Honestly, this sort of complete and utter bullshit makes one wonder why the government bothers having press secretaries at all. I do hope that Vic Toews recovers from whatever ails him, if only because he has yet to receive his well-deserved punishment at the ballot box for odiously asking the
Continue readingAnn Romney answering question about husband being "stiff": "“We better unzip him and let the real Mitt Romney out.”"
On the same day that Politico comes out with a story on how “Ann Romney is the Romney Democrats fear most”, this. Doesn’t sound like Mitt’s putting out these days. Must be the pressure of the campaign.
Continue readingThings Are Good: Daily Social Well-Being Challenges
MeYou Health is an online community that is trying to get people to make small changes everyday that add up to big change. They have a suite of apps for Facebook and iPhones that remind you to drink water or partake in a daily challenge. When you think about it,
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Judith Curry Was For Me Before She Was Against Me
400px-Curry_2006_200dpi.jpg I first got to know Judith Curry—the Georgia Tech researcher who blogs at “Climate, Etc.,” and has been drawn into controversy for, in her words, “challenging many aspects of the IPCC consensus”—when I was working on my second book, Storm World. I spent a fair amount of time with Curry,
Continue readingMy Morning Ride.
BigWheelsKeepOnTurning Round&RoundVille Personally, I mark my bike riding calendar by the need to wear gloves. Or not. And, despite the fact that it was grey, that there is new snow on the mountains, and that the wind was at my back when I left the near Eastern Townships this morning,
Continue readingLeDaro: Sunflower: Flower which worships the sun
This is a further mystery of life. This particular flower – called the sunflower – follows the sun as the sun moves across the horizon. This is another example of the interesting behaviour of plants. Here is an interesting video about the sunflower and the bees who love this flower.
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Electricity regulator balks at judgment on Muskrat project #nlpoli #nlpoli
From the report by the public utilities board on Muskrat Falls: The Board concludes that the information provided by Nalcor in the review is not detailed, complete or current enough to determine whether the Interconnected Option represents the least-cost option for the supply of power to Island Interconnected customers over
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Raising Eyebrows: How Much Time to Look Beautifull…
And what constitutes beauty? Maybe it’s the slightly warmer weather, which means that girls and women aren’t so muffled up, but I’ve lately been struck by the care that nearly everybody under the age of 50 lavishes on her eyebrows around here. I remember that last year springtime brought into
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Are lawyer’s accounting records within the scope of privilege? Maybe
Donell v. GJB Enterprises Inc., 2012 BCCA 135 is a careful analysis of when a lawyer's accounting records are privileged. The decision is worth reading in full but here is the Court's conclusion: [59] In summary, in my view: 1. at a minimum, Maranda establishes
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: You Don’t Say… On the Federal Budget 2012
I’m not saying that the federal government alone is responsible for stimulating Canada’s economy, but putting the majority of the burden on businesses is economic suicide. How are companies who are quick to outsource jobs and to make employees “part time” so as to not have to pay them benefits
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: When Labelling Patients Causes Patients to Die
I found this story how a homeless woman died very disturbing: Anna Brown wasn’t leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary’s Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers that her legs hurt so badly she couldn’t stand. She had already been to
Continue readingThe case for taxing the family garden
Economists frequently argue that taxing the produce from the family garden is a good idea – for example, see these papers/posts making the case for taxing food in the US, Canada, and New Zealand. read the rest here. Filed under: … Continue reading →
Continue readinggay persons of character: South Korea bans under-18s from Lady Gaga concert
How foolish for the South Korea Media Rating Board to ban under-18s from Lady Gaga’s “The Born This Way Ball” concert tour that starts in Seoul on April 27. Does the board actually believe that the under-18s are going to witness anything that they haven’t already seen on television or
Continue readinggay persons of character: South Korea bans under-18s from Lady Gaga concert
How foolish for the South Korea Media Rating Board to ban under-18s from Lady Gaga’s “The Born This Way Ball” concert tour that starts in Seoul on April 27. Does the board actually believe that the under-18s are going to witness anything that they hav…
Continue readinggay persons of character: South Korea bans under-18s from Lady Gaga concert
How foolish for the South Korea Media Rating Board to ban under-18s from Lady Gaga’s “The Born This Way Ball” concert tour that starts in Seoul on April 27. Does the board actually believe that the under-18s are going to witness anything that they haven’t already seen on television or
Continue reading350 or bust: Solar Energy Spill Alert
The billboard picture below has been making the rounds on Facebook recently. The billboard’s source is votesolar.org, whose mission is to bring solar energy into the mainstream. Just substitute “Canada” or “the world” for “America” in the paragraph below, from Vote Solar’s website: Think of America’s problems. Global warming. Air
Continue readinggritchik: My son could be Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin’s brutal, and senseless, death shook me to my very core. I didn’t know him. But, oddly, I feel like Trayvon Martin lives with me. I say good night to him each evening, tell him I love him excessively, hug him and feed him home made French Toast –
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Alberta Votes Day 8: Losing control of the agenda
One week into the election, and Alberta’s 40 year PC dynasty is on the ropes. It’s premature to write the obituaries, but it’s never too early to write about what went wrong – and what went wrong in week one was a complete inability of Alison Redford to control the
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: April 2: The hell with it….
I’ll comment on just a couple of points because there’s almost nothing worth talking about in this miserable sheet. It has whole pages dedicated to pictures of our social betters smiling at a party. Who could possibly give a damn?It has another whole page of pictures of people on ski-doos.
Continue readingcartoon life: Ocean view #12
Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water
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