Nov. 8: A huge blunder, even by the standards of the Irving press…
Saudi Arabia has announced it has nuclear weapons to be delivered from Pakistan, and intends to use them soon on Iran. Some observers are doubtful – but not many. And…
November 2013
Scarborough-Durham: A journey to protect health care
Tomorrow the Ontario Health Coalition is inviting Scarborough and Ajax residents to go on a journey to protect their health care. Much attention has been paid to the proposed merger…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, November 8, 2013
Your news links for today: Police need judge’s specific permission to search computers, Supreme Court rules (Globe and Mail) The Canadian Wireless Rip Off (Ben Klass) Considering C-8: My Appearance…
California Exceeding Renewable Energy Targets
Big business of the high tech variety is giving the boost California needs to beat its target of 33% renewable energy by 2020. Projects by Microsoft Corp. and other companies…
Dear CBE: Trustees Are Accountable To The Public
On CBC this morning, I heard that the Calgary Board of Education had demanded that the new board of trustees sign what amounts to a “gag order” preventing them from…
Philippines Hammered by Super Typhoon
Two numbers tell the story – winds of 196 mph gusting to 235 mph. That makes Typhoon Haiya, now hitting the Philippines, a full, category 5 hurricane. “If it maintains…
I Was Never Really Afraid of China Until I Read This
Chas Freeman, who served as Richard Nixon’s interpreter in his breakthrough 1972 visit to China, says the real danger from China is that it might just decide to become another…
Friday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Obviously the final two games of the 2013 regular season didn’t go the Saskatchewwn Roughriders’ way. But they did seem to offer a clear indication what the ‘Riders will need…
With Family Like That, Who Needs Enemies?
Just what a substance abuser needs, a family in denial. Her son’s substance-fueled buffoonery may have made him a laughing stock literally around the world but Rob Ford’s mom has…
The Bad and the Ugly. . .
Let’s face it, Rob Ford is a bad guy. And the level of support that he receives from a certain bloc of rightwing voters is a clear sign that many…
China May Crank Up CO2 Emissions to Battle Smog
A NASA satellite image shows northeastern China and the city of Harbin literally smothered in smog. The past two weeks have been record setting for the region. To combat the…
Gower Youth Band 40th Anniversary
A video by John Bonnell: -srbp-
Another Index of Climate Change: No Snow by Nov. 8
In the 45 years I’ve lived in Montreal, there has always been snow before Nov. 8 and the leaves have been swept from the trees. Not so this year, which…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, November 8, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 8, 2013: Rob Ford is out of control and a real danger to himself Tasers: Toronto…
Provinces, Senate, Montreal, and other randomness.
MONTREAL Earl Andrew, of the Canadian Election Atlas, has a great post on Montreal. I recommend checking it out. His adding of all the various popular votes is what I…
Toronto needs a mayor: it isn’t really about Rob Ford anymore
The amount of coverage is immense, and it isn’t showing any sign of abating. I don’t have to link to anything – it’s everywhere, wherever you are in the world.…
China Reaches North and South
China is determined to become a polar player – in the Arctic and in Antarctica. Beijing is now sending its massive icebreaker, Snow Dragon, on a 155-day expedition to Antarctica,…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – John Ivison makes the case for more discussion of government spending rather than corruption and scandal. But it’s PressProgress leading the way in…
When You Blunder Into a Civil War, You Had Better Pick a Side.
America’s half-century plus intervention in the Muslim world seems to be unraveling. They’ve made a mess of things in Iran, in Iraq, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in Syria and Libya,…
A Rogue State?
Noam Chomsky writes that the United States has become a one party nation and a rogue state: The U.S. is still a one-party state, the business party. But it only…