Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Green Party has consistently opposed the war in Afghanistan. In common with the majority of British opinion, we want to see the NATO troops withdrawn. An IPSOS Mori poll in July found that 41% wanted to stay in Afghanistan, and 51% wanted our troops withdrawn. We are not alone. According to a November 11th poll, 58 percent of Americans oppose the conflict. Of Afghans themselves, a poll in February...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The Calgary Enterprise Forum Society is hosing the following debate: “Is the development of the oilsands ultimately irreconcilable with the environmental agenda?” Panelists: Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party of Canada Murray D. Smith, Former Alberta Energy Minister Deborah...
Russ Campbell's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
H ere’s my improbable forecast for the next 16 months: the Grits dump Michael Ignatieff, appoint/anoint Toronto MP Bob Rae as leader, merge with the NDP (at least the right-most elements of that hapless party) and force a general election. Sound improbable? I agree. However, politics can be full of surprises, especially when one party, the New Democrats, has never won a federal election and...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
YouTube - Copenhagen: The Turning Point 1 of 5 Elizabeth May speaks about the Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change 2009. The Urgency; denial and other problems; the atmospheric chemistry; global warming and greenhouse gases; Canada's not ready... China's big coal province disrupted by snow | Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of vehicles have been trapped on roads after two days of snow in China's...
David Akin's On the Hill (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
" I am a bit surprised that other parties didn't seem to make any impact in these elections. By-elections are a natural stalking ground for Green parties, for example. But they seemed to be almost invisible this time. Wonder why. Didn't look like they even made an effort. Where was Elizabeth May over the past few weeks?"
Desdemona Despair (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
By GUY CHAZAN Criticism is mounting against Italian energy giant Eni SpA's plans to squeeze oil from the tar sands of the Republic of Congo, which campaigners claim could endanger one of the world's largest tropical rain forests. Eni says the crude would be produced in areas of grassy savannah, and wouldn't harm the local environment in the country, the capital of which is Brazzaville. But a study...
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
If Elizabeth May had been put in charge of dismantling the Berlin Wall, we’d still be waiting on the Environmental Impact Statement. Thank goodness for angry anti-government mobs. Here’s what the Greens had to say on the 20th anniversary of...
Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Image : hat tip to Banksy SHOCK NEWS, HOLD THE FRONT PAGE: Gordon is saying the right thing for once. Hi is calling for a Tobin Tax on financial dealings, the proceeds to go to help poorer countries and to fund future bank bailouts. Predictable opposition coming from the expected quarters. Timothy Geithner, the US Treasury Secretary, said: "That's not something that we're prepared to support."...
Laura's Miscellaneous Musings (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
THREE-CORNERED MOON is a very early example of the "crazy family" Depression-era screwball comedy, a genre which hit its peak a few years later with MY MAN GODFREY (1936). Claudette Colbert plays Elizabeth Rimpelgar, who lives with her ditzy mother (Mary Boland) and three brothers in a spacious mansion in Brooklyn. Elizabeth may be the only sane member of the family, but the Depression soon...
ClimateSight (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A couple of stories that couldn’t be elaborated into an entire post: I met Elizabeth May (the leader of the Canadian Green Party) not long ago when she came to my local university. We had a chat about their emission reduction plans – a 30% reduction from 1990 levels by 2020, and 90% by 2050. (However, [...]
RazorBloggers Network (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Junior tight end D.J. Williams caught seven passes for 137 yards and Broderick Green scored two touchdowns as the University of Arkansas handed South Carolina a 33-16 defeat in Southeastern Conference play.
SportsFilter (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The women's soccer semifinals of the Mountain West Conference between the Brigham Young Cougars and New Mexico Lobos featured such bad sportsmanship that it made ESPN SportsCenter. One dirty shot by Lobos defender Elizabeth Lambert may singlehandedly revive interest in the Dorothy Hamill haircut among female athletes.
Dr Roy's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
For the progressive left. radical lefty michael byers is also very afraid. he wants the NDP and the grits to cooperate. Thats most amusing. The NDP has been spending much of its energy attacking the clueless grits. He also wants proportional representation. None of this is going to happen. Poor michael byers, he'll have to just cry in his milk. This kind of arrangement was tried by dion with the greens...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Is it absolutely essential to have an overwhelming sense of your own importance before declaring yourself an environmental activist? Maybe not. Maybe there are some self-effacing activists out there, shouting slogans and waving placards in people's faces with a touch of humility. But it seems to help. Remember the youths who disrupted Question Period last week? "The most responsible young adults...
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
eyeballs �The environment� is the most ingenious cover story for Big Government ever devised. You float a rumour that George W. Bush is checking up on what library books you�re reading, and everyone goes bananas. But announce that a government monitoring device has been placed in every citizen�s trash can in the cause of �saving the planet,� and the world...
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