Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Lars Syll One of the world’s most renowned game theorists – Ariel Rubinstein – gives his — affirmative — answer in this interview (emphasis added): What are the applications of game theory for real life? That’s a central question: Is game theory useful in a concrete sense
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bastard.logic: Monday Metal: Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
I just– just–had one of those painfully awkward thirty-something moments when I realized that Atheist’s breakthrough sophomore full-length, Unquestionable Presence, is now a robust 22 years old (insert pimple-faced nostalgia featuring the requisite imagery of generic teenage wasteland, a life reduced to reverse-chronology disaster pr0n). That it sounds so fresh
Continue readingbastard.logic: Monday Metal: Atheist – Unquestionable Presence
I just– just–had one of those painfully awkward thirty-something moments when I realized that Atheist’s breakthrough sophomore full-length, Unquestionable Presence, is now a robust 22 years old (insert pimple-faced nostalgia featuring the requisite imagery of generic teenage wasteland, a life reduced to reverse-chronology disaster pr0n). That it sounds so fresh
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: What Does India Have In Common With Regina? Asbestos
One thing we share is an abundance of unsafe Quebec chrysotile AKA asbestos. Most of the world stopped using the miracle mineral once they realized what a global disaster its widespread use had been. Inhaled asbestos fibres cause lung cancer. There is some ongoing effort four decades after its use
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: German capitalism – a success story?
Reblogged from Michael Roberts Blog: The German election has produced a victory for right-wing German Chancellor Mrs Angela Merkel, the best result for her party since 1990. However, the existing coalition of Merkel’s Christian Democrat Union (CDU), the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) and the small Free Democrats (FDP) cannot
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: Rogers sucks, part infinity
Like you, I pay my bills online. With Rogers, I have several accounts: blackberry, two iPhones, home phone, Internet, cable. As a consequence, I pay them a lot. And often. I realized yesterday that I had forgotten to pay my cable bill so I called Rogers’ 1-888 number, went through
Continue readingbastard.logic: What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons why I support the NDP), it does represent a rather brazen 180 degree pivot from his previously-stated position in support
Continue readingbastard.logic: What Was Justin Trudeau Smoking When He Decided To Embrace Marijuana Legaliza — Oh, Never Mind.
Without getting into the merits (or the politics) of Justin Trudeau’s call for the legalization of marijuana (of which I think there are many — one of the numerous reasons why I support the NDP), it does represent a rather brazen 180 degree pivot from his previously-stated position in support
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Climate Change According to Sask Party Government
This government page will almost certainly disappear at some point on the original website, so here is a backup: Climate change is a long term shift in weather patterns. Since the industrial age the burning of fossil fuels has resulted in increased concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane in our
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: The #WWTP Debate
Reblogged from John Klein – Regina: The big debate between Jim Holmes of Regina Water Watch, and Mayor Fougere of the City of Regina, took place Wednesday evening at an over-full Education Auditorium. Debate seekers filled the seats, stairs, and hallway outside, as the capacity crowd heard an hour and
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: On Panitch & Gindin and American decline
Reblogged from LBO News from Doug Henwood: These are comments I delivered at a panel on The Making of Global Capitalism, by Leo Panitch and Sam Gindin, at the Rethinking Marxism conference, held at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst, on September 20, 2013. I interviewed them about the book here. I want to start
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Swimming with Vivaldi
Today, for an hour, I swam with Vivaldi. Not the actual composer, of course. He died in 1741 at the age of 63. Would have made a mess of the pool to dig him up and toss him in. The “red priest,” as he was called (for his red hair),
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: John Tory says PC “right-to-work” policy scaring voters
Former Ontario PC Leader John Tory says his successor should take “the right to work stuff and get rid of it.” Speaking last night on TVO’s The Agenda, Tory says Tim Hudak should treat the PC labour white paper as no more than … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Scarborough: The first and last VP of Patient Experience
John Wright, The Scarborough Hospital’s (TSH) former CEO once proudly told staff that they were among the first in Canada to have a Vice-President of Patient Experience. While there is much rhetoric around patient-centered care, it appears the Scarborough Hospital … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Trailer — Made in the USA
We’re getting pretty excited about a new short documentary that OPSEU will be releasing soon on the impact of the mis-named “right-to-work” movement in the United States. The Ontario Conservatives are promoting such a scheme under the name of economic development, … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: Fraser got it wrong — StatsCan says little real difference in public-private absenteeism rates
Contrary to the much publicized Fraser Institute press releases accusing the public sector of abusing sick leave allowances, earlier today Statistics Canada issued a report suggesting there is in fact very little real difference in absenteeism rates between the public … Continue reading →
Continue readingOPSEU Diablogue: More Ontarians per job vacancy than rest of Canada
Kathleen Wynne should pay attention to recent reports that jobs are becoming a growing issue in Ontario. Earlier this week Statistics Canada noted that the number of unemployed people per job vacancy has been increasing in Canada with Ontario the … Continue reading →
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Stephen Harper: The Last Advertiser
The world of advertising has been at a crossroads for some time. The advent of digital more than a decade ago has taken most ‘traditional’ advertisers by surprise and left them wondering how they can brainwash the masses. Print producers failed to adapt because they didn’t see the massive shift
Continue readingParchment in the Fire: The reason for the depth and duration of the downturn is far too simple for most economists to understand
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Dean Baker Many economists and business writers view the duration and severity of the downturn as being a mystery. They argue that it has something to do with the financial crisis, although the exact nature of the relationship is often not quite clear,
Continue readingValerie Burns: Andrew Leslie FTW
Just when I was saying that we should blog about less, here comes General Leslie with his sexy announcement. Let the riding speculation begin! My guess, Ottawa-Orleans. Strong military community in that riding. Sorry David Bertschi!
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