Postal worker ants reject Cantada Post’s latest offer
Inspired by this story:http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/30/canada-post-strike.html
2011
"A Risk Any Sane Person Would Seek to Drastically Reduce"
That is the assessment of Lord Stern of the London School of Economics after reviewing the latest International Energy Agency figures on carbon emissions in 2010. The report shows that…
Two Weeks After Election Day New Dems Support UP – Cons, Libs, Bloc ALL DOWN
Two weeks after Canada's Election, the New Democrats are experiencing an increase in support with the Conservatives, Liberals and Bloc all slipping. Even the daily, relentless campaign by the MSM…
And under the title of “who gives a crap”…
… their royal inbredednesses are in Bytown over Canada Day… Hmmm… maybe book the Thursday off too and head off to Montréal until they leave. Of course, The Robot is…
Another Threat to Renewable Energy
The world is poised on the brink of a "cheap gas" era that may undermine the viability of renewable energy options. Not gas as in gasoline but as in natural…
Another Big Win for American Corporatocracy
The other shoe drops. A federal judge in Virginia has leapfrogged the US Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and ruled that a century-old law barring corporate contributions to political candidates…
Senate reform shouldn’t be a populist bandwagon of convenience
Following Stephen Harper’s appointment of several (more) failed Conservative candidates to the Senate, we’ve seen the usual outrage over the sheer contempt demonstrated by the moves. But for those who…
Not His Honorable Member
That's what PCPO candidate George Lepp is saying now. Yesterday, his story seemed different: Lepp claimed that he had indeed accidentally shot his dick, after which time someone had stolen…
Lightning Storm in Toronto
The CN tower seems to attract the lightning, it was a loud and colourful show last night as a storm swept over Lake Ontario through Toronto last evening. This picture…
LGBT Lanark
Some of you know we have a place in Lanark county. It's farn but that farm hasn't been a real working farm in 40 years. Its a great place of…
NDP support continues to grow after the election
Lack of buyer’s remorse over Tories and NDP bodes ill for Liberals and Bloc - The Globe and Mail Results from the latest Harris-Decima poll: Conservatives: 38% (down 1.6%) NDP:…
Radio Without Boundaries: Breaking free of format and formula – Interview with Public Radio Remix founder Roman Mars
Public Radio Remix is an experimental sound stream hosted by the Public Radio Exchange to showcase pieces from the PRX archive and to develop new approaches to radio.
Dog on Santorum
Another doomed Repubican aspirant (a much more appropriate word than “hopeful” I think). Speaking to a small group of supporters in Florida last week, Santorum said that throughout his political…
The Worst Outcome of G20 Policing
As awful as it has been for those whose lives have been turned upside down, the worst outcome of the deplorable, authoritarian policing at last year’s G20 summit in Toronto…
Are the Liberals Progressive?
I've seen this question pop up now and then, mostly from the glorified forces of the NDP, who tend to get on their high horse these days, the one we…
Right to Exist: An Inflated Conflict
If one follows the negotiation process over the years between Israel and Palestine, one finds an asymmetry between the issues raised and argued for in the negotiation process and the…
SADI Workshop
SADI stands for Semantic Automated Discovery and Integration (something you won't find on the SADI Framework website no matter how hard you look) and is a relatively lightweight way to…
Pap The Republican
The news that forty Republican senators have announced their support for Paul Ryan's budget plan is not surprising. But, when you review what passes for the usual Republican boilerplate these…
I have GC’s permission to blog about his penis
The half-marathon was, in many ways, not what I was expecting. Knowing that the route had changed, and that we’d be winding our way through Chinatown and Hintonburg and Westboro…
Liberals screaming Fire, but is anyone listening?
Its fun to watch the Liberals scream FIRE over the NDP and Jack Layton's comments on the constitution. It seems the Liberals' have no plan or any intention of working…