Dunderdale tops in senior management churn
Kathy Dunderdale has the distinction of making more changes to the public service than any of her predecessors as Premier in the past 15 years. Since taking office in December,…
August 2011
More crumbling infrastructure
A section of a tunnel in Montreal collapsed over the weekend, which I’m sure will reignite the debate over the Champlain Bridge and other crumbling infrastructure in that city. In…
High Functioning Autism fMRI Brain Scan Study Misrepresented to the Public
"research in ASD has tended to use overwhelmingly White, middle to upper middle class samples, and has often excluded children with multiple disabilities and/or severe to profound intellectual disabilities". [underlining…
Krugman loses hope – without cause
The US has just gone through one of its periodic bargaining sessions, involving the President, the House and the Senate. Much ado about nothing occurred, and then a deal was…
A half dozen harsh truths about Alberta politics in the summer of 2011
Alberta political analysts discuss the results of the latest Environics poll of voter intentions, although perhaps not exactly as illustrated. Below: Brian Mason, as likely to be Opposition leader as…
Obama and the Satan Sandwich
Well I see the ghastly game is finally over, and many progressives are accusing Obama of caving in to the fanatical teabaggers. Settling for a Satan Sandwich.Democrats had no shortage…
Global Temperature Data Released by "Climategate" Researchers
HadCRUT3.jpg TEMPERATURE data from more than 5,000 weather stations used to compile a key global record of surface temperatures has been released to the public. The raw data, sent from…
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | AlterNet #uspoli
8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance | | AlterNet#facepalm just isn't strong enough for this.
Heroes for Today: A German, two lesbians, a mayor and a prime minister…
…and, hell: a whole slew of plain, ordinary Norwegian citizens of all faiths and colors: Meanwhile, here’s the German, who saved as many as 30 people from the frigid waters…
stihl bisy
But not so busy that I can"t remind you to read David Climenhaga on why Canadians need to stand on guard for thee against Rupert Murdoch. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy…
Economics for Dummies: “Austerity” explained
…in terms so simple, even a Repug could understand them: Shamelessly stolen from here. (Thanks, Pale!)
Democracy withers away: Europe’s wakeup call – Le Monde diplomatique | via @NaomiAKlein
Serge Halimi: Europe’s wakeup call - Le Monde diplomatique - English editionWhen the balance that keeps labour and capital in relative equilibrium gets trashed (or more likely in this context,…
And we’re back
So we beetled home today, anticipating much caterwauling on the part of Mallory who made it abundantly clear she did not want to leave. More specifically, "I hate camping. There's…
Yay, Sheepdogs!
They're on the cover of the Rolling StoneCongrats, boys.
Music for a Monday: A lament for Che
Yes, I know, this is very belated; I should have put this up yesterday: Steven Soderbergh’s two-volume movie of Che’s Cuban triumph and his Bolivian downfall is hugely ambitious, and…
Dumping Shit in The Ottawa River
This blog post contains graphic language because there is no way to pretty up dumping shit in the city's drinking water source.If I were to walk into the Ottawa River…
One man’s tar baby. The Doug Lamborn story.
Fox News thinks the real news about Colorado Republican Doug Lamborn saying about Obama, "...it's like touching a, a tar baby" is that it "riled the left". Meaning of course,…