Kingston forecast for Monday: 18, sunny and loud
On Monday we will be in Kingston for the third time this year to talk about issues at Providence Care – Mental Health. Last February we stood with staff and…
September 2013
Harper’s Climate Concession: Canada Increasingly Desperate to Secure Keystone XL Approval
Prime Minster Stephen Harper’s hopes for the approval and construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which will transport Alberta tar sands crude across the US to refineries and export facilities…
Tony Blair Never Met a Muslim Country He Didn’t Fancy Bombing
There’s something about a snort of Yank bum that Tony Blair finds irresistible. It was that addictive scent, after all, that made Blair a war criminal for illegally invading Iraq.…
CBC News: Canadians may soon see a fourth competitor in the wireless market
According to Industry Minister James Moore, Canadians may be surprised at the entrants who emerge in the fall auction of spectrum in Canada’s wireless market. Over 60,000 Canadians have demanded…
From Ontario to Oaxaca: How to kick a mining company out of your community
John Cutfeet travelled more than 4,000 kilometres — from one end of North America to the other — to attend the “Yes to life, no to mining!” event in the…
Private Hospitals in Specialty Clinic Clothing
The provincial government’s mid-summer announcement that regulations under the Independent Health Facilities (IHF) Act will be drafted to permit “specialty clinics” raises some serious concerns. Changes in the LHINS enabling…
Useful political lessons from Down Under
Say what you want about Kevin Rudd (and he’s not exceptionally progressive, from what I hear), but this is: 1. A great way to explain support for equal rights in…
Harper Drops His Drawers to Save Keystone
Steve Harper is so desperate to win Obama’s support for the Keystone XL bitumen pipeline that he’s willing to accept America’s demands for greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the oil…
Al Qaeda linked rebels in Syria: Putin accuses Kerry of lying: Syrian rebel atrocities – NYT video footage
Islamist fighters in Syria: Beneath – al-Nusra Front fighters execute Syrian soldiers Given the military excesses the Assad regime has directed against its own people, genuine representatives of the Syrian…
When It Comes to Choppers, Once Again the Harper Government Can’t Tell Its Arse From Its Elbow
Back in the Mulroney days, then defence minister Kim Campbell opted to buy EH-101 super choppers to replace the Canadian navy’s fleet of aging Sea King helos. Since then we’ve…
gRSShopper Setup (2)
Making Optlists Preparing for the MOOC-REL course I filled in a full set of optlists. An ‘optlist’ is the information required to create a dropdown list. These lists create predefine…
Chemical Weapons in Syria? Merely a Pretext [Iran, Shhh.]
” It’s the Economy, Stupid.” If you think you know why Syria is happening , you’re probably missing a number of the elements at play. Don’t expect western governments or…
For some reason, I’ve got the theme music for “Titanic” running through my head right now
Dunno why, I just do.
How Do We Live in a Post-Prism World?
How do you like having a foreign government’s computer following you around? How do you like having your e-mails screened? How do you like having your browsing history traced and…
Dinner for leaders attending G-20 in St. Petersburg, Russia
Syrian war and killings, violence in Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and on and on. In the meantime dinner for leaders in St. Petersburg, Russia. Nice setting, eh! Wars are for the…
Passwords Holding the Web Together
I noticed another person with a CIBC 2-factor authentication fob on their key chain last week. It displays a seemingly random number that actually only a special server knows, so…
Of King Henry and King Stephen.
Sometimes what you don’t find can be more important than what you do find. The absence of something you should expect to find can itself be a statement. Sometimes it…