4602…Dr. Shaq
This Saturday Shaquille O’Neal, one of the greatest basketball players in history, will receive his Ph.d from Miami’s Barry University. According to today’s Ottawa Citizen “O’Neal spent the past 4…
2012
CFI Canada skips critical thinking
Last week a story broke from Nova Scotia that a high school student was suspended for wearing a t-shirt that said “Life is wasted without Jesus”. The story went that…
Canada’s Political Paparazzi Is Dying For Fresh Meat
“We’re sick of all our kicks. We’re sick of all the stiffs. We’re bored.” Canada’s Chattering Class seems to be dead set on talking about nothing else except a Justin…
Our Perverted Petro-Prime Minister and His Big Oil Pals Caught Again
Are Harper and his ilk just born liars? Can their warped, Born Again brains even recognize truth? Courtesy of The Tyee, the latest Northern Gateway pipeline outrage. It now turns…
Pele’s Hair and Pele’s Tears: The Hawaiian Goddess and Lava
I’m back to working on the short story collection. The current story is one that has quite a bit about volcanos, and as I speak, a small bottle of ash…
Why Tibet Will Never Be Free
This map says it all: The Tibetan plateau is key to controlling the headwaters of just about every major river in East and South Asia. China controls Tibet, it controls…
Here’s What The F-35 is Really About. Canada’s First, First-Strike Air Force
It’s about one thing – a sneak attack against China. And that’s just what the United States Air Force had in mind when it conducted Operation Chimichanga. Wired magazine’s military…
May 7: The best investigative journalism…
….in today’s Moncton Times and Transcript is a letter to the editor. It’s headed ‘Paper misconstrues cancer study story’. The letter accuses the TandT, with considerable evidence, of deliberately misrepresenting…
Daily News: Ont. PC MPP Rick Nicholls misogynistic, insulting, cheap, inappropriate
Nicholls must choose his words more carefully The Chatham Daily News Sat May 5 2012 Page: A6 Section: Editorial/Opinion Byline: BRUCE CORCORAN Chatham-Kent Essex MPP Rick Nicholls is just the…
More Worker Bashing in BC, with Squishy Numbers
Below is a recent tweet from a new worker/NDP/union attack Twitter i.d. talking about how awful unionized workers are. Read it, then let’s de-spin it for sanity: Average salary in…
Mount Allison University Convocation (Graduation)
The information for the 2012 convocation ceremony at Mount Allison University is now available online. Below are more details. Mount Allison University 2012 Convocation (Graduation) Gown Rentalhttp://www.scribd.com/embeds/92704838/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-by8uq4iqf64y9np86c1 Mount Allison University…
Mount Allison University Convocation (Graduation)
The information for the 2012 convocation ceremony at Mount Allison University is now available online. Below are more details. Mount Allison University 2012 Convocation (Graduation) Gown Rental Mount Allison University…
Another Fatuous Neil Reynolds Column
Despite the fact that I hold The Globe and Mail in very low esteem, I do periodically check its website to find out the latest in right-wing thinking. Such was…
Hey kids, if you’re sexy…
… don’t let your school know it! A Colorado elementary school student was suspended from school this week for singing a lyric from a popular LMFAO song, “I’m sexy and…
I love you, man
I like obits better than just about anything else in newspapers, most days, so it wasn’t unusual that I read about the passing of Goober. This part I read, then…
Vladimir Putin sworn in for the third term as president
The awesome swearing in ceremony: Is he the new Stalin of Russia? Read the CBC story.
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Cons’ attacks on the environment and its defenders are starting to attract plenty of unwanted attention, with the Globe and Mail editorial…
Duty of disclosure in an administrative context
Sackville Trenching Ltd. v. Nova Scotia, 2012 NSCA 39 is a useful case dealing with the duty of disclosure in an administrative context. Sackville Trenching was issued an Administrative Penalty…
A Different Drummer
I just finished The Uninvited Guests by Sadie Jones, and found it delightful, which spurred me to tell you about how I came to it. I met Sadie Jones at…
A Healthy Society – Chapter 7 Discussion
Chapter 7 of Ryan Meili’s A Healthy Society focuses on health care – with a heavy emphasis on ideas such as improved rural access and a Crown pharmaceutical manufacturer which…