Sick parade #nlpoli
When you are home with a cold, there’s not much to do besides doze and read. And when you are a political nerd at home with a cold, what better…
2012
Fox News North: Hard News, Hard Numbers
…no audience: CBC News Network drew 1.4 per cent of viewers, U.S. news network CNN took 0.9 per cent, CTV News Channel attracted 0.8 per cent and Sun News brought…
Notes from Tallinn
Notes from the April 11 talks at the Learning in a Digital Age Conference in Tallinn, Estonia. My presentation at the conference draws largely from these notes. Steve Wheeler –…
Boycott the National Headshot League (#NHL)
Before I get into my increasingly radical antipathy towards the NHL and NHLPA and their callous disregard for brain injury risks, I’d like you to spend a few moments watching…
Quebec shuts down Scientology Trois Rivieres Narconon centre
Montreal Gazette Health officials have ordered the Narconon rehabilitation centre for drug addicts in Trois Rivières to evacuate and relocate its 32 residents, citing concerns over procedures that “may represent…
CBC: Autism advocate questions ‘extreme’ inclusion model
The caption below the picture of me and Conor is from the CBC web site article Autism advocate questions ‘extreme’ inclusion model. “A high-profile autism advocate in New Brunswick is…
Alberta needs a real progressive opposition, not a fake progressive conservative one
“Hi there, I’m progressive and she’s conservative…” Some Alberta political parties may be about as different as shown … and as creepy! Below: Pastor Hunsperger, Perfesser Morton and Rev. Trudeau.…
a wildrose government will need a real opposition.
Danielle Smith with Wildrose MLA's Paul Hinman, Heather Forsyth, and Rob Anderson in 2010. Despite questioning climate science and refusing to remove one candidate who railed against a policy to…
General Posting
I’ve been thinking about what to talk about over the past couple of days, but it seems to me for the most part that things are remaining mostly the same…
Supply when demanded: Why the free market can’t address peak oil
A friend of mine has to close their business. It’s a fresh business that was founded during the stimulus boom. It’s a green business, which took advantage of the government’s…
4498…Our Beloved Prime Minister Says What
Straight up from Postmedia: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has warned Iran that the world will “cast judgment” if “terrible” things are done to a Canadian who has been sentenced to…
NASA space hackathon (in Vancouver) this weekend
So, many, many things I’d like to blog upon at the moment. I’m in Brasilia at the Open Government Partnership meeting, so obviously lots to talk about there, and, of…
Gordon Driver, Axcess Automation/Axcess Funds
A Freelton man accused of running a $14-million US Ponzi scheme has had his contempt of court hearing in Los Angeles postponed until July. The United States Commodity Futures Trading…
Former Sask Premier Romanow Blasts Harper For His Stance On Non-Recognition Of Charter Anniversary
“Prime Minister Stephen Harper is on “the wrong side of history” by failing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms to avoid stirring up lingering…
4497…Blind Man Gets Hole In One Then Dies
The Brantford Expositor tells us that Gord Paynter got the hole in one at that town’s North-Ridge Public Golf Course in August of ’99. He died Monday. Frankly I don’t…