I have an idea for your next target research focus. Attawapiskat must pay Ottawa appointee $1,300 a day While the known costs for the auditor are $1,300 daily, that sum could rise significantly once travel and other expenses are factored in, said Grand Chief David Harper, of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
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Blevkog: Derek Boogaard article in the New York Times
This is a very well-written, well-researched article that describes the life and death of Derek Boogaard. For those that don’t recognize the name, Boogaard was a feared and respected enforcer in the NHL. He died of a drug and alcohol overdose last May at age 28. It’s a long, three-part
Continue readingBlevkog: The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog is an online database for scientists, educators, and the general public focused on habitable exoplanets discoveries. The catalog uses various habitability indices and classifications to identify, rank, and compare exoplanets, including their potential satellites, or exomoons. (this text is taken directly from the site’s introduction.) The
Continue readingBlevkog: Deconstructing dog-whistles feeding off Attawatapiskat
âpihtawikosisân A great deconstruction of the racist shit spewing all over the blogosphere and the House of Commons regarding Attawatapiskat. With numbers! For a link to Attawatapiskat’s budget, go here (pdf).
Continue readingBlevkog: I heard a rumour
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend told me that the entire Federal Conservative caucus was going to step down before the next election in order to sail the good ship Ragnarok into the face of the Rapture. If this actually happens, it will trigger a
Continue readingBlevkog: Jackboots in Toronto
From the civil suit Jason Wall filed against Toronto Police Services Huffington Post link: The final final report said that an unnamed officer with the Toronto Police Service wrote: “…we were given specific direction in regards to people that were wearing banners [sic], gasmask, goggles and that they were going
Continue readingBlevkog: A CEO, a unionist, and a tea partier…
Repeating a joke (or is it?) that I’ve seen on a few blogs: A CEO, a Tea Partier and a union organizer sit down at a table, on which there is a dish of 12 cookies. The CEO takes 11 of the cookies and says to the Tea Partier, “That union guy wan…
Continue readingBlevkog: To Grunfeld
I’m proposing a new word for the internet lexicon: To Grunfeld: To carefully omit a portion of a person’s statement so that your version of the statement is the polar opposite of what the person stated, with the intent of causing them great…
Continue readingBlevkog: On shared-use paths
I love them, for the most part. They are much safer for cyclists. However, the city of Halifax Regional Municimouthful does not do them properly. Shared-use paths have people going many different speeds on many different modes of transport (walke…
Continue readingBlevkog: An Internet Explorer Tip
For all the people out there using Internet Explorer, here’s a tip on how to block specific websites that could harm your computer, or, in this case, hurt your brain with sheer illogic and spite: Step 1, open up the Tools menu and click on Intern…
Continue readingBlevkog: Goodbye, Jack
Sad news today. Jack Layton has lost his battle with cancer. Rest in peace, Jack. Toronto Star article
Continue readingBlevkog: Wherein the Globe and Mail yearns for the days of yore, when workers were serfs
My eyed popped out a bit when I read this article: The prime minister’s facing pressure to improve monitoring on the treatment of workers owned by Canadian investors there. Owned by Canadian investors there. Owned. I don’t know how to break it …
Continue readingBlevkog: My theme for this week
After reading many ill-informed posts and comments about the postal strike (and nary a whisper about the Air Canada strike), I’ve decided that this will be my theme for the week: Petty jealousy is no reason to deny workers the right to strike whe…
Continue readingBlevkog: Harper is entitled to his entitlements
Harper showed up to TD Garden with a significant security detail of eight to 10 people. Wearing suit jacket and collared shirt, he sat 12 rows back of the ice near the blue-line. He chatted with fans near his seats and posed for pictures, smiling and w…
Continue readingBlevkog: Cool new site – SkySurvey.org
Check this out: Sky Survey The Photopic Sky Survey is a 5,000 megapixel photograph of the entire night sky stitched together from 37,440 exposures. Large in size and scope, it portrays a world far beyond the one beneath our feet and reveals our familia…
Continue readingBlevkog: Market calm as uncertainty ends
^NOT^ The Conservatives won the election, right? With a majority? So what the fuck is happening to the market? I thought all of the business papers said that such an outcome would calm the markets down, provide stability, etc., etc. I didn’t want…
Continue readingBlevkog: Convicted fraudster endorses Harper Government (as do most newspapers in the country)
Conrad Black: Exeunt the poltroons of separatism Tee-hee. I’m sure Stephen appreciates your support, Conrad. You are a stark reminder of exactly what type of people owns these rags and controls the editorial content. Oh yes, I almost forgot: GET …
Continue readingBlevkog: Sam Pazzano: Whore! Future senator?
Wow. The Conservatives are scared, and have no shame. Warning: If you click this, you might throw up a little in your mouth. I did. On the bright side, maybe this ridiculously transparent smear job will have the same effect for Layton’s campaign …
Continue readingBlevkog: Prediction time!
Hey all, I’ve been playing with my spreadsheet. It’s silly, fun, and a waste of time. That aside, I’ve taken the shift between polling numbers in 2011 (allowing for the current trends to continue until Monday) and voting numbers from …
Continue readingBlevkog: Gerald Keddy: never change
Gerald Keddy (South Shore-St. Margaret’s) is getting a bit of bad press for attaching one of his campaign signs to a Government of Canada Economic Action Plan sign in his riding. We shouldn’t be surprised by this transgression: 1) He has a …
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