John Abraham Slams Matt Ridley for Climate Denial Op-Ed in Wall Street Journal
This is a guest post by Dr. John Abraham, in response to a Wall Street Journal op-ed by British House of Lords member Matt Ridley. How many climate errors in…
September 2013
"Willing to bring it … hard", "stoke[ing]…frustration and anger" – What the expect from NDP campaigns in the upcoming by-elections
That’s what Pundits’ Guide and David Akin wrote about new Mulcair candidate Linda McQuaig’s approach to politics in their (both very good) summaries of the Toronto Centre nominations. I was…
On Tuesday’s Sun: a good week for federalism
Politicians don’t get credit for very much most days. So, credit where credit’s due: Federal leaders have acquitted themselves well in the days since the Parti Quebecois unleashed its bigoted…
First Nation says CNRL up to 6 leaks in Cold Lake, Alberta
One of 6 leaks believed to be coming from CNRL’s Cold Lake operation (Chester Dawson/WSJ) COLD LAKE , Alta. – A First Nation says it is concerned about two other…
The Power Of Faith
It has been said that faith can move mountains. According to televangelist Cindy Jacobs, it can also grow cheekbones and eliminate ‘grapefruit-sized tumours’: Recommend this Post
tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney’s spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records “involved no additional costs to the taxpayers.”…
tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney's spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records "involved no additional costs to the taxpayers."…
tax·pay·er [taks-pey-er] noun 1. a person who pays a tax or is subject to taxation.
UPDATE: Turns out that Minister Blaney’s spokesthingy wanted Canadians to know that spending an extra $1 million to destroy long gun registry records “involved no additional costs to the taxpayers.”…
Move over Islam. The next line of attack on the right: Buddhism
Now that it’s being reported that mass murderer Alexis was heavy into Buddhism, how long before Fox News and the right wing blame that benign religion on this “terrorist attack?”
From My Quotes Cupboard: Evangelicals and the Deity
It also makes remarkably few demands on believers. On the contrary, they get to make demands on God, so that prayer … often consists of an extended series of requests…
Our ‘Scaredy Cat’ Prime Minister Won’t Convene The House Of Commons But New Democrats Are Going To Ask Question Regardless …
Stephen Harper is afraid of democratic process. He won’t recall the House of Commons. Never the less, Canada’s Official Oppostion New Democrats are going to hold a ‘Virtual’ Question Period…
Mission accomplished (ii)
Hamilton neighbourhoods vanishing from new ‘census’ The death of the long-form census has left Hamilton full of “black holes” of neighbourhood data, leaving out many of its poorest areas. According…
You’ve Probably Never Seen Anything Like This Before – Insects with Actual Gears, That’s Right, Gears
From Scientific American
Rethinking the Industrial Revolution
Five Centuries of Transition from Agrarian to Industrial Capitalism in England Michael Andrew Žmolek, University of Iowa In Rethinking the Industrial Revolution: Five Centuries of Transition from Agrarian to Industrial…
snowden, greenwald, miranda, and the creeping police state: one month later, we should still be disturbed
One month ago, something happened that should trouble us gravely. Something happened that people who believe in democracy and free speech and an independent media and civil liberties and human…
Frackademia: The People & Money Behind the EDF Methane Emissions Study
The long-awaited Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)-sponsored hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) fugitive methane emissions study is finally out. Unfortunately, it’s another case of “frackademia” or industry-funded ‘science’ dressed up to look like…
Short Takes: Hillier’s remarkable labour conversion, the battle of the inequality authors and more
It is somewhat astonishing to see PC Randy Hillier vote against a Tory private member’s bill that would free construction giant EllisDon from a 55-year-old obligation to hire only unionized…
Justifying Poor Remuneration
Ever the big business apologist, The Globe and Mail, as reported by Operation Maple, had an article the other day by one of their newer hires, Leah Eichler, who essentially…
Oh to be A Virginia Republican
If you’re a die hard Republican in the state of Virginia, going into the voting booth in the state elections will be a lot like a Fellini movie. You’ve got…