Who is Beaver Canuck?

It's not clear where Beaver Canuck came from - except he keeps talking about 'Happy Forest' - but you can't find it on any map because the area he seems to be referring to is covered with tar sands development. I think that's why he's pissed.

What is known is that he came onto the scene a couple years ago strapped onto a bixi as some sort of tour guide, or something, for web videos filmed on a cheap cell phone. It didn't go well. But over the years more of his story has come out - in fits and starts. He's fixated with Stephen Harper, and blames him for destroying his home



Apocalypse Soon

It seems that his girl from back home may have been killed when the bipeds bulldozed Happy Forest for Tar Sand Development



Beavette in trouble

And it only got worse from there.

He's tried getting his message out in song



Pirogue or Prorogue

And he's uncovered a conspiracy or two little known to the general public.



Prorogues

And has had a thing or two to say about Stephen Harper' tastes in music - especially Nickleback which he resents because HE owns the nickle


Taking the Nickleback

Between frustration with the #cpc conservative party of Canada's relentless bullying and name calling he's tried to educate about basic political science:



If I'm a commie you're a Nazi



A Democracy refresher for Stephen Harper

Ecology...



Ecosystem services explained so even Stephen Harper can understand

History...



Peter Mackay Needs Wikipedia or a Book

Child psychology



Developmental immaturity so even Conservatives can understand it

General asshattery (see Jason Kenney's career - all of it)


Jason Kenney Starts a petition to thank himself

Which landed him on Canada's most wanted list



Wanted! The Beaver ends up on Canada's Wanted War Criminals list

…

and a bunch of other stuff like trying to make *lite* of the whole situation



Beaver Canuck tells Stephen Harper jokes

But all in all it's given him some anxiety issues, and he's sought professional help.


A Beaver Writes to his psychiatrist about Stephen Harper

Stephen Harper's Ode to Science

Shall I compare thee to a slimy toad?
Who deals with scandal by throwing bodies on the road?
Tying science funding to profitability is like legislating that poems have to rhyme…you won't discover insulin, but you will produce a lot of dog shit. Wait a second - maybe that's how they invented Nickleback.



That's not how discovery works - but Stephen Harper hates science. He has no interest in confirming what he already knows - that he's an awful lonely man desperately clinging to evil as the only thing he's good at…

It doesn't let you discover insulin, free radicals, the Ricker curve, weather forecasting, plate tectonics, t cell receptors, the geometry of higher dimensions but whatever. It appeals to his base who think innovation works that way and it subsidizes his industrial cronies. Well played, french shower bag...


http://www.science.ca/askascientist/topachievements.php

Harper trying to destroy the CBC

Because he can't get his stupid factory, Sun News, taxpayer funded...yet.

Beaver Canuck wants YOU to stand up for what you believe in

PRESS RELEASE: From the Happy Forest Protection League spokesperson Beaver Canuck:

"There comes a time when everyone has to stand up for what they believe in. With environmental degradation, climate change, unsustainable industrial development and overpopulation bearing down on a finite planet, this Beaver has had enough. That, and tar sands development destroyed my home, Happy Forest, and separated me from my girl, Beavette - heck, I don't even know if she's alive or dead.

I am Beaver Canuck, and I'm on a mission. To educate, to politicize, to motivate all Canadians to stand up for a better future. A future where prosperity isn't built on short term opportunism and destructive resource exploitation. A future where we leave the world a better place than how we found it. A future where I get my revenge on Stephen Harper for destroying Happy Forest!! And find Beavette! Sorry, sometimes my emotions run away from me.

Your responsibility is to help me make this happen."

He asks you to SUBSCRIBE here.

Harper's values mean he must destroy the ELA

Come on people. We haven't just met Harper. Think about his values. The people who work at the ELA and the people who support their research - ethical Canadians looking for evidence based best practices - are Harper’s enemies. The kinds of people who made him feel bad in high school for lacking a moral centre.

