Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Yes, Saskatchewan is a tough place for a football team. Lose one lousy game to start the year, and look what happens...But how worried should 'Riders fans be after a…
July 2011
Big Telecom Customers’ Complaints Go Ignored by the CRTC
openmedia_logo.jpg Access to Information Request Reveals Extreme Lack of Enforcement of Internet Openness Rules July 8, 2011 – An Acces...
two years later, alberta’s third-party advertising laws are still not proclaimed.
It passed third reading in the Legislative Assembly in 2009, but Bill 205: Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure (Third Party Advertising) Amendment Act has yet to be proclaimed into law.…
Ontario to mandate ‘LGBT support groups’ in Catholic schools
Ontario to mandate 'LGBT support groups' in Catholic schoolsAnother excellent reason to re-elect the Ontario Liberals this October.
Other problems with the Singularity
Vastly extended human lifespans might sound like a great idea, but the death of art is only one. Alltop IS the death of art.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 8, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Facebook-Skype Video Calling: A Getting-Started Guide - PCWorld -http://goo.gl/rS2JSFormer editor faces arrest over phone hacking scandal -http://goo.gl/j2v71 Apple files trade…
Not Feeling It
A pleasant couple, likable, seemingly sound moral fiber, Will and Kate nothing particularly offensive on a personal level. The point, there are about ten couples on my street who share…
Liberal Leadership Marathon Runners
I posted 8 Simple Rules for the Liberal Leadership Race a few weeks ago, prompting a few readers to ask for my thoughts on the candidates. The short answer to…
The Smart People Flunked History
I have referred several times in this space to Barbara Tuchman's book, The March of Folly. In particular, I have returned to Tuchman's definition of "wooden-headedness:"Wooden-headedness, the source of self-deception,…
The Real News Commentary on G20 Summit Police Crimes
As always, The Real News offers a refreshing perspective rarely found in the mainstream media. Anything that continues to keep the G20 police abuses of Charter Rights in the public…
June (un)employment numbers
This is quite something. 7400 fewer Newfoundlanders and Labradorians working this month compared to last. More info here.Graphic source: Statistics Canada
Free strategic advice
One very bad way to kill a rumour is to broadcast it, put it in print, on the evening news and online complete with a comments section.
So You Want to Return to the 1950s? OK. I’m Game.
In reading books and essays written by, and not just about, the neoconservatives, I've found many common elements, from the philosophers they quote to the people they hate.One common desire…
Nazis’ sexual minority victims commemorated in Vienna
Image from Die StandardI'm a big fan of public artworks that remind humans of their potential to terrorize each other under the pretext of any number of ideologies or religious…
Dr. Flamingo Jones And The Tome Of Wonders
I’m very happy to present today’s Guest Slap. The author, Dr. Flamingo Jones, is a world-renowned archaeologist and researcher at the University of Oxbridgeshire. While I know little about his…
The Royals In Calgary: Notes On Body Language
Note the male royalty guy (Charles? Wally?) in both pics. His pose in the .jpg below is saying: Surely you jest? The one below can be interpreted as: No... fucking...way!The…
Doing no harm, really!
Tony Clement promises that budget cuts won’t put Canadians at risk, though there are already some disputes about that with the closure of rescue centres in Newfoundland and Quebec City.…
Clearing Up The Climate Debate with A Conversation
conversation-full-logo.jpg CLIMATE scientists must sometimes feel that they're taking part in some horrific, humourless worldwide game of Chinese Whispers.After spending months, in some cases yea...
Lots of Open Data Action in Canada
A lot of movement on the open data (and not so open data) front in Canada. Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Open Data Portal Launched Some readers may remember that…