Selected Miscellaneous Posts
Notwithstanding an impassioned rant I heard a friend deliver a number of years ago that any categorization system that includes a “miscellaneous” category is by definition inadequate, the following is…
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Selected Pop Culture Posts
The following is a selected list of original posts related to popular culture, including a couple of relevant book reviews but not necessarily all of them. The Hunger Games, May…
Selected Posts About Sudbury
The following is a selected list of original posts that have something to say about Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, the city I’ve lived in since 2005. Sudbury-based Campaign Against Poor People…
Selected History-related Posts
The following is a select list of history-related posts, not including book reviews. Madeleine Parent, Rest in Peace, March 2012 Muriel Duckworth Rest in Peace, August 2009 Two Examples of…
Antarctic sea ice reaches greatest extent so late in season, 2nd largest extent on record
Worth close reading. There is no doubt the growth of Antarctic sea ice is counter intuitive: http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-greatest-extent-so-late-in-season-2nd-largest-extent-on-record/2012/09/28/472625d8-098e-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_blog.html Almost two weeks ago, Arctic sea ice extent shrank to a stunning record…
Match point for the good folks
So BC Liberals put an end to Liquor Distribution Branch privatization. Rich Coleman’s efforts withered under the scrutiny of one independent journalist and soon to be retired Liberal MLAs decided…
How Justin Trudeau can leave a legacy as great as his father did
Ask anybody about Pierre Trudeau’s major contributions to Canadian politics, and you will find many who will point to the repatriation of the constitution, and the enshrinement in our new…
Mulcair does Bay Street
Mulcair gave a speech on Friday to the Canadian Club on the NDP’s vision for economic growth. If you read through, I don’t think you’ll find much that is particularly…
Sunday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your weekend. – For those wondering where progressive leaders are going with their policy proposals, the last week offered a couple of noteworthy examples. At home,…
A Sense of the Sacred
A sense of the sacred can arrive unexpectedly. Perhaps it is created by a mirror-calm lake enclosed by rocky hills all bedecked with the orange and yellow of autumn colours,…
Obama & Romney: Are the polls skewed in Obama’s favour?
You’d think the results of so many polls would result in a fairly settled expectation of how many voters will vote for one of the two presidential candidates, but not…
Canada’s Carbon Corridor Part 2: From the Sacred Headwaters to Kitimat LNG
Part 2 of the introduction to Damien Gillis’ new series, “Canada’s Carbon Corridor” – and exploration of the interconnected web of major oil, gas, coal, mining and hydroelectric projects across…
Something Is Fishy With The CFIA and XL’s Meat Facility
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes PM Steve Harper’s hands off self regulatory model is I expect at the root of the problems at XL’s Brooks, Alberta Facility. Throughout Canada, the fashionable with…
Justin Trudeau as a Prime Minister?
I have no idea what to think of this yet. I plan to read up on his opinions over the next while. All I know so far is that he’s…
Awww…
… Steve Jobs is sending me emails from beyond the grave! Cool! (9) Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
“B” cat
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Leadership 2013 Candidate Profile: Erin Weir
Erin Weir has wasted no time in carving out a place within the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign – with a pre-campaign “draft” movement presaging a quick launch once the campaign…
Zombie lies
Some lies really are damned hard to kill. In a Reuters story which, incidentally, reports John Baird acknowledging that Omar Khadr is back in Canada sooner than expected because of…