The Harper government is presently “consulting” Canadians on what kind of immigration policy Canada should promote. Debbie Douglas and Avvy Yao-Yao Go write that the government looks at immigration — as it looks at all things — through an economic lens. However, there is more to immigration than economics: For
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Do We Expand With The Universe? – Minute Physics
Good video, but I just can’t see a cat on a leash. 🙂 Filed under: Science Tagged: 2 mintues of interesting stuff, Expansion of Spacetime, Minute Physics
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tim Hortons Has Enough Troubles These Days
I don’t know how this helps their brand.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Rob Ford’s Drunken Night on the Town
When I stare at that mugshot of Rob Ford. The one that was taken after he challenged a Florida cop to take him to jail for drunk and stoned driving, and was promptly arrested.I can't help wondering whether more people should have realized where that spoiled son of a millionaire was heading.
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: OTARC Panel: Dr. Giacomo Vivanti: Does Severe Autism Cause Intellectual Disability?
Excellent panel discussion by the La Trobe University Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre (OTARC) with Dr. Giacomo Vivanti, Dr. Cheryl Dissanjake and Dr. Cynthia Zierhut. The panel comments on the cultural representation of autism as genius in movies such as Rain Man and television series such as the Big Bang
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Lavabit encrypted email service shuts down rather than become ‘complicit in crimes against the American people’
Lavabit, an encrypted email service with some 350,000 customers is no more. The company has decided to shut down rather than comply with a U.S. government court order that would have implicated Lavabit in spying on its customers. In a courageous move the company has opted to essentially wipe out
Continue readingAlberta Diary: CRTC ruling notwithstanding, Sun News and its campaign for subsidies will continue
Sun News Network gets ready to take Phase II of its campaign for subsidies on the road. Actual action plans by the right-wing broadcaster in light of the CRTC’s denial Wednesday of free cash from consumers and a favourable location on the TV tuner may not turn out to be
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Olive – You’re Not Alone
Continue readingDemocratic Voting Canada: 91% of developed nations adopted voting reform
Of 34 developed countries, 31 have moved on to better voting systems that ensure an actual majority of voters is represented in government. That’s 91%. Canada and the UK use primitive FPP which breaks down when there are more than two parties. Canadians deserve better. Canadians must demand better. Developed
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Oprah Receives Racist “Pretty Woman” Treatment From Swiss Boutique
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey says she received the racist “Pretty Woman” treatment while attempting to buy a $38,000 designer handbag at a pricey Swiss boutique recently. The post Oprah Receives Racist “Pretty Woman” Treatment From Swiss Boutique appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: Woolwich walking trails
There’s a lovely trail in Woolwich township, about a five minute drive from the Waterloo market (and from my workplace). It’s at the first bridge on Three Bridges Road. The bridge is an old Mennonite horse bridge. It isn’t fancy but it’s a nifty design: when the river is in
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Friday night blues blogging
Let’s ease into it. This is Johnnie Bassett fronting the Brothers Groove and the Motor City Horns. He’s still got the blues but now he’s got them in his Fleetwood Cadillac. Shakura S’Aida is going to slow things and then pick up the pace again. This is called That Ain’t
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Check out market research expert Sean Copeland’s response to Big Telecom’s misleading ads
Here’s expert proof that Big Telecom’s ads are flat out wrong – check out Sean Copeland, Director of Consumer Research at Abacus Data, as he demolishes what he calls “misleading claims” and “blatant errors”. Canadians have been using the Internet to debunk Big Telecom’s latest PR spin and nearly 60,000
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Why Is Tom Mulcair Opposed to Tax Increases?
A recent online article suggests that Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair is opposed to increasing federal tax rates. I find this quite surprising. According to the August 8 article: Mulcair seemed surprised when he was asked if taxes would go up under an NDP government. “You’re the first person who’s
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The week in pictures
On the dock with Son Two, hours after his return from camp. Get Daughter on Sunday. Been quite a week. So here it is in pictures. Monday: me and Lala at Santa Monica Pier: Tuesday: onstage with the Palma Violets. That’s Chilli, there. Pic by the amazing Debi Del Grande,
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Creative Canadians take on Big Telecom’s propaganda
You’ve likely heard by now about the massive and misleading advertising campaign being run by Canada’s Big Three telecom giants, as they desperately try to stave off the prospect of greater choice in Canada’s wireless market. Campaigns like this don’t come cheap – but Big Telecom has deep pockets after
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Swiss Inmates Going to Pot
Swiss prisons have a marijuana problem and Swiss prison guards like it that way. A recent study published in the International Journal of Drug Policy estimates that 50 to 80 percent of inmates in Swiss prisons use marijuana. Prison staff told researchers they found marijuana to be a relatively safe drug
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: NSA Funnies
Found at TruthDig:
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: The Sun will come up tomorrow
Yes, another goofy play on the word “sun” (although I waited so long to post about yesterday’s CRTC ruling all the good references were taken). All in all, the ruling was, well, good. Being the glass-half-full woman that I am, I look forward to Sun News being on air for quite
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