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Monsanto is Winning this year’s “Nobel Prize of Agriculture”
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Billionaire Tom Steyer blasts Harper’s agressive Keystone lobbying
Billionaire Keystone XL pipeline opponent Tom Steyer (photo: Getty Images) OTTAWA – An anti-Keystone XL pipeline crusader has written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, suggesting Canada’s aggressive lobbying for the…
Stephen Harper “won’t take ‘No’ for an answer” on Keystone XL pipeline
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press Read this story from the Associated Press on Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s bold statement on Keystone XL at a talk in New York. Harper’s true climate…
A Little Common Sense Goes A Long Way!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Our friends over at the Common Sense Canadian, Rafe Mair and Damien Gillis are putting out some of the best journalism available in Canada today. Running…
New York Times editorial slams Harper’s muzzling scientists
A recent rally for science in Vancouver (photo: Damien Gillis) Even The New York Times is starting to question Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s anti-science agenda, which recently spurred 17 cross-Canada…
Harper getting desperate to move Alberta oil as pipelines stall
Stephen Harper has been trying to win over Barack Obama on the stalled Keystone XL pipeline (Adrian Wyld/CP) Prime Minister Stephen Harper looks increasingly desperate to find ways for expanding…
No Rainbow for Queer People: A Right-Wing Support for Russia Roundup
While much of the attention surrounding Russia’s “homosexual propaganda” law has been about whether there should be a boycott of the Sochi Olympics, the saga has continued to ripple outward…
Harper caught helping Enbridge while wooing Obama on climate
Photo: Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press While Stephen Harper was busy trying to green-wash his image with Barack Obama – acquiescing to climate targets to improve prospects for the Keystone XL pipeline…
Alerts to Threats-In 2013 Europe
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent events in Syria and have therefore raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be…
US and France Preparing To Attack Syria
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Here is a news report from Turkey followed below by a video report that dates back to June and certainly contradicts the line that we are being…
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The Fukishima Nuclear spill has put the world on alert as to the dangers of radioactive pollution that effects the ocean, and all the living…
11 Facts About The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust Too Horrifying To Believe
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Here is a story about one of the world’s biggest environmental disasters ever and you do not hear much about it. We have aging and…
REAL Women of Canada, and the naked far-right truth.
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes…
PM Harper has set up a sophisticated program to read our email and monitor our online activities.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good morning folks. I was looking to do some tidying up and editing posts on the left side under News & Opinion from Home and Abroad. These…
Egyptian President Morsi Gets the Hook! Army Steps In As Demands For His Resignation Grew.
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger A relatively short lived term as President was the fate of Mohammed Morsi who outraged millions of Egyptians with his style of governance. Democracy was won in…
Bolivian President Evo Morales Plane Diverted Under US Pressure
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are experiencing a time where bizarre is the new norm. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales flight home from a Russian visit was detained, stalled, diverted. Some say…
Egypt’s Protest Biggest In History Of The World, Ever!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger They say that records are made to be broken. Well over 33 Million Egyptians outraged over the governing of President Mohammed Morsi hit the streets to register…