Zoologist Matt Ridley Should Stick to Animals Instead of Butchering Climate Science
Since when is zoologist Matt Ridley an expert on climate change science? Yes, I get it. The state of science versus opinion is at an all-time low in human history,…
September 2013
Two Tweets and a Lie! Greenpeace Responds to Heartland Institute
From left: Heartland Institute president Joseph Bast, lawyer James Taylor and contracted pseudo-scientist Craig Idso. Crossposted from PolluterWatch.org As we’ve told the Heartland Institute directly through Twitter, their response to…
The Return of the McMansion
Back in the late 80s I fled my old Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood in Vancouver’s west side. It had been a community of small but really neat little bungalows with single…
Just cause a factual issue
Dziecielski v. Lighting Dimensions Inc., 2013 ONCA 565: The determination of just cause is essentially factual. Here the trial judge found that the employee’s conduct in these circumstances, amounted to…
Church on the brink
Taken in the Swiss Alps – a small church clinging to the edge of the chasm. Believers to the left, unrepentant sinners to the right …
Slates In Calgary Municipal Elections
While Calgary’s municipal elections are ostensibly “non-partisan”, in so far as we don’t have the various political parties directly involved, it is naive to think that we don’t have slates…
Tony Abbott’s Ongoing Woman Problem
That’s “woman”, singular. As in the only woman – the one and only – appointed by Tony Abbott to his 19-person (oh, to hell with it, 19-man) cabinet. When you…
TekSavvy turns to WIND Mobile to fix technical issues and blockages
Last week, we told you about how many customers of indie ISP TekSavvy have been offline for days – a challenge they are facing as a result of having to…
Atheist Freethinkers: Stop embarrassing yourselves
David Rand’s Quebec-based “Atheist Freethinkers” is positioning itself as an embarrassment to the Canadian freethought movement. Rand stands nearly alone in the debate in English Canada by supporting Quebec’s proposed…
Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Here are your daily news links for Tuesday, September 17, 2013: WIND and Eastlink to participate in the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction (Mobile Syrup) TekSavvy turns to WIND Mobile…
The Cosmic Origins of Life
Here’s one to confound the creationist crowd: life may have begun as a result of organic molecules resulting from impacts by comets or meteorites. No supernatural foundation, no invisible hand…
Boris Slams Wind Farm "Disease"
London mayor and presumptive future Tory leader, Boris Johnson, loves nukes and fracked gas but decidedly does not love wind power. The senior Tory said turning to a new generation…
Nothing to See Here. Just Another Crazy Guy With an Arsenal of Guns
He heard voices in his head. He was receiving treatment through the Veterans Administration for mental problems. Police officials were aware of him through two shooting incidents. Hmm – we’ve…
Kate, Robin and Stewart’s Challenge To Us All About PTSD
I will be doing regular updates on two events to increase awareness about PTSD, particularly as the Canadian Forces spends too little on treatment of its members and PTSD. Regardless…
Brace Yourself. The Next Bout of Denialism Is Already Showing Up
A neat refresher piece on the Five Stages of Denialism is available from The Guardian. They’re all being dragged out again – all of them – in advance of the…
The CVRD Celebrates An Anniversary of Manifest Incompetence
Richard Hughes Political Blogger One year ago yesterday Jim Standen Deputy Minister of Environment spelled out what had to be done to shore up and secure a safe watershed for…
Nancy Pelosi and Bashar Al-Assad Entente (video)
Originally I did this post in June, 2010. How circumstances change! In Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a friend of the U.S. in the 1980s and then he was hanged later…
Guns Don’t Kill People – Video Games Do: Pretzel Logic From Fox
I’m sure this makes sense to many Americans: Recommend this Post
Will Britain Succumb?
At first it was seen mainly as a North American contagion. Then it took hold in Australia and now it has spread to Britain. The Anglo-Saxon tradition of enlightenment has…
Sept. 16: "Alward confident in last year of mandate"
Who could possibly bloody care? This isn’t news. This isn’t news of any sort And It’s miles from being a headline story. Apparently, Alward said this to the editorial board…