Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration during the past 417,000 years (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: GHG emission by country in millions of metric tons of Carbon dioxide Equivalent. Data is from the CAIT 8.0 dataset. CO2 equivalent emissions from land use change and emissions of CO2,CH4,N2O,PFC,HFC, and SF6 are included. Bunker fuel (aka ships) is not.} (Photo credit: Wikipedia)New in The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
I have submitted the following comment, on the American Thinker site,
in answer to another commenter who took me to task for my claim that the
idea of "survival of the fittest" is a dead-end, false dogma for
mankind: Every tyrant, so long as he is on top, can claim to be the
"fittest". It is also known as "might makes right". Except the tyrant,
even if he dies of old age, is NOT the fittest in th
I have made two comments to an American Thinker article, "The Left's
Vicious Intolerance In Science". I'll just say here that arguing about
science is not science. I am a scientist, by the way--in fact, THE
scientist, who has made the greatest discovery in history--directly
impacting every field of human inquiry--which few in our time, on either
the Left or the Right--or the middle, for that matt
I have submitted the following comment to an article, "Global Warming:
Science or Dogma" on the American Thinker site, in response to other
comments there which hew to the dogma that there is a CO2 (carbon
dioxide) greenhouse effect in the atmosphere: Those scientists who think
they are experts in talking about CO2 absorption of radiation from the
planetary surface are over-educated and mis-educa
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...for another fucking war. Warmly, The Earth
New in The High-fat Hep C Diet
Here's a comment I put on Malcolm Kendrick's post about the "statin
side effects minimal" Lancet paper. For what it's worth, there's
evidence that lipid lowering is effective in secondary prevention of
CVD, but only in people with lipid markers associated with
hyperinsulinaemia. This is an easy syndrome to correct without drugs. In
people without hyperinsulinaemia (shown by high HDL level and low
Counsels of perfection A recent critique of the US dietary guidelines,
which made some very good points about the failure to recommend that
people stop eating processed foods, suggested that the phrase in the
dietary guidelines “Consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day” be
replaced with “Eat natural foods, meat, fish, eggs, dairy products, nuts
and seeds and the natural sodium contained there
Austin Bradford Hill was, as should be well known, the father of modern
epidemiology, who played a key role in determining a causal
relationship between smoking and lung cancer. His 9 criteria (or
viewpoints, as he called them) for evaluating epidemiological evidence
were only ever a suggestion, and intended to have adaptable
interpretations strongly guided by logic and good sense in any given co
Another
in the ever-popular genre of blog posts about what people eat. No
photos though. I wake up and have an instant coffee with cream and 1/4
spoonful of dark brown sugar. Maybe I'll have another before breakfast.
If I'm out I'll have a long black with cream without sugar, followed by a
glass of cold water. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,
because it decides if and what you'll b
New in the original Blogger Tips and Tricks
The
very first step of starting a blog is a decision on which blogging
platform or software to use for the blog. The choices are plenty, as you
can see from the list at Wikipedia: Blog software , but we will first
concentrate on the 2 most popular free ones - Blogger.com and
Wordpress.com , both of which are hosted for free, and Wordpress.org of
which the software is free and open source but you w
Blogger
has been changing things around in the Settings. What used to be
Templates they now call it Theme so if you are looking for Template in
Blogger settings Templates, you will be asking where is Templates to
change template, you will be highly disappointed. Not only Tenplates.
Blogger has also put the tab/link to DELETE BLOG . It used to be that to
delete blog, we sign into www.blogger.com >
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Written by Grant G I ha ve never for the Green Party but can admit that
many of their goals are laudable, essential, vitol to preserving life
on a finite planet... I read an article in the Financial Post, it was
titled... "Dear British Columbians, what were you thinking? NPD
Influenced Provinces are Where The Economy Goes To Die" Article was
written by American Diane Francis http://business.finan
Written by Grant G 1) Are you prepared to let Site C dam project on the
Peace River plow forward with no BCUC review, with no sound business
case? 2) Kindr Morgan tripling their pipeline capacity and a 7 fold
increase in bitumen laden tankers on the coast...Clark wants
it....Horgan and NDP like you Andrew Weaver are opposed ... 3)
Proportional representation ....NDP is willing to hold referendum.
