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Trump slammed Clinton for email use, but he's running Windows 2003
Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State has been one of the hot topics in the US presidential election, with Donald Trump threatening to prosecute (and jail her). Now, in an interesting twist of irony, it's been revealed that a number of email servers linked to Donald Trump's hotel and other businesses are using outdated software with no security patches.
Gorgeous photos capture air traffic in a way you've never seen before
When you hear the phrase "air traffic photos," what comes to mind? Most likely some dull graphics documenting airplane patterns. (Is that actually what they are? I really don't know.) Either way, Mike Kelley , an LA-based architectural photographer, is revolutionizing the process of capturing air traffic with his series "Airportraits," which features gorgeous shots he's taken of airplanes from al
Two 'secret rooms' found within Great Pyramid
Two previously-unknown cavities have been identified within the walls of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza. The discovery was made through a collaborative...
Dont put Bill Leak on trial — Let’s try the Human Rights Commission instead
Bill Leak is a cartoonist, who did a cartoon highlighting the dismal state of some dysfunctional familes in central Australia. I can’t show you that cartoon and we can’t discuss appalling crime statistics nor why “women of a certain ethnic group are 30 times (or 80 times) more likely to be beaten and hospitalized.” Two women die every week but we can’t talk about the problem of people who stomp o
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Michael Moore to release surprise Donald Trump documentary
The Oscar-winning film-maker has announced the release of Michael Moore in Trumpland, ‘the film Ohio Republicans tried to shut down’ Michael Moore has announced the surprise release of a Donald Trump documentary. Related: What would the Trump TV network actually look like? Continue reading...
No, Facebook isn't going to make all your private photos public tomorrow
A well-worn hoax status post is doing the rounds on social media again – but do you know what Facebook really can do with your pictures? A hoax Facebook status threatening that the company is about to reveal all of your private photos and messages has resurfaced again. The status message, and subsequent variations of it, date back to at least June 2012 , and periodically gain traction. There’s ab
McCain says GOP will block any Clinton court nominee. Can they do that?
'We will be united against any Supreme Court nominee that Hillary Clinton, if she were president, would put up,' Senator McCain told a radio talk show host.
How cave art and ancient DNA may have uncovered the 'Higgs bison'
Scientists say they have have finally sorted out the story of a baffling bison.
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Review: Google Pixel
Google apparently has a new motto for Android phones: If you want something done right, do it yourself. The post Review: Google Pixel appeared first on WIRED .
70 Nobel Laureates Endorse Hillary Clinton
In a letter, the experts in science, medicine and economics argued for “a president who will support and advance policies that will enable science and technology to flourish.”
25 Medical Myths that Just Won't Go Away
Some medical myths endure no matter how many times they've been disproven. Here are 10 that just won't go away.
The Higgs Bison—mystery species hidden in cave art
Ancient DNA research has revealed that Ice Age cave artists recorded a previously unknown hybrid species of bison and cattle in great detail on cave walls more than 15,000 years ago.
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Troye Sivan Performs 'Heaven'
The talented Australian singer gave a heavenly performance of his latest hit! From: TheEllenShow
A Too Cute 4-Year-Old 'Juju on That Beat' Dancer
Four-year-old Tavaris got in on the latest dance craze, and his adorable – and impressive – dance video went viral. Now he's showing off his moves on Ellen's stage! From: TheEllenShow
Pretty Far North
In spring of 2016, me and a couple of friends decided to head up to no-mans-land above the arctic circle to explore, sail, fish & chase some spring slush. I brought a couple of cameras and my split board to what turned out to be the most amazing experience of my life so far. To be continued. To follow any upcoming trips, check out : sailtoski.com ..or just come along on : instagram.com/pictionary
Google Pixel phone review
The Pixel and Pixel XL “Phone by Google” are the first true Google phones. Subscribe: https://goo.gl/G5RXGs They stack up against the best phones on the market and have the Google Assistant inside. Also, great cameras! Full review: http://bit.ly/2eh6Qyv Check out our full video catalog: https://goo.gl/lfcGfq Visit our playlists: https://goo.gl/94XbKx Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1
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THE ENVIRONMENTALIST27 unread articles // actions
UN Issues New Protections for Rosewood Trees
Rosewood accounted for 35% of all illegal wildlife and wood trafficking seizures from 2005 to 2014
Global Deal Reached to Limit Hydrofluorocarbons, Potent Greenhouse Gases
Agreement on HFCs could bring ‘largest temperature reduction ever achieved by single agreement’
Is Using Less Water the Secret to Cutting Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
California, which uses 20 percent of its electricity in supplying water, just passed a law to collect emissions data from water utilities
Chinese Company Seeks to Capture Orcas and Hundreds of Marine Mammals in Namibia
Proposal points to troubling explosion in captive animal entertainment in the country
