The future of the CBC needs ‘great debate’ from Canadians by Bruce DeMara
Canadians need to have a “great debate” about the future of the CBC, including options like going commercial-free and using licence fees like those in the U.K. and Germany to…
2012
We are All Complicit in Environmental Degradation
Recently I wrote a post about the chilling effect that the federal budget will have on charities, especially those devoted to environmental activism. Unfortunately, I chose to ignore another reality…
Do Plants behave like humans?
According to David Suzuki and other scientist they do. Plants compete for food Plants protect their off-spring. If certain bugs harm certain plants, plants send a special scent signal to…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 2, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 2, 2012: Kim DotCom Bail Conditions Relaxed Will Free Speech in America Meet its Match in…
The skinny on how we operate
We decide to start a page on our website that spells out how OpenMedia.ca and the pro-Internet community operate. We want your input: check out the page and let us…
US Blocking UK Travel to Canada
This is completely outrageous. Better hope no one with your name ends up on the US No Fly list. This move makes the financial blockade against WikiLeaks, look like a…
Harrper’s War On The Environment
Canadians were quite happy not go to war in Iraq — even though Stephen Harper said we had a moral duty to be there. And they were shocked this summer…
And the point is?
After a few years practicing being a social commenter I have come to one certain conclusion. I should probably have my fucking head examined! Grief, that’s what you mostly get.…
The Vendetta Budget
Of all the Harper government budgets, surely this latest one is the most revealing, as to true nature, intent and inspiration. After all, this was the budget fiscal conservatives had…
Video: Riding #Route501, March 31, 2012 | #TTC #Toronto
https://vimeo.com/39603752 It’s been written up here and here, but those were based on the chartered version from last Tuesday. Saturday’s performance was a regular Queen Street run, with passengers getting…
The Goon Show: Tales of Men’s Shirts
Before Monty Python, there was The Goon Show. I love the way that when Spike Milligan does anything, he breaks the rest of the Goons up. This is their penultimate…
For Those of You Telling me The Ref Shouldn’t Have Stopped the Fight
It wasn’t going to get any better for Brazeau.
The #TellVicEverything sequel: #TellDaveEverything
I was half joking in my post yesterday about the need for a #TellDaveEverything hashtag in the U.K. on the occasion of the U.K. Tories introducing their own intrusive internet…
United States May Relax Customs Restrictions For Same-Sex Couples
The United States’ Department of Homeland Security has proposed finally lifting restrictions requiring same-sex couples to fill out separate customs declarations. Currently, heterosexual families are allowed to fill out one…
How stupid are voters, anyway? #nlpoli
Poke around some political websites over the past couple of months and you’ll find a few columns on the question of how much voters are paying attention to politics in…
Coming Soon To Sun TV
…this: Menzoid Mornings. And soon to be leaving the air shortly thereafter, I imagine. If you’ve never heard of him, and I’m sure you haven’t, David Menzies appears to have…
Bracing for cuts
If you work in the public service, brace yourselves – the government is expected to start releasing details about job cuts today. Because some people care about this, Justin Trudeau…
Why Trudeau’s smackdown of Brazeau is important
I admit to being skeptical of Justin Trudeau agreeing to fight a more experienced and better trained Conservative opponent at a Conservative gathering featured on a Conservative network. Not only…