Connectivism and the Primal Scream
Keith Brennan writes a well-thought-out and evenly expressed criticism of connectivism as it is applied in connectivist MOOCs. It’s worth taking the time to read it in full before proceeding…
July 2013
Update on McCorkell Case Reveals Links to Malcolm Ross
Neo-Nazis barred from inheriting N.B. man's valuable coins Sister gets injunction temporarily stopping $250K estate going to National Alliance By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon, CBC News Posted: Jul 23, 2013 6:04 AM…
The ‘irony’ of Edward Snowden seeking asylum in Latin America
Experts on Latin America issue open letter to the media, highlighting the ‘irony’ of Edward Snowden’s request for asylum in Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The post The ‘irony’ of Edward…
Water, Water Everywhere
Something to think about from the folks at Operation Maple: Recommend this Post
Canadian government enemy lists: Voices-Voix open letter to PM Harper
In this open letter, Voices-Voix, a coalition of more than 200 civil society organizations across Canada, tells Harper that his government’s “enemy lists” violate freedoms guaranteed under the Charter of…
PotashCorp Reports Inadequate Royalties
PotashCorp reported today that it paid $81 million of “provincial mining and other taxes” on $975 million of potash sales in the second quarter of 2013. In other words, Saskatchewan’s…
6277…George Bush I Is A Mensch
The 89 year old ex POTUS shaved his head in support of a young friend with the big C. Mensch. WFDS
The need for a global no-growth agreement
Trade agreements are all the rage among nations these days. And that might not be a bad thing if they were principally about trade rather than about empowering corporations at…
6276…Rob Ford Makes Mad Magazine
The September issue of Mad has this. 5 Signs Your Mayor is Smoking Crack… 1. Inauguration cancelled due to “invisible spiders.”2. Office supplies from city hall keep turning up on…
Balancing media access and informant privilege
XY v. United States, 2013 ONCA 497 holds: Since the privilege applies, the court’s role is to “accommodate the open court principle to as great an extent possible without risking…
Police-reported crime at its lowest since 1972.
It must be all those ‘unreported crimes‘ that are keeping the Conservatives awake at night.
Don’t underestimate Jennifer Hollett in Toronto-Center
You may recognize/remember Jennifer Hollett from her MuchMusic VJ days. She has done more then that since then, including a stint as a contributor at CBC Newsworld (Connect with Mark…
Don’t Miss the Lady in Black: The Burka Avenger!
Are you reading for a flying, pen-throwing, book pounding female defender of education in Pakistan? It seems the world must be because a new series to be broadcast in Pakistan…
Harper gives surfing a try
He has a busy summer.:)
Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas against closing Gitmo
When will Americans close Gitmo? To start with, there are a lot of detainees who have not been charged with anything and the Gitmo detention centre gives a tool to…
Why Not Make Your Own Enemies List?
It began in Stephen Harper’s boy band PMO. The call went out for Tory nobs to compile enemies lists to help ministerial newbies distinguish between their real enemies from all…
More Prisons, More Prisons, Must Build More Prisons
Stephen Harper’s faith-based crime wave took another hammering from the latest report showing that crime rates in Canada continue on their steady decline, reaching the lowest levels since the early…
July 25: Another drab day for the Tand T…
In section A, the only interesting thing is a line at the top – above the paper’s name. “”Up-to -the- minute breaking news every time.” But once you’ve read that…