Written By Grant G Thursday and Friday, May 5th and May 6th.....On May
5th/2017 the Globe and Mail endorsed Christy Clark and her BC Liberal
gang for reelection ...on May 6th our beleaguered Vancouver Sun followed
suit with an endorsement for Christy Clark . Globe and Mail endorsement
came with a provision, " hold your nose and vote Liberal " before I
pass comment on the Globe n Mail endorsement
Archive is ready.....2 hour+ of hot political talk....Featuring Bob
Mackin.....Bill Tieleman..Canadian Glen....and The Straight Goods You
gotta here this... https://www.theviewuphere.ca/ The Straight Goods
Cheers Ears Wide Open
Tune in, turn on......Live 6:00 PM Wednesday May 3rd..where?....Here,
with Canadian Glen.. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/canadianglen We'll be
discussing the latest polls, which one to believe, if any....who has the
momentum, who keeps planting their feet firmly in their mouth..rumours,
innuendo, backroom chatter...we've got it all...including which party
is already sharpening their knives, ....an
Written by Grant G If John Horgan unilaterally proposed an ill
conceived trade policy on the fly during the heat of an election our
mainstream media would label John Horgan as a hothead, not able to
control his temper, not fit for BC's top spot....not fit for the job of
Premier... Last week when our American neighbours imposed a 20% duty on
Canadian softwood lumber Christy Clark(again) opened up
New in thwap's schoolyard
Bob Cesca thought he was going to make a clever point about the
"extremes" of the right and the left in the US of A. He talks about how
both serial sexual predator Bill O'Reilly, and generally decent liberal
sap John Oliver, both paint a harsh picture of Barack Obama : On one
hand, there was Bill O'Reilly who continued to push for a stronger
response to Islamic jihad. Not only should the presiden
Last time I talked about the weakness of Trump's opponents among the
Republicans. Today I'll talk about the weakness of his rival from the
Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton. Yes, yes. Hillary won the popular
vote. But that doesn't decide US presidential elections. Hillary knew
that. By the rules of the game she agreed to play, she lost. She lost to
a widely unpopular, appalling, narcissistic igno
Yesterday I wrote about some of the reasons why Donald Trump was
popular among a certain segment of the US-American population. (And
having met Canadian Trump supporters personally, I can attest to this
not being a specifically US-American phenomenon.) These people are
ignorant. Ignorant of Trump's sleazy con-man past. Ignorant of the true
nature of their country's (and the world') political-econ
It's the joke of the galaxy, if not the universe! There's a planet
halfway outside one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way, where
intelligent life arose. The turn of events made it so that the USA
became the greatest power of all the competing groups of the human life
form. Its culture was the dominant culture. If humanity was to become
united, one species, self-governing, the USA would have been
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Posted 4/20/2017 By Barbara Loe Fisher Revolution for Truth Rally |
March 31, 2017 | Washington, D.C. To activate and view hyperlinked
references, please click here once and then click any superscripted
number below to access a hyperlinked reference, or scroll down to the
bottom of the article to view all hyperlinked references. We are
gathered in our nation’s Capitol representing many thousands
New in Vagabond Scholar
April
is National Poetry Month, so I'd be remiss if I didn't feature at least
one poem. This year, I'm going with one by Billy Collins, who I've
featured before. I've attended one of his readings, and his knack for
vivid imagery combined with wit makes him especially fun to hear live.
Here's video of him reading "Litany" and giving some context for it: The
poem itself: Litany By Billy
New in Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!)
Damn
it. "Billions" is over. Damn. It. Just catching up after the furor.
