Germany Nears 50% Solar Record
Germany is going into solar power in a big way. On Friday and Saturday, the country’s new solar grid put out 22-gigawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 20 nuclear power…
2012
I agree with articles in the National Fish Wrapper…
… about as much as I agree with the religious views of the Shitizen’s David Warren… but I do have to go along with this article penned by Jesse Kline…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Harald Bauder comments on the Cons’ continued efforts to provoke a race to the bottom when it comes to wages: (B)oth the…
what i’m reading: a long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier
I blogged about Dave Eggers’ What Is the What, while I was still reading it. It turned out to be an extraordinary book, both in the ordeals the Sudanese refugees…
Income Inequality – Visible From Space
Looking down on Earth from space, it’s easy to spot where the rich people live and where the poor don’t. The picture below, published at Grist.com, illustrates the point. That’s…
On shadow governments
Plenty of others are theorizing that it’s time for some radical action in response to the Cons’ continued contempt for democratic accountability. But I’ll take a few minutes to work…
4688…Point One Four Less Newspapers In Ottawa
It is widely reported that the paper of record in your capital, The Ottawa Citizen, is shutting down its Sunday paper. Paul Godfrey, the grand pubba of Postmedia, made the…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 29, 2012: Supreme Court of British Columbia Declares Hearing Fees Unconstitutional George Zimmerman Case: Timelines and…
A Nurse Contemplates Leaving the Profession
Dinner last night with an old friend who toils in the mines of Labour and Delivery. She has worked there for four years. She told me of an incident not…
What they said… #nlpoli
Here’s what Premier Kathy Dunderdale said on March 6 about possible job cuts in the provincial public sector (emphasis added in all): Mr. Speaker, we have not talked about cuts….Front-line…
What are we to make of 100 days of mayhem in Montreal?
Coddled kids with a mistaken sense of entitlement? Yes there’s some of that. But if it were just that, the strike would have fizzled out long before now. The idea…
The Walkable City Still Has Legs
Last weekend friends from San Francisco were in town and we spent hours walking around Montreal. It’s always a pleasure to have out of town guests because you do and…
Best comment on Baird’s decision to “speak loudly” on Syrian pogroms…
…by someone who knows whereof he speaks. Like he says: too little, too late.
Geist: Copyright bill "What ifs?"
As the final House of Commons vote on controversial copyright bill C-11 approaches, law professor Michael Geist asks some questions to highlight what the new law could have been if…
The Abortion Question – Your MP
Last night on #FAQMP, #cpc MP Scott Armstrong answered a question (my question) about #M312, was he going to Vote for or against the motion. He is voting against it.…
manif casserole toronto: bang on a pot at dufferin grove park
Why should Quebecers have all the fun? If you’re in the Toronto area, you can join a Manif Casserole tomorrow, May 30. People are gathering at Dufferin Grove Park, 875…
Wild At Heart: Keep Wildlife In The Wild – New Contemporary artists paint the endangered and beloved
Animals inspire, intrigue, and move people in a way nothing else can. Andrew Hosner and Amanda Erlandson gathered together a group of incredible ‘new contemporary’ artists for “Wild at Heart…
A Top Scientist Ignores the Science of Why People Deny Science
800px-Richard_Leakey.jpg In the world of evolutionary science, you don’t get much more prominent than Richard Leakey (pictured here). An anthropologist and conservationist, he’s the son of the archaeologist couple Louis…
On keeping elections out of court
Now that Conservative Ted Opitz has launched his appeal of the nullification of the Etobicoke-Centre election result, it looks like a bit of a public relations effort has started by…