The Big Banks’ Big Secret
The CCPA today released my report: “The Big Banks Big Secret” which provides the first public estimates of the emergency funds taken by Canadian banks. The report bases its estimates…
April 2012
UFOs Over Russia: Aliens think “we are idiots, undeveloped people”
“Aliens look at us as if we are idiots, undeveloped people,” said Sergei Smirnov of the Pulkovo Observatory outside of St. Petersburg. “Perhaps they have fenced us in with their…
It’s So Much More Than Just a Dismal Failure
The War on Drugs is increasingly accepted as a hopeless failure. Yet even those who do get it often act like a kid standing at the end of a high…
Witnessing a glacier’s race to the sea
Nature News has more No related posts.
Did the left blow it in Alberta?
Even though the end result was a Stephen Harper majority government, the NDP took a giant leap forward last May. In one election, the party may very well have taken…
Winning at all costs, the Mittpocalypse in 2012
Mitt Romney is so flippant nowadays and his campaign jockeys so clueless as to what to tell him to say in public that it’s painstaking to watch the campaign unfold.…
Michaëlle Jean is the People’s Pick for CBC Chair
FRIENDS says the CBC belongs to all Canadians and its leadership positions should be open to the best and brightest citizens, not just those on the government’s patronage pay-off list
A Healthy Society – Chapter 2 Discussion
Chapter 2 of Ryan Meili’s A Healthy Society discusses the place of politics as “medicine on a larger scale”. Meili looks for lessons in our political discussion based on how…
Poison Discourse part II. . . . .
My last blogpost concerning the poisoning of our political discourse, and the abusive and vulgar response that I received from its chief antagonist, has reminded me of the (usually unmentioned)…
Getting Water from Air
With water wars becoming a concern for nations around the world a small French company has come up with a way to get water out of thin air. Well, humid…
4562…Happy Birthday Stephen Harper
He is the Prime Minister you know. What dya get a guy who has his own country? A ten dollar Tim Hortons gift card! WFDS
4561..Delmon Young Is Not Kosher
I never really heard of Delmon Young until recently; not a big beisbol fan. Nonetheless Mr. Young is a bit of a star in the MLB and, allegedly, a lot…
Navigating the Stormy Seas of Political Cynicism and Liberal Despair
Perseverance is a trick of the mind. It’s intangible. It’s your best tool for survival but you can’t hold it in your hands. For me, perseverance is conjured from equals…
Heartland Institute Attacks Forecast the Facts, Denies Its Climate Change Denial
heartland logo.jpg This is a guest post by Daniel Souweine, Campaign Director, Forecast The Facts On April 24, Heartland Institute President Joe Bast issued an angry missive attacking Forecast the…
Canadian Mining and Manufacturing Stumble
Statistics Canada reported today that the economy shrank in February, driven by declines in resource extraction and manufacturing. Oil and gas extraction as well as hard-rock mining decreased due to…
Disclosure for thee but not for me?
This op-ed in the Globe and Mail depends in large part on the uncritical acceptance of the conclusions of a Fraser Institute report. So it might have been nice if…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 30, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 30, 2012: Data Harvesting at Google Not a Rogue Act, F.C.C. Report Reveals American Unexceptionalism –…
Education, Unemployment, and Minds: Views by Krugman and from Quebec
This morning Paul Krugman writes about what terrible things economic bad times are doing to young people around the world, and the high cost of education. His major concern in…
linkathon part 5: the state of connecticut abolishes the death penalty. 17 down, 33 to go.
The US state of Connecticut has abolished the death penalty! This amazing and wonderful news is brought to you by Amnesty International, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,…