What an interesting pair of stories – on the one hand Transport Canada has said that tanker traffic is safe on our pristine west coast while another tells of Enbridge repairing its faulty pipeline that resulted in yet another spill for the company this past May in the Northwest Territories.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Hamas Flips, Turns on Assad, Backs Revolt
The Palestinian Islamic movement, Hamas, has had a long relationship with Syrian president Bashar al Assad. That’s now over. Hamas has switched sides and now supports the Syrian revolt to overthrow Assad. Hamas went public after nearly a year of equivocating as Assad’s army, largely led by fellow members of
Continue reading350 or bust: Anti-science Lobby Group Funded By Polluters Writes “Global Warming Curriculum” For Schools
The Heartland Institute’s President and CEO just admitted that Heartland is writing a “global warming curriculum” that would say climate science isn’t settled. Heartland would like to create the appearance of a scientific debate where there is none by having our teachers claim we just don’t know if humans are
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: So much for that strong mandate
Evidence continues to mount that there were numerous and widespread attempts to suppress the vote in the last federal election. Even if there is no direct link established between the dirty tricks — some of which rise to the level of violations of election law — and members or agents
Continue readingthe woodshed: If it’s Friday, it must be time for Tom Waits
With a tip of the tattered fedora and a raising of the chipped juice tumbler full of cheap fortified wine to Driftglass Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Your Man Reminder
Anti-pink ribbon breast cancer awareness from Rethink Breast Cancer. The charity bills itself as the “first-ever, Canadian breast cancer charity to bring bold, relevant awareness to the under-40 crowd; foster a new generation of young and influential breast cancer supporters; infuse sass and style into the cause; and, most importantly, respond
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Intellectual Disability and the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over: Catherine Lord Then (2003) and Now (2013)
Catherine Lord, and her highly influential views about autism and intellectual disability seem to have changed a bit since the 2003 article published below and the DSM-5 Autism Do-Over which will be published in 2013. For those who quibble over the reference to 2013 as being “now” they should know
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Definition of a Conservative
A Conservative is an old white man sitting on his porch yelling at the Future to get off his lawn. I wish I could remember where I read that. I think I found it on Slate.com. It stuck in my mind ever since and I thought I should share
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Dear Leader Has Finished His Book (And We Should All Praise It!)
Because as a historian I don’t get many chances (har har) to read books by paranoid manipulative megalomaniacs, I’ve been on the edge of my seat for months now as Stephen Harper’s long-awaited hockey history book wends its way through the final steps to publication. Apparently, publishers are now bidding
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Weaver’s Data is on #tarsands is Incomplete: It’s not the Whole Picture
As I predicted, there was much hype this week about Andrew Weaver’s research from the oil industry and some specious logic from a few suckered journalists who hopped on the story as a repudiation of exaggerated claims made by environmentalists about the tar sands. But, as Weaver himself points out (http://t.co/v5E28Xr3),
Continue readingAll the news that fits
I couldn’t believe this—saw it on Twitter somewhere, can’t find it for the H/t—so I checked for myself. Sure enough, Canada’s National Newspaper, the Globe & Mail, did not deign to publish a line in its Saturday edition on the widening and deepening robocall/phonebank scandal—unprecedented electoral malfeasance that may have
Continue readingCathiefromCanada: Twitter fail
I recently put a twitter widget on my page to show my twitters — then nobody was commenting on my posts and I couldn’t figure out why until Saskboy managed to leave a comment that the twitter widget was preventing live links in any post that was located beside the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Peril of the Authoritarian Mind
“They would march America into a dictatorship and probably feel that things had improved as a result…. And they are so submissive to their leaders that they will believe and do virtually anything they are told. They are not going to let up and they are not going away.” –
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More on Election Fraud
For anyone concerned about the rapidly deteriorating system we call democracy, I urge you to read Dr. Dawg, who has done his usual excellent job of putting the pieces together, this time on Conservative criminal acts that appear to have compromised the last federal election. Recommend this Post
Continue readingLatest Anonymous video: "New Scandal Revealed in 7 Days"
Anonymous threatens once again a big scoop on Toews, this time to be unveiled a week from yesterday. Is Anonymous bluffing? I doubt it.
Continue readingThe new Conservative journalism: we really want to get to the bottom of Robogate. Stop laughing. We do!
Funny how fast Canadian Conservative writers and operatives can turn on the ethics charm offensive as they quickly close their bag of dirty tricks and begin concern trolling for truth and transparency when it looks good for them. Stephen Taylor and Tim Powers, Conservative writers both, have shown sudden concern
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – There’s been plenty of followup on Robocon, with columns from Andrew Coyne and Thomas Walkom on the Cons’ increasingly unethical culture, along with followup reporting from Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor on live voter fraud and Steve Rennie and Bruce Cheadle on Elections
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: What does Stephen Harper know that American intelligence agencies don’t?
Our prime minister’s concern regarding the Iranian threat to world peace has gotten a fair amount of attention in recent weeks. Stephen Harper insists both that Iran is definitely attempting to develop nuclear weapons and that the Iranians are fanatics who would use those weapons without hesitation. On the former,
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Scary Plants and the Reptilian Brain
Happy little girl that she is, Jeanne has faced the world with a smile since she was tiny. She has not been phased or frightened by much…until she started to walk with facility. Then within a couple of weeks she manifested behavior which can only be rooted in some reflex
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: In Which TorontoEmerg is Famous
OK, not really famous, but published on Kevin Pho’s site, KevinMD.com. Check it out, and Retweet/Like/comment as you will — it’s all in a good cause. I’ll repost it here sometime next week. I am this morning getting an uptick in visitors from KevinMD.com. Welcome, and free to poke around.
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