Local economist questions Muskrat plans #nlpoli
From the CD Howe Institute: NEWFOUNDLAND’S ELECTRICITY OPTIONS: MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE REQUIRES AN EFFICIENT PRICING REGIME Jan. 11, 2012 – James P. Feehan Newfoundland should hold off on plans…
2012
songs from beyond the grave (a list in progress)
I was driving around Mississauga listening to Bob Dylan’s Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue, a great live album, when I realized that the narrator of “Romance In Durango” dies…
Momo by Emile Ajar
I loved this book so much I made my husband read it, which was no trial for him as he is still quoting it. I first heard about Momo and…
Knowledge and Recognition
Responding to x28, ‘Lower Levels of Connectivism‘ First, it is probably more accurate to speak of ‘domains’ of connectivity rather than layers. The use of ‘layers’ suggests some sort of…
Conservative solution to bad service: break the server’s finger
“You schmuck’ Times are tough for the 1% these days. What with Occupiers, the press, even the government hounding them, the rich are getting edgy. The poor just don’t appreciate…
OpenMedia.ca calls out big cell phone providers for “trying to shut out independent competitors”
Squeeze_100x100-NoClickHere_120110.png Canadian cell phone users could stand to face higher prices, warns group January 11, 2012 – As Ottawa prepares to release the framework that will shape the future of…
Elections Canada De-registers Five Liberal Riding Associations – Four More Slated For De-registration Soon
Anyone who tries to tell you that the once great Liberal Party of Canada is doing well ….. is out to lunch. “Five Liberal riding associations have recently been deregistered…
odds, ends, and i-school
Shorter wmtc: Quebec in winter: the weather is cold, the people are warm, the food is good. I loved all of it, and I especially loved traveling with my sweetie.…
Shale Gas Bubble: Bloomberg News Confirms NY Times Finding That Fracking Boom Is a Bust
Shale Gas Bubble.jpg As news outlets across America take a more rigorous look at shale gas and fracking issues, it’s encouraging to see how the media coverage is finally starting…
Video: Taiaiake Alfred – "The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism"
Check out this video with Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred giving a talk in Ottawa called “The Psychic Landscape of Contemporary Colonialism”: (Found via Intercontinental Cry.)
Midtrial adjournments for continuance amount to institutional delay
R. v. Horner, 2012 BCCA 7 holds that where a delay in a criminal trial occurs as a result of midtrial adjournments for a continuance, the delay engendered is institutional:…
Why I’m supporting Braeden Caley and James Morton for Liberal Party executive
I’m notunder the impression whom I’m supporting at this weekend’s Liberal conventionmeans anything besides the vote I get to cast as a delegate. After all, I’mjust a humble, honorific-lacking blogger.…
Perhaps I was wrong about the Conservatives being so good at identifying voters by name?
I just got a letter from a well-known Conservative addressed to “Dear Conservative Friend and Supporter” and the address was my office “To Occupant”! (ps. It asked for money)
Armagedddon time for the American right. Gingrich is now a ‘Socialist’ and Perry is ‘like something out of Occupy Wall Street’.
Hey Newt, pass me that copy of Little Red Book. Sure Rick, how about we spark one up? As the US right does everything it can to destroy not only…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 11, 2012: Overtime risks and misconceptions – Canadian HR Reporter Woman “upset” with TV ‘Judge Judy…
Smoking Pot Not As Damaging to Lungs as Cigarettes
Many people come to my blog to read about things neither of us wish were happening, but they want my opinion about it along with some facts I’ve found. Here’s…
Wanted: new CRTC chairperson
The process to find the new chairperson of the CRTC is officially underway, less than two weeks before outgoing chair Konrad von Finckenstein’s term expires on January 24.
Will The Legendary Harper Vindictiveness Rear Its Head Again?
A report in today’s Globe suggests we could soon be seeing another instance of Harper bullying and intimidation tactics. Well-known for his intolerance of and disdain for dissent, and given…
Oil Is Their Lifeblood
If there was any doubt that the Harper government is owned by the oil companies, Joe Oliver’s rant last week against foreign “billionaire socialists” should put an end to any…
Letter to Supporters: Now they’re after your cell phones
Get ready for price increases, more bureaucratic red tape, and disrespectful customer service. We have reports that the Big Three cell phone giants (who control roughly 94% of the market)…