Census Info Already Degraded
Stats Can will take any piece of crap you're willing to send them:OTTAWA - Census officials are settling for incomplete long questionnaires in the final push of the 2011 collection…
July 2011
Huge Sand Storm Causes Power Outages, Closes Airport in Phoenix
Some incredible footage from a huge sandstorm that blanketed Phoenix Arizona yesterday. One local resident said: I have been in Arizona for 20 years and have never seen a storm…
Harpers attend Ottawa animal shelter opening
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/06/ottawa-humane-society-harper.html
On competing classes
Yes, it's highly problematic that the Cons are slashing the availability of applications for skilled workers to immigrate to Canada:A little-known clause in instructions Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has issued…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- David Green nicely explains the basic choice to be made in determining what type of economy we want to pursue:(T)he basic tenet of the…
And no religion, too
This is how one pictures the angel of history. His face is turned toward the past. Where we perceive a chain of events, he sees one single catastrophe which keeps…
Direct extrinsic evidence of a testator’s intention in the face of an unambiguous will is inadmissible
Rondel v. Robinson Estate, 2011 ONCA 493 considers, and upholds, the common law position in Canada that direct extrinsic evidence of a testator's intention in the face of an unambiguous will is inadmissible: ...
Fundamental guiding rules for telecom-media-Internet politics
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Michele Bachmann: gay marriage will lead to ‘poligamy and group marriage’
This is what it has come to for the Republican party. This person is a leading contender for the 2012 presidential election. It just keeps getting crazier. 2012 may not…
3906…To Paraphrase Bill Hicks
If I don't get 8 solid hours of sleep a night.And another 6 to 10 during the day.I am a bear.WFDS
Transparency: A Core Value of Google
On June 27, 2011, Google released their third Transparency Report, revealing data that shows the extent of government online spying worldwide. Traffic and government request statistics prove that there have…
British Columbians love their carbon tax … so far
As British Columbia's carbon tax celebrates its third birthday, the province's residents seem to have grown rather fond of it. According to a Pembina Institute report, 69 percent of British…
3905…More Sports Value From The Apple
Huffington Post also tells the world that if you re up your New York Rangers season tickets you get a spuvenier photo of you on the ice at Madison Square.Not…
3904…$12.60 A Beer And No One Is Naked
That is the high price for beers at a New York Yankees game according to Huffington Post.One beer.Sip slowly.WFDS
true love acts as a painkiller
Supportive long-term relationships = less susceptibility to pain for women study http://ow.ly/5y32E Filed under: Miscellany
I knew there was something off about that Guardian article with Noam Chomsky…
if you haven't seen the guardian piece, it's here. this is what i found on dissident voice that completely problematizes how that article was constructed."Extreme Dishonesty": The Guardian, Noam Chomsky,…
WHY? I hadn’t realized some people needed to be persuaded but…sure…okay…
Why Internet Monitoring is Bad for Canada By Steve Anderson; July 5, 2011 - rabble.cahttp://rabble.ca/columnists/2011/07/why-internet-monitoring-... I want to start this column with a statement from the Office of the Privacy…
Making Farming Work
Canadians want organic, local food more than ever before—so why can’t farmers and farmworkers make a living growing it for them? All across the country, the organic food sector is…
GP’s First BMX Park!
BMX Site To Be Ready By August Construction on Grande Prairie’s first BMX bike park is set to begin Thursday. Located west of the off leash dog park in the…