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James joins Melody Cedarstrom on the Financial Survival radio show for
their regular, bi-monthly conversation. This time we discuss the
disappearance of the middle class, universal basic income, the
International Criminal Court, the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi and the
recent flare up between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
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In keeping with Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain Marvel features a
Stan Lee cameo. What is a little different this time, though, is how it
plays out in the movie. Shortly after Vers (a.k.a. Carol Danvers, a.k.a.
Captain Marvel) lands on Earth, she finds herself on a train, trying to
spot the shapeshifting Skrull among all the ordinary-looking human
passengers. SEE ALSO: Who's who in 'Captain Ma
'Terror
in the Skies' will explore stories of strange winged creatures in the
US including the legendary Mothman. Over the years there have been
count...
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Medical Lake man believes that he has photographed a set of footprints
left by the legendary Sasquatch. Retiree Steve Meacham and his wife had
been ...
This post contains spoilers for Captain Marvel In the pinnacle moment o
f Captain Marve l's final fight sequence, Gwen Stefani's "I'm Just a
Girl" starts playing as Brie Larson's Carol Danvers kicks everyone's
ass. The subtext, in case you missed it, is that Carol Danvers might
just be a girl. But being just a girl is pretty kick ass. This moment —
and every other one when Marvel seems to suddenl
Change
the proper nouns and it would read like the situation in Europe or the
U.S. Via: ArsTechnica: As the National People’s Congress gathers in
Beijing for the beginning of China’s “Two Sessions” political season,
state media is making an international propaganda push on social
media—including on platforms blocked by China’s “Great Firewall”—to
promote China’s […]
Plan will address ‘power imbalance’ and insecurity of rentals, says
shadow minister A Labour government would oblige private landlords to
offer tenancies of indefinite length, based on the German system, in an
attempt to give renters more security. The plan, announced by the shadow
housing secretary, John Healey, would seek to protect tenants from
arbitrary eviction without having to give a reaso
Advice that children should still be read to as teenagers makes sense,
as they learn the complex gear changes between speech and prose I was
very lucky to have been brought up in a household where my older brother
and my father read out loud to me as a teenager. It was a form of
conversation or entertainment. They were “hey-listen-to-this” moments,
taking in Dickens, Hardy, Catch-22, Catcher in t
A
generation after apartheid, the Stellenbosch region is gripped by a
struggle that pits white citizens who still control much of the economy
against their black neighbors.
Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump,
entered Virginia federal court on Thursday facing a recommended sentence
of 19 to 24 years, and left with a sentence of less than four years.
Many people are outraged by what they see as an unreasonably lenient
penalty for an unrepentant crook, and have accused United States
District Judge T. S. Ellis of bias. Others have decr
Russia Scandal Part 2: Trump didn't know much more about Putin than what's on cable news, but he liked what he saw
Heavy
rains in southern and central parts of Malawi have caused flooding and
rivers to overflow, in particular the Shire River in Chikwawa, where
local media say 6 people have died. The government of Malawi said in a
statement of 07 March, that "Thousands of people have been displaced and
a good number of people reported missing and others feared dead in the
southern part of Malawi due to a heavy
Blue-blooded and armored with 10 spindly legs, horseshoe crabs have perhaps always seemed a bit out of place.
Scientists
fear the UK has lost its way due to Brexit and research could suffer as
a result, one of the country’s most respected scientists tells New
Scientist
Elizabeth
Warren is coming for tech companies. And that means more time and money
spent fighting regulation instead of funding innovation.
*Truth in a Post Truth World* takes a closer look at a team of remarkably resourceful investigative journalists.
This week’s most thought-provoking papers from the Physics arXiv.
Explorers are set to deliver the first live video broadcast from deep below an ocean's surface.
