Riding on the Hottest Day of the Year
Knowing it was supposed to be the hottest day of the year I decided it would be a good day for a hybrid ride, but not being a fool I…
July 2011
Family Values and Budget Cuts
Once again, in the middle of summer, the anti-government government has unleashed more anti-policy policy via a compliant Statistics Canada. Who needs data when you’ve got family values? The Harper…
Shell Forced to Retract "Misleading" Fracking Adverts in South Africa
Screen shot 2011-07-21 at 5.43.24 PM.png The gas industry has finally received the slap on the hand it deserves for parroting the outdated refrain: “there are no instances of documented…
One play at a time – Teesri Duniya Theatre challenges the status quo
A fierce non-profit theatre takes provokes through the political and the personal.
Rushing wife to hospital costs man 10 demerit points, massive fine
Very odd story here – normally the police in a case like this just escort the parents to the hospital. http://bit.ly/qbkaCU When his pregnant wife started bleeding onto the car…
Let’s give the Tea Party credit
Americans were plunged into the financial meltdown a few years ago, brought on by the excess and readily available credit that the US has been living on for several decades.…
“Night Boat to Gaza”
Humberto Da Silva analyzes Israel’s “successes” — and FAILURES — in its ongoing effort to slowly strangle Gaza.
Weather forecast for the UK
A lot of systems moving to the south in the United Kingdom these days. Alltop enjoys moving south.
Bennett on the falling crime rates
As it seems to be Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett’s week to man the fort in Ottawa, she called a press conference this morning to draw attention to the fact that…
Of Crime And Statistics
Two things occur as I read the latest evidence that crime is down. First, thank God unreported crime is still high and second, thank God this government is going to…
Change the System
System Change wants to protect the environment by systems thinking. Change the system, save the planet. I’ll keep following this project and update everyone once they launch in September, in…
Ottawa names war crimes suspects in Cantada
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/21/pol-war-criminals-suspects-toews.htmland this too: http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/guergis-allegations/index.html
Poor Paul Krugman
I rely on him for accurate economic analysis. I may have to stop going to his page though. It is hard watching someone you admire, sink into despair. That is…
Deep thought
An environmental monitoring plan explicitly designed to improve the reputation of the industry involved is a thoroughly useless environmental monitoring plan.
140 Law – Legal Headlines for July 21, 2011
Thursdays are "garbage day" in my area of Toronto. That reference should not be taken as disparaging the day before the day before the weekend, however. Rather, it's simply the…
Readin’? We don’t need no stinking readin’
Proving that one Ford is as dangerous (and dumb) as the other, Doug Ford claims that there are more libraries than Tim Hortons in his area. He also wrongly said…
Bullshit then or now? Nalcor boss changes story on natural gas and Muskrat megadebt project
Ed Martin dismisses the idea that natural gas might be a sensible replacement for burning Bunker C at Holyrood. Here’s the whole story from VOCM in the event they disappear…
Riding to ‘Save Jarvis’
At last count before the event started, the RSVP on Facebook claimed that about 900+ people would be attending the ride to ‘Save Jarvis.’ But like anyone who has thrown…
FOX – Murdoch’s Crown Jewel
What do FOX News and North Korea have in common? Possibly, quite a bit.Rupert Murdoch's American crown jewel apparently has a very dark underbelly, at least according to Dan Cooper,…