Liberal Party’s Future, New Apple or Old Microsoft
Tablet computers have been around for years, but it took Steve Jobs to make them popular. Though the Liberal Party has been around longer than any tablet computer, it shares…
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Alberta, Canada’s ‘Energy Capital’, implements rolling blackouts
Yep, another Alberta post. Welcome to the reality of the two-tiered Alberta energy system. What do I mean by two tiered? Well let me explain. Over a year ago I…
Medicare for Autism Now Interviews Harold Doherty
This is the video of my interview on Medicare for Autism Now! Since that interview a US Federal Court Judge has ordered Florida Medicaid to provide Medicaid coverage of ABA…
Kill me now, Jesus, I can’t go on
Just at West 49. Buying gear for the kids. Guy at cash sees my Replacements tee. “Hey, man, that was a great movie,” says he. “What?” I say, horrified and…
A judgeship for Toews: Public safety minister going to Manitoba’s Appeal Court: sources
Well, Roy McMurtry was a good judge after a long career in politics — so why not Vic Toews? He's a hard nose in politics but that's not necessarily of…
The Hour of The Gun
This article from The Edmonton Journal offers an interesting explanation of why ‘black guns’ are growing in popularity amongst gun ‘hobbyists’. Were I a conspiracy-minded individual (which, of course, I…
Blaming the People
Whenever social and economic crises develop, those in power always try to blame somebody else. For example, what caused the recession in the U.S. in 2008? Simple, it was the…
Amen!
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Reviewing Access to Information Legislation
Just got informed – via the CivicAccess mailing list – that Canada’s Access to Information Commissioner is planning to review Canada’s Access to Information legislation (full story here at the…
Alberta town finally gets a secular school
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. I was surprised to learn that the Alberta town of Morinville didn’t already have a secular school system. But not as…
4857…Happy Birthday South Sudan
It is South Sudan’s first birthday.The country that emerged from a civil war with Sudan is not out of the proverbial woods yet. The Associated Press reported that at the…
4856…Cash For Life For Vic Toews
And he will be able to live in his hometown to boot.Plus send people to prison and generally f’up their lives.The Winnipeg Free Press reports that “Sources say Toews is…
Bell, no better than Rogers
So I order a phone from Bell for Nunavut. Not a problem, I’ll have it in a few days… . Let’s just say, after a couple of weeks, a few…
Sentencing in dangerous driving cases
R. v. Rawn, 2012 ONCA 487 is a useful sentencing case for dangerous driving matters: General deterrence and denunciation are the most important factors in the determination of a sentence…
God Gene?
First it was God Particle (unrelated to God) and now certain scientists are talking about ‘God Gene’. Dr. Dean Hamer , a geneticist says that there is something called God…
Australia’s Girl Guides drop the Queen … and God
Having posted recently about an attempt to purge swearing allegiance to the Queen from the Canadian Oath of Citizenship, I couldn’t help but notice an article in The Guardian about…
Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre Yoga
Sexual assault is something no one deserves to experience. The Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre strives to help women who have been victims of sexual assault reclaim their lives through a…
Immigration Bill C31: Auschwitz Survivor Wiesel Confronts Harper
“I feel morally compelled to remain on the side of other uprooted men and women everywhere. Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.” The sobering…
Ottawa is “nodown” with the “hoedown”!
LOL! I kill me! I guess that if there were even a smidgen – as in a Higgs boson-sized smidgen – of love for country music, I’d be upset about…
Announcing Bad Science Watch
The promoters of science-based policy in Canada have a new defender. Bad Science Watch, a new Canadian science advocacy group, has issued a challenge to the Canadian government: stick to…