F-35 production a troubling example of Pentagon spending, Walter Pincus, Washington Post, Dec. 26, 2011: “Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) took the Senate floor on Dec. 15 and described the F-35 fighter program […]
Canada trails USA in risk awareness
Canadian media doesn’t provide much detail but ProPublica, the American non-profit doing fine investigative reporting, is examining dangers of gas and oil production through hydraulic fracturing. In an earlier article here, we […]
Majority supports Keystone XL, or do they?
Vancouver Sun headlines: U.S. majority supports controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: poll A majority of U.S. voters still support TransCanada Corp’s controversial Keystone XL pipeline as the Obama administration again weighs whether […]
Heritage and Environment: Forgedaboudit !
1,538 km in length, the Athabasca River is Alberta’s longest undammed river and its second largest by volume. The river drains the 159,000 km² Athabasca River Basin before eventually flowing into the […]
BC Government: Frack the barriers to pollution
“Five thousand gallons per well of toxic chemicals. If there is eight wells per pad site, that is 40,000 gallons of toxic chemicals.” – James Northrup, former energy investor British Columbia taxpayers reward energy companies […]
Another fine read from Robert Reich
Why the Republican Crackup is Bad For America “Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any time since […]
Never in Canada, right?
Abramoff Regrets Paying Writers For “Placed” Columns, by Joe Strupp, Media Matters, Dec. 8, 2011 “…During a recent interview with Media Matters while promoting his new book, Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About […]
Culture Shock
Culture Shock by John Korn He’s sitting in his armchairwith his solar powered lightHe’s sitting in the desertso the bulb keeps burning brightHe’s sitting in his armchairand his standard lamp is […]
More Enbridge mischief exposed
From: guujaaw [mailto:guujaaw@haidanation.net]Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 2:46 PMSubject: Enbridge December 20, 2011 Enbridge Northern Gateway ProjectJoint Review Panel444 7th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2P 0X8 Attention: Secretary to the Joint Review […]
Lowe’s ethical standards too low for B.C.
Lowe’s pulls TV ads – and gives a Christmas gift to Target et al, Wajahat Ali, The Guardian: “The decision by Lowe’s, behemoth chain of retail home improvement and appliance stores, to […]
America’s turmoil taking it toward disaster UPDATED
At Truthdig, Joe Conason peels recent layers of respectability that hide a reprehensible man who happens to be frontrunner in Iowa presidential caucuses. The Bigots and Billionaires in Ron Paul’s Orbit. “For […]
Would-be skippers on the Ship of Fools
The day before making her official presidential campaign announcement, in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, who was born and grew up in Waterloo before moving to Minnesota, told Fox News, “John Wayne was […]
Better served by bird brains?
Our friends at the Blog Borg Collective noticed The Province displaying either low-class ignorant journalism or sophisticated and subtle humour. Apparently the newspaper was uncertain if the current session of the Legislature […]
Wish I could write like that department
Roger Ebert, reviewing The Artist, a film by Michel Hazanavicius: “At a sneak preview screening here, a few audience members actually walked out, saying they didn’t like silent films. I was reminded […]
Few shadows cast in North America
A Moral Giant among Pygmies, By Erich Follath, Spiegel Online International “Since last Sunday, the world has been mourning the death of Vaclav Havel. The Czech leader led a rollercoaster life that […]
Murphy’s laws always apply
Control system failed ahead of BC Ferry crash, Andrew MacLeod, The Tyee, Dec. 21, 2011 A problem with the Coastal Inspiration’s control system may have led to yesterday’s crash at Duke Point, […]
Help for the CBC on conflicts of interest
Read the original item: CBC reporter’s conflict of interest Regular readers will be aware that I filed a complaint with CBC Ombudsman Kirk Lapointe over the conflict involving Legislative Bureau Chief Stephen […]
Rewarding incompetence
William Elliott was the first civilian Commissioner of the RCMP. An immutable failure while heading Canada’s once esteemed police agency, Elliott departed recently. Like disgraced predecessor Giuliano Zaccardelli, this man with little […]
New pipelines hurt Canadian consumers
Cushing Oklahoma is a price settlement point for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light crude oil and the town proclaims itself to be the “Pipeline Crossroads of the World,” However, petroleum stored there […]
On getting the news
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician, actor and TV presenter who often appears on Stephen Fry’s long running panel game show QI, an award winning celebration of the obscure. Bailey’s comedy […]
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The Wall Street takeover of Canada shouldn't come as a surprise. Ex Goldman Sachs executive, Mark Carney, is demonstrating once…