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New Brunswick: The only fracking going on is in Premier Higg’s head.
1940: Frac’ing Stoney Creek New Brunswick with nitroglycerin in Oil and Natural Gas in New Brunswick: Historical and Current Industry-related Activities 2013: Brief review of threats to Canada’s groundwater from the oil and gas industry’s methane migration and hydraulic fracturing Includes … Continue reading
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Shervin Hajipour’s Baraye: “Because of woman! Life! Freedom!” Real freedom! (Not that which old white mostly male privileged violent extreme right racist Canadian f*cker truckers demand for themselves but want no one else to have) “Because of man! Homeland! Prosperity!” (For all, not just the misogynistic and rich)
“Because of the banned girl who wished she’d been born a boy.” Shervin Hajipour Coldplay: “We believe as a band that everybody should be able to be themselves, as long as you don’t hurt anybody else. So we fully send … Continue reading
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SPECIAL PROTECTION WATERSHEDS: Victims of Repeated Abuse and Lingering Pollution in Pennsylvania. Brought to you by The Fracker, every day & night, not just on Halloween.
On Saturday, David Hess published a blog about microplastics being found in ALL of Pennsylvania’s BEST trout streams tested. This disturbing news revived my memories of repeated fracking spills into our county’s Special Protection watersheds, over one 4 year period, … Continue reading
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We must reconcile by doing, not with endless empty promises and big lies. And we must punt all racist judges (and stop putting them on the bench).
The Beaverton@TheBeaverton: Country that took 11 days to mourn symbol of colonialism takes day to honour victims of colonialism Global Round Dance “Utter disgust” at retired judge Brian Giesbrecht’s “filth” telling us “to move on” from 215 Indigenous children found … Continue reading
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Sandra Steingraber: Happy 60th to Silent Spring. What would Rachel Carson say about frac’ing?
Happy 60th to Silent Spring By Sandra Steingraber, PhD, Senior Scientist at SEHN Rachel Carson’s book on the toxicological properties of 19 pesticides is almost as old as I am. Published sixty years ago, on September 27, 1962, Silent Spring … Continue reading
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Liar liar, oil & gas patch pants on fire: What will Rape & Pillage Canada do with this complaint? It’s easy to fine coffee, not so easy to punish oil and gas. They’re above the law and God, after all.
$10 million complaint flagging advertising by the Canadian Gas Association is filed today with the Competition Bureau by Canadian doctors, nurses and public health advocates Press Release by CAPE, September 27, 2022 Industry lobby group for Enbridge, ATCO, Fortis and … Continue reading
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Twenty years later, I’m still waiting for EnCana’s then CEO, Gywn Morgan, to apologize for frac’ing Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers and to fix them!
2005: National Post Business features EnCana’s CEO Gwyn Morgan in its March issue: “What does Gwyn Morgan know that the rest of us don’t?” We didn’t know that a year earlier, Morgan-led EnCana intentionally illegally secretly frac’d Rosebud’s drinking water … Continue reading
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Ottawa rapist Paul Batchelor found guilty yet again, his third conviction. Next: Ontario’s self-regulator of lawyers will grant him licence to practice law.
2022 08 27: LSO, self regulator of lawyers “is a shield for corrupt lawyers.” Yup, and it licences known convicted pedophiles giving them protected access to children. 2022 04 10: Canada’s Misogynistic Bench: How many rapes will Paul Batchelor get … Continue reading
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CJ Richard Wagner wanting “more transparency” will not undo the Supreme Court of Canada’s secrets (would our judges hide their reasons for lying in rulings, defaming applicants, pissing on the rule of law, damaging the Charter … if they were clean?)
Emmett Macfarlane@EmmMacfarlane Sept 12, 2022: He… what? Did you point out to him that the Court he runs has a FIFTY year embargo on the release of judicial papers in the national archives? This is also an institution, by the … Continue reading
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Raping Caveman Canada shoots steroids to better serve the patriarchy. Fredericton ER refuses rape victim. What a vile way to further traumatize victims while protecting rapists. Satanic Health Team Conservative Irving Oil style?
This is what Conservatives do to healthcare. Every time. Rape victim turned away from Fredericton ER, told to make appointment for next day, Woman, 26, was told no trained nurses were available to conduct sexual assault forensic exam by Bobbi-Jean … Continue reading
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Zelensky to Russia, Sept 11, 2022: “Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as frightening and deadly for us as your friendship and brotherhood.”
