From Dream To Obsession To Delusion
Having nixed the Northern Gateway Pipeline with their over the top rhetoric — and with the future of the Keystone Pipeline in doubt — you would think that the Harper…
August 2013
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, August 14, 2013: When the next Ernest Hemingway dies, who will own his Facebook account? – Quartz…
Paywalls will not be the print media’s Holy Grail
You may have noticed yesterday if you visited the Toronto Star that they have implemented their new paywall system. As with the Globe and Mail and others, you’re allowed a…
Five Myths of Terrorism
From Michael Shermer, monthly columnist for Scientific American, a respected science magazine founded in 1845. Link to Dr. Shermer’s complete article, Five Myths of Terrorism. It is worth reading, particularly…
Summer Reading List
A compendium of 100 biases in the way we all think, described in easy-to-understand language, The Art of Thinking Clearly should be required reading in the provincial government these days.…
The Census and the Dark Harperland Summer
I've never seen a summer like this one. So grey, so cold, so ominous. And as it turns out so Harperland eh?For more proof today that if Great Ugly Leader…
Canadian Lemmings
From the New Yorker, August 5th ed.
Giant Corp Nestle’s Get A Free Ride From The BC Liberals
Richard ‘Hub’ HughesPolitical Blogger Christy Clark’s BC Liberals are great managers of our multi billion dollar indebted province. Why life is so easy in BC that we allow private multi…
Ottawa entitlement syndrome
Was there ever a truer phrase spoken in Ottawa than when David Dingwall told parliament that he was “entitled to his entitlements”? Its all of Ottawa in a nutshell —…
Autism Breakthrough? Autism Speaks Recognizes Autism Heterogeneity!
Rethinking Autism Variation and Complexity by Lynn Waterhouse is a recent work which provides a thorough, expert and extremely well researched picture of the variation and complexity of autism spectrum…
Don’t let Canada become a NAFTA Pollution Haven
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 In 1994 Canadians were worried that NAFTA could see our country become a “pollution haven”, and to address those concerns Canada signed on to the NAFTA…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats meeting friends.
Christo – Big Air Package
Big Air Package, an indoor installation for the Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, was conceived in 2010 and is on view from March 16 to December 30, 2013. 90 meters high, with…
Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites
A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington found elevated levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in groundwater near natural gas fracking sites in Texas’…
About the Board of Internal Economy
I worked for several years in the Senate. I was a Chief of Staff and then went to work for the Leader, so I know my way around the place.…
Big Telecom employees speak out after being strong-armed into failing lobbying campaign
Canada’s Big Three telecom giants are sounding increasingly desperate as their expensive ad campaign fails to connect with Canadians – and now it looks like they’re taking that desperation out…
Accountability for thee, not for we
Marjory Lebreton makes clear that as far as she’s concerned, accountability begins where partisan Con affiliation ends: Senator Wallin is no longer a member of the Caucus and must be…
6320…RG3 On Being Gay In The NFL
He’s all for it. For those of you too hip to follow professional sports RG3 is Robert Griffin III. The hottest star in the hottest sports league in the world.…
With 34,000 jobs destroyed, Ontario focuses on Jobs and Growth
With the release of the 2013-14 first quarter finances report, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa has announced the start of his own consultations on the economy. The focus (allegedly) is…