Are You Ready To Sit Down For What You Believe In?
Who says building a better world is all work and no play? Who Gives A Crap is a fun campaign created by three engineers/product designers who have developed a toilet…
2012
A Success Story Rob Ford and Other Reactionaries Won’t Like
Those who see issues in simplistic and absolutist terms will not care to even acknowledge the existence of this letter from a Star reader. It speaks to something that neo-conservatives…
Use Your Smartphone to Advance Science
Smartphones aren’t just for games and checking your email anymore! Today, these mobile devices can be used to better the world around us by helping scientists understand more about it.…
4923…We All Scream For Ice Cream Cones
Len Berman’s That’s Sports says that July 23rd is the day that “A vendor named Charles Menches came up with the concept of an ice cream cone at the St.…
4922…Monica Lewinsky Meet Jack Benny
Both icons from back in the day. Both 39. One perpetually; one today. WFDS
4921…When Is The PM Finishing That Book
You know the one. The one on hockey. Our beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper has repeatedly said that he is working on a hockey book. When are we going to…
College sports governing body slams Penn State post-Sandusky, Paterno
The NCAA has handed down its sentence on Penn State University’s football program, as outlined in this news release: By perpetuating a “football first” culture that ultimately enabled serial child…
On the floor
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Joe Stiglitz discusses the link between increased inequality and the U.S.’ economic frailty: Any solution to today’s problems requires addressing the economy’s underlying…
Rae backs Muskrat…sort of #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Big screaming CBC headline: Federal Liberals support Muskrat Falls project: Rae Then you read the story. “Newfoundland is rich in hydro-electricity, and it’s not right that hydro-electricity should be cooped…
It’s the Weather, Stupid: Slowly Re-Awakening the Public About Climate Change
drought monitor.gif The Yale and George Mason Centers on Climate Change Communication, collaborators on the well-known “Six Americas” studies of how the public views global warming, are out with their…
Nurie responds
Nothing from JamesHalifax yet. Dear Mr. Kinella, Thank you for this timely message. Firstly, please allow me to apologize for causing you any sort of grief or aggravation, as a…
Hot Nasties, reviewed, 32 years after the fact
“Like a divergent australopithecine strain, The Invasion shares many tendencies with its descendants, while dabbling in different musical genera entirely: On its A-side, it establishes its ’77-proof DNA with “I…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, July 23, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, July 23, 2012: Colorado Murder Gun Was Illegal Till 2004 German circumcision row heading for new legal…
Another Home Run for Ibbitson
In his quest to become the top scorer in the Harper admiration society and ensure a much-coveted seat in the Red Chamber, John Ibbiston scores another home run in yet…
Redneck Rib Fest, XUP, and Pottery Camp
We took a whirlwind trip this weekend to Orangeville to meet my newest great-niece, Sienna, and visit with my sister’s family. Is that a cute baby or what? She’s happy…
21 Trillion
That’s the number of dollars the super rich have hidden in off shore tax havens, according to a recent report written by James Henry for the Tax Justice Network: Mr…
4920…Rob Ford Pulls A Kwame Kirkpatrick
In terms of his ride that is. Hizzoner had been tooling around Toronto, btw he drives himself everywhere which saves the city a few shekels, in a rattling old Chev…