Wanker of the Day - Rep. Chris Collins of Upstate New York wins today's
all-pro wanking award. What kind of prize should he get? Discuss. Total
of 4.2Mln of French Voters Cast Empty Ballots - Millions of
One
napkin was shown to Ronald Reagan who, foreshadowing Trump, was too
thick to understand it. Like Trump, the Gipper thought that it proved
that, 'the lower the tax, the more tax revenue collected.' George Bush
Sr. called that "voodoo economics."Not voodoo, no; but here’s the key —
pay attention, A students! — it’s a CURVE. When "marginal" tax rates are
ABOVE 90%, cutting to, say, 85
Consider
the reality of O'Reilly's career. ... He worked for Fox News for about
20 years, spewing the most vicious pack of hatred and lies he possibly
could. For this he was paid millions; his salary at the end being about
$18 million a year. So let's be cautious here and guess that, over the
years this scum was paid about $200 million for his contribution to the
country's well-being. Just
New in What Is Sustainable
For at least four million years, our ancestors have been bipedal, they
moved around on two legs. This ability evolved on the African savannah,
tropical grassland. Being upright exposed less of their bodies to hot
sunbeams, and their bushy head hair provided extra protection. Their
nearly furless bodies, combined with three million sweat glands, allowed
them to shed body heat better than other sav
New in wmtc
Zadie Smith is on my list of "authors I will follow anywhere". I may
not love everything about every book she writes, but that's unimportant.
For me, her books are always worth reading -- the writing is beautiful,
the characters feel real, the insights into the human condition are
interesting and thought-provoking and ring true. I'm always excited to
hear Smith has published a new book, and Swing
James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room , a landmark in LGBT literature, is one
of our library's current "Raves & Faves". The 1956 novel takes
place in Paris, narrated by a young American man who is trying to come
to terms with his sexuality. In the past, this was said to be a "gay
novel;" now it is seen as "bisexual novel". Leaving aside the obvious
fact that novels don't possess sexuality, those labels
Our
photos from Egypt and Jordan are now on Flickr . Below are the various
albums. I've also added links to the individual wmtc posts . egypt /
giza egypt / pyramids view inn egypt / cairo / egyptian museum egypt /
cairo egypt / saqarra, dahshur, memphis egypt / dendara egypt / abydos
egypt / luxor / luxor museum egypt / luxor / luxor temple egypt / luxor /
karnak egypt / luxor / deir el-medina eg
Girl:
Do you have this book, something like, "keeping a secret about you"?
Me: Let's take a look in the catalogue. [Stalling for time while
scrolling through titles in my mind.] Hmm, do you mean Keeping You a
Secret ? Girl: Yes! I took a bus all the way from the South Common
branch to here to get this book so I hope you have it. I recognize it as
a good LGBT title by Julie Peters, excellent writer
I'm
actually getting to the annual wmtc movie awards while the baseball
season is still young -- a sign that I have a bit more time to myself,
as our new local ticks along under the guidance of an awesome team.
First, the annual recap: - Canadian musicians and comedians (2006-07 and
2007-08) - my beverage of choice (2008-09) - famous people who died
during the past year (2009-10) - where I'd like
Even though I don't blog very much anymore, my editor still manages to find some highlights. Best of wmtc, 2016 edition.
New in WWF - Latest News
Manado, Indonesia: Indonesian environmental youth champion, Adeline
Tiffanie Suwana and the Indian wildlife and environment cartoonist Rohan
Chakravarty have won this year's WWF International President's Award
for their efforts to inspire change and attitudes towards nature. The
award is the global conservation organization's top accolade to
recognize outstanding leadership in young conservationi
Indigenous people who include, Baka, Bagyéli, Bakola, Bedzang and
Mbororos make up 10 percent of Cameroon's population of 23 million
people. For centuries, these communities have conserved their
traditional way of life, customs and culture, possessing a unique
identity and precious inter-generational knowledge of preserving natural
resources. However, they have faced longstanding challenges relat
New in A Very Public Sociologist
And breathe. Emmanuel Macron crushed Marine Le Pen in the second round
of the French presidential elections by 66.1% to 33.9%. But that is no
cause for celebration. Le Pen's rebranded fascism was found beguiling
enough for a third of voters, which is double what daddy got when he
broke through to the run off in 2002. Amid the schmaltzy celebrations
and feting of Macron as a centrist hero up there
How to understand the rise of populist politics? In a time of
unprecedented social peace, how can large numbers of people turn away
from the sensible, managerial mainstream and find the simple answers of
crackpots and charlatans beguiling? How is it a third of French voters
supported a fascist last Sunday? How did we get President Donald Trump?
