Regina City Council meeting – Deadblog
(Liveblog notes, but no wifi to upload in real time so this is a deadblogging instead.) First attempt at council being paperless. When we entered the chamber we were all…
2012
Third, and fading fast
The Alberta result should remind us all that is foolhardy to read too much into polls, and particularly one poll. But this depressing result is consistent with a batch of…
ConCalls: Fraud Not all Robocalls in #RoboCon
Take a look at what also happened to swing the election in key ridings for the Conservatives. Harassing phone calls pretending to be from Liberals, and plenty of voters voting…
The Atheist Census–obnoxious and obscure marketing?
Atheists tend to be a very skeptical bunch – at least those who participate in online communities, so when an email arrives in my inbox titled “AtheistCensus Mailing List –…
Vancouver joins local governments opposed to increase in oil pipelines and tankers
Monday, May 14, 2012 West Coast Environmental Law applauds two of Vancouver’s elected bodies – Vancouver City Council and the Vancouver Parks Board – for passing resolutions to take a…
Monday musings
More in brief stuff: You might remember I was wondering how the Globe and Mail was expecting to get any money and not lose too many viewers online by going…
Defending Green Jobs at the WTO
As a partner in Blue Green Canada, the United Steelworkers have issued the following news release: WTO Called Upon to Dismiss Japan, EU Challenge to Canadian Renewable Energy Policy Canadian…
Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps,…
Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps,…
Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps,…
Good riddance, Line Beauchamp,
Thank you for resigning from your position as Quebec Education Minister and giving up politics Monday. Your decision makes the Quebec government just a little bit less corrupt, and, perhaps,…
Washington Post Picks Up Chris Landsea Story
Gives me a nice cite and link. But my favorite bit is the opening line: More than a week after it was abandoned, the Heartland Institute’s controversial billboard campaign –…
Askov Apocalypse
R. v. McBride 2012 ONCJ 121: "The problem of adding continuing trials to already full lists is reaching crisis proportions in this jurisdiction. To put it bluntly, we are about…
TPP: The secretive agreement that could criminalize your Internet use
You may already know that Big Media lobbyists are trying to lock down the Internet in Canada through Copyright Bill C-11 and other activities. The Bill includes provisions that would…
4638…This Is Straight Out Of The Simpsons
CNN reports that 38 per cent of 911 calls to the NYPD are butt calls. That is calls made with your derriere. Like you I have had a number of…
BC NDP hit 50% Support
In a very clear sign that Adrian Dix and the BC New Democrats have major momentum, Angus Reid has put out a poll showing the NDP sitting at 50% support…
On the way…
To China… Bye all. Watch the shop while I’m gone. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Oil and Gas Industry Moves to Silence Critics
shutterstock_49157602.jpg At an industry public relations conference last year, Michael Kehs of Chesapeake Energy described a Wall Street Journal op-ed to gathered oil and gas officials, saying it pointed out…