In League With the Devil. How the NSA is Giving Organized Crime a Cyber-Leg Up
It was all done in the name of national security and who can argue with that? Certainly not organized crime. From The Economist: Many cryptographic systems in use on the…
September 2013
This Graphic Says It All About Keystone XL Web of Deceit
Friends of the Earth-U.S. (FOE) and 350.org have jointly unveiled an easily sharable graphic depicting the web of deceit surrounding the environmental review for the northern half of Transcanada’s Keystone…
Connecting with Rural Voters
When I used to run a heavy equipment leasing company, we did a lot of business in Northern Alberta. There was one small town north of Edmonton that I spent…
PTSD: Transitions Are Weighty
Kate MacEachern and The Long Way Home Post by The Long Way Home. There is a kind of trauma when people leave chapters in their life: graduating, retiring, marriage, childbirth,…
You’re making progress, Francis
After two doctrinaire popes, it’s a pleasure to have one who puts mercy ahead of dogma as Pope Francis did this week. In an interview with La Civilta Cattolica, the…
CBC News: It’s a start! Bell reduces roaming fees to U.S. by half
LET’S KEEP GOING CANADA! You raised your voice and pushed policy makers to create a new wireless rules – and now we’re starting to see some results. Earlier this week,…
Throwing Down the Gauntlet – "Rational" People Will Be Convinced By the Science – IPCC
There are encouraging signs that, this time, climate scientists are coming prepared for a fight against the forces of denialism. You can tell the Fossil Fuelers and the rest of…
Paging Dr. Freud…
Logged on to desktop-Facebook recently. Was greeted by these ads. They were… disturbing. I don’t even want to know what photos they used for the female or gay audience! Perhaps…
Daily Digital Digest for Friday 20 September 2013
Here are your daily news links: Rogers Tries to Distance Itself From Spectrum Battle But It Can’t Run From its Record (Michael Geist) Sprint, T-Mobile join Verizon in snub of…
Russians storm Greenpeace ship with 2 Canadians, tow to port
Greenpeace activists attempt to scale a Russian arctic drilling rig (photo: Greenpeace) The Russian Coast Guard says a Greenpeace ship it stormed, with two Canadian activists among people they are…
Law is Cool is looking for Authors
Law is Cool is offering a chance for students to publish their thoughts and experiences around the law on a nationally recognized blog. Law is Cool is a student centred…
Mexico: Flood devastation continues
In Acapulco the tourist-heaven has turned into a hell. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “In the Pacific resort of Acapulco, roads have become…
Sept. 20: The "know-how" of big business in New Brunswick…
As we can read on p. 32, it does not matter that Professor Lapierre was unqualified in science for the jobs he took on. No. He wasn’t hired for his…
On questions of trust
I’ll give Deputy City Manager Brent Sjoberg credit for at least partially answering one of my long-standing questions about a privatized water treatment plant: namely, who’s going to be left…
Let The Astroturfing Begin
It seems that the astroturfing of Calgary has begun, with the Manning Centre sitting right behind it. Common Sense Calgary has been launched using funds from the Manning Centre. Started…
Review: What We Talk About When We Talk About War
I have some major disagreements with some of this book’s political premises, as well as significant reservations about its framework. But somehow, despite all of that, I think it does…
Scarborough: The first and last VP of Patient Experience
John Wright, The Scarborough Hospital’s (TSH) former CEO once proudly told staff that they were among the first in Canada to have a Vice-President of Patient Experience. While there is…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Armine Yalnizyan points out that Canada has followed the global pattern in which income growth has disproportionately been directed toward the few people…
Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China’s Jiangxi province
Thousands of people are taking part in the 2013 International Camping Festival on Mount Wugongshan in China’s Jiangxi province. The event, which began on September 14, has attracted more than…