All kinds of explanations are in play, but the one t
Which of these is most representative of public opinion at large? A
heavily gamed voluntary poll of 160,000-odd people done on the behest of
This Morning that shows a commanding lead enjoyed by Jeremy Corbyn over
Theresa May; or any of the recent spate of polls by professional
polling companies who show very much the opposite consistently on the
basis of samples between 1,000 and 1,800 people. I
Jeremy Corbyn has saved the Labour Party. A seemingly counter-intuitive
claim considering the awful polling and depressing personal ratings
he's attracted, but nevertheless it is true. The first and most obvious
sign are the huge numbers that have joined up. After years of decline
followed by years of stagnation, the activist pool has swelled and the
party has a broader range to draw from when it
British politics has long had an absurd streak , and in this regard we
should commend the Prime Minister for preserving this fine tradition.
Consider these exhibits from the last week of general election
campaigning: Theresa May visits a factory. She refuses to take questions
from the press and the employer forbids workers from talking to the
hacks. Theresa May visits North Derbyshire and is inte
Who is running the best general election campaign? Well, it's obvious,
innit. Jeremy Corbyn is. The Labour campaign is dynamic, there's a new
policy every day, the leader is ubiquitous, and he's received rare
praise from the media for being accessible and helpful. Contrast that to
the shambles of Theresa May and the control freak effort Tory central
office are running . She hides from the public,
New in Activist Teacher
And
it works. By Denis G. Rancourt, PhD A main function of the public
education enterprise, beyond destruction of the personality and
individual thought and agency, is to ingrain a camouflaged ignorance
that becomes a permanent fixture in the host brain. One of the best
examples of such manufactured ignorance is the widespread ingrained
notion that the dominant global
Too
much spontaneous self-sacrifice in the service of war mongers By Denis
G. Rancourt, PhD A powerful new propaganda model has emerged. A Western
globalist NGO scheme on steroids, with Hollywood Academy and
humanitarian awards glitter... has been deployed in the latest covert
regime-change operations, on two continents. The new model is funded and
embedded "white / green helmets" that
"Intersectionality"?
I'm sorry, but that is bullshit. The first, dominant, and overpowering
oppression is violent class dominance, class segregation and class
discrimination. Race and gender are side shows that correlate: They are
not the driver. "Intersectionality" is a pseudo-academic
service-intellectual cover for professional-class managers who benefit
from race and gender-rights
The
Saudi war against Yemen is a grotesque violation of the lives and
dignity of innocent women, children, and civilians who seek nothing more
than peaceful lives under democratic rule of their own choice. This
vile Saudi mass-crime, and the associated inhuman blockade, condoned and
supported by the USA, Canada, and the silent Western world, is
presently the worst on-going genocidal attack on
AFRICA
::: The US-global elite is losing Africa to China and BRICS. The
increasing backlash will include more propaganda pressure to commit more
US-led efforts to bring more "democracy" and "human rights" to the
continent, including saving women, preventing environmental destruction,
fighting terrorism, and managing against global warming... all the
usual propaganda scams to justify massive
I
recently watched the 2-hour documentary film by feminist film-maker
Cassie Jaye entitled "The Red Pill - A Feminist's Journey Into the Men's
Rights Movement". At the end of her documentary, after her 1-year
journey making the film, she states: "I don't know where I am headed but
I know what I am leaving behind. I no longer call myself a feminist."
My main thought throughout -- which
New in Adrienne's Corner
collect from today's Mass Extraordinary Form: O God, Who dost unite the
souls of the faithful in one will, grant Thy people to love that which
Thou dost command, to desire that which Thou dost promise; so that our
hearts, even in the midst of earthly vicissitudes, may be set on the
place where true joys are. Through our Lord.
