wmtc survey: social bookmarking websites
For a paper I am writing, I am researching tagging as used in social bookmarking websites, like Delicious (said to be the first successful social bookmarking site), Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon,…
March 2012
Robocon: Was there a conspiracy and who conspired? The wide net of the law
So far we have 700 clear cases of complaints to Elections Canada about voter suppression acts in the May 2011 election. And we have 77 ridings identified where voter suppression…
Right’s war on women, er girls, reaches new lows with this lovely cartoon
The closer it gets to November, the more emboldened they come. But this poster from far-right blog Protein Wisdom is OK because a woman drew it and it’s satire. Yeah…
Wonder If The Birdman Wants To Send The Judges To…
. …His Highly-Concentrated Northern Relocation Camps. Why? Well, it would appear that, based on the reporting of The Globe’s S.Dhillon and J.Hunter, dem judges, dey gettin’ uppity: Asserting that the…
Emotionally devastating documentary explores Israeli bombing of Gaza – Friday Film Pick: Tears of Gaza
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed or wounded in Israel’s latest bombing campaign of Gaza, while the Israeli military stubbornly insists the child-killing attacks are necessary to stop “terrorism”. Such…
Our raison d’être can’t be opposing
The always bubbling in the background chatter about thedream of a few to see the Liberals and NDP to merge or form some sort ofcoalition came to the surface again…
Dud Subs, Dud Torpedoes
Those four second-hand subs the Defence Department duped the Canadian government into buying? 18-years after we got stuck with them, one of them, HMCS Victoria, actually managed to fire a…
Harper’s F-35 Joint Strike Farce
Here’s a brand new video from the LPC regarding the Harper government’s constantly shifting position with respect to the purchase of an unconfirmed number of F-35 stealth fighter jets that…
Encyclopedia Britannica: RIP
There was a sad death this week that you may have missed. The Encyclopedia Britannica — or, if you really want to get huffy about it, the Encyclopædia Britannica —…
Lessons from the US – when unions don’t strike to contest unjust laws
In my previous blog post, I listed the numerous times that both legal and illegal strike action was taken by Canadian unions and by BC teachers. Illegal strike action has…
Not Buying It Yet
Ivison’s latest on the Robocon scandal: The call that claimed to come from Elections Canada was sent out to 5,053 recipients in the 519 area code that covers Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo,…
ConCalls: Where There’s Smoke – There’s Fire and Mirrors
The problem with evidence that you don’t like, is that it doesn’t “feel” right. Our brain actually connects with what feels right, which is why con-artists can stay in business…
25K NDP Members Voted So Far Could Signal Low Turnout
Which is a rate of about 1,500 per day, since voting opened on March 1st. It’s probably fluctuated day by day, and more than likely sped up in the last…
Upstream Supply Chain as Sector Development Strategy
My column in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail suggested that Canada implement a “Buy Canadian” strategy associated with major natural resource developments, with the goal of enhancing Canadian content in the…
Friday miscellany…
Encyclopaedia Britannica edition… Bye-bye to that venerable institution. I remember when my parents bought a set from a door-to-door salesman. I went through every single page! But the truth is…
Bell to gobble up Astral Media
Cross-posted from Mediamorphis Sometimes I just wish I could wake up in the morning and not be thrust into the hurly-burly of all the stuff roiling the telecom-media-Internet industries in…
Did The Birdman’s People Even Bother To…
. ….Talk To Anybody Up North Before He Floated His Highly Concentrated Welfare Relocation Plan? Why do we ask? Well, it would appear that more than one mayor from British…
Canadian MP’s: Turn your Back on the Debate
Here’s an idea! Dear Canadian MP’sI would like to formally request that in April, when Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth rises in the House of Commons to discuss his interest in…
2012-03-16 14:32:04
What Haley Joel Osment actually said: “I see mud people” #themuddening