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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Dean Beeby reports on the utter uselessness of the latest set of publicly-funded Con propaganda. But more importantly, John Ibbitson notes that most of the provinces have little use for the lone new announcement – meaning that it’s for the best if Canadians
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Free Pussy Riot now
Dear Masha and Nadia: As the one-year anniversary of your trial approaches, we are writing to assure you that, around the world, people are both still thinking of you and working for your release. Although you were the most visible of the protesters, we know that there were many other
Continue readingLeDaro: Where did the universe come from?
I don’t have a clue about the beginning of the universe. Veil_Nebula “The Big Bang theory is an attempt to describe the creation and evolution of the universe. The theory appears to match observations, and the theoretical physics appear to hold back through time to within a tiny fraction of a
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Renewable Energy Sources Gaining Market Share
In a positive sign for United States energy consumption, a new report shows that the market share of renewable energy sources grew at a larger pace than fossil fuels for the year 2012. Additionally, the first half of this year has seen an enormous surge in renewable energy infrastructure and
Continue readingMind of Dan: Risk; local vs global
Everything we do carries some element of risk. This much should be obvious. The recent horrific disaster at Lac-Mégantic underscores the fact that many aspects of our energy system such as having a rail line run through the middle of a populated area implies some level of risk. That risk
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Needless to say, there isn’t much to question after a performance like the ‘Riders romp over Hamilton yesterday. But I’ll point out a couple of aspects of the ‘Riders’ recent play which may mean far more than the numbers receiving the most attention so far. On that front, while “no
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6265…Don’t Bark At Police
Antonio Morrison got arrested for doing so on the weekend.Who is Antonio Morrison? Glad you asked. Mr. Morrison is a student athlete with the University of Florida Gators football team. Think Gatorade, Tim Tebow and Ottawa’s own Jesse Palmer and you have the picture. The Orlando Sentinel relays the info that
Continue readingLeDaro: Duchess Kate in labour
The crazy bunch! Duchess Kate in labour? So what? I have never understood this obsession with a couple of people, Kate and William, or the rest of the ‘royal’ family. They’re humans like rest of us. What happened to the evolution of civilization? I would think that kings, queens, princes
Continue readingBuckdog: After Confusing Mixed Messages From Premier Wall, Sask NDP Want Him To Bring ‘Abolish Senate’ Action To Premiers Meeting
( “NDP Leader Cam Broten is calling on the premier to commit to a provincial resolution to abolish the Senate and urge the other provinces to do the same while meeting with Canada’s premiers this week. “The NDP has long wanted to abolish the Senate and roll up the red
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 22: Wow! Wow! Wow!
George “Skip” Wallin is back in letters to the editor. And, what a thrill! He’s once again been chosen by Letters editor Rod Allen as Letter of the Day. He must really be good. His point this time is similar to his point every time. Doctors know nothing about the
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: When economic action plan advertising fails.
Somebody should get a bill for this. Babel-on-the-Bay has been telling people for free that the Conservative government’s well advertised economic action plan is a crock. Do they listen to us? No. They have to do studies to prove it. Now that it has been proved, where does that leave
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: What happened to Harper’s cheques for whistleblowers?
In the 2006 election, the Conservatives talked some good talk about whistleblowers. They got a whistleblowing former federal civil servant to run for them as a candidate, and they made protecting whistleblowers a key part of their election platform. Here’s what they promised: They won that election, and several
Continue readingRecreating Eden: More on Gardening in the City, This Time Commercially
Le Devoir this weekend had several stories about the movement toward urban gardening. Chief among them was one about Lufa Farms, which has built a commercial rooftop greenhouse. This is the third year that the firm has delivered boxes of fresh produce to Montrealers–the 3,000 subscribers can share in the
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Detroit Is a Victimi of Sprawl Too: Krugman
The recent brouhaha about Detroit’s financial problems and its filing for bankruptcy protection have sparked many comments. Paul Krugman in The New York Times, as usual, has some trnechant things to say, particularly about the dangers of comparing this situation with that of Greece. But half-way through he touches on
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: So what’s Kathy’s problem? #nlpoli
So if Stephen Harper’s staffing problem is that “all the good ones quit”, what is the story on the staffing problems in Kathy Dunderdale’s office? -srbp-
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, July 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, July 22, 2013: Big Law Firms in Trouble: When the Money Dries Up | New Republic Manslaughter boast ends U.S. fugitive’s secret life in Canada Dubai jails Norwegian woman for illicit sex after she reports rape The
Continue readingThings Are Good: Using Behavioural Science to Lower Energy Consumption
Alex Laskey wants to lower people’s energy consumption by using tricks and practices from the world of behavioural science. It sounds great and would be great to see implemented, check out his TED talk for more:
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: They’re Wearing Off And Wearing Thin
Perhaps the public is finally catching on. The Canadian Press reports that a recent Harris-Decima survey — required under federal advertising rules — found that: Slick television ads this year for the Harper government’s “economic action plan” appear to be inspiring a lot of, well, inaction. A key measure of
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