopefully someone out there is in a position to at least give her an audition. (Thanks…
Alice Walker has written a long, thoughtful essay about her experiences in the Palestinian territories, and her decision to participate in Freedom Flotilla II - Stay Human, the international convoy…
