A great article on the Globe and Mail about Harper’s Senate reform plans. As always, Senate reform is a more complex issue than it first appears. Harper likely knows this and knows that his overly simple solution will never be implemented anyways because as the author points out, there are a lot of drawbacks to […]
Author: Mark Crowley
Pop The Stack: You should read this about senate reform
You should read this about senate reform, espeically Jim Q’s comment on a PR solution http://ow.ly/TKs3 #cdnpoli #senatereform #fairvote
Posted in Politics Tagged: democracy, fairvote, parliament, Politics, reform, senate
Pop The Stack: Not Everyone Thinks Like You
Posted from a comment via HuffPost What I find really interesting is how this is further evidence that people always assume that others would do exactly as they themselves would do. Republicans think the Democrats would stop at nothing to stop something from the other party. Well, we know thats not true, they think too […]
Pop The Stack: Google WaveBots – Enough Smiley Bots Already, Can We Have Something Useful?
Join the Conversation about this post on google wave or buzz. I’m a programmer and a certified tech geek, so of course I’m playing with Google Wave. I say playing, because there isn’t much you can do at this point on wave except play. This is partly because there aren’t enough people with access to wave yet that communication […]
Pop The Stack: Time for Rex to Go
Ever since I cut Rex Murphy out of my life (see Goodbye Rex) it seems he’s been popping up more and more trying to get my attention back. I’ve been trying not to listen to him but today I gave in when I found this. I’m sure I could link directly to the CBC video, […]
Pop The Stack: Out with the Guns, In with the Green
I’ve been putting off this article for a week or so, and its been piling up links, so here’s some unsolicited advice from me to the leaders of her majesty’s loyal opposition, both Mr. Ignatieff and Mr. Layton. Start opposing with something Canadians actually want, not what the media punditocrocy and ‘common wisdom’ tell you. […]
Pop The Stack: A Dark Source for our Familiar Myths
Just a quick comment on this fascinating story up at the newscientist about the possible dark matter original of our familar bright constellation stars. I’m quite interested in astronomy and I didn’t know that most of the bright stars that make up the most familiar constellations in our skies (Orion, canis major, the souther cross, […]