Important copyright decision just released
(Education) v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2012 SCC 37 was just released. Basically the Court holds that a teacher copying for students is not thereby excluded from the…
2012
Sleeping cat 4
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: 100 cats
4870…The Glorious 12th
’tis today, the anniversary of William of Orange winning the Battle of the Boyne. It was back in 1690, the year after the Toronto Maple Leafs won their last Stanley…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent discusses the connection between unions, democracy and equality: In democratic societies, there are two principal arenas of non-violent conflict over…
4869…Most Famous Canadian
Five years ago it was Pam Anderson. Right now it is Justin Bieber. Five years from now it will be Andrew Wiggins. WFDS
Drug shortages: Sandoz crisis prompts hospitals to kick drug habit
Sandoz may find that demand for its intravenous drugs may not be what it once was. This winter the multi-national drug company was pressured by the U.S. Food and Drug…
The Ground Game Counts #nlpoli
Two posts, quite a distance apart touch on the same basic political (science) issue: the role of the local, get-out-the-vote effort in any political campaign. In a post at the…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, July 12, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 12, 2012: Canada’s Privacy Commissioner issues policy position on online behavioural advertising The Mystery of John…
Progressives and Regressives
Yesterday, in a short blogpost, Robert Reich put American politics and our own politics in perspective. The real battle, he wrote, is not between Liberal and Conservative. It is between…
And So It Begins…
Reading the latest piece on Liberal/NDP “co-operation” pretty much touches on every angle I’ve recently explored on the topic, as it relates to the Liberal leadership. Little known David Merner…
Québec Independence would not be the end of Canada
In his argument against the possibility of Québec separating from Canada, Andrew Coyne (National Post, July 5) has presented a dooms-day scenario – “It would be the end of Canada.”…
"Taking the Waters"
I love the sales features: no diet, no bath, no exercise! –Wait, no bath? I’m sure they mean the notion of “Taking the Waters” for weight loss and the curing…
Harper and the NDP Go At It Like Shopping Mall Sumo Wrestlers
It’s quite amusing to watch Harper and the NDP give each other love taps in the form of half-hearted, dueling attack ads. “You so scary, Mulcair. Booga, booga.” “No, you…
TED Talk Thursday: Poverty, Crime, And Greenhouse Gas Emissions
From TEDx Manitoba is Shaun Loney, founder and Executive Director at BUILD Inc. and Warm Up Winnipeg where he leads an innovative approach to promote social enterprise as a no-cost…
Hitler On John Cage
A different scene from the movie, just as funny:And if you have never heard 4:33, here it is.
Peter MacKay and the “Announceables”
No, it’s not a band name, it’s how MacKay is spending his summer. Defence Minister Peter MacKay has been racking up the air mile points with his series of announcements…
The latest bit of drama #nlpoli
For the record, your humble e-scribbler will refrain from making any comment on the substance of the statements of claim filed by Danny Williams and Alderon against the Sierra Club…
It was fifty years ago today…
The Rolling Stones began to play… Wow — forget that Pepper Band, the Stones today celebrate 50 years… . They played their very first gig at 165 Oxford Street in…