Politics and its Discontents: Happy Earth Day
I truly wish there was something to celebrate. Take a look at my previous post and the commentary from the Mound of Sound that accompanies it; then watch this short video. Their commonality? A...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Don’t Let A Culture Of Defeat Hold You Back
That’s right, folks. There are untold opportunities to enhance both your gross domestic product and your wallets through the scourge gift of oil spills, as oil pipeline company Kinder Morgan recently...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Forecast: Very Cloudy Indeed
Mike de Sousa is a former Post Media reporter now operating his own website continuing his investigative work into energy and the environment. He is well-worth paying attention to. His latest piece,...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Canaries In The Coal Mine, Dinosaurs On The Hill
We are still out West, but I can’t resist putting up a few letters from The Star that raise awareness not only of environmental perils but also, concomitantly, of the dangers of saurian political...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: It’s Not Either/Or
Those who have more than a passing acquaintance with federal politics are likely aware of the false premises and logical fallacies Stephen Harper and his wrecking crew regularly use to advance their...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Calling Stephen Harper
It is always heartening when young people get involved in issues that should matter to everyone: Recommend this Post
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: A Guest Post From The Mound Of Sound
Steve Harper and his chums have transformed cognitive dissonance from an affliction into an art form. Harper’s prime directive, his overarching quest, is to get as much Athabasca bitumen as possible...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Has Harper Betrayed The West? A Mound Of Sound...
Recent summer flooding across southern Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba seems to be bringing the reality of climate change home to the people of the prairies and it’s drawing some unwelcome...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: While Harper Fiddles, Canada Burns
There have been so many developments on the climate front of late that, collectively, give us a pretty stark warning and yet the media, the public and our political leadership are tuning out. We seem...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Harper’s Reign Of Terror – Part 2
Yesterday I wrote a post on the war being conducted by Stephen Harper and his cadre against dissent in Canada. Specifically, the Prime Minister is diverting CRA resources and taxpayer monies to...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: A Glaring Contrast
It is refreshing to see that, unlike in Canada where government scientists cannot speak about climate change, American government employees are not afraid to draw some harsh correlations between it and...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: No Surprise Here
Rather typical, wouldn’t you say?UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is hosting a major climate summit in New York on September 23, “to mobilize political will” towards reducing global emissions. U.S....
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: On Harper’s True Loyalties
In response to yesterday’s post about Stephen Harper’s boycott of a major climate change summit hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in New York on September 23, Anon wrote the following, and...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: No Surprise Here – Part Two
Given Stephen Harper’s most recent demonstrated indifference to climate change, I report the following with no surprise, only a degree of tired resignation: Environment Canada appears to have quietly...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Meet The Newest Inductee Into Harper’s Enemies...
Warning to Harper Conservatives: If you see this man, do not approach. He is considered armed with charisma and passion for the environment that could be very dangerous to your leader. Last known...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: No Surprise Here- An Update
Tuesday’s post discussed the apparent disappearance of a committee made up of representatives from Environment Canada, the Alberta government and oil and gas companies to reduce greenhouse gas...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Tory Hot Air Worsens Climate Change
Watch this video and you’ll know what I mean: Recommend this Post
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The Big Mac VS The Whopper
Clearly, based upon the shameful falsehoods she uttered at yesterday’s U.N. climate summit about Canada being a “global clean energy leader” doing “its part” to cut carbon emissions that warm the...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: About That Man Behind The Curtain
While some of the electorate gets all primed to receive the bauble of tax breaks next year, responding as intended to the carefully orchestrated neo-liberal siren call to worry only about oneself and...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The Curious Case Of Conservative Compassion
Some would say that the Harper regime’s justification for its decision to commit militarily to the fight against ISIS was patriotic and stirring: Said John Baird: “My Canada heeds the call’’…. “My...
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