“Do you still think we are one people? Do you still think you can scare us, break us, force us to make concessions? Don’t you really get it? Don’t you understand who we are? What we stand for? What we … Continue reading
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New Film: Blowout: Dimock, Pennsylvania. Who’s Next? Already f*cked in Canada: Wheatley, Norfolk, Indian Hills, Leamington and more in Ontario; Rosebud, Redland, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, Calgary, Spirit River, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Fox Creek, Calmar, Lloydminster and more in Alberta; Hudson’s Hope, Farmington, Rose Prairie and more in British Columbia; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Nova Scotia; etc. etc. etc.
Water well driller to Ray Kemble: “That ain’t air Bubba, that’s gas.” Craig and July Sautner show and explain the air separator Cabot installed on their contaminated water supply. Alberta Environment instructed Bruce Jack from Spirit River to install a … Continue reading
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North Dakota Supreme Court, Precedent setting ruling: Encana/Ovintiv (Newfield Exploration) did the Hanky Panky (again), underpaid $millions in royalties to the state.
I expect Encana/Ovintiv will win if the company appeals to Trump’s supremely oily republican religious court of the USA. North Dakota high court backs state in oil company dispute by James MacPherson, Sept 2, 2022, AP News BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) … Continue reading
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Honduras: Father Melo on his award for defending human rights, environmental conservation and freedom of expression: “This won’t shut me up.”
Este premio no me callará la boca: Padre Melo Press Release by Radio Progreso, September 1, 2022 Tras anunciar que aceptará el reconocimiento aprobado por el Congreso Nacional, el sacerdote jesuita Ismael Moreno, dijo en Radio Progreso que con dicho … Continue reading
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Will ex Chief Justice of Canada’s Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, finally quit Hong Kong’s top court, and stop enabling vile shit by China?
Hong Kong says it can target anyone in the world after Canadian journalist charged, Hong Kong says it will prosecute anyone who violates the city’s widely condemned national security law — ‘regardless of their background or where they’re located’ by … Continue reading
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Demented and creepy: Lawyer (accused of sex crimes against a child) Robert Regular’s lawyers tried to keep his identity secret to protect reputation of other lawyers. To do that, self regulators of lawyers (law societies) need to clean house and stop granting known convicted pedophiles licence to practice law.
Identity of N.L. lawyer in sexual assault case revealed as top court won’t hear anonymity bid, Robert Regular argued publishing name would harm his reputation by Rob Antle and Ariana Kelland, CBC News, Aug 04, 2022 The curtain has been … Continue reading
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Medieval Conservatives: Alberta removes sexist slave title of “master” from court but not superiority titles of m’lord, his lordship and m’lady, her ladyship.
Zack M. Elias@EliasCrimLaw: But we are still good with My Lord and My Lady? Jonny Wakefield@jonnywakefield: Interesting: Alberta courts are doing away with the title Masters in Chambers, on the grounds the term is outdated and sexist. … J.L.Petrie@Jlpetrie64 Replying … Continue reading
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LSO, self regulator of lawyers “is a shield for corrupt lawyers.” Yup, and it licences known convicted pedophiles giving them protected access to children.
Update: Slippery LSO. Typical: Yes, it’s known that some ‘people’ rehabilitate; it’s also known that pedophiles do not. This has been known for decades. Amir Attaran @profamirattaran August 27, 2022: The @LawSocietyLSO does not deserve to be called a regulator … Continue reading
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Unnecessary Noise: “The cruel absence of care” living invaded by Encana/Ovintiv’s (now Lynx) frac compressors for 20 years with my legal right to quiet enjoyment of home and land violated.
Encana/Ovintiv’s unlawful noisy belching compressors (13 around Rosebud alone, hundreds in the county) have invaded my body, mind, soul and home for decades and violate my legal right to quiet enjoyment of my home and land (I bought my place … Continue reading
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Rio Grand Valley: Two county judges issued declarations of disaster in response to increasingly severe water shortage, yet, frac’ers keep frac’ing, permanently losing 25 to 100% of water injected
Scorched border counties downstream of depleted Falcon Lake face ‘threat of imminent disaster’ by Pablo De La Rosa, August 12, 2022, Texas Public Radio. Carolina Cuellar contributed to this report. Two county judges in the Rio Grande Valley issued declarations … Continue reading
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New study by Yale School of Public Health researchers: Kids born within two km (1.24 mi) of frac sites were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia between ages 2 and 7. A known cause is benzene, released by oil and gas activities into air and water. Dr. Cassandra Clark: “The magnitude of the elevated risk that we observed was fairly striking.”