"You're dealing with desperation on the left." And nothing points more
to this desperation than this screed I stumbled upon at the Huffington
Post by Michelangelo Signorile, the editor-at-large of Queer Voices, To
Save America We Must Stop Being Polite And Immediately Start Raising
Hell. You could almost stop reading at that over wrought title because I
can't recall a gaggle of libtards ever bein
"you don't matter anymore" From the Monday, February 27 Today show on
NBC: MATT LAUER: But there’s enormous division right now. And although
President Trump has said he hopes to unify the country, have you, in the
first month, seen him do or say anything that, in your opinion, would
be an attempt to heal the wounds of the election? FORMER PRESIDENT
GEORGE W BUSH: Well, first of all, there’s only
sometimes all the time you have to spell things out for the liberals
using small easy to understand words. Some outstanding Deals of the Day
at Amazon. Instant Pot still on sale for $89.95
because we have a several day reprieve after weeks and weeks of rain
and there is much to be done outside. Fresh off his triumph of being
awarded the "Profile in Courage" award, Obnoxious Barry hops on private
jet to wend his merry way to Milan wherein he enjoys a 14-car entourage
to his hotel so he can tell us dirt people why we need to use bicycles
or walk to save the planet. Notice he's bagged
and does it well - and we thank him. Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney
General for the United States Department of Justice in his letter to
President Trump: “I cannot defend the director's handling of the
conclusion of the investigation of Secretary Clinton's emails,”
Rosenstein wrote, “and I do not understand his refusal to accept the
nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken. Almost everyone
Cyber Attack Not Over , Effects Could Be Worse Come Monday fred walton
@fredwalton216 16m 16 minutes ago fred walton Retweeted The Telegraph
"The latest count is over 200,000 victims in at least 150 countries.
Many of those will be businesses including large corporations." fred
walton added, The Telegraph Verified account @Telegraph Cyber attack:
Monday morning meltdown expected as Europol chie
US Politics..... Comey Firing / Russia Probe & Congressional
Investigations / "Trumpstorms" fred walton @fredwalton216 2m 2 minutes
ago fred walton Retweeted HotAir.com Pretty much sums it up.... fred
walton added, HotAir.com @hotairblog White House staff react in
real-time as Trump tweets: “Jesus” http:// hotair.com/headlines/arch
ives/2017/05/13/white-house-staff-react-in-real-time-as-trump-t
Markets.... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago US stocks end mixed.
Nasdaq squeaks out a gain. Closes near highs. ForexLive @ForexLive 5m 5
minutes ago Forexlive Americas FX news wrap: Slightly weaker US
data/Report of ECB taper influences currencies ForexLive @ForexLive 3h
3 hours ago Key economic releases/events next week ForexLive
@ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago Crude oil futures settle at
Markets..... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1 hour ago Economic
data due from Asia today ForexLive @ForexLive 12m 12 minutes ago NZ
data - Home sales (April) down 31% y/y US.... ForexLive @ForexLive 1h 1
hour ago US stocks end the day lower but well off the lows ForexLive
@ForexLive 3h 3 hours ago US Crude oil futures settle at $47.83 /BBL
Europe..... ForexLive @ForexLive 6h 6 hours
Markets...... Asia..... ForexLive @ForexLive 2h 2 hours ago Economic
data due from Asia today (and its RBNZ day for the NZD traders)
ForexLive @ForexLive 25m 25 minutes ago RBNZ's Wheeler: Non-tradables
inflation rising only slowly ForexLive @ForexLive 26m 26 minutes ago
RBNZ Wheeler: Anthony Barton @AntBarton89 48m 48 minutes ago Key
takeaways as the RBNZ stands pat and fails to deliver
Markets..... Asia.... ForexLive @ForexLive 58m 58 minutes ago
Economic data due from Asia today - it's the best day of the month! fred
walton @fredwalton216 2h 2 hours ago fred walton Retweeted SCMP News
Conservative Party unseated after ruling for a decade.. fred walton
added, SCMP News Verified account @SCMP_News Liberal Moon Jae-in wins
#SouthKorea ’s presidential election to end a decade
New in Centauri Dreams
Richard Trevithick’s name may not be widely known today, but he was an
important figure in the history of transportation. A mining engineer