He wants to destroy us. We’d never vote for him and most of us are actively trying to oppose him.
He knows anything the ELA produces is going to say that he's an asshole. Polluting, inefficient, unequitable...
His base are the people who oppose gay marriage. The terrified little worms who are so unworthy of existing that they have to poor hate and scorn on everyone else. Like Harper.
So no appeal to reason is going to save the ELA. Only force. An injunction, a bunch of academics chaining themselves to sample buckets or buildings...a direct political challenge.
Stephen Harper. Admit it. You're destroying the ELA because you fear it. Fear the truth it might tell you, about what kind of man you really are. A bad one.

The Current Unpleasantness (how sweet it is)

Several years ago I had an idea for a movie. It was to be called “The Coming Unpleasantness” and be a POV documentary as I sought to look at the many challenges facing humanity and how hope could possibly survive.

I'd been watching a lot of depressing documentaries - (though these are a couple years old now... )

Blue Gold -- World Water Wars

Manufactured Landscapes
Or http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/

Our Daily Bread (Unser Taeglich Brot)

Crude Impact --

No End In Sight -

And reading about climate change, loss of biodiversity, water shortages, etc...

I went as far as making some outlines and editing this little teaser.



But I'm repeating myself - I've posted some of this before.

You know, ideas are cheap.

And at the same time I follow a lot of people who don't have their heads up their asses and are busy trying to save the world. I love these people, though we've never met, and follow their progress closely.
(Autonomy now ... )

You don't get garbage like UFC when your society is healthy. It is bread and circuses. The Romans knew a thing or two about distracting people. And you know what? The French sealing Colosseum -


almost became a wool factory to rehabilitate prostitutes.

And we only need to look at Stephen Harper and his #cpc asshats to see how much trouble committed zealots can make in a short time (conservative links updated semi regularly )

The War of 1812? Oh leave it for Upper Canada Village (awesome with the kids btw)

So what?

I don't know - but I suppose what I'm getting at is how caught up in the day to day, you lose track of the big picture. And sometimes, looking at the big picture is so scary that you retreat into the day to day. I've been blathering on about losing the plot when immediate “crises” lead you into making bad decisions. (Tactics and strategy )

But what I suppose I'm trying to do is keep moving - not yet the big, choose your own adventure type moves I aspire to - but smaller moves. Like just collecting all these links and trying to summarize in some small way where it's taking me in my thinking. Hell, I'm a windbag - apparently a little starved for feedback and attention...

The world has always been a crazy place. Daily life with friends and family is crazy. So making anything - leaving any kind of tracks whatsoever - is something. Necessary, if far from sufficient.

We all know how squirrelly life can get when the path isn't clear and we’re blessed with little self shitting challenges that occupy a fair bit of physical and psychic energy. We know how between the headlines and our own little heads each day can leave us more than a tad PTSD...

But whatever.

We’re above ground. And some of our loved ones are above ground with us.

And that's pretty sweet.

The Harpocrats #cpc #fraudparty Link Page Updated April 14

April 14

Oil spills in Manitoba




April 12

Joe Oliver casting 'doubts' on Climate science, and well, hell, just not reading anything that might contradict full CO2 ahead development of the tarsands


Follow Beaver Canuck on You Tube




April 3
Thomas homer Dixon on tar sands disaster


April 1, 2013






Kevin Page on the importance of the Parliamentary Budget Officer


Information commissioner to investigate muzzling of scientists

The Star - on info commissioner investigation



March 27, 2013
Conservatives accused of trying to bury climate data



March 26

Jay Hill, former Harper cabinet minister broke conflict of interest guidelines

Cpc backbenchers chafing under Harper?




March 25
Librarians against being muzzled


March 22
Flanagan's last stand?



Chantal Hebert on how conservative gambling on resources may hurt them in 2015

March 19, 2013
Closing of ELA and PEARL research station sends message Harpermgovt not serious about environment


March 18, 2013

Experimental Lakes Area decommissioning underway? Because, you know, saving $2 million a year will really pay off after the 25 years it will take to recoup the $50 mill decom costs...

Vic Toews trying to turn border security into a version of the Hunger Games


Former Parliamentary Budget Officer claims he was 'intimidated' by Senior Harper govie officials

Conservative scandals could overshadow budget


55th in the world for access to information (news story)


Penashue corporate donation

Macleans recap on carbon pricing


Stephen Harper on pricing carbon



The firewallers
There's never judge a book by its cover but...comeon...



