“Tories slams Canadian Wheat Board legal challenge.” Methinks Ritz’s language is quite animated, not conveying the confidence of a majority government. Maybe they’re worried about the legal challenge. Or the public blow back that might be on its way. G…
Continue readingChrissie Blatchford–Shoot the Nurses; Ask Questions, Later, Maybe, If it Suits My Agenda
After reading Chrissie Blatchy’s latest scrawlings, just when I think she can’t get any nastier or more insane, she does!
It’s why, where I used to think that before I got really old I’d get me a gun so I could shoot myself, I now wonder if I won’t instead turn the weapon . . . → Read More: Chrissie Blatchford–Shoot the Nurses; Ask Questions, Later, Maybe, If it Suits My Agenda
Continue readingeaves.ca: And Now… Another Message on Open Innovation for Realtors
Over the past few months I’ve given a number of talks on open data and open innovation to groups of realtors around the country. During these talks I have cautioned that the more the real estate industry tries to protect (e.g. not share) it’s data, the more it risks making access to data (control) be […]
Continue readingRick Mercer’s challenge.
Cops, athletes, soldiers, Cabinet Ministers….
Come out of the closet. Maybe save some lives….
I highly doubt the cabinet minister he was referring to will be doing that anytime soon……
Good on Mr Mercer.
300 a year. That is a national shame.
CalgaryGrit: This Week in Alberta – Redford’s Honeymoon
Since becoming Premier, Allison Redford has faced a barrage of attacks, the latest over a “backroom deal” between her Finance Minister and a pair of energy companies:EDMONTON – Two energy companies learned of potentially lucrative changes to a $350-mil…
Continue readingthe woodshed: Keeping occupied
Cartoon shamelessly stolen from Alison at Creekside, who got it from LeDevoir.It appears the Occupy Wall Street movement is starting to crumble a bit around the edges. Some of the reasons are the external ones you might expect – like the Oakland police…
Continue readingWow, they’re really doing it
Holy Remington… they’re doing it. The CPC’s promise to “scrap the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry” — in exactly those words, the better to optimize the propaganda value — has been central to their platform for about as long as the registry has existed. But I honestly didn’t think they’d ever do it, majority […]
Red Tory v.3.0.3: Tale of the Norden Bombsight
Malcom Gladwell spins a fascinating story about the strange origins and ultimately twisted fate of a fabulously complicated yet practically hapless bomb-sighting device developed at extraordinary expense for the U.S. military in WWII.
It’s a wonder…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canadians know what they’re doing when they oppose online spying
Canadians who have called on the government to stop online spying have been labeled as confused and distracted. Reminiscent of Big Telecom’s attempts to portray us as misinformed, we, as pro-I…
Continue readingQP: Time-saving advice
Nycole Turmel kicked off Question Period
giving the Conservatives a good laugh, suggesting that if they had simply
followed the NDP on the fiscal situation that they would have saved time, given
that Jim Flaherty was moderating his language when it c…
They Call Me "Mr. Sinister": A City Boy’s Thoughts On Killing The Wheat Board
Farmers of the prairies, I understand your pain. It isn’t easy to have a government go against your wishes and ram through legislation you don’t want. I understand that. What I don’t understand is why you voted en masse for the Conservative Party. Did you think they were kidding all
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": A City Boy’s Thoughts On Killing The Wheat Board
Farmers of the prairies, I understand your pain. It isn’t easy to have a government go against your wishes and ram through legislation you don’t want. I understand that. What I don’t understand is why you voted en masse for the Conservative Party. Did …
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": A City Boy’s Thoughts On Killing The Wheat Board
Farmers of the prairies, I understand your pain. It isn’t easy to have a government go against your wishes and ram through legislation you don’t want. I understand that. What I don’t understand is why you voted en masse for the Conservative Party. Did you think they were kidding all
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Remembrance Day for Kids
Remembrance Day is a happy day for me because it’s A’s birthday and my life is immeasurably better for being shared with him. It is also our skating & cottage friend J’s birthday. Aside from that, though, it’s a day of laying wreaths, remembering battles and honouring those who fought in them. But today I […]
Canadian Progressive World: Carleton University Grad Students To Donate $300 to Occupy Ottawa
The Graduate Students’ Association at Carleton University will donate $300 to Occupy Ottawa to create a new a “Learning Commons” tent in the park. A representative of the association announced the donation during the movement’s General Asse…
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 192
James Petras discusses Greece, austerity and the European economic crisis. The Council of Canadian’s Trade Campaigner, Stuart Trew, updates us on Canada’s most recent rounds of trade talks with the European Union and Winnipegger Ken Kalturn…
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: O’Reilly on Sun News
Charles Adler slobbers over Fox News star Bill O’Reilly in hopes of casting some reflected attention on his obscure Sun TV program. I wonder if O’Reilly’s latest book will suffer the same fate as his last tome when copies of … Continue reading →
CuriosityCat: Chancellor Brinkmanship: Angela Merkel’s Teutonic discipline for the EU Latin Fringe
To some, the Eurozone crisis has all the hallmarks of a train crash. These onlookers are only partly right.The Eurozone crisis is a slow motion train wreck, with the speed being checked as and when she wants to, by Chancellor Merkel of Germany.The Stam…
Continue readingGoogle says No
What Canadian politician would try to shut down a blog? From Google: Observations on Content Removal Requests We received a request from a Canadian politician to remove a blog criticizing his policies. We declined to remove the blog because…
Continue readingRunesmith's Canadian Content: From the files of Rob Ford’s psychiatrist
Most people are unaware of the incident that traumatized Rob Ford as a child:
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