Standarize Electronics
Electronics work best when there are standards to follow. Without standards we wouldn’t have CDs that could be read in any nearly CD-ROM or DVD drive. We wouldn’t have radios…
December 2011
OECD on Inequality
Following concern expressed by the IMF, the Conference Board and of course thousands of protesters around the world, the OECD has just released an extensive 400 page report on the…
Stop The Cap: Rogers’ wireless rhetoric contradicts itself
By Phillip Dampier for Stop The Cap Wireless operator (and cable company) Rogers Communications likes to spend big dollars pushing the message Canada is in the midst of a wireless…
VOINA member arrested, whereabouts unknown – Russian art collective faces ongoing harrassment
Leonid Nikolaev's arrest, December 4, 2011 Yesterday, founding member of the Russian art collective VOINA, Leonid Nikolaev, was abducted by Russian police and his whereabouts are unknown. Nikolaev was attending…
It’s Official: Canada Breaks International Law, Withdraws From Kyoto Protocol
From the Globe and Mail: Environment Minister Peter Kent says Canada is finished with the Kyoto Protocol. Speaking in a teleconference from an international climate-change summit in South Africa, Mr.…
Shades of Green: The Keystone XL Protests and the Occupy Movement
The protest against the 2,763 km Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to America’s Gulf States’ oil refineries are driven by a deeper concern than risk to Nebraska’s Sand…
Shades of Green: The Keystone XL Protests and the Occupy Movement
The protest against the 2,763 km Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta’s tar sands to America’s Gulf States’ oil refineries are driven by a deeper concern than risk to Nebraska’s Sand…
Chris Hedges and Christianity
Echoing the thesis from his book, Death of the Liberal Class, a work that excoriated traditional liberal institutions for their failure to hold true to their values, instead essentially selling…
Fox News North—your national, pro-war TV Network
You will no doubt recall the controversy surrounding the efforts of Quebec billionaire Pierre Peladeau to get a prized licence for his Sun News TV network. If he had succeeded,…
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog
The Habitable Exoplanets Catalog is an online database for scientists, educators, and the general public focused on habitable exoplanets discoveries. The catalog uses various habitability indices and classifications to identify,…
Thanks To Guys Like Stephen Harper And Brad Wall – Canada’s Rich Still Getting Richer While Working Families Struggle
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his good friend, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, both adhere to the flawed ‘trickle down’ economic theory. They firmly believe that if you stoke the…
A very important decision regarding summary judgment
Combined Air Mechanical Services Inc. v. Flesch, 2011 ONCA 764 was just released – it is a very important decision regarding summary judgment: Analysis of the Amended Rule 20 1.…
Inequality and Its Perverse Effects from The Help to Rising Birth Rates among Educated Women
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is in the news this morning because of the report it has just published Divided We Stand: Wby Inequality Keeps Rising. The report’s…
Help Santa Keep His Home This Christmas
The David Suzuki Foundation has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the lack of ice coverage at the North Pole. Where Will Santa Live? is a fun spin on…
Globe and Mail Has No Right to be Disappointed on Abdelrazik File
Today, the Globe and Mail is upset that the Harper regime failed to help Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik get off the UN blacklist that prevents him from travelling, holding a…
rivers of suggestion
Allan has revived his non-baseball blog. He is writing about writing, music and the world out there. Formerly known as In Cold Blog and In Other News and maybe some…
Inequality at 30-Year High
Inequality in wealth quickly metastasizes into other afflictions including inequality in income and inequality in opportunity. It chokes off social mobility and nurtures the ascendancy of an oligarchy in which…
The Next Euro Debate
An astute piece from Andy Watt. He thinks that we shall indeed soon see what markets are anticipating – the long deferred grand bargain, in which the ECB backstops euro…
Environment Minister Peter Kent tells Durban that Canada will not renew Kyoto
An environmental protester at the Durban Conference mocks Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. According to CJOB in Manitoba, Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent has informed delegates at the Durban climate…
RIP Joe Kuchta
I join other progressive bloggers in mourning the loss of Joe Kuchta. As CBC reported, his investigative approach to Saskatchewan and Saskatoon politics was widely respected. I drew upon his…