Left Over 2012-03-12 16:53:24
This is the sorta thing that makes me glad, yet again, that I came to Canada and took out citizenship decades ago.. I may have been born in the USA,…
2012
Method of Loci
for Marie Your name floats, fades. Not actually you just the you I see in bits and bytes Your name, hovering, bifurcated. You are in parts. Crisp sheets, bone white,…
Climate Change Denial Isn’t About Science, or Even Skepticism
David Suzuki.png Cross-posted from the David Suzuki Foundation's Science Matters blog. By David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation Editorial and Communications Specialist Ian Hanington. Let's suppose the world's…
Meh…
Count me amongst the 54% of Canadians who, according to a recent poll, rather cynically believe that the so-called “robocall scandal” is just “politics as usual” and therefore nothing terribly…
Geist: Proposed changes to Copyright Bill C-11 by party
By Michael Geist The Bill C-11 committee has just opened the clause-by-clause review of the copyright bill with 39 amendments on the table: 8 from the goverment, 17 from the…
The Fight to Protect Our Internet Privacy is Not Over!
I penned a blog entry for the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge-Mission about Bill C-30 and Bill C-11: When the Liberal Party of Canada in Pitt Meadows-Maple…
Robocon: Bob Rae has only 9 days left to defend our democracy by stopping the clock
And a study by a Simon Fraser professor finds that the robocalls could have affected the result of the May 2 2011 election: In a new paper, a Simon Fraser…
Death of the CAQ, Return of the PQ?
That was certainly quick. A couple of months after François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) swallowed up the old Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ), and ended up with eight experienced…
The Argosy is hiring!
The Argosy is hiring. Job descriptions are available here. Here’s details from John Brannen, the outgoing Editor in Chief: The Argosy, the Independent Student Journal of Mount Allison is hiring…
pity the 1%, continued
Further to our chat about the tone-deaf 1%: go here for Brian McFadden‘s latest in the New York Times.
Let the mean times roll.
In Stephen Harper’s New©™ Canada, the government will be a mean, lean, fighting machine. It will service the profit-making interests of corporations who own and exploit Canada’s natural resources and…
Mayor Ford — the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act is not in play
I’m not a fan of Mayor Ford — but the allegation he should be removed from office for conflict of interest is fanciful. Does anyone seriously think that Mayor Ford…
Play Tetris to Reduce Traumatic Flashbacks
Playing games is tons of fun and enterprising people are finding ways to better humanity through gameplay. I just found out that Tetris can be used to help people deal…
La France Forte, or Why You Desperately Need Sarko Standing On the Beach
The French presidential campaign is kicking into high gear, and Nicolas Sarkozy has one key message for his ungrateful people: vote him back in, and he promises to spend his…
Best days behind them
Shorter Stephane Dion: How I long for the days when my party could win dozens of Quebec seats by default simply by picking fights with sovereigntists. Can’t we all agree…
Mayor Ford On Trial. Could Be Removed From Office
Rob Ford is to stand trial for conflict of interest for speaking on and voting on a motion in council that would personally benefit him financially. If the judge is…
Another Great Woman Passes: Madeleine Parent Dies at 93
A week ago in the run up to International Women’s Day, I mentioned Lea Roback as a great example. Today I’d like to mark the passing of her great friend…
Ad hominem rules for writing
drooling pinheads open their stories with the weather, or a prologue fatuous knobs use the passive voice corpulent prose-pederasts use a verb other than “said” to carry dialog (and only…
New #ndpldr rankings
After my initial NDP leadership race rankings I was looking for an excuse to move Mulcair up my ballot. While I had some worries about the potential for his leadership,…