Veterans Today
A Lost Page of Notes on Einstein’s ‘Theory of Everything’ Has Turned Up
in Jerusalem By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer for Live Science A
never-before-seen page of Albert Einstein’s handwritten notes and
equations on the unified theory of physics has been discovered in an
archive of Einstein manuscripts recently acquired by The Hebrew
University in Jerusalem. According […]
SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down in Atlantic to Cap Historic Test
Flight By Mike Wall Space.com, Senior Writer The first mission of
SpaceX’s new astronaut taxi is in the books. SplashDown! SpaceX Crew
Dragon is Back on Earth: Video The Crew Dragon capsule splashed down in
the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast today (March […]
A Mathematician Wrote a ‘Hipster Equation’ to Figure Out Why All
Hipsters Look Alike By Brandon Specktor, Senior Editor for Live Science
An irate, bearded man threatened to sue the MIT Technology Review this
week after he read an article on their website called “The hipster
effect: Why anti-conformists always end up looking the same.” […]
Secret Group of Killer Whales Discovered in Southern Ocean By Kimberly
Hickok, Reference Editor for Live Science New Species of Killer Whale
Video Killer whales are beautiful and majestic, but there’s very little
variation in what they look like — their shape, size and coloring are
pretty standard from whale to whale. So, when people […]
By Michael Brenner for VT Donald Trump retains the support of about 40%
of the American public – or so the surveys say. Favorable ratings have
moved little over the past 24 months. How do we explain it? The first
thing to say is that the large majority of those positive views are
preferences of […]
All Arabs are Semites! NOT all European and American Jews are Semites.
So why Americans still debating false charge of Anti-Semitism? Shouldn't
we be debating Anti-Jewish bigotry instead?
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Caelynn joins Ellen’s producers to spill what she couldn’t say on "The
Bachelor: Women Tell All" – from talks about potentially being the next
“Bachelorette,” and Colton’s decision on sending her home, to the
shocking decision Cassie made on this week’s episode. This "Bachelor"
Recap is one you don’t want to miss! “The Bachelor” 2-night live finale
airs on Monday and Tuesday on ABC. #TheBachelor
A young Bosnian refugee family ends up in a small village in the
Netherlands after getting a residence permit in 1994. Absurd situations
arise as they are trying to make this new world their home. "Import" is
this week's Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it here:
vimeo.com/blog/post/import CAST Alena Dzebo Mario Knezović Esma Hrusto
Aya Crnić HEADS OF DEPARTMENT Writer & Director: Ena Se
Here's the aerial edit from our Lofoten & Senja trip. Captured with
Mavic Air. Sit back, relax, turn the volume up and fly above Northern
Norway with the birds. Song : M83 - En Noveau Soleil Cast: Maciej
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The Corbett Report
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What is the crisis of science, and what does it tell us about the
interface between science and policy? Is there a way to stop the debate
over the crisis from becoming a political battling ground? And, if not,
what does this mean for the future of science itself? Join Professor
Andrea Saltelli and James Corb
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James joins Melody Cedarstrom on the Finanical Survival radio show for
their regular, bi-monthly conversation. This time we discuss the
disappearance of the middle class, universal basic income, the
International Criminal Court, the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi and the
recent flare up between India and Pakis
Corbett
Report community member HomeRemedySupply points out a relative rarity:
an example of genuinely helpful, positive propaganda. Celebrity-laden
propaganda, no less. So it is a step forward to go beyond the "cure
cancer cult" and actually address root causes, but what are the deeper
implications of positive propaganda? Can we fight fire with fire?
A Closer Look: Jody Paterson
I'm seeing a pattern in my social media spaces right now, where I post
some article or opinion piece on climate change and a climate-change
denier emerges to comment in that way that the deniers always comment -
which is to say, via distraction. It's a technique that people used
regularly to try to shut me down back when I was writing newspaper
columns and they didn't like what I was saying. Men
Apart
from the sunshine, heat, nice people and good food down here in
Honduras, where we are vacationing until March 10, I am mad for the
snorkelling. Utila is a small, rustic island (think Hornby Island, if
you're from BC) on the Caribbean coast. It's the remarkably less
touristy sister island to Roatan, and one of my favourite places in the
world for chilling out for a few weeks in the dead of w
Amused Cynicism
(To learn more about Solitary, including the latest information about
Albert's book tour, please visit here .) Today, Albert Woodfox's
autobiography hit the news-stands and went on sale around the world. The
release of Solitary: Unbroken by four decades in solitary confinement.
My story of transformation and hope , has been marked by significant
news coverage. National Public Radio featured both
( PHOTO: Guests of King and Kenyatta's home-warming last month. From
left to right, General Rico, Deidre, Donna, Robert, Angela, Albert,
Gwendolyn and Malik .) A3 Newsletter: So Much to Celebrate Happy
Anniversary! At long, long, long last... From 1998 to 2016, we sent a
newsletter annually commemorating another year that King, Herman and
Albert remained in prison. It is such a great joy to be ab
There
is something VERY wrong with Right Wing thinking in Canada .. it is
becoming more extreme, more violent and more intolerant of democracy.
