how not to ask a question: how q&a websites contribute to denialism
A little slice of the internet that irks me are Q&A websites like Wiki Answers and Yahoo! Answers, where people ask questions and any registered user can post an answer.…
2011
The boss is out to lunch
The two basic criteria to establish whether someone is your boss are: – Can they fire you ? – Can they give you a raise ? Unless the answer to…
RERUN – ‘Run of River’ – deceitful marketing term
First published February 23, 2011 Pictures From Tyson Creek, a tributary of the Tzoonie River at the head of Narrows Inlet about 20 miles from Sechelt. Learn more about this…
The elusive Patrick Ross
As regular readers know, inept Con writer Patrick Ross, owner of a self-descriptive blogsite, has been eluding justice for a while, in the form of an $85,000 defamation judgement (plus…
Occupy Berkeley…No Tents, No Problem
AllTheSmartAssesThatFit TheKidsAreAllRightVille The University administration told the kids at Berkeley that they couldn’t pitch their tents on Sproul Plaza. So they didn’t. Instead, they floated them above the plaza. Gosh,…
Ehud Barak sympathizes with Iran’s alleged nuclear aspirations
Whether or not Iran is developing nuclear weapons, it appears that Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak appreciates why they would. In an interview with PBS’s Charlie Rose, when he was…
CTV Power Play interviews OpenMedia.ca’s Steve Anderson
OpenMedia.ca Executive Director Steve Anderson spoke with CTV Power Play about this week’s usage-based billing decision, alongside digital affairs strategist Mark Blevis. Check out the interview: read more
Hudak Talks 2012 Election With Far Right Extremist
From his letter to FreeD denizen Edward Kennedy: I thank you for all of your previous support, but I also encourage you to continue working hard so we will be…
Fooled him, too, did they? #nlpoli
Celebrity economist Wade Locke thinks it’s just great that the provincial government is going to use any surplus on its current budget to pay down debt. As he told the…
Monckton Reaches New Heights of Anti-Environmentalism
daily_caller_screenshot.jpg CLIMATE science denial think-tank the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow is flying a four-strong delegation to next week’s UN climate conference in South Africa, with a promise to engage…
A hard lesson from India for the #Occupants
“I can hire one-half of the working class to kill the other half.”—American financier Jay Gould Organizing the poor has its considerable risks, as a community organizer in India learned…
Justin Trudeau takes it off
Why Justin will never be Liberal leader, reason kabillion.
Newt Gingrich leaves The Clowns in his dust
It’s taken a long time, but finally Republican voters have sifted through the hapless gang who wish to be their nominee to take the presidency from Obama, and are moving…
About organizing feminist spaces of communication and connection…without anger…
So, I’ve been having communication with some feminists in a distinctly non-political online sexual space called fetlife, where there are still radically political people present, even if in such small…
libraries abound
Please enjoy these library-related thoughts and links. I love these Little Free Libraries, which I discovered thanks to M@. These birdhouse-like structures sheltering books are like the domesticated version of…
If you are in Vancouver Vote Open Data, Vote Vision
If you are a Vancouver resident tomorrow is election day. I’m hoping if you are a resident and a reader of this blog, you’ll consider voting for Vision Vancouver. As…
Lump sum spousal support
Zenteno v. Ticknor, 2011 ONCA 722 deals with lump sum spousal support. Generally, support is not to be lump sum unless necessary: The sole issue on this appeal was the…
Support sending Young Liberals to the COP-17 UN Climate Change Conference!
https://www.liberal.ca/ylc-durban/?typecode=300011936 I was lucky enough to be a part of the COP-15 YLC delegation, and I’m really pleased the party is doing a lot more to help promote fundraising for…
Awesome
A few days ago, we had VSA come into the department. According to EMS, the patient had collapsed while grocery shopping down the road; CPR was started almost immediately by…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your afternoon reading. – pogge rightly questions the Cons’ continued efforts to have decisions made by ministerial fiat rather than through public debate. – Glen McGregor eviscerates…