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By awreeves, on May 31, 2013, at 11:18 pm Original Production by Irene Kock. Updated by Anna Tilman, April 2013, International Institute of Concern for Public Health
Ontarians may have no idea of the volume of nuclear-related facilities in the Great Lakes basin, but a new map offers a clear picture. The Great Lakes Nuclear Hot Spots Map recently created by Great Lakes United and the International Institute of Concern for Public Health is a comprehensive depiction of all facilities related to nuclear power production in the region. And it is intended to get our attention.
“The objective was to wake people up,” said John Jackson, program director (Read more…)
By Lorne, on May 13, 2013, at 6:46 pm Earlier today, Owen at Northern Reflections, commenting on a piece by Joseph Stiglitz, wrote a post on student debt, a scourge on both sides of the border.
Here is a video of Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren, for whom I have a great deal of respect, on her proposal for dealing with that scourge. Eminently reasonable, one can safely predict that her approach will inflame the right-wing zealots:
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By The Arbourist, on May 9, 2013, at 8:01 am Bill Moyers almost always has interesting guests and topics of discussion. The topic of this video is why the American Congress has been so ineffectual as of late(?). A long view, but interesting none the less.
Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, Bill Moyers, Congress Fail, Republicans
By The Ranting Canadian, on April 27, 2013, at 2:53 pm
It’s April 27, 2013: a few days after my blog’s first anniversary, the weekend of Rebelfest in Hamilton, and a few days before International Workers’ Day (aka Mayday, aka the real Labour Day). Additionally, April 28 is International Day of Mourning for workers who were killed or injured on the job. A lot has happened since my last post, and here are just a few tidbits.
● Rita MacNeil – singer, political activist and sex abuse survivor – died on April 16 at the age of 68. The down-to-earth artist was always on the (Read more…)
By Scott Tribe, on April 19, 2013, at 10:57 pm I don’t normally blog this late, or on a Friday night.. but I couldn’t pass this up.
Tonight, the police managed to capture the 2nd suspect in the Boston Marathon Bombing, which is important to find out what in the world caused these 2 to do what they did.
You may remember Harper and the Conservatives attacked Justin Trudeau for his wanting to know the “root causes” of the Boston Marathon attack (and Harper brought it up voluntarily in a foreign country, no less, an extremely crass politicizing of a tragedy.). You may hear more of that inflammatory rhetoric (Read more…) them from on Monday when they debate their anti-terrorist [...]
By The Ranting Canadian, on March 2, 2013, at 2:00 pm
As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our crazy, corrupt, upside-down world.
“A sane person to an insane society must appear insane” – Kurt Vonnegut “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” -George Bernard Shaw “Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.” -John Lennon “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” -Albert Einstein “In America, the criminally insane rule . . . → Read More: The Ranting Canadian: As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our…
By Song of the Watermelon, on February 26, 2013, at 10:44 pm Dear President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry:
As a concerned Canadian, I am writing to urge you to reject TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline for purposes of transporting dirty oil from Alberta’s tar sands to refineries in the United States.
I assure you that not all Canadians are quite as eager to export climate-busting bitumen as our federal government seems to be. Many of us recognize that the high energy demands required to exploit this unconventional resource give it a dangerously large carbon footprint. For this reason, we consistently oppose similar projects, such as (Read more…)
By jtoddring, on February 22, 2013, at 3:44 pm (Gallup: Staggering 99 Percent of Americans See Iran’s Nuclear Program as ‘Threat’ Americans See Civilian Program as a Bigger Threat Than North Korea’s Actual Nukes by Jason Ditz, February 20, 2013) ”A grim new poll from Gallup shows an overwhelming majority of Americans, indeed 99 percent of them, believe that Iran’s civilian nuclear program [...]
By Travis, on February 1, 2013, at 1:40 am
Far be it from me to cast a pox on what has been one of the only few bright lights in the last few years but premises matter. In Krugman’s recent Looking for Mr. Goodpain he presents a reasonable derision of those pushing austerity in the face of zero evidence it actually works to restore growth. Unfortunately he starts badly:
Three years ago, a terrible thing happened to economic policy, both here and in Europe. Although the worst of the financial crisis was over, economies on both sides of the Atlantic remained deeply depressed, with very high
. . . → Read More: Looking for Dr. Goodpain? Check the Reflection in the Mirror Dr. Krugman
By Micah Goldberg, on January 1, 2013, at 9:07 pm
Murray Can Lead Canada Forward | Chris Wattie, Reuters (via National Post)
For almost seven years, Stephen Harper has been the Prime Minister. Canadian progressives unite in their call that “we can do better” and yet, little is done to meet actions with words. In the New Democratic leadership race, I backed Nathan Cullen for his progressive partnership proposal. It was bold, it was controversial, but it represented real leadership. Mr. Cullen challenged New Democratic progressives, presenting them with an opportunity for real, meaningful change. Mr. Cullen inspired many people with his surprising success, but New Democrats decided to meet
. . . → Read More: centerandleft: Endorsement for Joyce Murray
By The Ranting Canadian, on December 16, 2012, at 3:28 pm
Fuck the USA!*
*and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the Harper Conservatives to drag our country through the muck, down the same failed, destructive and suicidal path as our neighbours to the south
Yeah, I know there are many good and decent individual Americans, and I acknowledge that a lot of great things have come from the United States, including many of the computer and Internet technologies that allow me to post my views here. This rant is not directed at them. The following are criticisms of the negative aspects of American society as a whole, and
. . . → Read More: The Ranting Canadian: Fuck the USA!*
*and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the…
By Scott Tribe, on December 16, 2012, at 11:14 am I saw this on Facebook from a friend:
It was made by the “Occupy” movement in the US, and obviously is most relevant to them, but with what has been going on up here in Canada of late with a pro-gun /anti-gun regulation Conservative government, and their actions/attempts/considerations at weakening gun control laws and/or gun regulations, I thought it would be good to see the comparisons, to see where Canada currently stacks up.