Here is Saskatchewan Conservative Senator Tkachuk demanding that
protesting truckers KILL members / supporters of the Liberal Party of
Canada!! This is totally unacceptable in our Canadian society &
democracy!!! Senator Tkachuk was the former Principal Sec
If
you would like to make a tax-deductible donation for the Maya Maiz
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If it is not hyperlinked, please cut and paste. Thnx
The featured artwork today in support of the Maya Maiz Conference on
April 24th-28th in Arizona is "Maizyolotl" by Mario Chacon. Chacon is an
educator and a long time Chicano movement activist going back to the
1960s. After going to school at UCLA, he later moved to San Diego where
he has been painting for many, many years. This particular piece pays
homage to the sacred Maiz of this continent. I
FREE PLANET
CIG asleep at the wheel... ..why the hell are the makers of Star
Citizen not spotting this? They've got telemetry, server-time,
play-styles and preferred content of EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE 'VERSE right
now. And why are they not seeing that Sandbox Gameplay run by the
Players for the Players is the only thing the majority of them are
interested in? 50-man battles. Pirate-bounty missions. Drug courie
this
is the best question Don Scott of the Electric Universe 'natural
philosophers' Group has ever asked, "Where do these people go to
school?" and by 'these people' he means the imbeciles who religiously
chant the same old cosmological collision/gravity sermon. Well, I'll
tell you where they, they go to CIS or CORPORATE INDOCTRINATION SCHOOL,
"Science is a religion," now. Nothing more. Nothing le
slave up, bitches six years down the terminal development road, "Still
can't work out what Star Citizen's supposed to be?" Is it a team game?
Is it a slave renderer? Is it a racing, flying, swimming, stamina sport?
Is it a way to spend a few hours with friends you like? Is it a
never-ending ever-expanding second-life simulator with all the essential
life-values and implications of simulated reali
clean HUD with Free Look QETing Not really happy with the way CIG are
treating their multiplayer game Star Citizen, so I decided to write my
own shor stories, twenty of them, to illustrate how delicious I think
Star Citizen could be - if only they were making an interactive
sandbox... so, I've just resurrected at Levski, and I've left my skanky
hab, and I'm running down the corridors... I'm never
this is great news: looks like mainstream cosmology and physics
publications are now publishing more and more articles PROVING that this
is an Electric Universe. It's taking a while to get concensus, but I
think we'll get there. The explosion-gravity model is dead. Long live
the Electric Universe.
ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
Grass Based Health
Thank you, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt for posting (and for all you're doing
throught Diet Doctor !) and thanks to Dr. Bret Scher for the interview.
That was fun! A transcript has been prepared and posted here. If you're
interested in the Low Carb or Ketongenic diets, I recommend Dr.
Eenfeldt's excellent website. Great information is available for free,
with more available by subscription. Sodfather app
Greg Mankiw's Blog
Former ec 10 students might be interested in hearing this news .
...you can hear me speak on Wednesday of this week. Click here for information .
Graduate students with an interest in economic theory and/or finance
will be interested in this opportunity , run by my colleague Eric
Maskin.
With
sadness, I note the passing of economist Campbell McConnell . I never
met him, but it is hard not to be impressed. He wrote the first edition
his introductory textbook around 1960, and it has been one of the
best-sellers ever since. Even today, about 60 years later in its 21st
edition, it is the main competitor of my favorite textbook . Here is an
old NY Times article about his book, when its
Left I on the News
Click here [link not active until 4 pm PST] to listen to this week's
segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we
managed to fit in in our allotted time slot. Worst, Most Misleading
& Funniest Headlines for March 8, 2019 *Juan Guaidó: If Maduro
arrests me, it ‘would be a coup d’etat’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/juan-guaido-if-maduro-arrests-me-it-would-be-a-coup-
Click here [link not active until 4 pm PST] to listen to this week's
segment on Loud & Clear Radio . Headlines with an * are the ones we
managed to fit in in our allotted time slot. Worst, Most Misleading
& Funniest Headlines for March 1, 2019 Why Venezuela’s Chavistas are
fiercely loyal to Maduro, despite economic crisis
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-venezuelas-chavistas-are-fiercely-loy
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines for Feb. 22,
2019 *Threatening U.S., Putin Promises Russians Both Missiles and Butter
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/europe/russia-missile-threat.html
“doubling down on threats against the United
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines for Feb. 15,
2019 U.S. Sanctions Are Aimed at Venezuela’s Oil. Its Citizens May
Suffer First.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/world/americas/venezuela-sanctions-maduro.html
There’s no “may” about it, and
Click here to listen to this week's segment on Loud & Clear Radio .
