• This long piece by Dmitry Orlov, a Russian who watched the collapse of the regime there in the 80s, is quite interesting given that we collectively  seem to be well into stage 2 of his 5 stages which he gives as:- 

A little while ago I was made aware of the report “Ontario’s Green Future” by Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc

A few interesting observations can be found in a recent news article about Mr. Schmidt’s recent conviction on contempt of court charges for failing to stop supplying raw milk to his customers.

Dear Friends:  

It’s been a remarkable 48 hours.

Except for the Greens I have seen no party address the democratic deficit that is increasingly putting our future Parliamentary Democracy into doubt. I was pleased to hear Ms May call for more cooperation and a return to democracy in the house. 

Can we embrace the best of the old and new technology at the same time, does the use of one necessarily mean the abandonment of the other? These thoughts passed through my mind as I lamented my difficulty in accessing my tried and true canning recipes due to a computer crash whilst spending some quality family time with my daughter and family canning some of the glut of pears from one of our trees.

The Globe and Mail reports 0n September 10, 2008 at 2:24 PM EDT
The political path has been cleared for Elizabeth May to participate in the televised leaders debates after first NDP Leader Jack Layton and minutes later Conservative Leader Stephen Harper withdrew threats to boycott.
The reversals could be a pivotal point in this federal election campaign.
Dogged by protesters and divisions within the ranks of his own party, Mr. Layton told reporters during a visit to a solar-panel company here Wednesday that the debate about the debate has become an unwanted distraction.