How A Degree or Two Makes a Huge Difference
RealClimate.org has published a very informative article, “Extremely Hot“ by Stefan Rahmstorf and Dim Coumou that explores the impacts of even modest one or two degree C warming on severe…
March 2012
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week… – Remember the Cons’ talking point that we should assume all of the Robocon calls which purported to come from Lib candidates could safely…
Dobbins on Mulcair – Serious Doubts
Tom Mulcair makes Murray Dobbins uncomfortable. In the latest Tyee, Dobbins succinctly lays out the problem: Two things shocked me about this race and its final two days. The first…
Agitation At The Globe and Mail Continues
In the throes of some form of political delirium tremens since Thomas Mulcair’s election as leader of the NDP, the Globe and Mail has apparently lost its lexicographical grasp, describing…
Naming Report withdrawn
Here’s a “Tweet” from the Park Board from 10 o’clock this morning:________________________________________________________Vancouver Park Board @ParkBoard Park Naming report withdrawn from tonight’s Park Board Committee: GM and Vice Chair to…
The Fundamentalist Dominion of Canada
Another warning that our federal government is “beholden to a religious agenda averse to science and rational debate.” This time it’s Andrew Nikiforuk writing in the latest Tyee. Any Canadian…
Give us a caption, then: Jerome! edition #nlpoli
He’s a colourful fellow and attracts lots of attention. So let’s see what this screen capture says to you. Give us a caption for it. Serious or funny, that’s your…
The Bonfire Of The Inanities…Christy Clark’s Never, Never, Never Evergreen?
NeverSayNever ButJustKeepSayin’Somethin’Ville Remember that old saw about ‘Popsicle Stands’ and the politicians that can’t run ’em? Well. In the case of first the Evergreen Line, and now all other new…
General Walter Natynczyk and Peter MacKay
From the Toronto Star: “….the Conservative government was behind a plot to damage his reputation when reports emerged last fall that he had used a Challenger jet to join his…
Alberta Votes
The writ has been dropped, and Albertans will go to the polls on April 23. The past few years have been wildly turbulent, with shocking municipal votes, the rise of…
Sayonara Time for Christie Clark’s Neo-Con Liberals
When trying to make sense of some of BC unelected premier Christie Clark’s recent machinations I was left wondering whether she’s indifferent to offending voter sensibilities because she knows her…
Today’s prostitution decision
Once again judges have been called in to decide social policy. Today the Ontario Court of Appeal legalized brothels in Ontario. While the Court stayed the effect of its decision…
Harper’s anti-science shame
Don’t miss Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest contribution at The Tyee: Understanding Harper’s Evangelical Mission “…While government and industry PR folk spin fabrications about Canada’s environmental record, Scott Vaughan, Federal Environment Commissioner…
The Mission
I like to learn things about the place I’m in when I’m travelling. I like to learn a little about its history, its culture. I like to mix business with…
The Mulcair perplexity
Reading the punditz yesterday and today, it dawned on me that they literally don’t have a clue what has just happened to our party. But, to be honest, neither do…
alberta election called for april 23, 2012.
Alberta’s provincial election will be held on April 23, 2012. In this election, the number of constituencies are increasing from 83 to 87 (the first time increase in seats since…
Arizona is Where Educating Patients is Bad, Bad, Bad: An Amanda Trujillo Update
Just a few words about Amanda Trujillo. Jennifer Olin at RNCentral.com has detailed at the latest twists and turns of her case. I won’t repeat everything, but I want to…
Colonel Sanders Crosses the Delaware
Little-known to most historians, “Colonel” Harland Sanders crossed the Delaware on December 25, 1776, just after George Washington’s boat. For his help in feeding the troops and giving free soda…
Ethically challenged plutocrat
SNC-Lavalin CEO resigns after review, Globe and Mail Report on Business, March 26, 2012 SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has announced the departure of chief executive officer Pierre Duhaime amid allegations he…
Thoughts on Collaboration
So, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m having a GREAT time with this blog and am starting to move into a rhythm that I’m pretty happy with. There’s some new…