Headlines with an * are the ones we managed to fit in in our allotted
time slot. Worst, Most Misleading & Funniest Headlines for Feb. 8,
2019 Who’s Afraid of Socialism? The new Democratic agenda sure looks
like government control over the means of production.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-socialism-11549498364 [WSJ
Middle Class Political Economist
In
the biggest ever defeat for a subsidized project in history, Amazon
announced yesterday that it was canceling its planned half of HQ2 for
New York City, which was to receive subsidies worth at least $3.133
billion . After facing months of public opposition, the company provided
a Valentine's Day present in the form of capitulation. Amazon showed
that, like Electrolux, its efforts to extract max
On
January 31, Electrolux announced (h/t Alan Freeman, ipolitics.ca ) that
it would be closing its new (2012) factory in Memphis, Tennessee, by
the end of 2020. This facility, you may recall, was a subsidized
relocation from L'Assomption, Quebec (a Montreal suburb) that had an aid
intensity of at least 99%! Yes, Tennessee state and local governments
gave Electrolux a free factory ($188.3 million a
Middle East Today
Recently the Arab World Council on Water met in Cairo on February 8,
2019 to discuss the present water shortage in Arab countries. Egypt
which is the most populated country in the Arab world, is classified as
water poverty stricken. Most of its water, 95%, come from the Nile River
which starts beyond its national borders. The other two major rivers in
the Arab world, the Euphrates and Tigers rive
News From Atlantis.
By Jane Burgermeister There is evidence that shows that there presently
exists an international corporate criminal syndicate that, in violation
of the RICO Act (18 USC sec 1961-1969), is intent upon embarking upon a
cascading event of genocide within the United States, in the UK, and in
other countries around the world, most likely in Autumn
2009/Winter2010, using as their weapon an enforced prog
Not Quite Unhinged
Once
you kick the Twitter habit, you realize how much of a habit it really
was. It's ingrained in me to look for the (now deleted) Twitter app on
my phone, launch a twitter tab in my web browser, etc. etc. I still
catch myself doing it over 72 hours later. Another surprising effect. I
am sleeping better. I've now had 4 straight nights of good solid sleep. I
can't remember the last time that
Done
with Social Media. Done with all of it. It was fun at the beginning,
but it's not anymore. I will miss many of you, but this is Goodbye.
Obsidian Wings
by russell "it was the fashion at the time". surely, seizing upon
opportunities to point and laugh at the youngsters is among the foremost
signs of incipient geezerhood. nonetheless, I am willing to say that I
found this hilarious. now all of you fluffy-bearded, beanie-wearing,
flannel-shirted lumberjack wanna-be's get offa my lawn! open thread
y'all.
by russell The various controversies and plots and sub-plots and
schemes and counter-schemes that seem to swarm around Donald Trump and
his administration are, admittedly, hard to keep track of. So much
winning! But there is a core issue that seems, to me, utterly
unambiguous. And, it's also the issue that Trump himself and his
supporters seem most intent on refuting. And that is whether or not t
by wj I’d been thinking about a post on the topic. Both the more usual
(relatively speaking) position on concerning blacks for slavery, and
Senator Warren’s recent comment regarding Native Americans. Then 538
came along and gave me a hook to hang it on:
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-americans-think-about-reparations-and-other-race-related-questions/
The first, obvious, and generally i
by liberal japonicus Of course, right after Russell posts, I get an
article that pushes me to post. Never fails. Eight players from the Ole
Miss men's basketball team knelt during the national anthem before
Saturday's home game against Georgia in response to a Confederacy rally
near the arena. We've never had a discussion about the whole kneeling
during the anthem thing, partly because sports isn
by russell This popped up on my FB feed, courtesy of a friend who is an
architectural engineer. It's a breakdown of how land is used in the
lower 48. I have no point to make about it, I just found it fascinating.
Some interesting (to me, anyway) points: urban areas - 3.6% of land
area, 80% of the people live there only about 20% of crop land is used
to grow stuff that humans actually eat more tha
by wj These musings about the American approach to security are not
actually motivated by this week’s activities around Trump’s fantasy wall
and its supporters. Although there are some obvious implications.
