Residence
It’s not really communal living, is it? It’s just high-capacity living. I don’t even really know if you can call it “living”. I was 12 when my mother’s friend told…
October 2012
One Simple Truth that Reveals All Others
We need to accept one simple truth. To avoid runaway climate change we can burn just one-fifth of already discovered reserves of fossil fuels. One fifth, no more. Fossil fuels…
A Greek Tragedy –
Its flag looks eerily like Hitler’s swastika. “It” is the far-right Golden Dawn party that has risen out of the turmoil of Greece’s economic collapse. And another eerie echo from…
How the Media Can Help Improve Political Decorum
It’s nice to see a willingness to open up political discourse in BC to the possibility of maturity, respect and dignity in the legislature. It would be nice, however for…
Justin Trudeau: A Political Tinkerer or a man with a Bold Vision for Canada?
Lawrence Martin in today’s Globe & Mail raises a very important question about what Justin Trudeau might do to change the system: Idealism is the currency of the young and,…
How Does Walmart Keep Their Prices So Low?
Here’s a hint: Recommend this Post
Ten Years Ago, Alarm Bells Would Have Rung. Today, Yawn.
Face it, we’re becoming acclimated to environmental collapse. “It’s happening, so what?” Especially when we learn of it in some distant, as in out of earshot, range. A case in…
Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile: Trent Wotherspoon
By most accounts, Trent Wotherspoon’s campaign launch vaulted him immediately to frontrunner status. But let’s take a closer look at whether he’s likely to maintain that lead throughout the Saskatchewan…
Patient-based nonsense
Patient-based health care: Take away the phrase and the Minister of Health’s speeches would be little more than clean white sheets of paper. There is an air of unreality when…
How to Reduce Household Food Waste
It was recently found out that Canadians waste a lot of food, 51% of which is wasted inside the home. This means that there are ways that each individual can…
Oct. 2: Ask, just ask,………
and you will receive… Re: Request for Information – RTIPPA An environmental investigation was completed in 2012 for the Highfield Square Mall property located on Main Street. Not all areas…
The Newhouse School’s PR Department is Hiring
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication is hiring a new chair of the Public Relations Department and two new tenure-track professors. The importance…
More Confirmation of Targeted Exclusion of Intellectually Disabled from DSM5 Autism Spectrum Disorder: But NO ONE CARES
Emily Singer has published an article at SFARI, Proposed guidelines won’t miss autism cases, study says, which appears to suggest that persons who would meet DSM-IV PDD-NOS and Asperger’s will…
Reading The Wentrails
As noted by this gentleman on facebook, Margaret Wente’s tri-weekly column has not appeared in a week. Was her punishment for this kind of thing a suspension?
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Star recognizes the danger facing anybody who tries to convince a Con MP to listen to constituents’ concerns – as the…
Harper picks Quebec Appeal Court judge for Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper has chosen Justice Richard Wagner of the Quebec Court of Appeal to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Wagner becomes…
I’ll Have a Veggie Burger, Please
In light of the widespread dissemination of tainted beef by XL Foods, one has to ask the role changes made by the Harper regime in Canada’s food inspection process played.…
GovSpeak Translator #nlpoli
A “forgivable loan” is another way of saying that a private-sector company is getting a free gift of public-sector money. -srbp-
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 2, 2012: 5 questions about the future of Omar Khadr Ontario Court jails man twice for…
Our first swap box
GC and Rosie and I installed a swap box in the Enchanted Forest in honour of Elmaks. Turns out none of us are especially handy with a drill. Rosie played…