Exactly What ‘Boom’ Are You Talking About Premier Wall?
Part of Saskatchewan Party mythology is the statement that 'as soon as Premier Wall became Premier, the population of the province began to increase'. What they don't tell you are…
June 2011
Spammers Have No Friends
A pretty picture that computer scientists are using to identify spammers. Each dot is a purported IP address that has sent/recieved hotmail messages. Normal folk are likely to be "enmeshed"…
Greece at a Crossroads
Now that the Greek government has survived a confidence vote in Parliament, the stage is set in Greece for further confrontations ahead of next week’s decision on the new “austerity”…
Keith Olbermann: Special comment on Afghanistan
Why US must leave Afghanistan now. It is a very good commentary. Click here to watch the video.
Solar-Powered Wineries
Wine is good for you and can improve many aspects of your health. The wine-making process can be very intense on local ecologies due to the farming methods and shipping…
"Where the Action Is" and the British Invasion
When former half-term Alaska governor Grifty McQuitter visited Massachusetts last month, riding a bus with a fancy paint job, more than a few people were scratching their heads at McQuitter's…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 23, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Nevada Bar Investigating Righthaven Lawyers http://t.co/KVbmFydvia @TechdirtAlabama lawyer group sues LegalZoom: Alleges unauthorized practice of law by the legal forms…
Rooting for a plan to reclaim the land
Commissioner aiming to convert unused parts of the city into useful gardens By Frank Luba, The Province June 23, 2011Small, unused and neglected bits of the Vancouver landscape could get…
Leaving Afghanistan
America has reached a crossroads. And Barack Obama has a difficult road ahead, because it is his task to lead the nation into a world of limits. From the very…
Dirty F@#*ing Hippies Were Right!
@lesliegoodson brought this fantastic video to my attention last night on Twitter,and I thought I should share it here"Peace has somehow become, a pejorative, peace is no pejorative,peace is essential…
bill harvey enters liberal leadership contest.
Calgary financial services executive Bill Harvey is the fifth candidates to join the Alberta Liberal leadership contest. Mr. Harvey was the Liberal candidate in Calgary-East in 2004 and 2008, where…
CanaINC
Canadians seem to be unaware, but with each successive isolating position on the world stage, this Conservative government is destroying our international reputation. Oh sure, if you narrow your gaze…
Like sands through the hour glass…
Adios John Hickey, the Pavement Putin of the Permafrost. The ever-troublesome labradore offered a fitting tribute to Hickey as leaves politics. The staunch defender of the Muskrat Falls megadebt project…
Riding the wave
A couple of weeks ago, I pointed out that the NDP's level of Canada-wide support is in line with other parties who have been seen as national contenders for government,…
New column day
Here, on how the Wall government's economic strategy is resulting in Saskatchewan paying more to get less out of private-sector development.
painting on water
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Boo Hoo for Big Oil: Tar Sands Promoters Lament Tough Opposition
There's nothing quite so pathetic as the richest industry in history feeling sorry for itself - and there's been a lot of that going on lately. Under the strain of…
It’s Time To Stop Spinning Our Wheels On Climate Change
Much of the UN climate negotiations that went on in Copenhagen in December, 2009 was just so much hot air and spinning of wheels without any movement towards a liveable…
The next Open Data battle: Advancing Policy & Innovation through Standards
With the possible exception of weather data, the most successful open data set out there at the moment is transit data. It remains the data with which developers have experimented…