How much have Wall Street and banks changed?
Not much, according to Greg Smith, a London based Goldman Sachs’ executive director who is leaving with a loud message to the public. He contributed an Op-Ed to the New…
Economics
BC Jobs Plan working, in China
In the last year, the Pacific Northwest (BC, WA, OR) exported well more than $1 billion worth of raw softwood logs to China. Shipments for 2011 were more than in…
Stop the Condo Development on the Musqueam Burial Site
What kind of racist government issues a permit for a condo developer to bulldoze a Musqueum burial site? BC’s government. I visited c̓əsnaʔəm, the 1338 SW Marine Drive site this…
Republican Claims About Gas Prices Demonstrate Lack Of Knowledge About “Free Market”
gas prices.jpg As the national average for gas prices pushes closer and closer towards $4 a gallon, Republicans have wasted no time in attempting to convince the public that President…
Understanding the Current Canadian Political Situation
So much is going on in the Canadian political landscape, I really didn’t know where to start. That said, this article tries to cover a lot of the problems that…
Going Local: A Powerful Strategy To Repair Our Fractured World, Our Ecosystems & Ourselves.
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic…
The Feminization of Pinterest
Pinterest, I’ve discovered, is something you learn by doing. And by “doing”, I mean getting sucked in to the site, like Alice going down the rabbit hole, picture-by-picture, pin-by-pin, only…
Christy Clark’s BS Budget
Kevin Falcon, BC’s soon to be unemployed Finance Minister tabled his “Prudent and Responsible” Budget today. Which would be fine, if it were true, but it’s not. The reason his…
Questioning “The Prophet Drummond”
In the Commission report that bears his name, and in all of his media appearances since its release, Banker Don Drummond has ably played the disinterested expert, taking no pleasure…
Radical policies for which no one voted
Rowan Williams is the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, an office that dates back 1,400 years. Often outspoken, occasionally radical, Williams served for one issue last summer as guest editor of…
Cattle Starved for Globalization & to Preserve Self
A few weeks ago, my friend Seong (he’s from Korea), told me about the effects of Globalization on South Korean farmers. With cheap beef flooding into the country, farmers have…
A Choking on my Coffee Moment With Laughter
I have to learn to not read funny, ironic things in the news while sipping my coffee or anything else for that matter. It appears that (quelle surprise) the Greek…
Liveblogging Today’s NDP Leaders Debate
Today’s NDP leadership debate lands in Quebec. I’m using 14 criteria to evaluate who I’ll be voting for. Let me know if you have suggestions for improved criteria. 2012.02.12 NDP…
Monday Night Movies: Pipeline Edition
With the Superbowl over and done with and football fans looking for something to watch the regina mom thought she’d share some great short vids for your viewing pleasure .…
A Good Interpretation of Herr Harper’s Retirement Plans
The NDP nail it when describing choices the Cons are making for us.
Protests, Facts & Bedfellows: Northern Gateway Pipeline Actions, Science & Money
They expected 2,000 to attend and, according to police reports, 2,000 people demonstrated their opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and shut down the main street of the small…
Hacks and Douchebags
Well, well, well. It gets more interesting all the time. Here we have a hack writing an opinion article who’s real purpose is to blame unions for the ills facing…
Hacks and Douchebags
Well, well, well. It gets more interesting all the time. Here we have a hack writing an opinion article who’s real purpose is to blame unions for the ills facing…
Hacks and Douchebags
Well, well, well. It gets more interesting all the time. Here we have a hack writing an opinion article who's real purpose is to blame unions for the ills facing…
Hacks and Douchebags
Well, well, well. It gets more interesting all the time. Here we have a hack writing an opinion article who's real purpose is to blame unions for the ills facing…