2012: Alberta mother of three, Kimberly Mildenstein (wearing “Frack Off Cancer” T-shirt) attends Mountain View County Clr Paddy Munro’s presentation on frac’ing: Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds by Susan Phillips, Aug … Continue reading
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Life is about perspective. You might think you’re a lion…but….
Four brutal years ago today, on August 18, 2018, my “public interest” lawyers, lead Murray Klippenstein and trainee, Cory Wanless, pissed on the rules of their profession, lied to me, and abruptly quit my lawsuit while not quitting cases taken … Continue reading
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Canada’s Supreme Court claims it’s transparent and dedicated to enhancing access to justice but lies in rulings, defames applicants, keeps secrets, denies charter rights of Canadians, pisses on CJC’s time limit to release rulings, and is self-regulated.
Any institution proclaiming to be transparent and dedicated to enhancing access to justice, usually isn’t. If an institution is, they don’t need to boast about it. The Supreme Court of Canada damaged our Charter, pissed on the rule of law, … Continue reading
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New Report by Will Koop: “When the People Shout No!” to Oil & Gas in the Fraser Valley, B.C. (all Hell breaks loose), Dedicated to Joyce Nelson.
WHEN THE PEOPLE SHOUT NO! The Friends of the Fraser Valley and the Five Waves of Petroleum Exploration in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia 1914 – 1994 by Will Koop, August 15, 2022, B.C. Tap Water Alliance Short version of … Continue reading
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Michigan, Wixom: Don’t touch the water! Several thousand gallons carcinogen hexavalent chromium “released” (dumped?) by Tribar Manufacturing into sewer system, then Huron River
Video at link: State Officials Say Testing Continues After Huron River Chemical Spill, Preliminary Results Detect No Presence It’s easy for industry and regulators, notably those controlled by industry, to sample to intentionally avoid detection of toxic chemicals. Alberta Environment … Continue reading
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Ridiculous. There’s no rule of law when it comes to the rich and powerful (like Encana/Ovintiv) and crime enablers (like AER), except to evade it. Steve Bannon will be excused by Trump’s appeal & supreme court judges, and if not, when Trump (or one of his ilk) is President again he’ll pardon him.
Andrew Weissmann @AWeissmann_: BREAKING: Bannon sentenced to 4 months. But key here is he won’t be required to surrender to prison until after his “timely” appeal. Bannon now will seek to delay that process until he can be pardoned. Yet … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania: Allegheny County Co votes 12-3 to ban frac’ing in county parks (Bravo!), overrides Executive Rich Fitzerald’s veto, first county-wide no-frac legislation in the state, protecting 12,000 acres across 12 watersheds
Excellent photos showing what the courageous county council is preventing in the parks: Allegheny County Council Overrides Fitzgerald Veto on Park Fracking Ban by bobscaping, July 20, 2022 “Nothing changed in the past 14 days about the nature of fracking, … Continue reading
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True: “Statistically your child is far safer with a Drag Queen rather than a Priest.”
David Climenhaga Aug 13, 2022: I heard someone whinging on CBC yesterday that drag queens shouldn’t be able to read stories to kids in buildings paid for by taxpayers, viz., libraries. Just remember, churches are paid for by taxpayers too, … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Senate Hearing: Large, growing, consistent, compelling body of evidence shows frac’ing negatively impacts public health; PA must act. Ten years later, Health Canada still won’t publicly release their frac hazard study. In Canada, frac panel members lie, ignore evidence; authorities refuse to study cumulative harms; “regulators” like AER refuse to enforce the law while engaging in fraud to serve law-violating polluters (most foreign owned) and further abuse the harmed.
Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is ‘Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And ‘Compelling’ That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act by David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog The following testimony on unconventional shale … Continue reading
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Putin Salutin’ Satan in Victory Day Parade
20022 05 09: Morten Morland Times Cartoon The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependen May 8, 2022: Canada to provide Ukraine with $1.5 billion per year, anti-tank equipment. President Volodymyr Zelensky said “Canada is second only to the United States in terms of aid,” … Continue reading
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Climate Courts: Let trials proceed without gov’ts if politicians care so little about rights of youth and fail to show up or are too ashamed about giving the rich and corporate polluters everything and nothing to our kids and their future.