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Being There – Film, Literature and the New World Order
Julian Charles of TheMindRenewed.com joins us this month to discuss Being There, the 1979 film by director Hal Ashby that follows the story of Chance the Gardener, a simple man with no experience of the outside world who is suddenly thrust onto the national political stage. Despite his complete lack of knowledge and experience (or precisely because of it) the powers behind the scenes float him as
Interview 1219 – Newsbud Roundtable on the Migrant Crisis
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-10-15%20Newsbud%20Roundtable.mp3"][/audio] James joins the Newsbud roundtable to discuss what is being called the 'worst humanitarian crisis' of our time. We take a peek behind the curtain to find the root causes for why and how millions of people are migrating from war torn countries, and who benefits. We also examine the history and context of s
Interview 1218 – The Freedom Cell Solution with Derrick Broze
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2016-10-14%20Derrick%20Broze.mp3"][/audio] Derrick Broze of TheConsciousResistance.com joins us once again to continue our conversation on agorism and counter-economic activity. Today we discuss Freedom Cells, an idea for self-organized peer to peer groups that assert sovereignty, create alternative institutions, and innovate counter-economic activity.
Solutions: Freedom Cells
Derrick Broze of TheConsciousResistance.com joins us once again to continue our conversation on agorism and counter-economic activity. Today we discuss Freedom Cells, an idea for self-organized peer to peer groups that assert sovereignty, create alternative institutions, and innovate counter-economic activity.
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Kaine, Pence and Their VP Debate Fact-Checkers Are All Wrong on Iran
(David Goldman / AP Photo) If anything was made clear during the Vice Presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence it's that neither man knows much about the Iranian nuclear program. And neither do the fact-checkers tasked with judging the candidates' own statements about it. During the course of 90 excruciating minutes, Tim Kaine accused Iran of "racing toward a nuclear weapon"
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Seeing Like A State
As centuries passed, and the human herd swelled, the strains on society increased, often sparking friction. In an effort to discourage chaos, many societies became more structured — codes of rules, conflict resolution systems, hierarchies of control and coercion. Tribes formed alliances with others, and these confederations often merged into states. In a shark pool of ongoing growth and overshoot
The Hidden Life of Trees
As a young lad in Germany, Peter Wohlleben loved nature. He went to forestry school, and became a wood ranger. At this job, he was expected to produce as many high quality saw logs as possible, with maximum efficiency, by any means necessary. His tool kit included heavy machinery and pesticides. This was forest mining, an enterprise that ravaged the forest ecosystem and had no long-term future. H
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Dear Chinese Premier Li Keqiang
as I posted earlier to Facebook... Dear Chinese Premier Li Keqiang: On your visit to Canada, please make a point of publicly reminding Prime Minister Trudeau that Canada needs to be far more attentive to its international human rights obligations. As you know, Canada's jails are overcrowded with citizens. The bail system systemically denies constitutional rights. Physical isolation that
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WELCOME TO POTTERSVILLE 2 (BLOGGING AGAINST F...8 unread articles // actions
Millennials Not Apathetic or Uncaring? (Fascists Gather As Election Putridity Quotient Increases Sharply) Civil War? (They've Been Hoping for It) Ceaucescu Memory Evoked (Why Hillary's Speeches Worth So Much) Clinton Foundation in Haiti Questioned
Fascist attack? In a speech delivered by Donald Trump to an audience of thousands in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Republican candidate turned his campaign in a more distinctly fascistic direction. Presenting himself as both the savior of America and the victim of a ruthless political and economic establishment, Trump sought to connect deep-seated social
Farcical Election or Terminal Postmodernity? (Banks Are Bleeding Cash! Federal Funds Rate Scrapes Bottom) Ex British Ambassador Makes Astonishing Speech About Tony Blair, George Bush, War and Profit
Are we okay with this? With any of this? Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's Chief of Staff, says "Let these people go!" (H/T to John Oliver) And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made. -Paul Simon Debate & Switch . . . Ad Infinitum: Democracy is Dead. Short Live the Oligarchy. As our two favorite despised plutocrats met for Round Two of their Neoliberal Death Match
(Trumped or Clintoned - You Decide) Stealing Is Legal in U.S. (How To Get $$$$$ Out of Politics) Haters Or Losers In Charge? (How the Rich Became Self-Serving Parasites on the Poor) Invasion of the Debt Snatchers (Invisible Americans Key to Election?) Economic Houdini Tricks (Pentagon Paid Millions to Create Fake Terrorist Videos: Petraeus' Plot) A Putrid Election: the Horserace as Farce (US Court Protects 'School of the Assassins' Graduates) Financial Earthquakes Ongoing
All the news not fit to be printed. New York Times Pushes False Narrative on the Wall Street Crash of 2008 Germany’s Deutsche Bank, Again in Trouble, Received a U.S. Bailout Twice as Big as Lehman Brothers Thinking hard after watching the Veep "debate." So many comments quickly come to mind. (Must suppress NOW.) But we'll try to put them off until later and focus now on the important issues.