from Cornwall, Trevithick (1771-1833) built the first high pressure
steam engine, and was able to put it to work on a railway known as the
Penydarren because it moved along the tramway of the Penydarren
Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, running 14 kilomete
When to launch a starship, given that improvements in technology could
lead to a much faster ship passing yours enroute? As we saw yesterday,
the problem has been attacked anew by René Heller (Max Planck Institute
for Solar System Research), who re-examined a 2006 paper from Andrew
Kennedy on the matter. Heller defines what he calls ‘the incentive trap’
this way: The time to reach interstellar ta
Although there are no plans at present to send a lander to Europa, we
continue to work on the prospects, asking what kind of operations would
be possible there. NASA is, for example, now funding a miniature
seismometer no more than 10 centimeters to the side, working with the
University of Arizona on a project called Seismometers for Exploring the
Subsurface of Europa (SESE). Is it possible our f
The boundary between brown dwarf and planet is poorly defined, although
objects over about 13 Jupiter masses (and up to 75 Jupiter masses) are
generally considered brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs do not reside, like most
stars, on the main sequence, being not massive enough to sustain
nuclear fusion of hydrogen in their cores, although deuterium and
lithium fusion is a possibility. But new work on a b
As we watch commercial companies launching (and landing) rockets even
as NASA contemplates a Space Launch System that could get us to Mars,
it’s worth considering just which future we’re going to see happen. In
this essay, Nick Nielsen thinks about making the transition between an
early spacefaring civilization to a truly system-wide space culture, and
one capable of moving still further out. No
NASA has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Tau Zero Foundation for a
3-year study titled “Interstellar Propulsion Review.” Unlike prior
studies, which were based on a specific mission concept, this study is
an overall comparison between the different motivations, challenges, and
approaches to interstellar flight. The work is split into three major
1-year phases: 1. Create an interstellar work break
New in Craig Murray
In a ludicrous statement, the Crown Prosecution Service argues that
Conservative Party agents and candidates did not dishonestly submit
false returns – because the Conservative Party told them it was legal .
That really is what the decision says. I quote: “However, it is clear
agents were told by Conservative Party headquarters that the costs were
part of the national campaign and it would not be
I enjoyed, as much as anybody, Emily Thornberry’s ambush of Michael
Fallon over his past cultivation of Assad. It is notable that the media
themselves have interviewed Fallon continually during this election – he
has been put out as May’s deflector shield – and no member of the media
has ever mentioned it to him. Contrast that with the media’s treatment
of Labour and SNP politicians. I remember b
There was a brief moment of truth on Sky News this morning, where there
was a brief discussion of disquiet among journalists that Theresa May
will only take questions that have been pre-vetted and selected in
advance by the Tory Party. The Sky reporter even gave the detail that
the journalists are not allowed to hold the microphone, which is
controlled by a Tory Party functionary so it can be swi
A few important points not featuring in the wall to wall media coverage
– This is US government security service technology , developed by the
NSA. Edward Snowden has confirmed this and nobody is denying it. You
might think that would be a prominent part of the story, but strangely
it isn’t. The arms race between major powers to develop cyber warfare
and cyber surveillance capacity is a massive t
The promotion of independent thinking, and of scepticism about what
“news” you are told, is the primary purpose of this blog. So I cannot
complain when people extend that scepticism towards me, too. A gentleman
from Fife has written to tell me that he was not inclined to believe my
statement that the BBC have agreed that, when Theresa May appears on
the special edition of Question Time that will
A Google news search returns 5,240 results for “Ferguslie Park” over
the last 24 hours. As compared to 0 mentions in the previous 24 hours.
