Interesting Rationale.
As BCL has noted, Students Against Israeli Apartheid was stripped of it’s status as an approved club at York University, though the reason seems more due to the disruptions caused…
May 2013
If We’re Going To Do This With Drones, Why Does Anyone Need the F-35?
With the launch yesterday of the X-47B from the deck of the USS George HW Bush, the case for the F-35 just got a lot weaker. The X-47B is a…
10,000 or 20,000 hours?
Malcolm Gladwell introduced the concept of the “10,000-hour rule” in his 2008 book, Outliers. As Wikipedia describes it, “…the key to success in any field is, to a large extent,…
The Price of War
The folks at UpWorthy have published a photo-perspective showing the faces of soldiers taken before, during and after war. Here’s one example. Follow the link above to see the rest.
Twitter Outs the Haters
Check this out. It’s a twitter-based map of racism in the United States. A team of geographers from Humboldt State University has developed a map of the United States which…
Laws for a Country That Holds Itself Above the Law
America has increasingly been turning itself into an outlaw state. It practices indefinite detention without charge or trial. It resorts to torture. It violates foreign sovereignty to kill as it…
Wish I Had Friends to Fork out $90,000 Just Like That
It not be illegal, but it sure is fishy: Mike Duffy had his debts paid off by a friend of Stephen Harper’s to the tune of more than $90,000. This…
More on the Mayor
After I posted about my telephone call with Mayor Rob Ford a few weeks back, I started getting calls from one of the mayor’s aides. He left pleasant messages and…
They Have Re-Elected Their "Liberal" Lapdog – Now They’re Coming For Our Coast
It will probably be sooner rather than later before we find out whether Christy Clark will become British Columbia’s Judas Goat to the Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan pipeline/supertanker fiascos.…
10 Reasons Canada Needs to Rethink the Tar Sands
As a Canadian it blows my mind that we can have the second largest deposits of oil in the world, but our government remains billions in debt and one in…
Gay South Korean film director causes stir in Seoul with wedding announcement
Openly gay South Korean film director Kim Jho Gwang-soo announced he will symbolically marry his partner in a ceremony designed to both celebrate their love and make a statement on…
Rafe: Dix Let Liberals Get Away with Murder
With over two weeks to go in the election, I wrote in thetyee.ca and on this website: “It surprises me that Adrian Dix is playing softball with these issues. This…
Vancouver South Immigration Forum
Paul Hershaw and the team in Vancouver South ran an excellent micro-campaign to put on this Immigration Forum at Langara.
Telus announces plans to takeover Canada’s largest independent cell phone provider
OpenMedia.ca argues the takeover will encourage more mistreatment of Canadian cell phone customers April 16, 2013 – Telus has formally announced plans to takeover Mobilicity, one of Canada’s largest independent…
Why is Duffy Still a Conservative Senator?
Poor Mike Duffy. The former CTV broadcaster known for his jovial presence has had a real hard time managing his profile ever since he joined Harper’s Conservative Senate. The star…
Could You Become a Victim of Car-Hacking?
It’s not carjacking. Nobody with a gun jumping into the driver’s seat and speeding off with your ride. It’s car-hacking. A cyber criminal hacking into a car’s computer systems to…
Students Against Israeli Apartheid Banned At York University
…for being too noisy. Which sounds like a way of getting rid of them while circumventing the free speech issues a more direct approach might entail. Although this comment from…
May 16: Sorry to be late, today. I fell asleep….
…while reading section A of the Times and Transcript. Seriously. I mean, how long can one read a section whose front page, feature photo is of a man cutting the…
TPP’s Secretive 17th Round | Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
Hello! Here’s Arielle with your update: Watch Arielle’s video update to hear this week’s news. This week we discuss the 17th round of the TPP’s secretive negotiations in Lima, Peru. Please…
6001…Need A Loan?
Warren Kinsella has thoughtfully resourced the advert that enticed the esteemed Senator Michael Duffy, Kanata-PEI, to act. Thank goodness for advertising, eh?WFDS