http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/04/12/mb-lockheed-martin-fighter-jet-winnipeg.html Officials with Lockheed Martin stopped in Winnipeg Friday to promote their F-35 stealth fighter jet, part of a national campaign to promote the jet in Canada. The U.S. defence contractor is in the midst of a cross-Canada publicity blitz to convince the federal government to purchase the jets. The contractor wants the jets […]
RE: the G&M article below a toxic smorgasbord of buildings, tailings ponds and a quarter-million tonnes of arsenic stored underground . . . before large amounts of arsenic start escaping from collapsing buildings. … The poisoning from the Giant Mine has been known for a long time. Now, a billion dollars — ALL from tax-payers. […]
I could not find a date on this Government posting: http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/finstab/banking/4368385.html What is an OBR? The Open Bank Resolution policy is a tool for responding to a bank failure. It allows the bank to be open for full-scale or limited business on the next business day after being placed under statutory management (as a result […]
Many thanks to John Helliwell. Excellent material: http://socialcapital.wordpress.com/tag/subjective-wellbeing/ (Part of the “why” of my interest in economic indicators is at: 2012-12-07 I am just back from Bhutan (Gross Happiness Index)! (economic indicators) ) – – – – – – – – – – – – – A copy of part of the Social Capital […]
I want to make sure this TED Talk by Ron Finley is widely known. Maybe you’ll experience the same high as I did, watching it?! http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south_central_la.html – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Ron Finley’s work is very positive and creative. It is CONSTRUCTION; this is what […]
NOTE: it is better to watch the video of this talk. Please see 2013-04-08 Excellent! TED Talk, Ron Finley, A guerilla gardener in south central L.A. – – – – – – – – – TRANSCRIPT Showing Revision 3, created 03/07/2013 by Morton Bast. Title: Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central LA Description: Ron […]
Don’t miss appended quotes from Audre Lord. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = RE SALLY ARMSTRONG I highly recommend click & listen: http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/ID/2340427936/ Thanks to Janet for sending the link; she writes: Holy shit! (if I may be so bold) I have written & just […]
I am greatly concerned about this issue. It is happening not only in Canada. (Reference 2011-12-12 Here is the real reason behind the demise of the CWB …) = = = = = = = = = = = = = Western Producer Are our pensions retiring the family farm? by Matt Gehl […]
PAUL EHRLICH is controversial. He wrote The Population Bomb in 1968. Some of his dire predictions have not come to pass. Others argue that it is because of his warnings that the global community made adjustments and delayed the day of reckoning. Ehrlich (below) is joined with other scientists. “More than 3,000 experts concluded humanity […]
With thanks to Janet Eaton: http://beyondcollapse.wordpress.com/ CBC Radio, Sunday Edition program, Michael Enright interviews founder of `People Who Share` movement & co-founder of `buynothingchristmas.org` Enright notes that emerging alternatives to consumerism such as `people sharing` networks and `buy nothing Christmas` campaigns challenge our way of life and restructure our economy and he questions whether this […]