Conflict
When faced with the decision “Do I delete this comment because it’s meaningless”? I always choose not to do so. The only comments I ever delete are ones I don’t…
2012
Obnoxious British accents – Americans Can’t Get Enough
Why is it that Americans have become so drawn, in this twilight of their empire, towards cockneyesque abrasive annoying British accents? One hears it more and more, every day. Time…
Erosion of New Brunswick’s Autism Gains: We Can’t Just Stand By and Let It Happen!
New Brunswick made substantial progress in providing services to autistic pre-schoolers and students over the previous 10 years. Those gains are now being eroded. Eroded may be to gentle a…
Andrew Scheer knee deep in Robopalooza shit storm
“Gosh Mr. Harper, thank you for this. You won’t regret it” Anybody watching the whole Robogate show knows there’s something rotten in the land of Guelph, the Conservative party and…
Catholic Priests Castrated Dutch Kids
Is there a week that goes by without another sordid revelation or scandal involving the Roman Catholic church? And these assholes see fit to lecture the rest of the world…
Pro-Conservative Election Contractor Defends Vote Suppression
Well, sort of. Stephen Skyvington says he only supports vote suppression when it’s done legally (because as we all know, if it’s not illegal, it’s not wrong). And in the…
If you aren’t angry, you aren’t paying attention
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Pollsters See "Co-operation" Merits
There seems to be two parallel conversations occurring, one involving steadfast partisans, the other detached observers with expertise in gauging political realities. Whenever the idea of co-operation, merger, arrangements are…
Aspirin May Ward Off Cancer. You’re Welcome
Three studies published in Britain’s most authoritative medical journal, The Lancet, suggest that low doses of aspirin taken daily may prevent, perhaps even treat cancer. Prof Peter Rothwell, from Oxford…
Nathan Cullen would get my vote
There are so many factors that NDP members have to look at when choosing who to vote for in their leadership race that I don’t envy them (I am not…
please take a quick survey about social bookmarking
Thank you very much to everyone who answered my social bookmarking survey. If you have not already done so, could you please answer two questions? It’s research for a paper…
The Cost of Social Engineering
The economic ‘miracles’ sweeping emerging ecopower giants like India and China were always more apparent than real. In large part that happened because we were distracted by the bright, shiny…
Trayvon Martin murder by George Zimmerman
This is one of the saddest stories. Poor young man was shot dead because he was black. I have no doubt about Zimmerman’s motives – he is a racist bastard…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, March 21, 2012: ACLU files torture complaint against US on behalf of Afghan, Iraqi detainees Air Canada…
Police more forgetful after chases or altercations
Important research: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/cops-more-forgetful-after-chases-or-altercations/?hpt=hp_bn10 Police officers who engage in at least 60 seconds of intense physical energy while involved in a combative encounter may suffer memory loss, according to a newly…
The Growing Industry of Green Cement
Cement is a very popular building material for a lot of good reasons, the problem though is that the process of making it requires a ton of energy. This problem…
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Another day, another set of NDP leadership campaign stories. – Niki Ashton won the support of the NDP’s Socialist Caucus. – Nathan Cullen expanded on his joint nomination proposal with…
Part Two of Three Part Series: What progressive groups must do to defeat, or stymie the Harper regime
Canada’s progressive community needs to make some significant changes if it hopes to slow down the assault being carried out on the country by Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and their right-wing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Dan Gardner writes about the Cons’ backup plan of answering their own wrongdoing with criticism of anybody who dares to investigate it –…