(Missing HST More Every Day) Trump Vs. Clinton: Conflicts of Interest in the Kingdom of Despair During America's Purposely Unwinnable Wars? (You'll Never Fix the Economy Without Fixing U.S. Health Care System)
Fear and Dislike at the Polls "We had the presidential debate of the century this week… Marxist hacks in the mainstream media declared Clinton the winner. The alt-right media called it for Trump. I scored it a tie, with the country as the ultimate loser. . . Yeah, I know. I already was thinking of HST every *!!!***!! day. . . . there are plenty of good people on the Left – Adolph Reed, Noam
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From The Sublime To The Ridiculous / Sf Giants Dynasty Unravels With A Whimper
The Dynasty is over for the 2016 Giants who won the world Championship in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and were three outs from another playoff elimination game win over the Chicago Cubs on October 11th, a day after a sublime come from behind win against the Cubs. Then the piano fell on their collective heads as manager Bruce Bochy obviously over managed his team, killing the momentum by replacing Matt Mo
World Peace Message From Keeper Of Secred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, asks us to understand an Indigenous perspective on what has happened to America but also offers a very important message about a solution to turn around these terrible times including justice for the Palestinians. His words should be heeded for they are in essence the same as mine ~ Peace begins with me ~ go within and find you
The King Is Dead But Arnold Palmer Legend Lives On
Arnold Palmer with ever present cigarette tossing ball to his caddy on practice tee. Arnold Palmer was my hero in the 1960's for his swashbuckling style of play and willingness to take risks on the golf course endeared him to millions, including myself, who saw him as the king of the links and a man of the people. His passing on at 87 years old leaves golf with an unfillable void for he brought a
The Debate We Should Have ~ Trump , Stein And Clinton
The true progressive voice that should be heard in the 2016 sham Presidential debates is Jill Stein who through the magic of video and the assistance of Amy Goodman joins the debates as the only true progressive and anti-establishment voice of the people and instead of throwing mud offers concrete political proposals and solutions versus the political posturing of a deeply tarnished Clinton and t
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Facts about War on Drugs: Bolivia is winning, Colombia, thanks to the US, is losing
The United States constantly berates Evo Morales and insinuates that he is dealing drugs. However, the facts speak for themselves, and in the New York Times , 14 September, 2016, (editorial pages) we can read about how it is Colombia, where the US agencies are actives allegedly fighting drugs, that drugs are up 40% - while they are being eradicated in Bolivia. Obama needs to read the papers! And h
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Infogalactic, a fork of Wikipedia
Alt-right blogger Vox Day has launched Infogalactic , a fork of Wikipedia , in order to correct what he sees as the left-wing bias of Wikipedia. This is something I take an interest in because some time ago I launched my own fork of Wikipedia, Includipedia (which failed due to inadequate execution). Will Infogalactic succeed? If it confines itself to promoting a more right-wing point of view to W
Hillary versus Donald
Scott Alexander compares Hillary Clinton with Donald Trump : Which of the candidates in this election are millennarian? If Sanders were still in, I’d say fine, he qualifies. If Stein were in, same, no contest. But Hillary? The left and right both critique Hillary the same way. She’s too in bed with the system. Corporations love her. Politicians love her. All she wants to do is make little tweaks
General Election Prediction
Neil Kinnock is not a fan of Jeremy Corbyn : Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has given a stark warning about the re-election of Jeremy Corbyn. Speaking to the BBC’s Panorama programme, Lord Kinnock said: “Unless things change radically, and rapidly, it’s very doubtful I’ll see another Labour government in my lifetime.” At the last election, Labour got 232 seats, 98 less than the Tories who got
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Albert Woodfox & Robert King's European Freedom Tour in November
Announcing Albert Woodfox & Robert King's European Freedom Tour Events - November 2016 The International Angola 3 Coalition is delighted to announce the first European visit from Albert Woodfox in November 2016. Albert Woodfox (the last remaining member of the Angola 3 to be freed from prison in Louisiana, USA in February this year after 43 years in solitary confinement) and Robert King (released
Victoria Law, The Nation: These Women Are Demanding a Voice in the Criminal Justice Conversation
( PHOTO: The Council at Cucho's Justice Center in Los Angeles. ) Check out this new article by author and longtime prison activist Victoria Law , entitled: These Women Are Demanding a Voice in the Criminal Justice Conversation "The movement to reform the criminal justice system is still dominated by men and politicians. This group of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women is changing that."