If anyone honestly can argue that the regulations on the right that the Occupy folks would like to see on guns isn’t reasonable, be it in the
By Song of the Watermelon, on December 15, 2012, at 2:31 pm
Over three-quarters of the firearms used to carry out mass shootings in the United States since 1982 were obtained legally. How on Earth can there not be a national discussion on gun control?
And to those gun advocates who say that tragedy ought not to be politicized, that we need to wait a respectful amount of time before debating such contentious issues as gun control (but who don’t object when such violence is attributed to the absence of God from public schools), I will point out that there have so far been sixteen mass shootings in the United States
. . . → Read More: Song of the Watermelon: Mass Shootings by the Numbers
By Song of the Watermelon, on December 15, 2012, at 1:23 pm
Assuming that the world survives this coming December 21, the United States Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases in June which could result in the nation-wide legalization of gay marriage.
I cannot forecast with certainty how the court will decide, but supposing for a moment that it rules in favour of marriage equality, the short-term results are easy to predict: conservative commentators across the country will complain of judicial activism, despite having in many cases urged precisely such an overreach one short year before when Obamacare hung in the balance. Right on cue, public support for same-sex
. . . → Read More: Song of the Watermelon: Emerging Consensus on Gay Marriage
By Song of the Watermelon, on December 14, 2012, at 6:40 pm With every problem, there are symptoms and there is the disease.
In the wake of yet another mass shooting in the United States today — this one leaving twenty-seven dead at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school — the disease, clearly, is the culture of violence that pervades the country, and I do not blame anyone for wanting to tackle this disease directly. But when the symptoms manifest themselves in the form of twenty dead children, a call to manage the symptoms through gun control is more than just understandable; it is urgently necessary.
Without doubt, these frequent shootings represent an
. . . → Read More: Song of the Watermelon: On the Latest School Shooting: Symptoms, Disease, and Gun Control
By jtoddring, on December 12, 2012, at 3:35 pm The Real Story of the 2012 US Presidential Election – the story the mass media missed altogether – And the critical lessons from history that we must learn now “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” – anonymous “Evil can flourish only when good people do nothing.” – anonymous “Repeating [...]
By The Ranting Canadian, on November 24, 2012, at 12:04 pm The great lie of the populist politician – by Don Gillmor, November 23, 2012 : http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1291812—the-great-lie-of-the-populist-politician The linked column is a great summary of the North American tradition of rich… . . . → Read More: The Ranting Canadian: The great lie of the populist politician – by Don Gillmor, November 23, 2012
By jtoddring, on November 23, 2012, at 3:10 am I never reprint other people’s writings, no matter how good – but I will make an exception for this. This article is a true must-read. Please, take the time to read it. Then act. Good morning America. It’s time for a new day. Kudos and warm thanks to Jill Dalton at recoveringarmybrat. I will definitely [...]
By trashee, on November 15, 2012, at 7:14 am … and Republicans like him? They are unquestionable, prime, grade A assholes. Yup. These morons are even more partisan than the Harperites. Democracy sucks, eh Tea Brains? (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario . . . → Read More: Trashy’s World: John McCain…
By trashee, on November 8, 2012, at 4:28 pm Naaawwwww! (5) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario . . . → Read More: Trashy’s World: I should feel sorry for them, right?
By Junkie_Monkey, on November 7, 2012, at 4:27 pm (On a quick side note, I’m going to start breaking up my posts into the different topics in the title, using red headings, as seen below – ‘Fiscal Cliff and American Political System’ – to make it easier for people to find what they really want… . . . → Read More: Obama wins! Marijuana legalized?!?!
By Scott Tribe, on November 7, 2012, at 7:10 am President Obama won a tough battle last night over Mitt Romney and has been re-elected to President of the United States. In the electoral count, it will end up (after Florida gets declared this morning) a total of 332-206 Obama.. which was 29 more th… . . . → Read More: Scott’s DiaTribes: President Obama re-elected, and the geeks with their models got it right.
By Bryan Crockett, on November 7, 2012, at 2:29 am Congratulations on your re-election, President Barack Obama!
I’m inspired, and extremely thrilled to see that the idea of equality of opportunity won in the United States. Barack Obama, and his team, have done so much to improve the land to the south. Even more, he’s been an inspired and inspirational leader.
There’s still more that’s left to be done. Too many people have to forego university educations, and too many people are left bound by legislation left over from a colonial past. It sucks, but we still see communities that aren’t getting enough money for the things they need, and
By Travis, on November 6, 2012, at 11:35 pm Well that is that. Still there is some unfinished business left. Jill Mahoney typed out one of those credible enough on the surface columns for the Globe that Failed titled: Is U.S. polling guru Nate Silver going to have egg … Continue reading → . . . → Read More: A Little Shame on the Globe and Mail: Much Shame on Jill Mahoney
By trashee, on November 6, 2012, at 8:15 am … Was first mistaken by me to be the thundering feet of millions of Americans heading to Ottawa en masse in the event of a Romney win tonight. I suspected the border guards were overridden! But no, it was just an earthquake. (6) Trashy, Ottawa, O… . . . → Read More: Trashy’s World: What was really an earthquake not far from Ottawa…
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