In my experience of Canadian judges and lawyers, and the system’s expensive procedures intentionally created to keep ordinary citizens out, youth would do a much better job than any court in Canada could, or would ever try to. Canadian courts … Continue reading
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Too Funny~!! Andrij Melnyk, Ukraine ambassador to Germany and international lawyer, responds to Chancellor Olaf Scholz: Not “very statesmanlike to behave like an offended liver sausage.” Beleidigte Leberwurst indeed!
I’ve been horrified by the cowardly crime enabling behaviour by the German gov’t elites in response to Putin’s illegal war (I’m part German) The Kyiv Independent@KyivIndependent: Speculation is rife that Russia may launch provocations or some military action on May … Continue reading
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Compendium 8 on Harms of Frac’ing & Associated Infrastructure: “The only method of mitigating its grave threats to public health and the climate is a complete and comprehensive ban on fracking.” No evidence was found showing “fracking can be practiced in a manner that does not threaten human health directly or without imperiling climate stability upon which human health depends.”
Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking and Associated Gas and Oil Infrastructure by Physicians for Social Responsibility and Concerned Health Professionals of New York, April 28, 2022 Eighth Edition PSR is proud to … Continue reading
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Poisoned by lead, capitalism and greed
Excellent Canadian made documentary! The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History 24:56 Min. by Veritasium, April 22, 2022 One scientist caused two environmental disasters and the deaths of millions. A part of this video is sponsored by … Continue reading
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Why is The Guardian Publishing Putin Propaganda?
Subject: Why is The Guardian Publishing Putin Propaganda? Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:59:03 -0600 From: jessica ernst To: email hidden; JavaScript is required Dear Editor, Re: “Further arming Ukraine will only destroy it. The west must act to end … Continue reading
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Easter rips down statue of soviet marshal Georgy Zhukov, “the butcher,” after Russia’s Moskva sinks. Brute Putin next. Slava Ukraini!
Defence of Ukraine@DefenceUUkraine government organization April 16, 2022: For Ukrainian warriors a torn turret of a russian tank is not only a symbol of inevitable victory, but a piece of contemporary art too. We already have quite a collection! Photo … Continue reading
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Australia High Court “full bench of dinosaurs” unanimously rules Environment Minister owes no duty of care to protect youth from climate change when assessing fossil fuel projects (similar to Alberta courts ruling AER owes no duty of care to residents harmed by companies, not even when their drinking water supplies are illegally frac’d)
Ntina Tzouvala@ntinatzouval: courts won’t save us Of course not! In most cases, the legal industry (called a “justice” system to con the masses) does not serve the citizenry or a livable environment, it serves the rich, dirty (including “sex pest” … Continue reading
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Canada’s Misogynistic Bench: How many rapes will Paul Batchelor get away with? How soon will he be free to rape again and again and again?
Ottawa rapist Paul Batchelor guilty in two cases, acquitted in three, faces three more rape trials by Gary Dimmock, Feb 05, 2022, Ottawa Citizen The last time Paul Batchelor won two rape acquittals on the same day in 2019, he … Continue reading
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Global First! Inaugural class of UVic’s Indigenous law program—the world’s first law degree to combine Indigenous and non-Indigenous laws—will graduate spring 2022.
Congratulations…in order to the first graduating class of UVic’s Indigenous law program by Martin, newsletter editor, April 8, 2022, Capital Daily Amanda Vick is among the Indigenous law program’s inaugural graduating class. Photo supplied. UVic’s Indigenous law program graduates its … Continue reading
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Fox Creek, Alberta: TC Energy P/L leak, ignition and fire. Was it caused by cumulative frac quake/frac hit harms? Is the gas sour from industry souring formations with thousands of massive fracs of untreated contaminated surface water?
A few of the comments: Martin Yan: maybe all those earthquakes they get shifted something. Al Millar: Self regulated . Phony emission reports and more . TC energy , no surprise . Maybe the company can demand $ 1.3 Billion … Continue reading
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Colorado: After thousands harmed, Bill introduced for an Act on Oversight of *All* (not just some frac) Chemicals Used in Oil & Gas Production (to also disallow trade secrets). Will the oil & gas industry and the rich (judges included) allow this to pass?
