Get Over It – Movie Monday
So, our esteemed videographer William Matthews and I wanted to try something a little different this week, and so we’d like to introduce a new segment called “Get Over it”.…
August 2012
Aging Nostalgia
This chart imparts two important points to me: I am older than the average American I had no idea the movie Forrest Gump was so important. The list is marginally…
‘Four Corners’ video: Sex, Lies and Julian Assange
An Australian current affairs program – “Four Corners” – has looked into what happened to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the three critical weeks following his arrival in Sweden in…
The Ultimate Canadian Trivia Fundraising Party!!
I’ve been a lot less active on the blog front as well as Facebook, Twitter, etc. I try to scale back the electronic presence on my holidays and focus on…
Pastor Says To Kidnap Kids of Gay Parents
Bryan Fischer, a U.S. pastor, has called for an organized plan to kidnap children from same-sex parents and deliver them to opposite-sex households as part of a modern-day “underground railroad.”…
Muskrat Falls Cost Estimates: the Skinner Numbers #nlpoli
Former natural resources minister Shawn Skinner said this past weekend that he expected the next cost estimate for Muskrat Falls will be around $8.0 to $8.5 billion. Assuming that is…
The Globe & Mail: Rogers says defence of false advertising case a ‘slam dunk’
Last week we shared how Rogers is trying to seek court approval for using false advertising in their campaigns. By claiming ‘fewer dropped calls’ without the requisite data and testing,…
Radio Freethinker on Tuesday
Just a quick post tonight. On Tuesday afternoon, I’ll be on CITR’s Radio Freethinker show talking about all the latest news from the BC Humanists. The show runs for a…
The wierdest thing I found today
So probably the wierdest thing I found today was a grocery bag full of old bits of sandpaper. I swear some of them were ones I used when I was…
Video: Yo-Yos in Space
NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates the physics of yo-yos in space: (via Raw Story) – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net WRONGFUL DISMISSAL • CIVIL…
Why Has The CVRD Failed To Protect the Shawnigan Watershed?
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Make no mistake folks the CVRD movers and shakers have been absent in voice and action regarding the threat facing Shawnigan residents over the application to dump…
An online campaign for workers’ Rights: Light the flame for workers’ human rights
I belong to an organizartion called Labour Start, an organization that takes action to try to expose/prevent/correct horrible situations for workers the world over. The particular situation I want to…
Mystery furniture
This is a picture of The Mystery Furniture, received from Lala to mark the weeks-long Festival of Joy. It’s up at the cabin, now, and she bought it in Brighton.…
Cue the whining
Now that the Olympics are over, the whining about how we didn’t win enough medals can begin — three, two one: the magic petered out. Oh, what tripe. Of course,…
Carbon’s Terrifying Mathematics
Exasperation about the world’s ineffective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was registered clearly on August 2, 2012, when Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and a principle…
On confirmation bias
Doug Natelson has done an outstanding job at debunking a ridiculous charge of confirmation bias allegedly affecting a recent study of climate change. Such a charge is put forth in…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Carol Goar comments on the CEP/CAW plan to merge and work toward a far more active type of unionism: Both the CAW…