The media have, with an incredible level of unanimity, seized upon a
Tory being elected to represent Ferguslie Park, “the most deprived area
of Scotland”, as the leading evidence of a Tory resurgence into areas of
Scotland “they could not previously venture i
New in David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
PHOTOS: Shannon Daub, associate director of the CCPA’s British Columbia
office and co-director of the Corporate Mapping Project, at the mapping
project’s 2017 Summer Institute at the University of Victoria this
week. Below: CCPA B.C. Director Seth Klein (Twitter) and Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau. VICTORIA, B.C. Just because there are hardly any climate
change deniers […] The post Who needs old-t
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended April 30, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books
and provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. Alphabet Stage (Children’s) – Linda M. Phillips*
2. Only Leave a Trace: Mediations (Poetry) – Roger […] The post Alberta
authors Linda Phillips and Janice MacDonald to
PHOTOS: B.C. Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver (CBC photo), who seems to
have found his tiny three-member caucus holding the balance of power in
the province’s Legislature. Below: B.C. Premier Christy Clark
(Wikimedia Commons: Kris Krug), Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, B.C. NDP
Leader John Horgan, and B.C. Lieutenant Governor Judith Guichon.
VICTORIA, B.C. If a […] The post Liberals propped up by
VICTORIA, B.C. This is what you call a close election. When your
blogger gave up and packed it in for the night, the vote in the British
Columbia general election was still essentially a tie: B.C. Liberals 42,
B.C. New Democrats 42, and Greens 3. By morning a lot may have changed,
or very little, […] The post Dispatches from British Columbia: This is
what you call a close election appeared first
PHOTOS: Rachel Notley celebrates her victory on the night of May 5,
2015. Below: Ms. Notley again, the same night, still celebrating;
defeated Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice as seen via TV at
NDP headquarters conceding to the NDP; a small corner of the crowd at
NDP election headquarters in Edmonton. Today marks the second […] The
post Re-stating the obvious: elections matter, and t
PHOTOS: Opposition Wildrose Leader Brian Jean and Progressive
Conservative Leader Jason Kenney. Below: A clear-eyed Premier Rachel
Notley, former British Columbia NDP premier Dave Barrett and the late
Jim Prentice, former premier of Alberta. TORONTO “Two years after
Alberta NDP win, critics see signs of early election call,” a headline
on the CBC website said […] The post Message to the media and
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Seriously, we've been waiting for five years for Dave off and Sail
fixings. First of all: DAVE OFF... you'all know the film Face Off
starring Johnny Trav and Cagey, right... no it's not even connected to
that. It's basically ALL THE EVIL-TWIN FIGHTS SCENES you've ever seen in
a film already. Who will win? And do we really care? And (most
importantly) will we be able to identify the victor come th
Why Sexual Earthing ? Well, it goes back to my earlier claim that,
"I've always been an erotic painter," and this new series of 60x42cm
emulsion on canvases reinforces that. Earthing because they were created
outside; barefoot, where the exchange of body electrons with Earth
electrons enhances the art. It's true. Always has been. Man is a Natural
Creature, not an office lackey. Personally, I like
I love (have loved all) these Transformers films, especially when they
try to Templar-Excalibur the past in this (cynical) way. The Templar
i.e. King Arthur, story of the near-Revolt of the King of Edessa against
the unHoly Roman Empire in AD70 only came to the world via France in
the twelfth century with the return (from modern day Palmyra, Syria) of
'some other story' that contradicts the offic
okay, here's THE REAL SHIT about the Alien: Covenant message, and it's a
message on a global scale... and it involved our once-sun Saturn and
all the Cassini's final plummet into the Saturnian atmosphere. Expect
sparks and brighter-than-usual impact characteristics. Real
Saturnalia... Note: oh, is that Shaw drinking from the Holy Grail? Tee
hee.... oh, and spoilers ahoy warning, as ever. MASSIVE
it's a question of diplomatic importance in a Free Planet - politeness.
Politeness is the basis of Language. In a Free Planet, there'll be no
such thing as global-speak and global-think, it will be a world of
however many billions of re-wilded people living in tribelike roaming
Diversities. The only thing that will stop wars between these groups is
Politeness, as conveyed via Language. In a Free
wow, that was hard, and what with 150,000+ steps already on my legs
from last week's family walking holiday in Minehead... and it's a new
record. FIFTY THREE MINUTES, for my usual seven miles course around west
Oxford's rolling hills. Warmed up with half an hour's yoga. Weather was
perfect, sun breaking through light cloud. No wind. No food since
yesterday evening. One cup of coffee for upper's s
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