From the CD Howe Institute: NEWFOUNDLAND’S ELECTRICITY OPTIONS: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE REQUIRES AN EFFICIENT PRICING REGIME Jan. 11, 2012 – James P. Feehan Newfoundland [and Labrador] should hold off on plans to develop a power project on the Lower Churchill River in Labrador, according to a report released today
Continue readingwmtc: songs from beyond the grave (a list in progress)
I was driving around Mississauga listening to Bob Dylan’s Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, a great live album, when I realized that the narrator of “Romance In Durango” dies at the end of the song. Or does he? The song seems to fall into a small subcategory of ballads
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Momo by Emile Ajar
I loved this book so much I made my husband read it, which was no trial for him as he is still quoting it. I first heard about Momo and its author, Emile Ajar (a pen name of Romain Gary’s), in Litlove’s book blog. The storyline intrigued me: Momo, an
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Knowledge and Recognition
Responding to x28, ‘Lower Levels of Connectivism‘ First, it is probably more accurate to speak of ‘domains’ of connectivity rather than layers. The use of ‘layers’ suggests some sort of ordering (from, eg., small to large) that isn’t really a defining characteristic. Using ‘domains’ allows us to recognize that *any*
Continue readingConservative solution to bad service: break the server’s finger
“You schmuck’ Times are tough for the 1% these days. What with Occupiers, the press, even the government hounding them, the rich are getting edgy. The poor just don’t appreciate the sacrifices they have made. But what really pisses off the rich is that the fucking poor don’t even know
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: OpenMedia.ca calls out big cell phone providers for “trying to shut out independent competitors”
Squeeze_100x100-NoClickHere_120110.png Canadian cell phone users could stand to face higher prices, warns group January 11, 2012 – As Ottawa prepares to release the framework that will shape the future of mobile in Canada, a new campaign titled “Stop the Cell Phone Squeeze” is urging Canadians to speak out against the
Continue readingBuckdog: Elections Canada De-registers Five Liberal Riding Associations – Four More Slated For De-registration Soon
Anyone who tries to tell you that the once great Liberal Party of Canada is doing well ….. is out to lunch. “Five Liberal riding associations have recently been deregistered by Elections Canada and four more could follow suit if they don’t file their 2010 reports, iPolitics has learned. Deregistration
Continue readingwmtc: odds, ends, and i-school
Shorter wmtc: Quebec in winter: the weather is cold, the people are warm, the food is good. I loved all of it, and I especially loved traveling with my sweetie. Driving home, we were on smaller country routes in Vermont and New York State for a good two hours before
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Shale Gas Bubble: Bloomberg News Confirms NY Times Finding That Fracking Boom Is a Bust
Shale Gas Bubble.jpg As news outlets across America take a more rigorous look at shale gas and fracking issues, it’s encouraging to see how the media coverage is finally starting to cut through the oil industry’s misleading rhetoric to explore the realities of the myth of gas as a viable
Continue readingA Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Video: Taiaiake Alfred – "The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism"
Check out this video with Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred giving a talk in Ottawa called “The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism”: (Found via Intercontinental Cry.)
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Midtrial adjournments for continuance amount to institutional delay
R. v. Horner, 2012 BCCA 7 holds that where a delay in a criminal trial occurs as a result of midtrial adjournments for a continuance, the delay engendered is institutional: [104] To sum up, on every occasion when more time was required, the case was adjourned for at least
Continue readingA BCer in Toronto: Why I’m supporting Braeden Caley and James Morton for Liberal Party executive
I’m notunder the impression whom I’m supporting at this weekend’s Liberal conventionmeans anything besides the vote I get to cast as a delegate. After all, I’mjust a humble, honorific-lacking blogger. For what it’s worth though, I’ve beentaking my personal decisions about whom to support seriously. I believe theseexecutive elections are
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Perhaps I was wrong about the Conservatives being so good at identifying voters by name?
I just got a letter from a well-known Conservative addressed to “Dear Conservative Friend and Supporter” and the address was my office “To Occupant”! (ps. It asked for money)
Continue readingArmagedddon time for the American right. Gingrich is now a ‘Socialist’ and Perry is ‘like something out of Occupy Wall Street’.
Hey Newt, pass me that copy of Little Red Book. Sure Rick, how about we spark one up? As the US right does everything it can to destroy not only its own reputation but the economic and human health of its citizens (excepting of course the 1%), it keeps tainting
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 11, 2012: Overtime risks and misconceptions – Canadian HR Reporter Woman “upset” with TV ‘Judge Judy attacks 65-year-old man with hammer Court allows Texas to force women into medically unnecessary sonograms before abortions 1,000 South Americans
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Access to Abortion under Siege in the US – The Guttmacher Institute’s Depressing Overview
The pace is accelerating at which a woman’s right to choose is being taken away from her. The US is going crazy, one state at a time, the Guttmacher Institute documents the slide into insanity. “January 5, 2012 By almost any measure, issues related to reproductive health and rights at
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Smoking Pot Not As Damaging to Lungs as Cigarettes
Many people come to my blog to read about things neither of us wish were happening, but they want my opinion about it along with some facts I’ve found. Here’s some news that some people may find very interesting, and it backs up a study I remember reading about years
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Wanted: new CRTC chairperson
The process to find the new chairperson of the CRTC is officially underway, less than two weeks before outgoing chair Konrad von Finckenstein’s term expires on January 24.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Will The Legendary Harper Vindictiveness Rear Its Head Again?
A report in today’s Globe suggests we could soon be seeing another instance of Harper bullying and intimidation tactics. Well-known for his intolerance of and disdain for dissent, and given his Natural Resources’ Minister’s recent musings about radicals having infiltrated the environmental opposition to the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline,
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Oil Is Their Lifeblood
If there was any doubt that the Harper government is owned by the oil companies, Joe Oliver’s rant last week against foreign “billionaire socialists” should put an end to any misconceptions. As Jeffrey Simpson points out, Oliver’s oxymoron was yet another example of Harperian hypocrisy. Canadian money flooded Washington a
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