NOLA October 1: Solitary Gardens Unveiling with Albert Woodfox and others
Solitary Gardens Unveiling Plant the future. Honor the past. WHEN: Saturday, October 1st 5-6:30pm WHAT: Please join Albert Woodfox, Malik Rahim, Nana Sula, Vaku and jackie sumell for the 3-year commemoration of Herman Wallace’s freedom after 41-years of unjust captivity. Project unveiling, tree planting ceremony, special guest speakers and presentations. WHO: SOLITARY GARDENS is a public ar
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Banned Books Week 2016
(One of the neater images about banned books to date.) Banned Books Week is coming to a close. My archives have more extensive posts on the subject, but the American Library Association (ALA) has a neat piece based on a 2012 Library of Congress exhibit. It's a list titled Banned Books That Shaped America. I wish more dates were included for context, but it's still an interesting read, with
Talk Like a Pirate Day 2016
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! I like to celebrate by using one of the English-to-Pirate translators out there to translate a scurvy dog. This year, there's no competition. Follow the links to see the original words of looter and pillager Donald J. Trump, but here are some of his greatest hits in pirate: When Mexico sends its swabbies, they’re nay sendin' the'r best. They’re nay sendin' ye.
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A Question For My Liberal Friends
D'you suppose Liberal MPs slobber all over Henry Kissinger because they're ignoramuses and don't know he's a war criminal? Or do you suppose they do know and they like it?
"Deus Vult"
Back in July, intrigued by whatever mental stew had inspired the detestable Davis Aurini to refer to left-wingers as " rabbits ," I took the time to go through the essay in question line by line . The results of my study was that Aurini is a complete idiot who strings together groundless, often incoherent assertions into meandering, nonsensical "arguments" and upon completing one of his ravings,
Positive Proposals
Just saying that since I've stopped blogging on a regular basis, and have relegated myself to merely reading and observing, I've not noticed much in the way of positive, world-changing proposals coming out of the Left-wing. Instead I'm seeing lots and lots of descriptions: Donald Trump is a monster and we have to vote for Hillary Clinton Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both monsters and we s
The Obama Fan
So on FaceBook there was a meme with all the leading figures of the bush II regime pictured besides a list of their several crimes including torture and illegal wars of aggression. It was posted in a group someone had hooked me up to so I didn't know many of the people posting. Three comments about the evil, perfidious Repugnicans and how they should be forced to pay for what they did. I posted "
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October 12, 2016 – White Hats Report #54 – It’s now or never
We had a long, detailed report prepared, analyzing the two debates and the aftermath and the points and counterpoints and after writing three pages of information that, in review, should already be obvious to our readers, we decided to shift gears, step back and reassess our message. We have issued 54 reports in 6 years, some lengthy with attachments and details, others with concepts and ideals a
October 17, 2016 – White Hats Report #55 – The Ministry of Propaganda is imploding!
As we wind down to the last presidential debate and the upcoming election on November 8, the desperation of the Clinton crime family has been ratcheted up to an unprecedented level. The latest attempt to coordinate a sexual misconduct attack on Trump fails on so many levels it’s not worth our time or yours to pick it apart. Suffice it to say, none of it passes the test of common sense from the ti
October 3, 2016 – White Hats Report #53 – PollMole, will it prevent a stolen election in 2016?
