Prince of Wales Hotel, Waterton National Park, Canada 2009 (Photo credit: Gord McKenna)
Frozen Lake Huron- icebreakers and commercial vessels (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dark Island, a prominent feature of the St. Lawrence Seaway, is located in the lower (eastern) Thousand Islands region, near Chippewa Bay. Dark Island Castle was recently renamed "Singer Castle", because it was built for Frederick Gilbert Bourne, president of the Singer Manufacturing Company , producer of the Singer Sewing Machine. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Lake freighter CSL Niagara on the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay in the Thousand Islands. Schip op de Saint Lawrence, recht tegenover Alexandria Bay in de Thousand Islands (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Australia (Photo credit: Kenny Teo (zoompict))Waitangi Day : Something to Celebrate
The birth of the best little country in the world is being celebrated – not with the deserved pride of a great achievement – but, once again, with the full cast of cant and lies and humbug.
“Trickle down”
Here’s Thomas Sowell at his best. A slice (but do read the whole column):Years ago, this column challenged anybody to quote any economist outside of an insane asylum who had ever advocated this “trickle-down” theory. Some readers said that somebody said that somebody else had advocated a “trickle-down” policy. They could never name that somebody else and quote them, though.
“Trickle down” does exist.
It emanates from government.
A Frankenstein Economy
The ‘wealth effect’ — caused by rising asset prices — is the only thing keeping the economy from slipping back into recession…
Where Have All The Gold Holdings Gone?
Germany might own the gold, but it doesn’t have it. And when it comes to owning gold as a safe haven asset, it’s all about having it.
Wanted: Cheap Energy At Any Cost
Still, for as great as many German firms are at what they do, the German economy requires competitive-priced energy. Energy costs matter to all businesses.
By The Daily Reckoning | January 18, 2014
Australian Economy, Meet Austerity
By Greg Canavan | December 18, 2013 Australia finds itself in a very precarious economic environment largely because of weak politicians. That is, the Australian economy is in a spot of bother.Can a Nova Scotia transmitter maker parlay radio success into TV and defence growth?
Buoyed
by a recent deal with All India Radio, Nautel’s chief executive, Peter
Conlon, is eyeing an expansion into television transmitters
Google has offered further concessions to address regulatory concerns about its search technology, the European Commission said on Wednesday, effectively settling a three-year investigation and avoiding a fine of up to $5-billion.
Subway workers walk off the job to protest upcoming job cuts
Why there is Global Warming
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Canadian
oil giant could transport crude oil to Gulf Coast via St. Lawrence
Seaway if Keystone XL pipeline rejected - Environmental groups on the
U.S. and Canadian sides of the border are keeping an eye on the massive
Keystone XL oil pipeline planned from
western Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas: If it is not approved by the
U.S. government, the Canadian oil giant that crafted the proposal could
decide instead to ship its crude oil east through the St. Lawrence
Seaway with ocean freighters, looping around the East Coast to get to
Gulf Coast refineries.
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Deadly
oil train accidents push states to draw up response plans - States from
California to Maine are hiring rail inspectors and oil-spill experts as
they draw up emergency plans after trains carrying crude derailed and
burst into fireballs, including a crash in Quebec that killed 47.
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Canadian
regulator asks for fracking fluid info - The National Energy Board in
Canada is asking energy companies to submit information about hydraulic
fracturing fluid 30 days after work is completed. The NEB, an
independent regulator with headquarters
in Alberta, said it was asking oil and gas companies operating under
pertinent legislation to offer up what's in their hydraulic fracturing
fluids within 30 days of completing an operation.
Driller
Wants to Use Fracking Waste as Paving Material - Range Resources wants
to use gas well drilling waste rock material to build Marcellus and
Utica shale gas drilling pads and access roads, the Pittsburg
Post-Gazette reports. The fracking company has applied for a
Pennsylvania “beneficial use” permit — the first by a Marcellus Shale
gas drilling company — to use the drilling cuttings as paving material.
