Rolling Stone: Inside The FBI Plot Against Occupy
On this one year anniversary of the Occupy Canada movement, here’s a magnificent piece of reporting by Rolling Stone‘s Sabrina Rubin Erdely, on how the United States government “turned five…
2012
Today’s big poll
“Liberal poll numbers climb over NDP as leadership starts.” A few quick thoughts… I looked at the dates over which this poll was conducted, first: “The telephone survey of 1,000…
Novelty, Hockey Strikes, and iphones. . . .
I supposed many people have always been obsessed with novelty. For some people the new is always better than the old. But, at the risk of sounding old myself, it…
Kobo Mini Review
I bought a $80 Kobo Mini last week. Here is my review: The good -It is pocket size (including jeans pocket) -At only 134g, it feels very lite in your…
Keystone XL Contractor and SUNY Buffalo Shale Institute Conduct LA County’s Fracking Study
A huge report was published on Oct. 10 by Los Angeles County that’ll likely open the floodgates for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) for unconventional oil and gas in the Monterey Shale…
Best political slogan I have heard in a long, long time
Perhaps ever. Only thing that I dislike is now we McGuinty Liberals can’t use it in the campaign that Hudak and Hudak Helper are pushing for!
Household debt going from bad to worse
Canadians are now more indebted than either Americans or the Brits at the peak of their housing bubble. Statistics Canada today revised the national accounts. The result on the household…
Canada’s Shame-The Alberta Tar Sands Revealed
This graphic video undresses the warm fuzzy PR spin advanced by the Oil Barons. They are more than willing to sacrifice northern Alberta for profits. It is worse, the greenhouse…
5237…The Mouse That Roared
Gabon. A little ole African country that was colonized and dominated by the French forever has decided that it has had enough. It has changed its official language from French…
Rachlis tireless in myth-busting around health care sustainability
It’s good to see Dr. Michael Rachlis on the opinion pages of today’s Toronto Star. Rachlis has been tireless in his myth-busting around the sustainability of health care. As he…
Dunderdale hits new record #nlpoli
Premier Kathy Dunderdale made a record-setting change to the senior ranks of the provincial public service on Friday with the appoint of Peter Au as the new assistant deputy minister…
In 2012, Only 27% of New Federal Judges are Women
Earlier this fall, the Harper regime appointed a new Supreme Court judge, Richard Wagner, who sits on the Quebec bench and is the son of a former Progressive-Conservative leadership contestant.…
Rehabilitative prospects a mitigating factor in sentencing
R. v. Gouliaeff, 2012 ONCA 690 is a good source for the principle that rehabilitative prospects are a mitigating factor in sentencing: The trial judge’s reasons for sentence reveal that…
Global Warming is Going to Happen
I think it is clear that the vast majority of people are aware that global warming is real. The problem is most people aren’t willing to do anything about it.…
Odds and sods for a Monday morning…
… E-B reporter Emily Innes will be hitting tonight’s Christian Heritage Party meeting protesting the casino proposal; I’m certain there will some interesting fodder for discussion, especially as the owners…
5236…Immigration Questions
Easily answered and at a great financial savings. Let’s get all retro and let everyone in. As in everyone. Another problem solved. WFDS
Thinking about Maybe Going to Brazil in January
I’ve got a new non-fiction book project running around in my head. Called Road through Time, it will be about the marks we humans leave on the world, and other…
This recession has cost you $12,000 per year
Vicious circle? Very interesting article which puts into numbers the cost of the financial meltdown and the recession: In much of the industrial world, what started as a financial problem…
Vincent on CBC
If you didn’t hear me last week here’s a link to my ten minute interview on CBC Calgary’s The Eyeopener and David Gray.