Forum Ontario Poll: 36% OLP, 36% PC, 24% NDP
Following recent polls from EKOS and Ipsos Reid, Forum Research has released its monthly update for Ontario’s provincial scene. Alongside the release came a hilarious overreaction on the part of…
April 2013
April 29: a new record….
Today, I finished reading the Truthful Times and Transcript before I could finish eating my little bowl of Sugar Flakes. The first page featured a photo of a young woman…
Debate should be about better public care, not defending status quo
Dr. Danielle Martin calls it a “trap.” Opponents of Medicare argue that privatization or two-tier health care is the answer to the problems that face Canada’s health system. The trap…
Sizing up the big red machine: Liberal leadership vote turnout by riding
Reblogged from Global News: OTTAWA – If many hands make light work, Liberals in Atlantic Canada, southern Ontario and parts of Vancouver may have proportionally fewer doors to knock during…
Call It Geezer Chic or Advanced Style, I’m in
Just came across this video and this story in The New York Times. Makes me feel good just to think about it!
You Make the Whole World Go Around
I have to say this. Because it’s weighing on my mind a lot (pun intended). Being fat is not funny. I don’t want to be called “Ruebenesque” (even if it’s…
A cat from ASketch
ASketch is a funny app. I mean a bit odd actually. I really am not too fond of the twisty tool controls. Sometimes things can be stripped too bare to…
Carbon Polluters Have Pushed True Cost of Their Pollution Onto The Rest Of Us For Too Long
* Posted on March 12, 2013 on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s Facebook page: We pay for carbon pollution in far too many ways. Today, Rep. Henry Waxman, Rep. Blumenauer, Senator Schatz,…
The Best Part of Waking Up Is … VOLTREX HAS YOUR TOAST
All the cybernetic units in the Voltrag Collective understood that breakfast was the most important meal of the day for humans, especially for their developing offspring. Without breakfast, human spawn…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Lynn Stuart Parramore discusses the epidemic of wage theft by U.S. employers: Americans like to think that a fair day’s work brings a…
kimberly rivera to be sentenced today
We expect Kimberly Rivera to be sentenced today. War resister, prisoner of conscience, peace activist, artist, mother, friend, Kim Rivera is in the hearts of all who know her, all…
What a load of bollocks
From the same outfit that forecast a huge Wildrose majority, and the Quebec Liberals being wiped out. Oh, and Rocco Rossi tipped to win the Toronto mayoralty. The Star’s use…
Bacteria Creates Fuel Compatible with Gasoline Engines
The need for a biofuel that can be used in standard automobiles is needed more everyday as the bloody global thirst for oil only increases. Thankfully researchers have engineered a…
The Rich Get Rich Dept: Academic Gap Widens between Rich and Poor Kids in the US
It’s obvious in some ways, but rich kids do better in school and succeed in all sorts of things more often than poor kids do. We all know that, but…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 29, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 29, 2013: Israeli boy’s Facebook post gets parents arrested for abuse | The Times of Israel…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, April 29, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, April 29, 2013: Israeli boy’s Facebook post gets parents arrested for abuse | The Times of Israel…
Oxford University Press Apologizes to Richard Warman
The link is here, but here is the screen shot: It will be interesting to see who will be next.
Your Daily Nazi: Help Save Canada’s Hate Speech Law!
If you missed reading through one the links in my last post, the Harper Tories are trying to force Bill C-304 (which would repeal the hate-speech provision in the Canadian…