As November 8 quickly approaches, we’re reminded of a quote attributed to Josef Stalin, “It’s not who votes that counts, it’s who counts the votes.” Or a similar one attributed to Boss Tweed, "Those who cast the votes decide nothing; those who count the votes decide everything.” Every four years and to a lesser extent, every two years, we are bombarded with “polls”, polls to tell us who the voter
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No wonder! Janet Yellen's repeated assertion that there is full employment is believed implicitly by the mavens of the stock markets. However, smarter people know that (1) 23% of working-age Americans have given up looking for a job, because there are virtually none to be had, whereas (2) Yellen treats those 23% as though dead. However, the not so bright mavens of industry and the stock market read her claim of full employment as a signal that there are millions of Americans out there who can and will buy their products. Wrong! Because of their stupidity the mavens of the stock market push their stocks ever higher. In the meanwhile those with common sense know that the deepest stock market crash of all times will soon take place. Corrolary: The silver and gold presently being depressed will skyrockt when the crash arrives.
The stock market is turning into a sloppy, ugly mess—and it could get worse By Mark DeCambre Published: Oct 14, 2016 5:06 p.m. ET Dow industrials on pace for longest streak of monthly losses in 5 years. Here are some of the reasons behind the slide It is rough out there. It is getting dicey out there for Wall Street investors, although stocks eked out a modest rise on Friday. U.S. equities have b
As many of you know by now, I am only one year older than Paul Craig Roberts, and we both completed our four-year undergraduate degrees at technical schools (mine Carnegie Tech, his Georgia Tech). Then we both spent six years in grad school (me getting my PhD in physics at Brown University and he getting his PhD in economics from the University of Virginia after one-year stints in U. California at Berkley and Merton College Oxford). This dichotomy focused him on national and international events, whereas I stuck to physics, joining the Naval Research Laboratory in 1998 where I researched deeply the effects of radiation on glassy materials and fiber optics. But early on I became at NRL a Principle Investigator in the NASA Lunar Sample Program. I advanced to a mid-level appointment at NRL where for a while I was made Section Head but thankfully was relieved of that by my superiors. To pay them back I offered to take a then-empty seat at DARPA, where for two years halftime I picked the…
Bring Back The Cold War — Paul Craig Roberts September 30 , 2016 | Original Here | If you wish to receive his newsletter via email go to Original and sign up at bottom. Bring Back The Cold War Paul Craig Roberts Pundits have declared a “New Cold War.” If only! The Cold War was a time when leaders focused on reducing tensions between nuclear powers. What we have today is much more dangerous: Washi
You won't learn this from the so-called mainstream media. "Russia has a sufficient nuclear arsenal capable of inflicting a deadly blow on the United States. Washington recognizes this as well." "the State Department’s statement was immediately followed by the Pentagon's announcement that it is ready to launch a preventative nuclear strike on Russia." Thank goodness that Putin does not want a war with the US. But "we don’t know what choice Washington will make."
Following the president of the Russian Federation’s decree on suspending Russia’s compliance with agreements with the US on the disposal of weapons-grade plutonium and the submission of the corresponding bill to the State Duma, disputes have begun in the media on whether this is connected to the rupture of the Syria deal. The second stumbling block is a question: Why is Russia, having known that
More good advice from Bill Bonner ...although I'll have to clarify a couple things hes says about gold. First, he says that in 1980 the stock market "share prices were so cheap that you could buy all of the stocks on the Dow with one ounce of gold." I'm pretty certain that he meant one share of every stock on the Dow. But the bottom line was that "Today the stock prices are so high, that you would need 14 ounces of gold to buy (one share of each of) the Dow stocks." So he proposed a simple trading model: "When the Dow is worth less than 5 ounces of gold, buy stocks and sell gold. When the Dow is worth more than 10 ounces of gold, sell stocks and buy gold." This sounds reasonable to me, but I would modify his following statement that "The quantity of gold increases, but only about as fast as the quantity of goods and services that it can buy." However, there is a more powerful factor determining how fast gold metal grows, namely compared to the gold metal all ready existing, the yearly…
bill@billbonnersdiary.com OUZILLY, France – Markets seemed to stand still yesterday. Like autumn leaves on a tree, they wait for a stiff wind and a cold frost. This week, the Fed is scheduled to make a weather forecast. Bloomberg reports that only two of the Fed’s 23 “primary dealers” – banks that buy bonds directly from the government – expect a rate hike decision tomorrow when the Fed meets. “T
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Why is Rich Coleman planning to “restart our discussions in and around our project development agreement.”
