John Klein: Here’s what was happening in Toronto 30 years ago today. Originally posted on Grandparents' Journal: Jan. 22, 1985 Up at 22 degrees this a.m. & up a bit further later, compacting the snow & making frightful slush on the roads. Called Faith & Peg, then went down Bayview.
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Eh Types: Splitting Our Differences
Imagine your kid’s school has 100 kids. It’s a good school, and all the parents pay for a lunch program so everyone gets a sandwich. Economically, it’s in a fairly diverse neighborhood so the school charges the parents for the lunch program in proportion to their income. Sounds good right?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Fossils To Museums
I was an 8 year old awash in fossils, so I was a tad more generous than this former 9 year old PEI lad with his much more valuable fossil. I donated a lower mandible piece from a ~12,000,000 year old Saskatchewan rhino to the Sask. Natural History (now Royal
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Fiscal Policy In Shambles, Cons Now Screw Up Monetary Policy
The Cons have prorogued their budget and will likely have to hold off on disclosing financial results until the spring. In a desperate attempt to squeeze some life into Canada’s anemic economy – an ailing economy because of the reliance on Alberta oil revenue and neglect of our manufacturing industry
Continue readingAlberta Diary: What’s the hurry? Jim Prentice push for early vote feels manipulative, bad for Alberta
Does anybody seriously think Alberta needs another election right now? Yeah, I know, Premier Jim Prentice and his Progressive Conservative legislative caucus want one. But do we need one, right at this particular moment? Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Lang Still at CBC
Amanda Lang still hasn’t been suspended from reporting for the CBC. Meanwhile, Global did a little required housecleaning. “When people say they have no politics, it means that their politics aligns with the status quo. None of us are unbiased, none removed from the question of power.” – George Monbiot
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Action: Lives of four busloads of Canadian youth at stake in Federal budget
The change in fortune for the federal government is making Jeff Moat very nervous. The CEO of Partners for Mental Health, Moat has been lobbying federal MPs to support a five-year $100 million project to pilot a youth suicide prevention … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeft Over: Mood Indigo, and No Surprises Here, Folks…..
Chapters to close Robson store in downtown Vancouver Chapters Indigo blames high rent as it prepares to shut down its flagship Vancouver location CBC News Posted: Jan 19, 2015 3:15 PM PT Last Updated: Jan 19, 2015 6:58 PM PT For those of us old enough to remember, Robson St.
Continue readingAlberta Diary: What Would Ralph Do? Faced with plummeting oil prices, as a matter of fact, he taxed and spent
What would Ralph do? In a typically lame editorial over the weekend, the Edmonton Sun asked: “If Premier Ralph Klein were facing a $7-billion drop in revenues in the coming year, how would he handle it?” Drawing inspiration from those evangelical Christians whose test for the rightness and righteousness of
Continue readingwomanatmile0.wordpress.com: Climate scientist and Green party MLA Dr. Andrew Weaver: The politics and suppression of science
Dr. Weaver is lecturing at the University of Victoria for the next two weeks in a climate change and society environmental studies course. He exudes passion like you wouldn’t believe and has not let the wear of politics affect his sense of humour. He displayed the most recent (2008-2012) public opinion polls on climate change. 26% of
Continue readingwomanatmile0.wordpress.com: If you too are one of those crazy people who believes one person can make a difference
If you too believe in the power of one here are some things that you can do that will change the world, I promise. If its Yellow Let it Mellow: Ew right? Yes, I know, there are situations where one simply cannot let it mellow. For example: you are on a first date,
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Steven Salaita to Speak at University of Alberta, January 13th
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Continue readingLeft Over: Should the CBC Walk the Proverbial Plank?
http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/2015/01/what-needs-to-be-said-about-cbc-scandals.html The only valid argument for saving the CBC is that it has a MANDATE, coast to coast to coast, to be there for all the people of this country, to disseminate information (however flawed that process might be these days..) and news for the entire country, especially those
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Passive House in Alaska Heated By Sun
More Canadian homes need to be built like this to survive coming fossil fuel shortages. It certainly saves a lot of money for the homeowner. Passive House in Alaska using water insulated in a tank as a giant battery for energy. The world would have forgotten the Saskatchewan house, too,
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Terror as wedge issue: anticipating PM Stephen Harper’s ‘anti-terror’ legislation
It remains to be seen what Prime Minister Stephen Harper will do with his new “anti-terror legislation,” announced in the emotional aftermath of the shooting on Parliament Hill as the story of the murderous rampage in Paris was still unfolding. My guess is Harper himself doesn’t fully know yet because
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: A Gram of Prevention is Worth a Kiloliter of Benzine
If you don’t know how to fix things, stop breaking them. Stewart, however, said it could take months for the steam to cool and the pressure to drop. He said that means any leaks from the well could continue for months. He also expressed doubts that a cleanup is possible
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Prentice sales tax balloon has Albertans taking note — and potshots
Give Premier Jim Prentice his due, by floating his balloon about a sales tax in Canada’s only remaining sales-tax-free zone he really has Albertans sitting up and taking notice. Read more at AlbertaPolitics.ca.
Continue readingEh Types: Fear Campaign
Fear is a primal response, instilled in us by evolution as a survival mechanism. Recognizing when to be afraid has kept our species alive on a planet where we are far from being the fastest or strongest. Fear can also be irrational, making people do strange things. Stephen Harper and
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Did Nothing All Day. Sears Catalogue Came!
John Klein: This day, 30 years ago in Toronto, the Spring and Summer Sears Catalogue was delivered. Today, Target prepares to close in Canada. It’s a coincidence. Originally posted on Grandparents' Journal: January 15, 1985 Down to 2 degrees (-17 degrees C) & lovely sun. Lucky I didn’t have to
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