Once And For All
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Like so many of you I am reading and observing the Palestinian onslaught from afar. The positions seem to be so absolute, so tightly held that it…
International
The Israeli Attack on Gaza – You Will Not See This On the MSM
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Lead CBC News story the other day told that an Israeli soldier had been killed and the Palestinian’s continue to fire rockets. They eventually got to the…
NDP Continue Blocking Members Seeking Nominations
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Long time New Democrat Laurie Gourlay, MLA Doug Routley’s-Nanaimo-North Cowichan’s Constituency Assistant, was blocked from competing for the nomination in Nanaimo-Ladysmith. He was the second and one…
Elizabeth May backs Green Party motion condemning ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements
Convention motion could attract support from disgruntled New Democrats, author suggests By Kady O’Malley, CBC News Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has co-sponsored a policy resolution condemning Israeli settlements that…
Israel Is Captive To Its ‘Destructive Process’
This analysis by Chris Hedges is well worth the read. By Chris Hedges TruthDig.com Raul Hilberg in his monumental work “The Destruction of the European Jews” chronicled a process of…
Google Trends on “Transgender”
Posted for discussion and interest value. Out of curiosity, I plunked the word “transgender” into Google Trends. It’s not my terminology of choice, but it’s what most people use and…
Google Trends on “Transgender”
Posted for discussion and interest value. Out of curiosity, I plunked the word “transgender” into Google Trends. It’s not my terminology of choice, but it’s what most people use and…
Can Anyone Explain Why the Canadian Government is Subsidizing the Fossil Fuel Industries?
Cowichan Conversations Contributor Why are we some of the most world’s most profitable companies receiving what amount to public handouts when we are supposedly living in a time of austerity?…
This Is The Weekend To Plant A Garden!
Richard Hughes- Blogger Like many of you I have spent the weekend in the vegetable garden and up on the deck. It is encouraging when with some work and effort…
Break the Silence A World War is Beckoning
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The more I hear and watch a now seriously compromised US presence in Ukraine the more I am encouraged by the independent voices rising to counter the…
The Great Unveiling: Iranian Women Are Ditching Their Head Scarves
We receive information and news from our own sources e.g., the CBC,CTV, major newspapers and the like. Fortunately the internet allows us to gain insights and views from people on…
Ukraine: Kiev National Guard Open Fire On Civilians At Krasnoarmeysk Polling Station
While most Western Media outlets continue to distort the reality of the US backed fascist coup in Ukraine here is what ‘Live Leak’ has posted. Earlier on Sunday, Kiev National…
The Truth About Ukraine-AMTV
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger NATO-US forces funded the fascist led rebels and supported the overthrow of the unpopular but elected government that was to face an election two weeks before…
Ukraine’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’ Reality
The horrendous fire in Odessa, killing dozens of ethnic Russians protesting against the U.S.-backed coup regime in Kiev, has lurched the country closer to full-scale civil war and disrupted the…
US-NATO sponsored Kiev coalition government is responsible for the killings by Neo-Nazi Right Sector mobs
The deliberate and dangerous escalation of violence against eastern Ukrainians of Russian origin and loyalties is driven by NATO partners giving licence to thugs and neo Nazi’s who are doing…
Charge Protestors With Terrorism And Throw Them in Prison!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This compelling video landed in my inbox this morning courtesy of a Cowichan Bay activist. It claims that a Canadian corporation Trans Canada Pipeline, the force behind…