Wallins expenses


Duncan quits

The Wheels on the Conservative Bus Ran over Tom Flanagan

Well at least that didn't take long. The Conservatives finally ditch Tom Flanagan for, well, being Tom Flanagan...




But it's not like he just became Tom Flanagan today...this is your Conservative Party of Canada...not all evil, but certainly rotten at the top.

Do conservatives just not care?

Compassionate conservatism - what does that mean? Wearing gloves to keep the blood off when they kick you to the curb?

Here is the thing - some people, you, the conservatives - feel that everyone should look after themselves. Perhaps you weren't cuddled, perhaps its genetic - who cares why? It's just an awful lonely way to live. We get it, we're not going to change you, but we're also not going to let you lower the tone for the rest of us, who, guess what? Actually enjoy helping each other. Actually find life better when others share our good fortune.

I know I know, I might as well write that in Sanskrit - it's not registering.

But here's the thing. And we know this happens because of, well, history books. You fought, cheated and stole your way to power. In your world view the ends justify the means, and you're actually proud of being so "bold" - so manly as the incredibly stupid Tom Flanagan might say when calling for an extrajudicial assassination of someone like Julian Assange.

When you get caught you kind of smirk - shoulder deep into the cookie jaw you're kind of proud you 'took the chance' or 'seized the day' - kind of proud your goals are so awesome that the rules just don't apply.

It's not going to last. The thing is life is short and the incredible selfishness and fear of others that defines your worldview is just not worth a sweet goddamn. So leave the public sphere to people who give a shit. Go and build a compound, or a gated community, or whatever. Go away - leave us much less selfish people alone. You will never know how to trust, you are probably basically incapable of love, you're scared of the world probably because you feel the world is like you are, and, well, 50% of it probably is.

So crawl under a rock - weep, if you are capable, as those of us who enjoy life, enjoy the challenges of building collectively, go about our lives.

Or we'll make you. Make no mistake, like the Allies that trounced fascism, democrats and liberals may try and avoid a confrontation - because, hell, we know how to do the work to get along - but if you don't, if you push us too far. We'll stop you.

Oh the Harpocracy!

In which @BeaverCanuck shows you some of his favourite moments from #cdnpoli.

Shooting the Censor

The Case against my inner censor took years to build, and while the sentiment of the court in the end was clear for all to hear - "shoot the bastard! up against the wall!" the spin out from his execution has yet to resolve itself. While the Censor may have been shot square in the face, it is still somewhat unclear whether another, perhaps more powerful one has taken his place, or if the bureaucracy of my bullshit is such that I continue to avoid the point of all this out of habit, if less out of raw fear.

Better a bad artist than a loser. Because while some bad artist's may be losers, it is far less likely that most losers can even lay claim to being bad artists.

The snob's dilemma, the argument from fear, all the excuses in the world for self-censorship are painful to work through - to be discarded quickly if you can - and maybe it's just a lifetime of inadequate testosterone? Lacking the balls to just take the risk of looking stupid. Because by all accounts more than a few people seem to live what for them appear to be relatively adequate lives while radiating, no, sometimes indeed, glorying in their stupidity. Take the conservatives, just to grab a group out of the air.

So the puppet's back - and I've started singing. And sweet Jay Z H Christ, it's got some room to, erm, mature. But the song I recorded yesterday sounds way better than the one from last week - and I like to believe it's really quite ridiculous. And that's kind of the point isn't it? All of this life is quite ridiculous. We get pushed or carved out of our moms, we spin around the sun for awhile, and then we die. More often than not really fucking terribly. So am I happy to have recorded a version of the Ballad of Happy Forest, where the Beaver and Beavette sing about their love for each other and the righteousness of diverting small waterways? All the while knowing that the bulldozers of the Evil Doer Stephen Harper are about to descend upon their boreal idyll destroying it forever? Separating Beaver from a now visibly pregnant Beavette, who for all he knows is dead with so many other of the forest animals? Yup.

Nonsense, glorious nonsense, and it would be funny if it wasn't actually so serious, and well, if it was written a little better and someone sent me a voice coach, or, well, sang it for me. But what's the fun of that?