Defending WikiLeaks and Whistleblowers
1:08:38 SFU History grad, Sean Tucker of Business Administration, “I don’t know if we need a Whistleblower policy on campus or something”. An academic has their priorities askew if they…
November 2013
Site C Dam hearings designed to discourage public participation, critics say
Opponents of Site C Dam paddle the Peace River (Damien Gillis) Read this Nov. 21 story from The Vancouver Sun on criticism of the public hearings for the proposed Site…
Senate expenses scandal: Good summary by Josh Wingrove of Globe&Mail
Josh Wingrove Kudos to Josh Wingrove for succinctly summarizing the issues and course of events as shown in the RCMP document. And here is the passage – my underlining of…
The day I discovered the Harper Government spying on me
by Emma Gilchrist – cross-post from Desmog Canada Nov. 19th, 2013. A Tuesday. The day started out sunny, but hail fell out of the sky in the afternoon. It was…
Has Anybody Seen Nigel’s Cheque?
Just asking. Mike Duffy says he never saw a cheque from Nigel Wright. He’s got a copy of the cheque his lawyer got from the Conservative Party but nothing, he…
State Terrorism and the House of Saud
Are the Saudi royals hatching a terrorist enterprise? The Saudis have been playing hardball in the Middle East/Persian Gulf region. A few months ago, prince Bandar bin Sultan tried to…
Stephen Harper, Duffygate and the Cadman Affair: grounds for criminal charges?
According to the Canadian Press, “The prime minister’s chief of staff went to Stephen Harper for approval of a secret plan that would have seen the Conservative party repay Mike…
What’s Missing?
I’ve checked online papers from Britain, the U.S., Australia, Germany, even Japan and there’s nothing to be found anywhere today about Rob Ford. Is it finally over?
The Neighbours Are Beginning to Ask Questions
The United States, Mexico and Canada have an organization called the Central Environmental Commission or CEC. The CEC is calling for an investigation of the Canadian government’s refusal to protect…
Portrait of Stephen Harper
Filed under: cartoon Tagged: CPC, Duffy, Stephen Harper, Wright
Is Your Television Spying on You?
If you own a smart TV by LG, your set may be telling the manufacturer a lot about your viewing habits. The company logs what you watch and when. If…
Tory Candidate In Provencher Talks Anti-Gay Bullying: Maybe They’re Faking It
Steinbach Regional Secondary School student Evan Wiens attracted national attention as he stepped forward, identifying himself as a gay student, and advocating for gay-straight alliances. In a television interview, as…
If Henry II Was Guilty, So Too is Stephen Harper.
Anyone can have a rogue employee and sometimes there isn’t much that can be done about it before damage is caused. The employer can honestly claim not to have known…
Era of sense of entitlement reaches U of C
CEOs loading up on compensation and perks, even if their companies are floundering, has become a commonplace of our era. This sense of entitlement has similarly been observed among various…
Sometimes I Amaze Myself With My Prophetic Political Posts ….
Here’s the post I published on May 20, 2013 where I outlined the problem Stephen Harper created for himself with inappropriate Senate appointments: “When Stephen Harper decided to add Pamela…
Rob Ford made headline in Kuwait newspaper
Kuwaitis are having fun about Rob Ford comparing himself with Kuwait being attacked by Saddam Hussein. Read the story here.
Yay! I’ve done my CPD professionalism hours!
Most of you don’t know what the Hell I’m talking about, but quite a few of the Law Society’s 44,000 members do.
Studying Positive Emotions
How do we study emotion and how do we even think about positive emotions? Why do we even have positive emotions? These questions and more are being investigated by June…
Nov. 21: Not brilliant, but…..
not as bad as usual. Anything that can be called news is pretty feeble. The headline, for example, concerns the use of the word “holidays” rather than “Christmas” for this…