6295…The Ottawa The Tourists Don’t See
It is ten minutes from the Hill but a thousand miles away. Look for me in my red sombrero. WFDS
July 2013
6294…Tim Hudak’s Job On The Line
If he doesn’t sweep this Thursday, oh boy. Or at least four out of five. For true, for true, for true. WFDS
Erratic weather: Thunder, lightning and heavy rain
We have been having a lot of lightening and rain. It is unusual. Looks like another indication of climate change.
Lack of footnotes costs fish farm activist $75,000
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 On Monday, July 22nd the BC Court of Appeal ordered well-known anti- fish farm activist Don Staniford to pay $75,000 in damages because the mock cigarette…
Eiffel’s Tower
Filed under: art Tagged: Eiffel Tower, fisheye, La Tour Eiffel, olloclip
The Cabana Cases #nlpoli
For those who want to read them, here are two decisions related to Brad Cabana’s recent Muskrat Falls case. The first is the decision on his application to have the…
Pouring rain
I went out for a short time and it was raining like this. It feels like monsoon has arrived in the Maritimes.
Let’s link future electoral reform and Citizens Assembly proposals to the Initiative Process
I can see another role for the initiative process–as a next stop for decisions made about electoral reform or other subjects bruited in a Citizens’ Assembly. Going directly from an…
First Report of Voter Turnout in Ontario By-Elections – Dismal #onpoli
Via Elections Ontario: As of July 29, preliminary figures indicated that the following numbers of electors have cast their ballots for the upcoming provincial by-elections: 6430 electors in the Electoral…
Oil Pipeline Erupts Into Fish Bearing Stream, But No Fish Harmed-Satire
Just another spill
Kalamazoo Spill Anniversary Raises Concerns About Line 9 Pipeline Integrity
Last week marked the third anniversary of the largest inland oil spill in US history. On July 25th, 2010 a 41-year old Enbridge pipeline in Michigan tore open spewing over…
The Murder of Billy Sell
The above image is a self-portrait of Billy “Guero” Sell, hunger striker who died at Corcoran state prison on July 22, 2013. CDCR attempted to cover this up, not even…
The government must not buckle in the face of unprecedented pressure from coddled cell phone giants, says OpenMedia.ca
big3_appeal.png Big Telecom is using legal action against the government and an expensive PR campaign to prevent startup Canadian wireless providers from operating on a level playing field July 30,…
Page Proofs Have Arrived….
Oberon Press just sent me the page proofs for my new short story collection: Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Geography. So correcting them is the task for today. Yay!
GopherNado
Thanks to the Hamilton Tigercats for this amazing SharkNado spoof of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ mascot Gainer the Gopher. – Hat tip to John Gormley
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Frank Graves comments on the fundamental political choices we’re facing in determining whether to continue operating based on corporatist orthodoxy – and…
Rob Ford Furious
He is very angry. Someone called him fat and he lost it.:) Warning: He uses very strong language.;)
On generations, reefer madness and focusing on the economy
A week later and my news clippings are still filled with news about Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s sensible talk about marijuana legalization – and they say it’s hard for an…