Change the manner in which information flows and the power structures will soon follow. Politics are changing in this country and for once it’s not because of the blasted baby boomers, although they have played a hand in bringing about the change because it is their offspring that is changing
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Artificial Legs in Thailand
Responding to Harvard Business Review blogs, wherein it is stated, “Doctors in India and Rwanda do not know anything more about the science of eye care or cardiac surgery or treating HIV/AIDS patients. But they do know how to deliver quality care at lower cost. By comparison, there is something
Continue readingStay Christy, Stay! (v2.0)
AllTheState(r)giesThatFit BraintrustVille I think I get it now. The fine folks behind the curtain don’t want the things the (not)Premier says in front of assembled pseudo-throngs of party still kinda/sorta faithful to be reported in the public prints. Why? Well, apparently, they want to make sure that the screeching of
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Guelph Cons Claim They Were Targeted by Election Fraud, Too
The Guelph Conservative campaign currently under investigation for sending fraudulent calls to suspected opponents has now filed a complaint of its own, alleging that their supporters were targeted by someone using Responsive Marketing Group (RMG) telephone numbers, identifynig themselves as the “elections office” and directing people to the wrong polling
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Achilles’ High-Tech Heel(s) – F-35 Must Read
There’s no KISS when it comes to the F-35. Keep It Simple Stupid is not on the menu. The F-35 is all about complex, state-of-the-art complex. It may be too complex for its own good or ours for that matter. A report from Computer Security Organization online looks at hacking
Continue readingMorton's Musings: What is the limitation period to enforce a foreign judgment?
In Commission de la Construction du Québec v.Access Rigging Services Inc., 2010 ONSC 5897 (S.C.J.), the court confirmedthat the two-year limitation period under the Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24 applies to the enforcementof foreign judgments. This is consistent with the decision in Lax v. Lax (2004), 186 O.A.C.
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Mulcair’s win was inevitable…but was it predictable?
PunditsGuide concludes her top notch NDP leadership coverage with the vote breakdown of advance and in-person ballots. White Nathan Cullen “won” the convention vote, Mulcair had enough support among advanced voters that he could have dropped his pants and sung La Marseillaise during his Friday night speech, and likely still
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Bella Bella: Peaceful protest unnerves regulators
I was demonstrating along the Bella Bella airport road with my family when Canada’s “National Energy Board Joint Revue Panel” (JRP) entourage arrived in the Heiltsuk First Nation’s village yesterday. Bella Bella is situated on BC’s primaeval and pristine Central Coast, at the heart of the ‘Great Bear Rainforest.’ The
Continue readingTrashy's World: Vimy Ridge…
… where thousands of Canadians are commemorating the 95th anniversary of one of the events that defined Canada. And my nephew is over there taking part in the ceremonies. I can only imagine how moving it must be. Never forget the horrors of war. Never let it happen again. Trashy,
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: April 9: y’ did good, Norbert – almost real good….
You have to read Norbert Cunningham’s column today. It’s a bombshell. He writes about the Aral Sea, once a real, inland sea with its waters supporting a shipping trade, commercial fishing, and supplying water for an immense and rich agricultural region. That was just twenty years ago. Today, what was a seabed is mostly
Continue readingLeDaro: Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady?
Last night, April 8, 2012, Mike Huckabee interviewed Meryl Streep for her role in the movie “Margaret Thatcher – The Iron Lady”. Huckabee was going goo goo ga ga over Meryl Streep and how great she was and how great Margaret Thatcher was. I think British should be happy that
Continue readingLeDaro: Conservative Brain Structure
I always had some misgivings about Con’s brain. Video below further illustrates the Conservatives brain structure. One outstanding feature of their brain is that they don’t trust others. That explains a lot about Harper’s mistrust of his own advisors, caucus, his control-freak nature and micro-managing.
Continue readingbastard.logic: Jacked from the 140 (Because sometimes that’s all you need)
Fox News North’s @kinsellawarren puts down his 30 pieces of silver to spank @fernhilldammit for consorting w/ teh enemy is.gd/zoW25t — Matthew Elliot (@matttbastard) April 9, 2012 Seriously, dub tee eff?
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Just Because I Don’t Remember You Doesn’t Mean I Didn’t Care
In the Emergency Department where I work, the number of patients we see pushes 200 some days. We assess and treat a lot of people, mostly for lumps and bumps, breaks and bruises, but also for major, cataclysmic, life-altering events — MIs, trauma, stroke, what-have-you. I have a problem. The
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: First the Bad News, Then the Bad News
Apparently Israel’s air force is not capable of taking out Iran’s nuclear installations. That narrows Israel’s options to long-range missile strikes or sending Israeli special forces into Iran to attack the sites. Those are the conclusions of the authoritative Jane’s Defence Weekly which finds even a commando attack would face
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Remaking of Canada in the Neo-Conservative Image
In the world of unfettered capitalism, everything has a price and nothing is sacred. To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the neocon knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. I was reminded of that this morning as I read Christopher Hume’s latest column in the Star entitled The great
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: When Two Crackers Shoot Five Blacks, It’s a Hate Crime.
“You could look at the facts of the case and come up with would appear to be a logical theory, but we’re going to let the evidence take us where we want to go.” Five shooting victims, three of them dead, all of them black. Two suspects, roommates, white boys
Continue readingbastard.logic: Meet the NEW New Civil Rights Movement (Fox News Stylez)
Hey, remember when Faux News used to merely employ dog whistles in its race-baiting wingnut agit-prop? Good times. Now they rock Les Paul Customs plugged into Marshall stacks that go to eleven (TO ELEVEN): A Fox Orlando affiliate decribed Neo-Nazis as “a civil rights group” on a television broadcast and
Continue readingLeDaro: David Suzuki on American Tigers
Should Tigers be saved from extinction? I think so. Should you have a tiger as a pet? Very dangerous.David Suzuki had a fascinating documentary about Tigers on CBC. Here is a preview. You may watch the full episode here.
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