Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – George Monbiot comments on the outsized influence of advertisers on children: How many people believe this makes the world a better place? A company called TenNine has hung hoardings in the corridors and common rooms of 750 British schools. Among its clients
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pernicious Effects of Harper Politics on the Young
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Continue readingThings Are Good: 2012 Was a Record Breaking Year for US Wind Industry
2012 was a very successful year for the young wind-power energy industry in the United States. Throughout last year over 6,700 were installed around the country with the industry benefiting overall from new investments into the sector. Let’s hope this is a sign of the future of what;s to come
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, April 16, 2013: U.S. Practiced Torture After 9/11, Nonpartisan Review Concludes Federal judge blocks Mississippi from closing down state’s only abortion clinic What ABA Techshow Shows about Tech Law schools, licensing face transformation: Conway | Headline News
Continue readingFar and Wide: "Gambling" On Trudeau
Much of the commentary argues that Trudeau is a gamble for the Liberals, we’re “rolling the dice”, etc. I believe that sentiment to be fair comment; there are many unknowns, potential pitfalls, a work in progress for certain, as Liberals move forward. That said, I believe this particular gamble is a good
Continue readingFar and Wide: "Gambling" On Trudeau
Much of the commentary argues that Trudeau is a gamble for the Liberals, we’re “rolling the dice”, etc. I believe that sentiment to be fair comment; there are many unknowns, potential pitfalls, a work in progress for certain, as L…
Continue readingFar and Wide: "Gambling" On Trudeau
Much of the commentary argues that Trudeau is a gamble for the Liberals, we’re “rolling the dice”, etc. I believe that sentiment to be fair comment; there are many unknowns, potential pitfalls, a work in progress for certain, as Liberals move forward. That said, I believe this particular gamble is a good
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Tariq Ali on Thatcher
Tariq Ali is one of the new left’s better thinkers. His writing is clear and often wittily incisive and thus has forced me to purchase several of his works. This is a interview snippet from Counterpunch on the legacy of Margaret Thatcher. Q: What is Mrs Thatcher’s legacy? TA:
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Justin Trudeau won’t be so easy to ill-define
The day after Justin Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, as predictably as the sun rises in the East, the Conservatives did what the Conservatives do – they released negative personal attack ads. It’s all they know how to do. And it has worked for them
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Considerable deference given to Ontario Review Board decisions
Hassan (Re), 2013 ONCA 236 holds, consistent with prior case law, that considerable deference will be given to ORB decisions: [9] We note that the specialized expertise of the ORB attracts considerable deference to their dispositions when they are reviewed for reasonableness: seeWinko v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), [1999] 2 S.C.R.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: WIPO Delegates Progressing On Once-Moribund Broadcasting Treaty by Catherine Saez
World Intellectual Property Organization discusses a Broadcasting Treaty to protect the rights of broadcasting organizations.
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Margaret Thatcher’s Economic Legacy
Here is my take from today’s Economy Lab in the Globe. To expand a bit on alternatives, my take is that the neo liberal turn at the end of the 1970s was one possible response to the stagflation crisis, which found mainstream Keynesian economics wanting. Left Keynesians such as Kalecki
Continue readingRedBedHead: Marxism & Religion: Part 3
Religion is the origin of all social thought – philosophy, science, law, ethics, etc. Like the social thought that we now consider secular, it is also imbued with a referent principle that provides a foundational justification for its imperatives and truth claims. For religion the foundational principle is the will
Continue readingRedBedHead: Marxism & Religion: Part 3
Religion is the origin of all social thought – philosophy, science, law, ethics, etc. Like the social thought that we now consider secular, it is also imbued with a referent principle that provides a foundational justification for its imperatives and truth claims. For religion the foundational principle is the will
Continue readingRedBedHead: Marxism & Religion: Part 3
Religion is the origin of all social thought – philosophy, science, law, ethics, etc. Like the social thought that we now consider secular, it is also imbued with a referent principle that provides a foundational justification for its imperatives and truth claims. For religion the foundational principle is the will of God, for liberal society it is natural law, for Marxism it is human
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Kent By-election Follow-up
As per my promise in my previous post on the Kent, New Brunswick by-election, I’m taking a quick look at the results of the race that finished last night. Kent By-electionBrian Gallant (Lib): 3,543 votes – 59.1% (+3.4%)Susan Levi-Peters (NDP): 1,615 votes – 26.9% (+11.6%)Jimmy Bourque (PC): 837 votes –
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Boston Bombing Searches
… law-enforcement officers were searching an apartment in the Boston suburb of Revere. Massachusetts State Police confirmed that a search warrant related to the investigation into the explosions was served Monday night in Revere but provided no further details. Story
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Election…. No Show.
The British Colombian election is set for May 14th, and it’s pretty straight forward. People in BC no longer support the BC liberals after three consecutive terms. BC Liberals have been losing popularity since they won the 2009 BC election. The NDP started out the year nearly at 50%, and having twice
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: BC Election…. No Show.
The British Colombian election is set for May 14th, and it’s pretty straight forward. People in BC no longer support the BC liberals after three consecutive terms. BC Liberals have been losing popularity since they won the 2009 BC election.
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