5169…Dean Del Mastro
Where for art though El Roundo? I thought that by now our beloved Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, would have dispatched the shady MP from Peterborough to a far away place…
2012
September summer
The Spider’s Web The spider, dropping down from twig, Unfolds a plan of her devising, A thin premeditated rig To use in rising. And all that journey down through space,…
Mitt Romney’s latest campaign ad
Campaign 2012 R.I.P. 🙂
Blog like a pirate
In honour of the annual talk like a pirate day:
Petroleum Broadcasting System’s "Newshour" and the Merchants of Climate Doubt
There’s an old German proverb that goes, “Whose bread I eat his song I sing.” Enter a recent spate of reportage by the Public Broadcasting System’s (PBS) “Newshour.” In a…
EFF: How the Trans-Pacific Partnership will affect Canadians
The many provisions within the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement include a copyright chapter that could severely impact everyday Internet use. Fines would be administered, content and entire websites would be…
Crispy Clark’s Sarah Palin Moment
British Columbia’s unelected, unelectable and outgoing premier, Christy Clark, apparently doesn’t like her job any more. She’s beginning to sound like a mid-term Sarah Palin. …Clark says she tries to…
What does Katz want? Try everything.
Mayor Stephen Mandel professes to be baffled by what Oilers owner Daryl Katz wants in the ongoing agony that is the arena negotiations. “I can no longer define what Mr.…
So Did YOU Get a 3% Raise Last Year?
So, did you get a 3% raise last year? The average Canadian did. See the first chart below. If not, you’re behind the average Canadian. And even with a small…
Where’s the Rage Over the Arbit Ragers?
Contains plot spoilers. Since we will not learn in school the lessons about the 1% we ought to know, many of us rely on movies and TV, so that through…
The Risks of For-Profit Community Care
With the sale of the Shouldice Clinic to a health care conglomerate it is useful to review some of the literature comparing for-profit hospitals to non-profit hospitals. The results show…
What ails Canada?
I pilfered the heading of this post from a recent editorial in the Guardian: “Maple leaf ragged: what ails Canada?” The article suggests that our country’s “hardline stances” on a…
Don’t Forget: Tomorrow the Oil Sands
Just a reminder that NPD Outremont is sponsoring the first in a series of film forums on hot topics tomorrow, Thursday September 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Côte des…
Who to vote for in the CIRA Internet Governance in Canada election
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), is a non-profit organization that managers the dot-ca registry and addresses the day-to-day challenges facing Canada’s Internet. Every year, CIRA holds elections and, just…
Sept. 19: credit where credit is due
The Moncton Times and Transcript has carried a story that I did not think it would. Mother Jones Magazine took a secret video of Romney giving a speech at a…
Mitt Romney’s Presidential Death Rattle
There are two lines that rolled off Mitt Romney’s lips that he can neither escape nor survive. “All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent…
Teachers and extracurricular activities
Teachers in many of Ontario’s School Boards have heeded their union’s advice to take a “pause” from coaching or otherwise being involved in extracurricular activities, such as sports team, in…
Bad week for private companies mining for profits in health care
This hasn’t been a good week for private companies mining big profits in Canada’s health system. Quebec police are probing a hospital private-public partnership deal awarded to SNC Lavalin Group…
Progressive Insurance Lawsuit Scandal Case Study
Tweets from Flo, Progressive Insurance’s Spokesperson Today in PRL 604: Advanced Public Relations Writing for Digital Platforms at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications I’m presenting a case study…
Requiring Facebook for Your News Site (or website) – the Missed Opportunity
Last week I published I blog post titled Why Banning Anonymous Comments is Bad for Postmedia and Bad for Society in reaction to the fact that PostMedia’s newspapers( including the…