I pay little attention to AM radio nowadays. My audio library of spoken words—gathered mostly from American and European sources—is much more informative. However, while in the car last week, I heard […]
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What a contrast to Canada’s Harper Government
The Telegraph, July 31, 2011 “The European Commission has apologised for decades of an EU fishing policy so disastrous that the next generation of children may never see fish on their dinner […]
Meaningful differences
From The Atlantic July/August Ideas Issue, Dispatches – Food, by Corby Kummer: “[Las Vegas] a congenial city to set up shop and even raise a family. And restaurant workers who can’t afford […]
No higher authority than the other side of what they say!
Alex G. Tsakumis interviewed Rafe Mair on The Money and Wealth Program (CHEK-TV, July 30 7:00 pm). Don’t miss the entire conversation. The two newsmen focus on topics that mainstream reporters are […]
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press – all in good time
July 30, 2011, from Associated Press by commondreams.org: “Thirty-six years after Richard Nixon testified to the Watergate grand jury, a federal judge yesterday ordered the first public release of the transcript about […]
Ordinary workers experiencing growth without gain
The Resolution Foundation, an independent research and policy organisation working to improve the lives of people with low-to-middle incomes: “The share of national income going to the bottom half of earners in […]
An intelligent view of America’s democracy crisis
Annihilating Democracy with the Tea Party Commentary by Dr. Gregor Peter Schmitz, correspondent in the Washington office of DER SPIEGEL: Democracy depends on compromise and the American government depends on all branches […]
Greenwash
This is old news but worth revisiting. I was reminded because of a notice in my inbox that Capilano University is selling tickets to a lecture by Ms. Berman in September. Is […]
Integration of church and state
The Government of Canada will match donations to World Vision for East Africa drought relief. Question: should Canadian foreign aid be delivered by an evangelical relief and development organization whose stated goal […]
Wisdom of the ordinary guy
The Common Sense Canadian‘s cartoonist in residence. While working at a paper mill and raising two children as a single-dad in Kitimat, BC, Gerry Hummel began working as a self-taught editorial cartoonist […]
Not a chance in the world of interference
Talking about the HST referendum, BC Liberal highbinder Kevin Falcon assures us that: “. . . he has confidence in Elections BC to oversee the vote. “This is getting increasingly ridiculous,” said […]
Have they ever lied to us before?
Does any BC citizen believe that the HST referendum result is not yet decided? I, for one, think the current mail-in vote is so full of pretence that it is a travesty. […]
Oh Canada !
Section 2(b) of the Charter states that “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: … freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.” Everyone, […]
Message from Alexandra Morton
Dear Wild Salmon People: This article below tells us where the problem with our wild salmon comes from…. deep within Ottawa. This bad and wrong for us and for future generations. Justice […]
Worth Remembering
From Ralph Deline’s blog Read My Mind: “On 4 May a rally drew approximately two thousand students, many merely curious onlookers. National Guard officers ordered the protesters to disburse, shooting tear gas […]
A Gathering Storm
From Tomgram, July 26: China’s economy soars on one side of the planet (though with a multitude of half-hidden problems). . . On the other side of the same planet, from Greece […]
Canadian right wing more dangerous
Rafe Mair recaps the misdeeds of BC Liberals A comment at The Tyee submitted by “immigrant” includes this wise observation: “. . . Since moving here I’ve learned that the BC and […]
Will the final loser be the G.O.P. or the U.S.A.?
Regular readers will know there is one mainstream writer for whom I have particular admiration, as a skilled wordsmith and a thoughtful humanist. Roger Ebert’s Journal is one of the finest opinion […]
Daddy, where do laws come from?
Bloomberg: Koch, Exxon Mobil Among Corporations Helping Write State Laws: Koch Industries Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) are among companies that would benefit from almost identical energy legislation introduced in state […]
Bring on the economic insanity
Question are being asked now in the USA. Canadians should pay attention. Right wing influencers are also working in our country to advance the interests of plutocrats: From commondreams.org: How have the […]
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Who owns the global political system? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SqtM9KCKu38?feature=share Ontario's energy insanity? In 2018 Ontario dismantled a windpower project at a cost…