Without a doubt, Coca-Cola is one of the worst companies on the planet. From its murderous human rights violations stamping out unions in Latin America (especially at Colombian bottling plants) to its marketing to youngsters to its environmental record (especially concerning water), it is hands down a terrible corporation getting away with incredible harm on this planet. So it’s refreshing indeed to see Killer Coke get its comeuppance in this amazing Australian Greenpeace TV advert about Coke and plastic pollution. While it’s not surprising that Coke is blocking a new recycling scheme in Australia it is surprising that the advert (Read more…)

The scope of the problem poses its own problems.   Science tells us that even best efforts solutions won’t really fix the problem for centuries.  At three to four generations per century times three to four centuries, you get the idea.   What reality is there in the (Read more…)

More stuff I’ve written on the long form census scandal here.

Director, Health Policy Studies, The Fraser Institute

OOOHHHH….a warning from a minion of the Fraser Institute..couldn’t be his Big Pharma puppeteers steering him into this scary-sounding piffle…now, could it? The facts are that even Big Pharma screws up, or else all those massive lawsuits would be fairytales..nope, they stand to lose out on all their billions, so naturally, who else but the Fraser Institute, good buddies of corporations and the rightwing whackadoodles out there (who (Read more…)

(The editorial, as usual, reflects this city’s obsession with commercial development and (Read more…) ]]> http://themonctongrimes-dripdrain.blogspot.com/feeds/6041141997628885557/comments/default 0 http://buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/saskatchewan-premier-wall-no-longer.html http://buckdogpolitics.blogspot.com/2013/05/saskatchewan-premier-wall-no-longer.html#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:00 +0000 leftdog http://www.progressivebloggers.ca/?guid=ba04bf7adaffead35a709aa947a571b4 On this site, I give credit where credit is due.

“I think it is time to abolish the Senate. I think it is reflective of what Canadians are saying,” “I don’t think reform is possible. I think abolition is also difficult, but it is … more doable than reform. I guess we all had hoped in Western Canada that it might be reformed — that would be the first preference. I just don’t think it can be.” Brad Wall Premier of Saskatchewan

-Saskatchewan premier Wall no longer believes Senate can be reformed 

-Sask Premier Brad Wall ahead of PM on abolishing Senate

He did not say:

I have never used crack cocaine.

And he did not say:

There is no video of me appearing to use crack cocaine because I have never been in a situation where I appeared to be using crack cocaine.

So, because of what he did not say, I believe that Rob Ford was telling the truth, very carefully.

H/t Sylvia Wilson Canadians Rallying To Unseat Stephen Harper Recommend this Post ]]> http://politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.com/feeds/6124662839465293701/comments/default 0 http://nor-re.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-fords-hit-fan.html http://nor-re.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-fords-hit-fan.html#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000 Owen Gray http://www.progressivebloggers.ca/?guid=e9cf02ff8998f57d5f1c739e44fb0b2c The day after Rob Ford publicly denied using crack cocaine, The Globe and Mail runs a story claiming that his brother Doug used to traffic in hash:

Ten people who grew up with Doug Ford – a group that includes two former hashish suppliers, three street-level drug dealers and a number of casual users of hash – have described in a series of interviews how for several years Mr. Ford was a go-to dealer of hash. These sources had varying degrees of knowledge of his activities: Some said they purchased hash directly from him, some said they supplied him, (Read more…)

School seems like a great place to start. According to the statement, 28 (Read more…)

There were usually a number of dealers to choose from, some of them supplied by a mainstay at James Gardens – a young man with the hulk-like frame and mop of bright blond hair: Doug Ford. “Most people didn’t approach Doug looking for product. You went to the guys that he supplied. Because if Doug didn’t know you and trust you, he wouldn’t even roll down his window,” Justin said….

Well before the events of the past (Read more…)

Thanks to Dr. Lisa Wade over at Sociological Images for the pic and commentary.

“Dieting is for women.

I mean we all know that dieting and women go together like peas and carrots. We know this — collectively and together, even if we don’t agree that it should be this way – not because it’s inevitable or natural, but because we constantly get reminded that women should be on diets and dieting is a feminine activity.”

Filed under: Feminism, Social Science Tagged: Cheese, Gender binary, Gender Cheese!, Sociological Images

Filed under: Political Humour Tagged: crack, rob ford, smoke

WFDS

US Treasury secretary says he has begun tapping federal retiree pension fund to avoid default

Now is when the rubber is really going to start hitting the road. Pensions? You don’t have a pension, it’s already been spoken for you just don’t know it yet. Ask the people of Greece, Spain, or Cyprus what that’s all about.

There is a strawman argument (Read more…)

An interview with Herb Rice, a Coast Salish Native Indian Artist from the Pacific Northwest, is a Master Wood Carver whose work is in private collections all over the world. Herb discussed style, knives, history and technique during this 26 min documentary. by Phil Ives