August 2013
The moral high ground has never been lower
Multiple articles from different publications have been released today using a variation of the title ‘the moral case for intervention in Syria”. I’m not even going to bother linking any…
Union wage advantage grows by $1.71 per hour
The gap between union and non-union wages in Ontario has grown significantly since the start of the recession in 2008, increasing by $1.71 per hour, Statistics Canada data indicates. The…
Why Does the American South Embrace Climate Change Denialism?
Even as climate change whipsaws the American south, states such as Florida and Texas remain hotbeds of global warming denialism. The outgoing governor of Texas, who is expected to seek…
Open Tech Forever Hardware Cooperative in Colorado
Colorado has a new permaculture and open sourced initiative taking shape and it look promising. The team is adding open source technology from hardware and software to a sustainable agriculture…
In Ontario, as a general proposition, a vendor is, apart from express contract, under no general duty to disclose defects relating to title or to quality
Outaouais Synergest Inc. v. Lang Michener LLP, 2013 ONCA 526: The trial judge found, at paras. 106-107, that the cost recovery clause could be said to be a defect relating…
Fukushima Keeps Staying The Worst
It’s always been /worse/. And it just keeps staying tragically the same. It’s remained a global crisis with hemispheric deadly consequences. Japan could still wind up largely uninhabitable (if it…
Baby Panda: Nap time
SMALL AND SOFT: A giant panda cub named Yuan Zai slept at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday. The female cub was born July 6 to mother Yuan Yuan…
Top three ways OpenMedia’s Lindsey Pinto has helped save the open Internet
OpenMedia supporters know that the incredible Lindsey Pinto has been an integral part of our efforts to safeguard the open and affordable Internet in Canada. read more
Why PRISM Matters
The Guardian has done an excellent and vital job digesting the U.S. National Security Agency PRISM data leaked by Edward Snowden. A good deal of it had come out, in…
2nd recall in 10 months raises concerns at blood agency
The message was sent out at 4:06 pm on a Friday to staff at Canadian Blood Services. Described as a “developing situation,” Chief Operating Officer Ian Mumford told workers that…
Saskatchewan’s Deadly Highway 39 Needs Brad Wall’s Attention NOW!
“Of the 61 total fatal collisions in the last 25 years, 34 were head-on crashes.”Regina Leader-Post Anyone who has driven across Saskatchewan’s portion of the Trans-Canada Highway, knows that it’s…
Too Dumb to Live
Sean, the IT guy, is no more. The 26-year old Australian was at a birthday party at the Mary River Wilderness Retreat when he thought he’d swim across the croc-infested…
Fraser Institute study a distraction from the true cost of raising kids
The Fraser Institute study excludes many of the realities faced by Generation Squeeze from its analysisVANCOUVER, BC, Aug 26, 2013/ Troy Media/ – My hat goes off to all hard-working…
Catching up on the News: Not Hard at All
While we were on holiday we didn’t watch television, listen to the radio and looked at a newspaper only twice. We checked email a couple of times and used the…
A Hungry Black Hole: Mysteries of Nature
Interesting facts about a Black Hole. The black hole at the center of our galaxy has been on a near-starvation diet for almost a million years—but now it’s time for…
Privilege Protects: On Facing Little Nastiness in 15 Years of Lefty Media Production
Over the years, I have cast much written and audio material out into the world. Over that time, I have always been thankful, and even a little surprised, at how…
The fashion show
Now this is called fashion. Beat this U.S and Canada. ORNATE: A model showed off an outfit at the Jember Fashion Carnival in Jember, Indonesia, Sunday. (A. Rochman/Xinhua/Zuma Press)
Morning, Paris, July 26
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The women’s rights movement is not about the right to go topless
Women’s equality is about receiving equal pay for equal work. It’s about ending the pervasive and systemic violence against women. It’s about breaking glass ceilings. Women’s rights are about being…