CONTENTS (1) COMMENTARY (2) GENETICALLY MODIFIED PIG, THANKS TO CANADA. YOU’LL WANT IT ON YOUR GROCERY LIST. (3) MONSANTO’S GLYPHOSATE (ROUNDUP): IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND PLANT LIFE (4) THE TRAGIC HUMAN CONSEQUENCES OF GLYPHOSATE SPRAYING OF GM SOY (ARGENTINA) (5) THANKS TO WIKILEAKS: U.S. EMBASSY RECOMMENDS A LIST OF COUNTRIES FOR ‘RETALIATION’ OVER THEIR […]
It is so amazing! Yesterday I was putting information up on the blog, coming across things I had forgotten entirely. Like a warning from Robert F. Kennedy Jr to Canadians about water: Americans have designs. The same from Peter Lougheed, former Premier of Alberta, etc. Along with various emails related to increasing militarization. I went […]
Thanks to Hart who writes: There is a German custom at the year end: dropping molten lead into a bucket of water. The resulting lead shapes are used to predict the future. The German paper “Die Zeit” had a short article this morning about experts’ predictions of the future. A much better article with the […]
A topic I sometimes harp on! the need to think through and spell out the CONTEXT in which a decision is being made. Some thoughts regarding context, excerpts from other postings: A decision process is unsound if it fails to address context. The principle can be applied generally, but using this excerpt from the Great Sand Hills […]
StatsCan dodges responsibility with the claim that they have nothing to do with the awarding of Government contracts. It is the responsibility of Public Works. And behind it all is the Privy Council Office, running the Government’s show. The responsible officials are: STATSCAN Wayne Smith Chief Statistician of Canada since the summer of 2010 Telephone: […]
ITEM B (Sorry for the duplication of info. This is a paste together of parts of documents used for different purposes. /S) CANADA, THE CHARTER RIGHT, PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION “In fostering the underlying values of dignity, integrity and autonomy, it is fitting that s. 8 of the Charter should seek to protect a biographical […]
(You may want to scroll down to some of the high-lighted text to get the flavour of the arguments, skipping the details.) EXCERPTS FROM LEGAL OPINIONS SECTION 8 CHARTER RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DETERMINATION OF WHAT IS “REASONABLE” Note: Section 8 of the Charter protects citizens against “undue search and seizure”. Near the end […]
CONTENTS (1) PBS, DOLLARS FOR DOCS, December 20, 2010 (2) STANFORD UNIVERSITY DOCTORS FACE DOWN SCANDAL = = = = = = = == == = = = = == = = = = = == = = = = = == = (Link no longer valid) http://www.pbs.org/nbr/site/features/special/archives/pharmaceutical_companies/professors_violate_rules_accept_paid_speaking_roles_101220/ (You may want to click on the […]
CONTENTS (1) VIDEO OF PROTEST AT WHITE HOUSE IN SUPPORT OF ASSANGE AND AGAINST WARS NETS ARRESTS (2) LETTER FROM JACOB REMPEL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = (1) VIDEO OF PROTEST AT WHITE […]
CONTENTS (1) ADD ANOTHER STORY TO THE LIST OF CITIZEN RESISTANCE TO LOCKHEED MARTIN (2) GROUPS HOLDING VIGIL OUTSIDE MP MACKAY’S OFFICE (3) DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE “NOT HONEST” IN PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS THAT PROMOTED LOCKHEED MARTIN’S F-35 FIGHTER JETS (4) LOCKHEED MARTIN PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN ON F-35 STEALTH FIGHTERS, AS REVEALED IN WIKILEAKS CABLES FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT RE SALE TO NORWAY […]