Religion is Incompatible With the Survival of Humanity
What else can one say? “I get on my knees every day and I’m saying an extra prayer now. If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I…
2012
4899…Chicken For Casanova
Casanova McKenzie is a high school football star who narrowed down his scholarship offers to two Tigers, Clemson and Auburn. Buzz60.com tells that the reason Mr. McKenzie committed to Charles…
A letter sent to the PB Chair and Mayor of Vancouver from a citizen
The following is a letter sent to the PB Chair and Mayor. Please join us in writing to our elected officials to stop the destruction of one of the last…
KEEP KITS BEACH WILD. Say NO to the Point Grey Foreshore Seawall
Please visit the KEEP KITS BEACH WILD website to sign the petition. The following information is from the website. The Vancouver Parks Board is proposing to extend the seawall from…
No internet
Not a lot of internet access in the Camino but I am alive and walking still! I have sore legs and about 4 blisters in both feet but its fine.…
No internet
Not a lot of internet access in the Camino but I am alive and walking still! I have sore legs and about 4 blisters in both feet but its fine.…
No internet
Not a lot of internet access in the Camino but I am alive and walking still! I have sore legs and about 4 blisters in both feet but its fine.…
‘Some Risks Are Not Worth Taking’ – Campaign Launched to Take on Kinder Morgan
The first in a series of new public service announcement videos from Tanker Free BC, a Vancouver-based organization taking on US energy giant Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin the Trans…
‘Some Risks Are Not Worth Taking’ – New Video Campaign Launched to Take on Kinder Morgan
The first in a series of new public service announcement videos from Tanker Free BC – a Vancouver-based organization taking on US energy giant Kinder Morgan’s proposal to twin the…
RCMP’s Misogynistic Response to Gillford Sexual Harassment Claim
In May, Corporal Catherine Galliford filed a claim of being sexually harassed by her male superiors during her 16 year career with our national police force, the Royal Canadian Mounted…
UK Police Cease Botched Investigation into Stolen UEA Climate Scientists’ Emails
UK police drop climategate investigation.png "Our Priority is You," reads the tagline of the Norfolk Constabulary. The rest of the sentence ought to read, "unless you are a climate scientist."…
The revolution and the reality—why Egypt elected Islamists
No small amount of surprise was generated by the recent elections in Egypt when Islamist parties swept the parliamentary elections and the Muslim Brotherhood candidate won the presidential election. Coming…
Today Is a Day That Is Filled with Excitment…Anything Can Happen, or How to Be a Writer
Temperature has dropped. Ought to get back to work on the next thing. But I came across this: a great spoof of the writing life.
4898…At Least Peter McKay Is Pretty
The minister in charge of important stuff has shown his absolute non grasp of basic history.You may recall that a couple of years ago the Honourable Peter MacKay had California…
As Close As We’ll Get
SaskAdapt.ca feels like waving the white flag, but it is an important website, and a project at the UofR. It’s also the closest we’ll get to an admission from the…
Counsel working on contingency ought not, in general, be required to post security for costs
Indcondo Building Corp v. Sloan, 2012 ONCA 502 has an interesting comment in obiter. The governing principle regarding counsel acting on contingency and security for costs is that such is improper because to…
In Canadian political news:
The proposed changes to the riding boundaries in Quebec manage to erase the names of Liberal prime ministers from the landscape: Laurier (Mtl) = gone; Louis Saint-Laurent (Qcity) = gone.…
Will Generation X Face Revolt?
If Generation X, the class of ’61 to ’81, is truly disengaged, disinterested, disbelieving of global warming and its impacts, what does that hold for the future? As the Boomers…
Posts on Open Source Community Management
For those stopping by my page because of my OSCON keynote here are some links on community management that might be of interest: Structurelessness, feminism and open: what open advocates…
4897…Yer Under Arrest
Mr. NFL player.Len Berman’s That’s Sports has a nice little piece this morning about the 50 and the NFL. The catalyst for the piece was Dez Bryant’s recent arrest for…