Did a Fanatic Fire on the White House?
There’s a warrant out for Oscar Romero Ortega, suspected of firing a couple of shots at the White House Friday evening. According to BBC News there is evidence one round…
November 2011
China Pushes Green Technology Forward
China has to confront a lot of environmental problems brought forth by its own quick development, and when China confronts an issue they go all out! Renewable Energy World has…
Railway bridges are falling down in Hamilton
You’d think that if a bridge carries a railway then it should be the railroad company that pays for repairs and/or replacement. Not necessarily. Hamilton has about 400 bridges across…
F-35 In Free Fall?
Look, It’s a Turkey – Sitting in Front of a Turkey The way things are going, the F-35 may save Canada from getting F-35’d. Every couple of weeks I Google…
Green Commissioner Mackinnon to Seek ‘Salmon-Safe Certification’ for All Vancouver Parks
MEDIA RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 16 NOVEMBER, 2011 (Vancouver), Green Party of Vancouver Park Board incumbent Stuart Mackinnon will seek ‘Salmon Safe certification’ for all Vancouver Parks. Salmon-Safe offers a…
Keystone XL: That Way Won’t Work
From a Calgary Herald editorial noting a possible new route for the Keystone XL: TransCanada might possibly move Keystone further east, along its existing Keystone 1 route through Nebraska. This…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Frances Russell laments Stephen Harper’s determination to replace democracy with court rule: Pierre Trudeau started it. Stephen Harper is finishing it off. The…
Anthony Watts and Defensive Reasoning: Three Episodes
anthony-watts.jpg Over the last year, I’ve had numerous blogospheric encounters with the conservative climate “skeptic” Anthony Watts, the author of WattsUpWithThat. In the process, I’ve been particularly struck by how…
#Occupy takedowns: capital lashes back
There are (at least) two sides in class warfare, and over the past few hours the servants of the “1%”—what we used to call the “ruling class”—have savagely retaliated against…
How will DSK beat off this one? … pardon the expression
No sooner did Dominique Strauss Kahn manage to stave off sexual assault charges in Manhattan than he now faces allegations he has ties to … a call girl. In northern…
ndp leadership candidates attending edmonton kitchen table talks.
Three federal NDP leadership candidates: Nathan Cullen, Paul Dewar, and Brian Topp Home of Alberta’s only NDP Member of Parliament, Linda Duncan, the Edmonton-Strathcona NDP Association is hosting a series…
who wrote shakespeare? eric idle knows.
A while back, wmtc had a discussion about the supposed controversy of the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays, after I read the book Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare, by James Shapiro.…
Despite Evictions and Arrests, Occupy Wall Street Message is Getting Through
The actions of those in the Civil Rights Movement were not always supported by the majority of Americans, especially the violence. But the messages presented at the sit-ins and marches…
Wheat Board
The end of the wheat marketing structure in Western Canada is seen by some as a minor local issue. It isn't. First, even standing alone, the proposed changes are a…
Letter to Supporters: You and half-a-million Canadians changed the Internet
The only thing big telecom companies understand is their bottom line, so let’s hit them where it hurts. By pledging to make the switch from Big Telecom, you’ll send a…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for November 16, 2011
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, November 16, 2011: @OmarHaredeye on The Agenda via @ConnieCrosby: Why Occupy Toronto? – goo.gl/nTs5M Occupy Toronto protesters…
Is it within a muncipality’s…
… jurisdiction to forbid Christmas music before December 1? How about exterior lights? Hey Ottawa? How about it? Yeah, yeah, I’m an old atheist Grinch… I know, I know… but…
The factualy flawed and incorrect Vic Toews
If I was the Minister of Public Safety, I would want to make sure that my answers to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security…