The Origin of Information Species #nlpoli
The Globe and Mail has decided to launch a new website that will give subscribers financial news and opinion and analysis pieces that aren’t available to other readers. The Globe…
2011
Parents Annoyed with Useless, Trivial Cambridge Autism Research
Is Cambridge University Professor Simon Baron-Cohen’s latest “autism research” useless? Autism Eye reports that Autism Eye magazine editor Gillian Loughran “has been inundated with phone calls from parents expressing their…
Crass committee backdrops
Because nothing is sacred when it comes to government messaging, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney showed up at a committee meeting yesterday morning with backdrops for the camera shots. Seriously. Eventually…
The Gang of Seven
Canada’s thug-like Conservative-leaning media gets called out here, beginning with Sun Media. “Yo Kory, I can trust you to push my agenda, right?” “Sure boss, just like Postmedia, right?” As…
Right wing slanders astronaut hero and wounded congresswoman to exonerate Sarah Palin
This is just sick. The Daily Mail published a summary of an interview done by Piers Morgan of CNN with astronaut Mark Kelly regarding the attempted assassination of his wife…
Future bleak for Alberta liberals; among progressive parties, only NDP has momentum
The Alberta Liberals: running out of gas and running out of road? Below: Liberal Leader Raj Sherman, NDP Leader Brian Mason, NDP candidates Shannon Phillips and Deron Bilous. If you…
The Occupy Movement and the Nature of the Beast
Twenty four hours after this little campsite was demolished, I see that Margaret Wente couldn’t restrain herself from going down to St James Park, squatting on all fours, and delivering…
The Political Life
Recently I had the opportunity to run in a municipal election, and though I handily lost, I had one of the greatest experiences of my life. The joy did not…
Blanket Posting
CTVNewsSaskatoon: City Admins Defend Tax Hike in 2012 BudgetCTVNewsRegina: Wall Fed up with SaskTel’s Cellular Service Problems So, despite the slim two topics sourced above, we’ll see where this blog…
Apologies for the downtime
A slight misunderstanding with our host server and my programmer/website hoster guy Chris being out of computer contact for a few days led to an unfortunate bit of downtime.
New Sustainable Cities Research Program – New Job, Exciting Prospects
Vancouver-based NGO Sustainable Cities International is an excellent outfit that runs a network of cities focused on green urbanism that spans the globe. The research that I’ve been able to…
The state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda
The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put…
Shop locally
The holidays are coming…. and with them, the craft shows. The local craft show, however, has evolved somewhat since Miss Vicky moved to the neighbourhood. While you still find the…
Danger: Wage Deflation Ahead
The labour market is in much worse shape than the official 7.3% unemployment rate implies. The latest evidence for this proposition is today’s miserable report on employment and earnings from…
Obert Madondo in the news: Metro News on November 23 2011
Metro News reports on my injuries sustained when I was dragged by Ottawa Police officers during the eviction of Occupy Ottawa protesters from Confederation Park shortly after 2.am yesterday. Quote…
Bribing your audience: how much do contests matter to email open rates?
I sent out an email to ten or fifteen thousand of my closest union friends today, asking them to do an online survey about what the union’s priorities should be.
Thursday Evening Links
Assorted content for your evening reading. – Mitchell Anderson wonders whether weeding out corporate psychopathy might be the key to a more equal and sustainable economy. – But judging from…
What’s Next for OCW?
As the last motley vestiges of the OCW protest movement’s defiant encampments are being efficiently (and for the most part, amicably) removed this week by civic authorities across the country,…
Liberal Party of Canada Presidential Candidates’ Debate Report Card – Nov. 22/23
On November 22nd and 23rd I listened to/attended two debates of the four candidates currently running to be President of the Liberal Party of Canada. The first was a phone…
It’s so much easier to be a Lions fan than a Canucks one
One reason is that fewer sports writers care about the CFL. The Toronto Star, a Canuck-killing machine during last year’s playoffs, is virtually silent about this year’s Grey Cup, I…