Rather, they stem from the trip I took last week to Brussels.
Specifically, about my observations concerning airport security in
Europe, as opposed to at US airports. One obvious difference is
Orwell's Bastard
I
know, I know. Maybe I'm getting too old for this shit. Maybe I found
another hobby. Who knows? But I just couldn't not share the wit and
wisdom to be found in this -- hey! Who said "paranoid fever swamp?" I'll
thank you not to finish my sentences for me, and -- hey! Who said
"wannabe MAGAheads?" That's just rude ! Patriotic Canadians™, top to
bottom, they are. Ask them about George Soros next.
Paying attention
Governments don’t talk about inequality much these days. The B.C.
government’s Throne Speech didn’t even include the word. And while the
provincial budget took useful steps to address growing inequality, it
also showed how decades of anti-tax rhetoric have limited governments’
options — at least if they hope to get re-elected. Take the BC Child
Opportunity Benefit, the initiative most clearly tar
Real History Blog
Every
now and then, someone steps up and becomes a media hero. Today, the
hero is Washington Post report Tom Jackman. He's been on the True Crime
beat for decades and has a Pulitzer Prize to his credit. He is the only
reporter who has dared to report on my work as the serious news event
that it is, and for that I will be forever grateful. This isn't about
me. This is about his work. He took the
Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home
You're
called into a meeting with HR and your boss. You know the axe is
falling. Here some do’s and don’ts to consider if you are called into a
meeting and fired: DO'S 1. Do work as long as you can. If they are
giving you the option to work for a few more weeks or months, do say
yes. It's way easier to get a job when you have a job. Take that time to
send out resumes and pound the pavement. Just m
With
layoffs happening in droves right now, many people are wondering what
to do if the axe falls. While this is a stressful time, it’s also an
opportunity to prepare. Here are some things to think about if you are
about to be fired or laid off: Potential claims : If you think you’re
being singled out due to race, age, sex or national origin, start
writing down the ways you believe you’ve been tre
Many
times, employees ask me if their employer can enforce a noncompete or
nonsolicitation agreement they never signed. The short answer is no, at
least in Florida. The Florida noncompete statute says: (1)
Notwithstanding s. 542.18 and subsection (2), enforcement of contracts
that restrict or prohibit competition during or after the term of
restrictive covenants, so long as such contracts are reas
The
7th Circuit Court of Appeals says it is not illegal to refuse to hire
older employees . They followed the 11th Circuit in this. Fortunately
for those of you not living in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Florida,
Georgia or Alabama, age discrimination in hiring is still illegal under
Federal law, until the Supreme Court says otherwise. It's also still
illegal here in Florida and other states that
Layoffs
seem to come in waves, and I'm seeing more of them right after the
holidays, and there have been some big layoff announcements . If another
recession kicks in, we'll see even more. Older employees, along with
the disabled and pregnant employees, are the most targeted employees in
layoffs. There seems to be an assumption that the "old guys" will be
retiring soon anyhow so it doesn't matter.
The Duck of Minerva
Guest post by Tiffany S. Chu , Alex Braithwaite, Faten Ghosn , and
Justin Curtis Plans to fund a border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border are
troubling D.C. politics. During his campaign for the presidency,
candidate Trump promised a wall would be built to reduce security issues
he associated with existing border policy. In the longest government
shutdown in history , Democrats in Congress refused P
Each Spring, Bridging the Gap (BTG) announces the recipients of our
annual Policy Engagement Fellowships (PEF), the purpose of which is to
support efforts by scholars to connect their research on international
issues to the policy community. One of our 2018–19 PEFs is Dr. Erin
Snider , Assistant Professor of International Affairs at Texas A&M
University’s George H.W. Bush School of Government and
This is a guest post by Betcy Jose and Alessa Sänger. Jose is currently
a Fellow in the Cluster of Excellence: Formation of Normative Orders at
Goethe University. Sänger is pursuing a Master Degree in Curatorial
Studies at Goethe Universität and Städelschule and is a collection
assistant in the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main. In a speech at
UNESCO just days after a horrific terrorist atta
This week has seen a number of key events and crises in global politics
that have made crystal clear once again the careening mess that is US
foreign policy under the current administration. The Trump
administration has no real overarching strategy—the argument that allies
in Europe and elsewhere should bear more of the costs of their defense