What am I talking about? Rich Coleman in an exclusive with BIV(Business in Vancouver Magazine) on September 21st/2016 said this, and I quote.. ______________ https://www.biv.com/article/2016/9/exclusive-coleman-reveals-housing-lng-and-campaign/ Exclusive: Coleman reveals housing, LNG and campaign secrets to party faithful Coleman, who is also the Minister of Natural Gas Development, said he expec
Two Hours of Blog Talk Radio, Everything LNG, Including All the Lies and Distortions
My first podcast....there was a few technical issues, lack of bandwidth... However, we covered the LNG in great detail... I would like to thank http://www.blogtalkradio.com/canadianglen Thank Canadian Glen for hosting me...You can find him on Twitter here.. https://twitter.com/canadianglen Below is a link to tonight's episode(September 28th/2016).. http://blogtalk.vo.llnwd.net/o23/show/9/495/show
Soot
Written by Grant G Originally posted February 2/2012 I'm reposting this for a reason....... Goodbye Kleo The Cat SOOT With a big disposal bin placed out back I finally found courage to remove the charred embers of my past life...... For months now we waited patiently for a promised clean up by our insurance company, weather and excuses dominated and day after day I would drive by my scorched home
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The Cons mini-referendum
This summer the Conservative Party Caucus had themselves a mini-referendum about having a referendum about electoral reform. ERRE Committee vice-chair Scott Reid held a presser about it last Friday and was very pleased to announce a 90.6% approval rating from the 81,389 returned responses. Sure, the ballot only went out to 59 ridings held by Con MPs and allowed 4 responses per household, but stil
Referendumpster fire
CPC MP and ERRE committee member Scott Reid held a presser today to lay out the CPC position on electoral reform : No referendum, no Consent to electoral reform. Mr Reid cites the results of a householder CPC MPs sent to their constituents. Shocker : 90.6% of them voted for a referendum. Wikipedia : "In Canadian politics, a Ten Percenter is a party political flyer that MPs have the right to mail
Site C Licence of Occupation
In two days, the deadline for public input into BC Hydro's request to log crown land slated for Provincial Park status above the Site C dam will close. So why are you only just now hearing about this on a blog? Good question. According to the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative in an article in woodbusiness.ca, which you probably aren't in the habit of reading on a daily basis : "On Sept
TPP - the TFW Program on steroids
The Human Resources Committee, HUMA - 6 Libs, 3 Cons, and 1 NDP - released its report on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program yesterday, after a month of hearing from 43 witnesses as varied as Lululemon and the Migrant Mothers Project. Industry complaints initiated the study. The committee was asked to find a balance between employers desperate for TFWs for jobs they are unable to fill with Canad
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We Do NOT Need a Law
Contrary to the foot-stomping fetus fetishists , Canada does NOT need an abortion law. The foot-stompers shrieeeek: "Canada is the only country in the western world with no laws restricting abortion!!!!!!!!" Well, why would we want to use a law to restrict it? Does it need to be restricted because it's dangerous? No. Abortion is a very safe medical procedure. In fact, it is "markedly" safer than c
"Pro-woman" Fetus Freaks Support Trump
Out of the bizarre spectacle that is the 2016 US presidential election, the most (darkly) amusing aspect to a reproductive rights blogger is the fetus freaks' unswerving endorsement of the misogynist self-confessed serial sexual assaulter and child-ogler as their man. Anti-choice groups have worked hard over the past few years to re-brand themselves as pro-woman, like ProWomanProForcedPregnancy ,
"A Bad Precedent"? You Betcha!
Some follow-up to my post yesterday about the bungling around the approval of Mifegymiso (abortion pill) for inclusion in taxpayer-funded provincial healthcare plans. The Globe and Mail is still on the story. It seems that when Mifegymiso's manufacturer, Celopharma, began the long and winding (and politically stymied? remember, there were CONservatives in charge then) process, there were no costs
BREAKING! Fake Clinics Still Lying
Oh dear, it seems that fake clinics, aka crisis pregnancy centres, are feeling some heat. After countless reports, exposés, and sting operations, people are beginning to understand that fake clinics are not benign volunteer granny-run operations handing out free baby clothes. A US umbrella group called Care Net has just released a definitive report demonstrating. . . well, I'm not sure what it dem
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