Even after sacrificing 18 years and $400,000.00 of my life long savings (and more in kind donations from others concerned about frac’ing), and being betrayed by the courts and my backstabbing quitting lawyers, Murray Klippenstein and Cory Wanless (that did … Continue reading
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Russia’s Illegal War: Street Mural in Kyiv by Ukrainian artist Sasha Korban, “We will stand, we will win.”
Sasha Korban’s post and call for donations *** Euromaidan Press@EuromaidanPress: According to the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion🔹78% Russians support Putin, actions (13% don’t)🔹 74% Russians approve of his decision to attack Ukraine (17% don’t)🔹89% trust Russian … Continue reading
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Match made in Hell: Calgary-based killer Calfrac supports Putin’s illegal war, rape & pillage in Ukraine; Frac giants Baker Hughes, Schlumberger, Halliburton too. No wonder: invading, rape & pillage is what frac’ers do.
So, since the war began govt’s & corps have been trying to find a way to stop using Russian oil…which gives Putin $800 million/day to finance the war. And here is Calfrac helping them extract it. Wow. I felt like … Continue reading
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Cruel Misogynistic Bench: Alberta judge Dallas Miller refuses to enforce the law. Self-regulating regulator of judges, Canadian Judicial Council, is useless and costs taxpayers millions of dollars in legal fees to protect law-violating judges. Fire the anti-law judge instead. Canada’s other law violating judges will quickly clean up their murky behaviours.
A former cop convicted of domestic violence is keeping daughter from ex but judge refuses to enforce the law, Lethbridge mother hasn’t seen her daughter in more than a year by Meghan Grant, CBC News, Mar 10, 2022 Even though … Continue reading
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International Women’s Day 2022
Thank you for remembering and this beautiful card; I am humbled and honoured. It was a brutal 20-year journey filled with stunning betrayals by Encana/Ovintiv; AER; Alberta Environment; politicians provincially and federally; NGOs – notably Pembina Institute, Suzuki Fdn, Council … Continue reading
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Dear Jason Kenney/UCP: Ending the pandemic mask mandate caters to terrorists. I reject your selfish idiocy and continue to wear N95 masks in public to protect others and myself. Now, I join Prof Ubaka Ogbogu and also wear them to spite you.
Dear Prof Ogbogu, I am horrified by what Kenney wrote about you, but then, I am often horrified by what he writes, says and does. In my view, he serves himself and his base (now more than ever with his … Continue reading
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On the brink of WW3 (no, already in it): Law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, with extensive Russian client list, pits evil against humanity and other life on earth, “imposes silence in the face of wanton atrocity.” A few days later, Linklaters is first major law firm to exit Russia over Ukraine war.
“Dictator Showering” by Morten Moreland Tweets in response to this vile legal industry news (more tweets near end this post): Snap taken March 10, 2022 Smoky Alvaro@SmokyAlvaro: Lawyers acting like sleazeballs? Who woulda thunk The 76 Percent@Percent76: I guess they … Continue reading
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COVID-19 takes another master. Mark Lanegan: “The tears from your eyes. Is this Heaven?”
2022 02 22: Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees singer, dies at 57 … The American singer, born and raised in rural eastern Washington state, had survived a battle with Covid-19 that left him in and out of a coma for months-long … Continue reading
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Excellent clip on COVID-19 and immunity: Toronto Emergency Physician Dr. Kashif Pirzada, interviews Dr. Anthony Leonardi, T-cell Immunologist
The T-cells are not alright – an interview with Dr. Anthony Leonardi, T-cell researcher 91 Min by Dr. Kashif Pirzada, MD, recorded Jan 8, 2022, posted Feb 20, 2022 In the first installment of a series by Masks4Canada, we explore … Continue reading
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Little Orphan Wells on the Prairies *and* in BC *and* in Quebec *and* in the Maritimes *and* souring and blowing up towns in Ontario … And intentional and accidental fracs, spills and leaks (including fake pollution solution Carbon Capture & Storage) leaking gases and toxic chemicals into groundwater …
Look deeper by Ed Janicki, Letter to the Editor Globe and Mail, Feb 7, 2022 Re Little Orphan Oil Well On The Prairie (Editorial, Jan. 28): Cost estimates for remediation are likely to be much higher if we consider a … Continue reading
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Frac Science Compendium 8 to be released soon. Sandra Steingraber & Carmi Orenstein: “The more we learn about fracking…the worse it looks. Fracking is a villain, not a hero….” (R. Kennedy Jr., Sierra Club, other NGOs pimped frac’ing for polluters)
Preventing the Preventable Suffering by The Science and Environmental Health Network Table of Contents 1. Editor’s Note: On Preventing the Preventable Suffering 2. The Fracking Science Compendium: Eighth Edition 3. Toxicology: The Language of Hazardous and Broken Dreams … Editor’s … Continue reading
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New low for racist Canada: Police & RCMP enable white supremacists shitting & pissing on the rule of law and intimidating/assaulting residents for days while Alberta UCP negotiates with terrorists
Courtney Theriault @cspotweet: A reminder that the trucker protest went to Ottawa to remove Justin Trudeau as leader but instead it’s Erin O’Toole who met with the truckers who has now been removed. Sabina Vohra-Miller@SabiVM: Here’s what it comes down … Continue reading
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A first: Harvard study links frac’ing air pollution to early deaths among nearby residents, both up and downwind of wells. The Guardian: “This would mean thousands of premature deaths linked to the oil and gas boom….”