was not articulated as part of any coherent broader vi
This is a guest post from Eric Van Rythoven. Eric Van Rythoven recently
finished his PhD at Carleton University studying emotion, world
politics, and security. His work is published in Security Dialogue and
European Journal of International Relations . The Trudeau government is
in crisis. Yesterday morning Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s former
Attorney General recently demoted to Minister of Vete
The Earth and Man: Setting the Stage
I have submitted the following comment to the American Thinker site, in
response to another commenter who averred that the climate change
debate was politics, not science. My concern is with the science, so I
responded: It has been about politics, or political propaganda -- a Big
Lie -- since 1988 or so, when it became a UN movement (to "redistribute
wealth", as they have lately admitted) but bef
The High-fat Hep C Diet
People in the LCHF community can be resistant to considering climate
change and greenhouse gas levels because this argument can be used to
shift the goalposts in a clumsy, overt fashion in order to sidestep the
evidence on health and keep everyone eating nutrient-poor diets. Our
critics even use these manufactured opportunities to resuscitate their
zombie saturated fat and TMAO hypotheses, knowin
The Straight Goods
SNC-Lavalin: The Tip Of An Enormous “Deep State” Iceberg. Written By
Robin Mathews . March 2019 SNC-Lavalin, the large Canadian engineering
firm at the center of the present Liberal government crisis engendered
by the treatment of former Attorney General/Minister of Justice and
Minister of Veterans Affairs, Jody Wilson-Raybould , is merely the tip
of an enormous iceberg. The gyrations of SNC-Lava
Written by grant G Sometimes even slushy wet snow can send one's mind
to drift, to times of youth, to times with family. .. Friday morning,
too much unexpected snow, with regular visitors and a long steep path
down to the house snow-clearing was a must, yikes, even cleared and
salted the snow overwhelms.... 4 inches of snow between morning and
noon, enough to keep me hopping then it stops in a bl
Written by Grant G As many of you must have heard......Steelhead LNG
has stopped all activity at their proposed "Floating LNG plant" Sarita
Bay location. This is not a surprise, this proposal was always a ponzi
scheme, a pump and dump operation... Contrary to media reports,
Steelhead LNG is NOT an LNG company, they have no assets, no lng
infrastructure, they have no part of any energy operation,
This article was posted by me March 14th/2010......9 years ago...Today,
February 13th/2019...Vaughn Palmer finally reported on the crimes the
BC Liberals foisted on BC Hydro ratepayer..and wild salmon....the thing
is..Where was Vaughn Palmer a decade ago...how come I knew, Norm
Farrell....but Vaughn Palmer legislative reporter didn't?...Vaughn
knew..so did Bill Good and Keith Baldrey..and Michael
thwap's schoolyard
So, Roger Cohen is testifying against Donald Trump. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez's questioning of him created several leads for Congress to
follow in order to expose the "con-man for life" Donald Trump's
corruption. If Trump is impeached it'll be a good thing. That will, of
course, bring us President Michael Pence, which would be worse. Although
he'll only have a year. Then, the Presidency would prob
Just so we're clear: The "Deferred Prosecutions Agreements" thing was
quietly slipped into a Liberal omnibus bill and received no public
scrutiny. DPA's were desired by SNC-Lavalin : There, a giant engineering
multinational — SNC Lavalin — is engaged in a campaign to import
deferred agreements into Canada. Why? Well, for one thing, the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police has charged the SNC Lavalin and
I liked this recent CounterPunch essay by Patrick Walker: " Venezuelan
Coup Democrats Vomit on Green New Deal. " In it, Walker argues that any
activist group that utlilizes electoral politics in its campaigns needs
to call-out those politicians when they support such abominations as
regime change in Venezuela. For those of us leftists who put faith in
politically oriented movements—like the Sunri
I'm a Canadian. Which means I live in a country strongly influenced by
British parliamentary traditions and British history. It also means I'm
heavily influenced by US-American political and social history. And,
obviously, US-American traditions were heavily based on British ones.
The long and the short of it is that Canada is an heir to a politics of
"gradualism" (at least since the 17th Century
Ah, what the hell. Here we go: I wasn't too aware of the existence of
Jody Wilson-Raybould, until Canada's first Indigenous Attorney General
was demoted to Veteran's Affairs. This happened right before lying
scum-bag Justin Trudeau was going to begin implementing his policy of
respectful, nation-to-nation relations with Canada's First Nations, all
in the spirit of reconciliation and of honouring
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