Tuesday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – Alison Loat offers some suggestions to make political parties more responsive to Canadian voters: (H)ow can parties reorient spending to encourage a more…
2011
Weapons Grade Uranium Going to the U.S.? Quel surprise.
Yep, that’s right folks – Canada, one of the largest uranium producers (if not, really, the best) is shipping weapons-grade uranium, apparently enough to make more than a few Hiroshima-size…
Where the Future Lies
Responding to Durff’s Blog In a post today I summarized Bill Cushard in Mindflash as follows: If I had to summarize the best advice I could give to e-learning developers,…
Another fine read from Robert Reich
Why the Republican Crackup is Bad For America “Two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, the Republican crackup threatens the future of the Grand Old Party more profoundly than at any…
Shorter
Shorter Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: Hearings? We don’t need no stinking hearings! Uranium is MUCH safer than liquid chlorine — what could possibly go wrong?
Bottle drive!
Wondering what to do with all of those bottles that were merrily emptied over the holidays? Think no more… at least if you’re in Ottawa. The Pleasant Park Public School…
Season’s Greetings
I’ve been off for a few days enjoying the holidays – I’ve not gone anywhere online – don’t worry Anyhow, to all my political friends, foes, and in between, I…
Never in Canada, right?
Abramoff Regrets Paying Writers For “Placed” Columns, by Joe Strupp, Media Matters, Dec. 8, 2011 “…During a recent interview with Media Matters while promoting his new book, Capitol Punishment: The…
The Paragraph.
WeDon’tNoStinkin’W’s PostModernPressVille As someone who just paid $127.90 to bring my family of four across the waters from the Lower Mainland to Victoria, I have a question….. Why isn’t the…
Snowing so hard that it is covering as**** errrrrrrrrrrr asphalt.
It is quite a funny video. The reporter beats Rick Perry on brain freeze.
The Cookie Man Says Something Of Substance.
AllTheStuntmenThatFit MinsisterialMaterialVille This time last year Mike de Jong was the big winner amongst the BC Liberal also-rans for the leadership of their moribund party. On the YouTubes that is,…
More Christmas Presents and Words of Wisdom for Writers: Geraldine Brooks Edits The Best American Short Stories 2011
One of the gifts I look most forward to each year is the new number of The Best American Short Stories. This year the journalist-turned-fiction writer Geraldine Brooks is the…
Culture Shock
Culture Shock by John Korn He’s sitting in his armchair with his solar powered light He’s sitting in the desert so the bulb keeps burning bright He’s sitting in his…
Creeped out
Dred Tory is back with a bang. A full-throated rant, with links: perhaps our Dear Leader can at this point inspire only this from such a wordsmith, no less and…
The clothing wars
The battle for male supremacy over female bodies continues, this time in Israel. Never mind burqas and niqab, banned in several European countries, in Canada’s citizenship courts, and more or…
Whither Wind Concerns?
The day after I noted that Wind Concerns Ontario had shut down their blog, citing a threat of legal action, John Spears did a short piece on the same topic…
Monkey Cage Round-up
From The Monkey Cage, some recent posts that also tie to local politics and events: Media “consumption”. A recent post by John Sides at the Washington Post discussed a study…
Globe & Mail editors pick Harper majority as story of the year
Globe editors relax in Florida for prescribed vacay following another Con victory party To celebrate, Globe editors put aside their crutches and patronizing air to low five each other over…
Parliament in Review: November 3, 2011
Thursday, November 3 saw another day devoted largely to the Cons’ seat reallocation bill and associated motion to shut down debate. But perhaps more important was a stark set of…