Not Buying It Yet
Ivison’s latest on the Robocon scandal: The call that claimed to come from Elections Canada was sent out to 5,053 recipients in the 519 area code that covers Guelph, Kitchener-Waterloo,…
2012
ConCalls: Where There’s Smoke – There’s Fire and Mirrors
The problem with evidence that you don’t like, is that it doesn’t “feel” right. Our brain actually connects with what feels right, which is why con-artists can stay in business…
25K NDP Members Voted So Far Could Signal Low Turnout
Which is a rate of about 1,500 per day, since voting opened on March 1st. It’s probably fluctuated day by day, and more than likely sped up in the last…
Upstream Supply Chain as Sector Development Strategy
My column in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail suggested that Canada implement a “Buy Canadian” strategy associated with major natural resource developments, with the goal of enhancing Canadian content in the…
Friday miscellany…
Encyclopaedia Britannica edition… Bye-bye to that venerable institution. I remember when my parents bought a set from a door-to-door salesman. I went through every single page! But the truth is…
Bell to gobble up Astral Media
Cross-posted from Mediamorphis Sometimes I just wish I could wake up in the morning and not be thrust into the hurly-burly of all the stuff roiling the telecom-media-Internet industries in…
Did The Birdman’s People Even Bother To…
. ….Talk To Anybody Up North Before He Floated His Highly Concentrated Welfare Relocation Plan? Why do we ask? Well, it would appear that more than one mayor from British…
Canadian MP’s: Turn your Back on the Debate
Here’s an idea! Dear Canadian MP’sI would like to formally request that in April, when Conservative MP Stephen Woodworth rises in the House of Commons to discuss his interest in…
2012-03-16 14:32:04
What Haley Joel Osment actually said: “I see mud people” #themuddening
worthington: pit bull ban is "ku klux klan law"
I hate to agree with the Sun‘s Peter Worthington, who once penned a screed against US Iraq War war resisters, as full of lies and errors as it was bluster…
Ethical Oil: The Puppet Rap
It's time for Friday funnies, and the top hit today is Ethical Oil: the Puppet Rap, which first popped up over at The Tyee. It's a foul-mouthed, satirical music video…
2012-03-16 13:44:30
“Local officials say Collingwood is in the direct path of the mudslide, and it should arrive sometime in 2015” #themuddening @journokristen
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The Burning Hypocrisy: Part XXXIV
It’s been suggested by some media pundits that Dick and Liz Cheney abruptly cancelling their appearance at an upcoming speaking engagement in Toronto due to “security concerns” the other day…
Open, accountable government, BC Liberal style
B.C. Lottery Corp. seeks reversal of document order, CBC News, March 15, 2011 “The Financial Transactions Reports Analysis Centre (Fintrac), the federal money laundering watchdog, hit BCLC in 2010 with…
Robo/Real Calls: If The Evidence Was Really Laying There Since Last Spring…
Cross-CountryCheckin’Up Where’sRexNowVille ….Do You Think The Perpetrators Of The Fraud Didn’t Know It Was There? What the heckfire am I talking about this time? Well. As NorthVan Grumps, Dave and…
BCE acquisition of Astral raises concerns
FRIENDS says BCE Inc.’s bid to purchase Astral Media, the largest media merger in Canadian history, raises concerns about market domination.
How BC Could Counteract Harper’s Gutting of Environmental Protections for Enbridge
The Minister, Keith Ashfield, lamented in the House Wednesday that a jamboree in Saskatchewan last year was almost cancelled because a flooded field contained fish. This speaks volumes for this…
Data.gc.ca – Data Sets I found that are interesting, and some suggestions
Yesterday was the one year anniversary of the Canadian federal government’s open data portal. Over the past year government officials have been continuously adding to the portal, but as it…