November 2011
Right-Wingers Aren’t Funny: Part XLVII
Here’s another utterly dismal attempt at comedy by right-wing partisans, this time from the ultra-conservative folks at Pajamasmedia with a fake newscast presumably intended to resemble The Onion. Minus anything…
QP: The return of Kyoto
Mondays can be tricky when it comes to Question Period. Some MPs, fresh off of flights from across the country, are jetlagged and want to be elsewhere. Others are brimming…
Guest Blog: CIPPIC tech lawyer Tamir Israel debunks government myths on online spying
As the lawful access debate moves into full swing, the government spin machine has been busy responding to the many emails received by MPs as a result of OpenMedia.ca’s recent…
Now This Really Is Funny
It is a rare occasion when I experience a good belly laugh, but the following bogus media release, reported by the CBC’s Allison Crawford, had that effect. While I doubt…
The Authoritative Conservative-to-English Dictionary
Conservative-speak can be confusing for the less practice ear. I know, I know, it sounds like English, but perhaps it is just a different dialect? And it just all sounds…
A simple criterion
Agreement seems lacking, among researchers, on the question of which citations to a scientific article are “legitimate”, i.e., worthy of being included among the total number of hits received by…
Let them eat cake!
Or, alternatively titled, 2012 Toronto budget. Closing homeless shelters, cutting student nutrition programs (affecting more than 14,000 of Toronto’s poorest kids) and cutting several HIV/AIDS programs. These are just a…
Gooble Gooble! One Of The LPoC!
So, a couple of weeks ago, after I got invited to LPoC President’s meet&greet thingy that’s taking place this evening, I finally decided to join up. If I was going…
Mount Allison’s 50th Rhodes Scholar: Rebecca Anne Dixon
I recently received an e-mail from a parent of a prospective parent who was worried by, among other things, rumors she heard that Mount Allison graduates don’t perform do well…
How’s that whole Rob Fordy thing goin’ for ya, 905?
Serves you right (emphasis mine): Mayor Rob Ford’s proposed 2012 budget would close some swimming and wading pools and homeless shelters, cut programs for student nutrition, AIDS prevention and arts,…
Environment minister Peter Kent skates around departure from Kyoto climate treaty
This is hardly a surprise. Remember what Stephen Harper said about Kyoto? “Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations.” http://www.canada.com/technology/Environment+minister+Peter+Kent+skates+around+departure+from+Kyoto+climate+treaty/5778658/story.html#ixzz1f1wKt5A0 OTTAWA — Environment Minister…
Brian Topp Swings And Misses On Taxes
Brian Topp released his tax package today, which demonstrates why I prefer him in the NDP leadership race, FROM a Liberal perspective. This document should win rave reviews from the…
John Horgan on Smart Meters
I wrote this morning’s post last night and scheduled it, assuming in part that it would be a few weeks to never when I received a reply (as if often…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – With prorogation looking like it’s bound to be back on the table fairly shortly, Lori Turnbull offers a worthwhile suggestion to end the…
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier to give a public lecture at Mount Allison on the human dimensions of climate change at Mount Allison
via mta.ca: Visiting Scholar Sheila Watt-Cloutier to lecture on human dimensions of climate change 2011-11-24 12:31:20 Sheila Watt‐Cloutier, an Inuk climate change advocate and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, will be…
This looks promising
It is kind of Thunderbirds meets the Prisoner via Monty Python, the Batman TV series and a really low budget Japanese sci-fi series.This is just the trailer, the series started…
Muskrat Falls Plot Points #nlpoli
On the week the memorandum of understanding between Nalcor Energy and Emera on the electricity transmission link between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and labrador is due to expire, take a…
Handpicked from the Internets
Cleaning out the digital mailbag this morning, I found a few gems pertaining to the Occupy movement, economic collapse, and intentionally bad, prizewinning art: Salon asks how the appalling image…
Nanos = Voodoo Poll?
I have huge respect for Nik Nanos and his firm, but this recent poll is just a bit much, even for a die-hard Liberal: Con – 35.6% (-1.1%)Lib – 28.1%…