It’s important to keep learning things. Whether those things are new routines or sub-routines, or new choreography, or reading new books, I don’t think it’s the *what* that matters. I think it’s the *doing* that matters. This is important. I … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: The Assault on Statistics Canada Continues
Soon we will live in a world where we lack an empirical basis for policy and political debate, leaving everyone even more free to invent their own facts. The Globe has a story today on the impact of the Budget. “Statistics Canada, the national statistics agency, informed its staff late
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4419…Fab Melo Going Pro
He’s seven feet tall and if the ex Syracuse centre can stay away from the buffet he should have a nice Eric Montrossesque NBA career. He says he hasn’t signed with an agent but my sources tell me that he has been hooked up since he was 12. Ever the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4418…Your Tax Dollars In Action
The Ottawa Citizen reports that an Ontario study “…conducted by researchers at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Public Health Ontario, the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute — found that 60 per cent of deaths in Ontario can be linked to smoking, alcohol, poor diet, lack
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Who Is Chris Vander Doelen?
He’s some Conservative-oriented hack who works as a “columnist,” and I use that word lightly, at the Windsor Star. Here’s what he had to say two days ago on the two budgets – Ontario’s and Canada’s: The Ontario budget of Finance Minister Dwight Duncan went short term, abandoning good sense
Continue readingThe State Of The Rusted Out, Fools’ Gold Era…
. …Who’s Crazy Now? A couple of months ago, when the all three polling sub-categories (eg. LINO’s Down/Dippers Up/BCCons Way, Way Up) first made it readily apparent that the BC Liberal Party, at least as currently configured and branded, was doomed, we wrote the following: “What if the (Fed) Cons
Continue readingMy two cents on Calgary’s Peace Bridge
It’s finally done. Over budget and overdue, but it’s done. One of the most controversial pieces of infrastructure in Calgary’s history, the Peace Bridge, a pedestrian walkway over the Bow River, is finally open for traffic. I am a strong supporter of the compact city as a more efficient city,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Vic Toews In Hospital
This just in from The Star: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews was rushed to hospital by ambulance Monday morning. A spokesperson for the minister’s office, Mike Patton, told the Star the minister has been battling a seasonal flu for the past number of weeks, and was take to hospital for
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Minister of Adultery Decides to Waste More Taxpayer Resources
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
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