Range Resources wants to use gas well drilling waste rock material to build Marcellus
Residents
protest hydraulic fracturing byproduct to potentially de-ice roads on
Long Island - PORT WASHINGTON - Residents protested Tuesday evening
about concerns that potentially hazardous waste may make its way onto
Long Island's roadways. Wood tells News 12 that the waste is
carcinogenic and has been linked to bone and breast cancer.
http://www.usatoday.com/.../fracking-radioactive.../2904829/
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River water in western Pennsylvania has elevated levels of radioactivity, some of it from fluids discharged after fracking for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale area, says a Duke University study Wednesday.
UN Panel Assails Vatican Over Sex Abuse by Priests - New York Times
- 02/05/2014
- 4:11 am
 CTV News |
UN Panel Assails Vatican Over Sex Abuse by Priests
New York Times GENEVA — A United Nations panel sharply criticized the Vatican on Wednesday for putting the reputation and interests of the Holy See above the interests of children who had been sexually abused by priests, effectively allowing priests to continue abuse ... UN slams Vatican for protecting priests over child abuseBBC News UN accuses Vatican of adopting policies that allowed priests to rape childrenVancouver Sun Scathing UN report demands Vatican act against child sex abuseTimes of India |
Up
To 82,000 Tons Of Toxic Coal Ash Spilled Into North Carolina River From
‘Antiquated’ Storage Pit - A stormwater pipe under an unlined coal ash
pond at a shuttered plant in Eden, North Carolina, burst Sunday
afternoon — draining tens of thousands of tons of coal ash into the Dan
River.
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'No
Keystone XL Pipeline Will Cross Lakota Lands' - As Native Nations,
we're ready to protect our homelands from this pipeline, and we need to
SHORE UP OUR SUPPORT of organizations like Owe Aku and Protect the
Sacred, who are on the ground organizing in the Lakota Nation.
* Apparently toxic release is not a concern !
Neighbors
say coal terminals are hurting the coast and their health - PLAQUEMINES
PARISH, La. - The historically African-American town of Ironton has
fought for everything it has, including a highly publicized battle for
running water in the 1980s. Now,
neighbors in the historic community are taking on another fight, this
time against a nearby industry that they believe is destroying their
quality of life. “This is coal dust all over the car.” Cornell Battle
said black dust coats just about everything in his Ironton community.
“See how black it is? The lungs, if it's sticking to the truck like
this, this could be your lungs,” he said. “We can't even sit on our
porch with white pants on.”
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Walmart plans nearly $500 million in Canadian projects including 35 superstores - Hamilton Spectator
- 02/05/2014
- 4:27 am
 Montreal Gazette |
Walmart plans nearly $500 million in Canadian projects including 35 superstores
Hamilton Spectator TORONTO Walmart is opening 35 more Canadian supercentres as part of nearly $500 million in planned investments over the next year as the retailer works to increase competitive pressure on its rivals. The 2014-15 expansion announced Tuesday will ... Fresh, online targets of Wal-Mart Canada spendjust-food.com (subscription) |
Mexico Seawater Project
CSEC's collection of metadata shows ability to 'track everyone' - CBC.ca
- 02/05/2014
 Toronto Star |
CSEC's collection of metadata shows ability to 'track everyone'
CBC.ca Recent allegations about domestic spying and the collection of "metadata" by one of Canada's security agencies have inspired a great deal of confusion about the precise nature of the surveillance. John Forster, head of the Communications Security ... Opposition MPs concerned Big Brother watchingToronto Sun Canada's not-so-secret plan to spy on everyone: WalkomToronto Star Conservatives shun idea of new parliamentary spy watchdog committeeOttawa Citizen |
New scandal in Keystone Saga
the State Department’s Environmental Impact Assessment (which gave the Keystone XL a big green light) was not prepared by any neutral government officials, but rather by a private company in the employ of the pipeline’s owner.
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