Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Reality Check: Huffington Post Now...
It is 6:40 am (Atlantic) time here in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Conor, my 6 feet tall, 15 year old son with Autistic Disorder, is now relatively quiet after several hours of screaming and...
View ArticleLeDaro: Has Huffington Post run out of stories?
This is one of the most disgusting stories I have read on the Huffington Post, and I am a regular reader of the Post. It is about a bridesmaid having sex with the groom. It is so disgusting that I will...
View ArticleDeSmogBlog: Gas Industry Front Group Called Out By RFK Jr Attempts To Spin...
frack.jpeg The oil and gas industry has a long history of resisting public accountability and protective standards, and generally avoiding tough questions about its practices and attacking its cr... ....
View ArticleHow to Speak Conservative
As much guff as I give to Huffington Post, it has some good writers who visit once in awhile. Jimmy Kimmel's Jonathan Bines is such an asset, writing the " first comprehensive Republican-to-English...
View ArticleWhy did Arianna Huffington allow her Canadian blog to be an extension of Sun...
I’ll be brief about this because I’ve written about it before. Huffington Post made a name for itself by bringing a centre-left edge to political blogs, presenting a fresher view of the world than the...
View ArticleLFR’s half-assed predictions for 2012
Occupy will stay underground and grow its infrastructure and goals. More and more organizations and individuals will pledge allegiance to the movement. The media will interpret this lack of visibility...
View ArticleJymn’s half-assed Predictions for 2012
Occupy will stay underground and grow its infrastructure and goals. More and more organizations and individuals will pledge allegiance to the movement. The media will interpret this lack of visibility...
View ArticleDeSmogBlog: GM Dumps Heartland Institute, Will No Longer Fund Climate-Denying...
heartland logo.jpg General Motors is breaking up with the Heartland Institute, announcing recently that the company will discontinue funding to the notorious climate-denying spin shop. The move by GM...
View ArticleDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: The other shoe: Why the Globe’s ‘temporary...
One of the Globe and Mail’s senior copy editors writes a headline while a Pagemasters NA trainee looks on. Globe editors may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Globe Publisher Phillip Crawley. In...
View ArticleDeSmogBlog: I Love You Huffpo but What’s Going On?
I have been writing on environmental issues on the popular news blog Huffington Post going on five years now but I am not sure if I will continue. read more
View ArticleIn defence of 14-year-old girls
So it was that MP Charlie Angus, the NDP’s self-appointed guardian of civility, has declared that Twitter has “turned us all into 14-year-olds in a cafeteria” where “[e]verybody gets to be a Grade 9...
View ArticleThe Canadian Progressive: Chief Theresa Spence’s Heroism Already Eclipses...
by Obert Madondo | Huffington Post Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/obert-madondo/chief-theresa-spences-her_b_2408049.html Hunger-striking Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence is the...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The War Crimes of Our Political Leaders
Recently I wrote a brief post directing readers to a story written by Chris Hedges. Hedge’s piece, entitled The Crucifixion of Tomas Young, conveyed the very sad story, one that has probably been...
View ArticleLeft Over: Huffington Post: Big Brother is Unstoppable……
I don’t think I’m alone in this..I hate Facebook and the site has morphed into..a crassly capitalist commercial, 24/7…and after telling us that they would use whatever images we had foolishly uploaded...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Charlie Angus Sings ‘The Reactionary Blues’
Kind of catchy, and makes for a great singalong, don’t you think? They’re melting down the ice caps And raising up the trolls.Putting shutters on the windows And burning all the notes.The climate bell...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Some Interesting And Encouraging Poll Results
According to a Huffington Post survey, more than 60 per cent of Albertan respondents backed Neil Young’s condemnation of the tarsands; as well, an Edmonton Journal online poll found more than 70%...
View ArticleOpenMedia.ca: Huffington Post: Bill C-13 would grant immunity to telecoms who...
It looks like the video we created with your support about the online spying bill C-13 has really been turning heads. Check out this piece about how Peter MacKay’s bill would grant immunity to...
View ArticleMelissa Fong: Proving male privilege: @suey_park @BlackGirlDanger...
Some of the most prominent women of colour, anti-racist, feminists are coming together to talk about male privilege. Except they aren’t talking about it. They are proving it. @suey_park...
View ArticleMelissa Fong: Why @Suey_park won’t “enact the labour”: Women of Colour don’t...
…she seemed to discount Zepp as a “White Male” and told him that she, “won’t enact that labour” of explaining to him why a White male probably couldn’t understand why a Woman of Colour’s point of view....
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Don’t Let A Culture Of Defeat Hold You Back
That’s right, folks. There are untold opportunities to enhance both your gross domestic product and your wallets through the scourge gift of oil spills, as oil pipeline company Kinder Morgan recently...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: No Shame, No Shame At All
There is no situation, however tragic, that Harper and his regime won’t exploit for political advantage. I guess that comes as no surprise to anyone: Be sure to check out the Conservative Party website...
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: I Feel Better Already
….knowing that Mr. Harper’s fight against ISIS hasn’t distracted him from an even greater threat to all that is holy and good: Recommend this Post
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: Rick Repudiates Economic Action Plan Ads
Dishonest and manipulative, such taxpayer-funded government propaganda deservedly earns the scorn of Rick Mercer: Recommend this Post
View ArticlePolitics and its Discontents: The Harper Regime’s Contempt For Science
Those who follow the depredations of the Harper regime will know of the terrible attacks that science and research have undergone these past several years. Cuts to funding, closing of research...
View ArticleAlberta Politics: Almost as beloved as Brad Wall, you’ll be shocked to learn...
PHOTOS: The second-most popular premier in Canada. You know, what’s her name … Really! She’s in there somewhere! Below: B.C. Premier Christy Clark and Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger. A week ago, the...
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