Nov. 20: Page One…Read all about it….
The big headline, the leader for today's news is that jury selection has begun for a murder case. Is this information you have an immediate use for? Notices have been…
November 2012
Money Talks? We’ll See
Together they manage 22.5-trillion dollars in assets. Collectively, they're calling for governments to implement what they term, "investment grade climate policy."The group is calling for a dialogue between investors and…
SkyMall Liberation: White vs Non-White
Ethnographic data visualizations of the Skymall catalog made in flight with non-sharp objects.
When is the next Palestinian election?
I was asking myself when they should be holding their next election as part of contemplating the current conflict. Turns out there was supposed to be an election in 2010,…
Illustrative Action
Illustrate! Educate! Organize! Graphic novels are fast becoming a popular and accessible tool of activism in the 21st century. Indeed, a great number of overtly political graphic works have been…
PINK FLOYD – Save Palestine
It is a very moving song. How can the world sit around and let this tragedy go on in this day and age??
Why the Fear?
Why do the Liberals and NDP still act as though there was something remotely controversial about anthropogenic global warming or the threat to our society from growing inequality of incomes,…
Sandra Pupatello for Premier #olpldr #onpoli
I support Sandra Pupatello as leader of the Ontario Liberal Party and to be the next Premier of Ontario. The challenge for an Ontario Liberal with this race is there…
On competitive questions
There's been plenty of talk in recent weeks about how the Calgary Centre by-election might serve as either the time for an inter-party pact to limit voters' options opposing the…
Not Just a Pretty Face
To date, Justin Trudeau has run a safe leadership campaign. He’s smiled, talked about how he loves Canada, and made helping the Middle Class his core theme. That’s a perfectly…
Are humans rational?
According to Dan Ariely, Behavioral economist at Duke University, we are not. I believe he is right.Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions is a 2008 book by…
Kennedy’s Krazy Kost Kalculations #nlpoli
One of the hardest things to do is keep track of the numbers the provincial government uses to justify their plan to double the province’s debt and force taxpayers to…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, November 20, 2012: Judge asks if Mayor Rob Ford’s remarks went ‘too far’ - The Globe and…
On that OLP leadership voting thing
Okay, it occurs to me that I’ve been talking a lot about this Ontario Liberal leadership stuff, but not telling folks how to get involved. So here goes. I obviously…
The World Has No Use For Truth Tellers Anymore
A 24-year-old Kingston man was arrested during Saturday's Santa Claus parade after police received a complaint about a man walking along the parade route telling children that Santa Claus doesn't…
Twinkies in the Service of Science
Great story in The New York Times today about the use of Twinkies, those disgusting little cakes, in science experiments. Seems they don't burn, can be shown to be made…
Corporate Rule
Frances Russell lays bare what is really going on behind the Harper government's trade agenda:Their real purpose is to repeal democracy, to elevate investor/corporate rights over the democratic will of…
CBC seeks greater flexibility by Jim Bronskill
FRIENDS says the move towards more commercialization will turn CBC into a private broadcaster which loses $1 billion a year rather than the public broadcaster that Canadians rely upon for…
ConCalls: Sun TV – No Credibility #RoboCon
I’d say that Sun TV lost credibility in this video clip from March ’12, but they’d have to have credibility to begin with, in order to lose it. The Sault…
Some Questions Leadership Aspirants Need To Answer
I have recently written some posts bemoaning the paucity of policy undergirding the campaigns of those who would become the next leader of the Liberal Party, both on the provincial…