Dean Del Scumbag charged with elections offences
Here. I’m rather pleased, you might say. Never been much of fan. More on Dean del Scumbag here and here. God, incidentally, is a progressive.
September 2013
Hijab Power: The Muslim Fashionista Who’s Gone Viral
Just spent an hour watching videos made by this irreverant young Muslim woman who specializes in make-up and popular culture. Here she is with her husband answering questions about their…
Asian Tiger Prawns Now In Gulf of Mexico
No one knows just how they got there or who is responsible but massive Asian tiger prawns have reached the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and they’re spreading along…
8,300 participate in merger telephone town hall
There were many questions but few detailed answers during the first telephone town hall meeting to discuss the possible merger of The Scarborough Hospital and the Rouge Valley Health System.…
Alberta’s Sales Tax Phobia
Ever since I was a child growing up, Alberta has made a big deal about how we don’t have a sales tax. Back in the day, when resource revenues were…
Open Hand: Low Cost Robotic Hand
A funding campaign on IndieGoGo is focused on making an open-sourced robotic prosthetic hand. This is wonderful because the end product will be shared with everyone and the hand can…
So Who Are They Assigning Down The Hall Anyway?
I’m not exactly keen to join in on the collective online WTFery re: heterosexual manly-man Canadian author and occasional University of Toronto lecturer David Gilmour’s steadfast refusal to allow girl…
Prior consistent statement not admitted for truth of contents
R v DB, 2013 ONCA 578 makes clear that when a prior consistent statement is admitted to refuse an allegation of recent fabrication such admission is not to all proof…
What Won’t We Think of Next?
Devices, like the one pictured above, are catching on in our water-scarce world. It’s a combination, sink-toilet. Waste water from the sink is used for toilet flushing. Makes perfect sense.…
Sask. Party Spin Outstrips Population Growth
Sask. Party spin appears to be growing even faster than the province’s population. Today’s Saskatchewan government news release quotes Premier Wall as saying, “We have the strongest job growth and…
Even Norway Gets the Dutch Disease
We sometimes think of Norway as the country where fossil fuel riches are handled responsibly, not like the Alberta and Canadian governments that just piss it all away. Yes, Norway…
Daily Digital Digest for Thursday September 26, 2013
Here are your daily news links: Wireless War: Industry Canada Website Hits At Big Three’s Claims (Huffington Post) How Canada Can Put Digital Consumers First (Michael Geist) Greater cooperation between…
Iggy Returns
Everywhere you go these days, there’s Michael Ignatieff. I’ve even seen him walking around Yorkville twice within the past month. For those who miss seeing Ignatieff’s face on every third…
Microgrids: Sustainable alternative to investment in “old energy”
The Common Sense Canadian has made much of the Harper government’s promotion, facilitation and subsidization of big oil and the Clark government’s current LNG export fetish. The underlying messaging to…
So Who Are They Assigning Down The Hall Anyway?
I’m not exactly keen to join in on the collective online WTFery re: heterosexual manly-man Canadian author and sessional University of Toronto lecturer David Gilmour’s steadfast refusal to allow girl…
Dorothy Field has returned from another visit with the Unist’olen Clan’s Blockade
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes-Political Blogger Dorothy Field is an artist, writer, poet and world traveler. She has once again attended the Action Camp of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. Dorothy brings us…
Climate science denial reloaded
Break out the Champaign and gas-guzzling SUVs ’cause global warming is officially over! Now we can now burn up all the dirty tarsands oil we want and frack to our…
With Massey tunnel traffic on decline, does new bridge make sense?
Artist’s rendering of proposed bridge (BC Govt) Read this Sept. 25th story from the Georgia Straight on former Vancouver city councillor and SFU transportation expert Gordon Price’s questions for Premier…
Sept. 26" An apology to Rod Allen…
For a long time I have thought and written that Rod Allen is a hugely self-satisfed writer of meager talent as displayed in some of the most trivial columns I…