Stunning Disruptors
Asbestos was a miracle mineral, preventing fires in places we didn’t wan to burn. Then people started dying from it. “Antibacterial” soap was lauded by people as the solution to…
2012
The death of broadsheets
Quote: Reeling from a drop in advertising revenue, Postmedia Network Inc. will axe dozens of newsroom jobs across the country and stop the publication of Sunday papers in several of…
The Wolf You Feed Wins
The smartest people I know in politics use some form of this philosophy in their messaging. When you lose your shit and declare war on everyone, it’s all about your…
Conservatives appeal in Etobicoke-Centre
“Tory in overturned Toronto election to go to Supreme Court.” Under the Canada Elections Act, the Supreme Court is required to hear an appeal of a contested election result “without…
Strikes Help rather than Hurt. . . .
Just a quick blogpost to ask does anyone really buy the “this strike is hurting the economy” argument?? I find it amazing that even rightwingers aren’t up in arms about…
Is This Copyright Infringement?
I was just trawling some of the Canadian minor party websites because, hey, I’ve got 20 minutes to kill before dinner, and I saw this in the banner of the…
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here's some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here’s some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here's some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here’s some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Sometimes a Video Speaks for Itself
Courtesy The Tyee.
Germany Achieves 50% of Power Consumption from Renewable Sources
Germany continues to show the rest of the industrialized world how to be economical successful thanks to sound energy policy. This past week the country achieved a symbolic victory in…
4687…David Wilks, R.I.P.
In the same way that they have footage of kamikaze pilots slamming into destroyers on YouTube, they also have footage of the rookie MP, who represents Kooteney-Columbia in British Columbia,…
We’re The Real Opposition Party – No, We are – NO, WE ARE
While the federal Liberals have adopted an interesting strategy by teaming up with Elizabeth May to introduce amendments that could delay the passage of the Conservative government’s omnibus budget bill,…
Just in: Liberal Unwittingly Tells Truth of Liberal Ideology
While most of the time Warren Kinsella is a scheming, puerile, self-aggrandizing hypocrite (the list of examples is far too long but suffice it to bring up his recent outrage…
On importing U.S. “Job-Killing” rhetoric
Monday, May 28, 2012 The phrase “job killing regulation” is beginning to enter Canadian discussions about environmental laws and Bill C-38 – the Budget Implementation Bill which would repeal several…
Silent Summer: Leading Fisheries Researcher on Harper Govt. Killing Ocean Pollution Monitoring
Since being hired 13 years ago as a Research Scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), I have been fortunate to conduct research on such magnificent creatures as killer whales,…
Why doesn’t SF produce “big idea” books anymore?
“…today you don’t need to read SF to get a sense of wonder high: you can just browse “New Scientist”. We’re living in the frickin’ 21st century. Killer robot drones…