In an article published today, Daniel Pinchbeck has this to say: (more…)
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Down with Monsanto Day
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A few photos
Here are only a few photos. More to be added to this slideshow soon
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Justin Trudeau responds to my question about replacing fossil fuels
Justin Trudeau visited the Port Theatre in Nanaimo on March 15th. VIU campus radio CHLY 101.7 FM was there along with sister campus media The Navigator Newspaper. Here’s my own summary of how this short conversation went:
I ask “What’s your plan for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energies?” He responds by telling me that Canada needs two things:
To not sit back and wait.
To move beyond fossil fuels in time with everyone else.Hmmmm, okay. Those two things totally contradict each other, and neither of them answer my question at all. I have to ask it again! What is your personal plan, Justin??
Invest money in the science to replace fossil fuel usage with renewable energy.
It’s a good thing Annelise joins in, because she points out: “All the science and technology already exists.” Apparently, Justin knows this already, and says so with reluctance to continue this conversation, looking away, and begging others with his eyes for someone else to please ask a different question…
It does, indeed.
Annelise closes the sell by asking for commitment. “Are you gonna give us a done deal?” At this point, the man is so desperate to leave this topic that he clumsily mumbles an empty Shakespearean oath:
I will beget it done.
See below for full video transcript
Snuneymuxw Chief Doug White sings a welcome prayer inside the Port Theatre to welcome Justin Trudeau to Nanaimo on March 15th 2013. Trudeau spoke to those who gathered inside the lobby of the Port Theatre, but did not address any questions until a planned “media scrum” in front of Nanaimo’s Harbour Basin. Host of CHLY’s Sweet and Sour Variety Hour Ashta asks “What is your plan for replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy?”
Justin: “We need to make sure the money coming in from our reliance on fossil fuels right now is invested towards….uh…..towards….uh…. encouraging renewables. Whether it be solar, whether it be wind, whether it be unto for discovered technologies, we have to make sure that Canada is not sitting back and hoping that we, uh, can profit as much from our fossil fuels before someone figures it out and we have to make sure we are figuring out how to move beyond fossil fuels in, uh, you know, time with everyone else.”
Ashta: “Your personal plan, though? Like, if you…”
Justin: “Investment in research and innovation and science, and uh, weening people off uh, fossil fuels as much as we can. It’s uh… it’s uh… it’s y’know, it’s gonna be a big job, but it’s one that I know Canadians are ready for.”
Annelise: “Are you gonna push for it? Are you gonna push for that?”
Justin: “Yes! I will be pushing for that”
Annelise: “Because all the science and research and technology is there.”
Justin: “It is, indeed”
Annelise: “We need a guy like you to say ‘It’s done’.”
Ashta: “Yeah!”
Annelise: “Are you gonna give us a done deal?”
Justin: “I will beget it done.”
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Mark MacDonald talks about NDN, then invites us to McDonalds
In the first paragraph of this piece run in Nanaimo Daily News on Thursday, Mark MacDonald says that when he took the job, he had in mind to make positive contribution to….the newspaper. Not Nanaimo or the society at large….the newspaper. The next paragraph goes on to describe how he’s been in the business for a long time. It is, of course a big business for-profit endeavor.
A daily newspaper, although a private entity, is really a public trust, and our management team is committed to making a positive difference.
Too bad the commitment isn’t to make sure the public is informed of relevant issues without bias. Making a positive difference….for the papers business? For it’s advertisers? 80% of the paper is promotional material.
He closes this warm Excuse-Piece with an invitation to McDonald’s for coffee….they’ve gone beyond the clowns and are really pushing the McCafe these days. What a coincidence! Couldn’t he have invited the people of Nanaimo to a local coffee shop like Vancouver Island’s Serious Coffee? Yes he could have, but that wouldn’t be as blatantly indicative of where this guy and his newspaper stand.
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“Adrian Dix made our plans fall apart! What a jerk” -The News
He was like “Umm, if we’re gonna debate, shouldn’t everyone be involved? What about the Cons and the Greens?” and instead of writing an article with the headline “Dix Has a Good Point” they run some crap about how inconvenient this’ere ninny-pants is being. With the election in a month, shouldn’t everyone be going head-to-head on relevant issues? Who is denying participation here? Elizabeth May would certainly revel in the opportunity- she has science, logic, and common sense in her corner. So that leaves the Conservative Party of Screw This Planet. Is a widdle Con feeling a widdle scaaaowd?
Ine’ not scaaowrd In other news today, my boyfriend saved a tree.
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I’m not dead
Just been busy, and I’m not proud of it.
Here’s a surly picture of Stephen Fry looking surly. I can hear him saying this in his Stephen Fryee voice
Lookit! An Instagram!