Common sparrow

I was glancing at the birds feeding on the balcony today. My favorite is an old timer, a cardinal that has lost most of his top notch to old age and he features gray feathers mixed with his red plumage. It makes a...

Johnny Depp to Earn £32 million for Fourth ‘Pirates of the Caribbean' film

Johnny Depp is set to hold the record for the largest upfront payment in film history with an unprecedented $56million for his role as Captain Jack Sparrow in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film. Forbes...

Huge Blaze in Florida Everglades

Massive wildfires are burning more than 33,000 acres of Florida's Everglades, and remain mostly uncontained." The smoke cast a haze over parts of South Florida, including Miami, prompting a dense smoke advisory...

Canada: Going Blue-Has Prof's Seeing Red

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorUniversity Students looking at getting into the Halls of Political Power join Fraternities, The Conservative Club  and it's Blue Banner of Tory Conservativism,...

Giant Bird-Dinosaur Discovered!

... No, it wasn't found alive, which may be a good thing: T-Rexes were intimidating enough before they could fly! In rural China, paleontologists (dino-archaeologists) have discovered a massive and probably...

Pirates Premiere at Disneyland: Full Circle

It began as a theme-park attraction and became an entertainment juggernaut: Pirates of the Caribbean. The third film in the series, At World's End, is getting its premiere at its place of birth: Disneyland."Crowds...

Keith Richards: Too Piratical for PIRATES

Yes, claiming to have snorted your dad's cremated remains is a bit... controversial, but when you're promoting a movie about pirates, it seems really appropriate in a sense. Still At World's End is a Disney movie, and it looks like Disney-style values have won the day. Having...

“That's the toilet bowl, not the bath tub you fool.”

"15th March 2007 :: “That's the toilet bowl, not the bath tub you fool.” When I was a child, these used to be the most commonly seen bird around but now their number has gone down quite a bit. While you do see a lot of crows and pigeons, That's the toilet bowl, not the...

Republican Runs In London Byelection

"Dianne Haskett claimed she moved to Washington for her daughters sake. In reality she went to hone her skills as a neo-con Republican. Now she is running for MP in the London By-election. She has two American elections under her belt as a rightwing republican policy wonk....

NAFTA To The Rescue

"For those on the left who denounce NAFTA it is always interesting to see that they use the side agreements for progressive aims. Labour has used the labour side agreement, now the environmental lobby is using the environmental side agreement. Maybe NAFTA is useful, hmmm."

It's Global Warming Stupid

" Damned if they do damned if they don't so the Tories do the next best thing.....nothing..... Tories mum as environment report calls for push on global warming"

The Tories Acid Rain Solution

" Clean air is not the same as greenhouse gases. Typical Tories stuck in the past, their made in Canada solution was made by Brian Mulroney, twenty years ago. Clean Air is Acid Rain reduction. But being Conservatives they of course live in the past. "

A Replacement For Ambrose

"She could easily be replaced. By someone who actually takes the environment seriously, who has a plan and who recognizes the libertarian value of DIY that can mobilize a community green campaign. Yep I am talking about Tory bad boy Garth Turner, who on his blog says this..."

What Results?

"Harper also talked about what his government intends to do in the coming months."Canada's new government will replace Liberal and NDP rhetoric on the environment with real Conservative results," he said. Oh you mean Conservative results like this? "No...

Tories Green Petro Plan

"So where does the Harper Government launch its secret meetings on its Green Plan? In Alberta. And who do they invite? Big Oil and Big Business."

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