Pupatello wins support of 100 ex-officio Ontario Liberals
Not bad. Now, maybe someone on another campaign can call a reporter and complain about how mean it is to, you know, talk about it.
January 2013
The dubious case for casinos
I got way off my usual research agenda this morning for a business panel on CBC radio. The topic was the economics of casinos, the result of the City of…
Anti-Welfare TV Network Asks for Government Bailout
I don’t think there’s really any need for a detailed analysis of the following: the right-wing, free-market, anti-government “news” channel set up by Quebecor and some former Harper staffers is…
The world (of investing) according to Dante
(originally written Oct 21, 2011. Part of Great Upload of 2013.) It seems like the financial markets will have an “upwards bias” for the next few months, despite the circling-the-drain…
SunTV Applies for Welfare
Sun TV’s lone “success” story of the past year, was the role they played in launching Justin Trudeau’s leadership campaign Things are not looking bright over at Sun TV: OTTAWA,…
Sniffs from a Schiff…
(Originally written March 7, 2012. Part of Great Upload of 2013.) A colleague once showed me a book by Peter Schiff, in which the author and investment-house CEO purported to…
Youth support from across Ontario for Charles Sousa!
Like the Sousa campaign on Facebook!Follow Charles on Twitter! I remember when I first started volunteering for Charles Sousa back in 2007. Charles had just been nominated as the Liberal…
Network television, and remembering…
… why I gave it up in the first place. I made a conscious decision quite a few years back to shun network TV. The interminable and juvenile ads bugged…
M&A 2012
We knew that the takeover of Nexen by CNOOC was big but I at least didn’t realize how big it was till I saw the Wall Street Journal’s list (Jan.2,…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday January 22, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, January 22, 2013: This week at the SCC Activists use MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech to…
A Timely Poll
The Guardian is running a poll today, asking readers: George Orwell’s fiction and non-fiction warned of the dangers of totalitarianism, surveillance and the distortion of language. Was he right, broadly…
They Call It "The Point of No Return" Study
Greenpeace has come up with a roster of planned oil, gas and coal projects that it calls “carbon bombs.” Prepared by the consultancy firm EcoFys, the study lists 14-major projects…
Jan. 22: well….well….welll….
….well….we…It’s kind of hard to write about a Moncton Times and Transcript which has a big story on the front page that it’s cold out. And that’s pretty much it…
5547…Note To First Nations
You win this war and then you have your civil war. WFDS
#skndpldr Candidate Rankings – January 22
Not surprisingly, there’s relatively little change in this week’s rankings: there have been relatively few new developments, and the most significant ones have mostly reinforced the candidates’ current placements. 1.…
Cat noticing something, over there… Hmmm…
Filed under: art, digital, drawing Tagged: Cat
Nukes In The Tar Sands: Deja Vu
From The Daily Yomiuri: Toshiba Corp. has been developing a small nuclear reactor for mining oil sands at the request of a firm engaged in such mining projects in Alberta…
As losses mount, Sun turns to CRTC by Steve Ladurantaye and Simon Houpt
Columnists say Sun News Network is arguing its signal must be broadcast into every Canadian home if it is ever going to recover from losses that have already reached $17-million…
As losses mount, Sun turns to CRTC by Steve Ladurantaye and Simon Houpt
Columnists say Sun News Network is arguing its signal must be broadcast into every Canadian home if it is ever going to recover from losses that have already reached $17-million…