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Jane Fonda flying to oppose tar sands isn’t hypocrisy; that’s a “tu quoque” logical fallacy

LB — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:46:49 +0000

@JaneSeymourFonda in the Alberta tar sands: with @barbarawilliam_, @UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and ACFN (Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation) Chief Allan Adam on January 11, 2017 (UBCIC Instagram)

This post is about a logical fallacy that for a decade has been popping up all over social media and comment streams on news stories.

Justin, if Canadians must be resilient in the face of change, so must your oil barons.

LB — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 07:48:53 +0000

This idiot article appeared in one of Canada’s national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, wherein a guy named Lawrence Martin tells Justin Trudeau to quit with the sentimental enviro talk and build some pipelines already.

When you have oil pipeline companies, who needs satire?

LB — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 02:45:16 +0000

Giant U.S. oil/energy mega-corp Kinder Morgan has applied to triple the size of a pipeline across British Columbia, bringing dirty bitumen-laced oil from the Alberta Tar Sands. “Public” hearings to assess the application have been notoriously non-public.

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NSA in Good Will Hunting

LB — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:10:46 +0000

Here’s Matt Damon’s character Will being interviewed by an NSA recruiter in Good Will Hunting, 1997. I’d forgotten about this genius bit of mouthing off until I saw the clip circulating this morning.

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B.C. Coast First Nations post anti-pipeline video

LB — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:54:12 +0000

Produced by the Coastal First Nations. Paul Simon gave permission for the use of The Sound of Silence in this video.

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