Palingate

The past few days were burning hot with all the rumors surrounding Sarah Palin and with each passing day more details surface.
She seems to be a very driven career woman and a fierce mother. Both attributes would be all right in normal circumstances, but really disturbing in her case.
Why? Because some things don’t add up. […]

What is more disruptive to our climate?

I am so tired of all the brouhaha surrounding the green movement.
Why? Because I live in Canada, because we are overtaxed for every little thing and now we got the ‘carbon tax’ to help the government fight the global warming caused allegedly by our bad habit of driving too much instead of walking 30 km […]

A Burmese Tragedy

From the news:
May 6, 2008
At least 22,000 people have died and 41,000 more are missing in Burma after typhoon Nargis hit the south of the country on Friday and Saturday. Hundreds of thousands are homeless, according to United Nations officials.
According to eyewitnesses, local Buddhist monks have started to help the victims wherever they can. As […]

Canada to outlaw Natural Products?? or Shame on Canada for Bill C-51

What the heck is going on? I was so proud for living here, in Canada, where people’s rights are respected. Not anymore.
I have the right to chose what I believe is good for me and my family. I don’t want or need Big Pharma to tell me what I have to put into my body.
If […]

Monks disrupt Tibet media visit

This morning, while driving to work, I heard a piece of news about Tibet along with a cry and Tibetan words.
A monk was crying! According to the news, Buddhist monks in the Tibetan capital protested against Chinese rule during an official conference for foreign journalists put on by the Chinese authorities.
“Foreign journalists were expelled from […]