The China Dream
Prominent Chinese military officers are speaking of an east Asia from which the U.S. has been forced out. And they’re hoping to see that reality within 20-years. Senior Colonel Liu…
February 2013
The IMF and the Canadian Manufacturing Crisis
A background study for the latest IMF report on Canada (see pages 42 to 51) adds further weight to the argument that the rise in the exchange rate of the…
A Hustling Swirlabout
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Ekos BC Poll: 39% NDP, 27.4% BC Lib, 14.6% BC Con, 13.5% Green
Ekos has put out its first provincial poll in… well, quite a long time, to be honest. The last Ekos poll for any province was done during Quebec’s provincial election…
Former Finance Ministers Morton, Liepert and Snelgrove line up with free advice.
TweetFree from the tight leash of party discipline, three former Finance Ministers are giving plenty of advice to Premier Alison Redford and Finance Minister Doug Horner. Ted Morton, the former…
Full Stop
The Nipper is learning punctuation. They were studying periods, exclamation points, and question marks in class. He told us they have hand signals for each one (they clap for an…
Maplecroft 2013 Global Risk Atlas
The Maplecroft consultancy has released its 2013 Global Risk Atlas shown in its most basic form here. Green is low, yellow is medium, orange is high and red is extreme.…
World Press Photo of the Year 2012
This photo of mourners carrying the bodies of two dead children through the streets of Gaza City has been selected World Press Photo of the Year, 2012. The girls died…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, February 15, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, February 15, 2013: Judge awards $400 million in settlement against rig operator for Deepwater Horizon spill Iraq…
They Know They Can Get Away With Them
For the Harperites, denial is Standard Operating Procedure — until they’re caught in a lie. Then they back off their denial. But they do it without blushing. Take the case…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Zoe Williams questions when being poor became grounds for deliberate discrimination and ritual public humiliation (h/t to Mound of Sound): What I cannot…
Media Advisory: Historic Hearing on Cell Phone Service Closes with Big Telecom Digging in Heels; OpenMedia.ca Available for Comment
HorrorStory_100x100-1_121016.jpg Public interest group faced off against Big Three at week-long CRTC hearing WHO: Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: Canadians are hopeful that a CRTC hearing this week will…
Garneau’s big move
One of the major criticisms of both the Ontario Liberal and federal Liberal leadership races is that they were, and are, boring. Everyone’s too nice, too dull, too blah. A…
Happy birthday
I miss you.
ten years ago today, the world said no to war. say no to obama’s wars, too.
Ten years ago today, my partner and I took the day off work, dressed in many layers of clothing, and joined nearly a million people in the streets of New…
When I Say ‘Senate’ ….
You say .. ‘ABOLISH’ ….(well unless you are a Liberal or a Conservative in which case you will likely say something like ‘reform’ or ‘hands off’) ….
The Bait and Switch and the $4 Billion Deficit
Of late there has been much hoopla surrounding the announcement by newly minted Minister of Finance, Jerome Kennedy, that NL’s deficit is ballooning to surprisingly high amounts. How high? $4…
Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die
A great quotation attributed by some to Buddha. Probably best to say unknown author.
Shale Gas Boom Going Bust In Bakken?
Shale gas will power the future. Or it won’t. There has been much back and forth over whether or fracked gas is the next big thing, or whether the nature…