Gas prices and political popularity #nlpoli
In some other places, gasoline prices have a political impact you can identify and measure. That isn’t the case in Newfoundland and Labrador. The reasons? We don’t have anyone doing…
2012
Work Less for a Better Life and Better Job
The ongoing recession has left a lot of people fearful that they could lose their job any second, which is quite scary. As a result people are willing to work…
Christy’s New Snake-Eyes….Double 14’s!
There’sNoSum LikeZeroSumVille Barbara Justason and friends have a new provincial voter pref poll out. The sample size is kinda small, it was done by phone/online hybrid, and the data were…
Giving your private info to the US government.
With the revelation that it was the Harper Conservatives and not the Liberals that were using a US company to phone voters during the last election one question remains unanswered.…
I Am a Bread and Butter Canadian and I Want Government Out Of My Life
It’s hard to know where to begin with this article from the Hill Times, which twice alludes to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney as the “Minister for Curry in a Hurry”…
Apple and Chinese factories – does anyone care?
Here is a very interesting article on working conditions inside Chinese factories where Apple products are assembled. … but I wonder how many people would actually change their purchasing patterns…
Motorcycle gunman killings continue in France
“The paratroopers killed and injured were of North African and French Caribbean origin, and the targets Monday were Jewish” — I suspect therein lies the key to these monstrous acts:…
Power to dismiss for want of prosecution
R. v. Siciliano, 2012 ONCA 168 deals with a case where a trial judge, after taking a plea of guilty, dismissed a charge for want of prosecution. The Court of…
You Don’t Say… March 19, 2012
I’m not saying my generation is all talk and a badge, but according to a study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Generation Y (people born between 1982…
Thomas Mulcair is out of step with 60% of NDP supporters
Although Thomas Mulcair is popular with many NDP supporters, who admire his feistiness, his views on the ‘new politics’ idea of electoral cooperation are at odds with a huge majority…
MP’s need to speak out on Human Rights!
MP’s did a lot of talking about Robocalls. It has been viewed by many as an attack on Democracy, and that is something we take very seriously in Canada. You…
WTF McCain?
Years ago, I had a certain grudging respect for John McCain…after all, he had fought his way through debilitating torture as a POW, seemed to be a bit of what,…
Expectations of Toronto-Danforth Votes
Today, probably about 40% of the eligible voters of Toronto-Danforth will vote a new Member of Parliament into place, following the death of their old one, NDP Leader/Messiah Jack Layton.…
OLPC Canada in Saskatchewan
Years ago I bought two XO laptops from the OLPC program. I got one, and the other went to a child in Mongolia or another country where technology is scarce.…
Got Framing? Why Scientists Must Pay Attention to Communication Science, and Not Just as an Afterthought
dont_tread_on_me.jpg There was the Tweet, from Andy Revkin: “Scientists Call For Stronger Global Governance To Address Climate Change.” Revkin linked to a Forbes story, that, in turn, linked to a…
democraticSPACE Supports Thomas Mulcair
Here is the post by democraticSPACE: Seeing the extreme positions taken by Republican candidates in the U.S. gives us a clue as to the typical dynamic of leadership races –-…
The decisive question
Following up on my candidate questionnaire and previous posts about party organization, I’ll offer my own observations on the final two questions I posed to the leadership candidates. I start…
It no longer has a mandate?
Why doesn’t the moral imperative that drove us to intervene in Libya extend to investigating the deaths of innocent civilians we may have caused or compensating the families of the…
Boss, Boss…..The Frame!
SomeFantasiesHave NoIslandToLandOnVille Brodie I – No Frame. Brodie II – All Frame. There sure is a lot riding on that bowl of congealed cheese-curd. (remember, T. Milewski’s report from last…
A Tale of Two Cities
Yesterday, while my wife was in the store, I, the ever-dutiful chauffeur, waited patiently in the car, first listening to my favorite station, Jazz FM, and then tuning into the…