For the First Time, a Harvard Study Links Air Pollution From Fracking to Early Deaths Among Nearby Residents, The researchers studied more than 15 million Medicare beneficiaries living in all major fracking regions and gathered data from more than 2.5 … Continue reading
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New study on leaking, toxic unnatural gas stoves; leak badly – most when not in use.
Gas Stoves in the US Emit Methane Equivalent to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Half a Million Cars, Cooking with gas is heating up the climate and filling some homes with hazardous nitrogen oxides in excess of EPA safety standards … Continue reading
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Thank you Meat Loaf, for helping me endure the horrors. And for singing the greatest love song of all time. Bat Out of Hell indeed.
And the last thing I see is my heart … still beating … still beating … breaking out of my body and flying away like a bat out of hell … Jim Steinman
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Italy’s Supreme Court: Rules neighbour’s noisy toilet is a human rights violation. Has Encana/Ovintiv (now Lynx) been violating my human rights and decimating my health for decades with their law violating noisy compressors? With AER fudging Encana’s data, enabling the law and human rights violations? Oh ya, I forgot: Canadians have no rights when harmed by oil & gas (except to pay $hundreds of thousands in legal/court costs, be strung along for years, lied to and betrayed by your lawyers, and defamed by the Supreme Court of Canada).
Italian couple win 19-year battle with neighbours over noisy loo by Elly Blake, Jan 18, 2022, Evening Standard Italy’s top court has enshrined the right to protection from loud lavatories after a 19-year battle between a tired couple and their … Continue reading
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Murder by COVID. UCP, Jason Kenney & Dr. Deena Hinshaw are cruel despicable lying anti-health, anti-Albertan monsters. Paul Hunter: “You don’t get herd immunity with coronaviruses”
Man’s penis ‘shrinks by 1.5 inches after catching Covid’ – and it’s irreversible ….to his dismay the victim found his penis had contracted considerably – a condition doctors told him is likely permanent due to vascular damage in his erectile … Continue reading
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Nine months after Teck President Don Lindsay publicly apologized for dumping fish-killing mine waste, committed to “not waver in our focus on addressing this challenge” after settling in court for record $60M fine to avoid full trial, Teck “researchers” blame winter for 90% cutthroat trout kill even though mine contaminants have only gone up since 2014.
Better tell the judge Mr. Lindsay, maybe your fine will get tripled. Which wouldn’t really matter because history shows Teck has a habit of ignoring orders by courts and governments, a habit which courts and governments ignore. Teck says ice, … Continue reading
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Billionaires in (and polluting) space.
@cathy3of6.bsky.social: Again! What a fucking danger to the environment. Fuck musk @neolithicsheep.bsky.social: Sadly this was not the rocket with the crypto billionaire on it @nysandita.bsky.social: Imagine repeatedly failing this spectacularly and your board of directors keeps approving your pay raises. … Continue reading
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Where are the sanctimonious pro-lifers with their incessant desire to control others? Why the silence from them about Alberta’s UCP (many proclaiming to be Christian) intentionally killing in one of the most vile and cruel ways possible?
I expect long after woodland caribou are wiped out, Alberta will continue poisoning wolves even though it was proven decades ago how vital key predators like wolves are to healthy ecosystems. Abusive gov’ts kill wolves in Canada for no reason … Continue reading
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