Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Your news links for today: This is big: Three events you cannot miss at MDD 2013 (The Media Democracy Project) Some thoughts on Chitrakar v. Bell TV and damage awards…
November 2013
Today’s required readings on revolution
Following his manifesto for a revolution, Russell Brand received ample praise and criticism, which he explores in a piece in yesterday’s Guardian. I think he makes a lot of good…
The Next American Revolution Could Be As Disastrous As It Seems Inevitable
Most of us have a hard time imagining a second American revolution. Yet some thinkers, like Chris Hedges, see mass revolt as not merely a possibility but an eventuality. As…
Rob Ford is an "international celeberity" now
He made a major headline on NBC Evening News for his crack-cocaine smoking and his admission for doing so. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
That Was A Tactical Error
Last night, Canada’s Senate voted to suspend three of its members. Senators were allowed to vote separately with these results: On the motion to suspend Brazeau without pay, 50 yeas,…
Toronto needs a mayor: …and John Tory isn’t it (updated)
In this fairly extraordinary clip, John seems to be counselling Rob Ford – his theoretical “client” – to not promise to clean up his act. “Don’t ever say those words.”…
Three Reasons Why Ford Should Stay
Everyone’s clamouring for Ford to resign: he lied, he smoked crack, he was wasted on the job, the city needs a competent administration. Balls, I say. I’ve seen competent administrations…
The Diminished Mental Capacity Associated With Serious Drug And Alcohol Abuse Should Require Him To Step Down As Mayor …
The decision by a prominent Canadian mayor to stay on the job in spite of an admission of cocaine use and “alcohol stupors”, is likely a good demonstration of his…
Why not buy out the coal industry?
Burton Richter a Nobel Laureate in physics has an interesting idea to stop the use of coal There is no excuse for the continued use of coal to generate electricity…
The Fretful Porpentine
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. That phrase just makes the modern reader stop and wonder. What, you ask yourself, is a porpentine? And why is it fretful? We never…
When Leaders Are Failures …
Why are we so heavily plagued with scummy leaders?
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday November 6, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for November 6, 2013: Court free to release wiretaps from Project Traveller probe, judge says – The Globe and…
A failed petrostate? Look closer #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Andrew Leach at macleans.ca took issue on Monday with the idea Canada’s economy is overly dependent on oil production. Leach notes that both the oil industry and oil industry critics…
Urban Dwellers are the Real Cause of Sprawl
Sustainable prosperity has a new report on the cost of urban sprawl. The article can be found here, the the report here and the site here. Having written previously on…
Is Chief Blair Mayor Ford’s doppelganger?
That spectre that comes for you as your life flashes before you in death is your doppelganger. It seems totally fitting that the wraith Toronto Mayor Rob Ford should see…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Tim Harper discusses Stephen Harper’s current list of distractions – with Rob Ford and his Senate appointees naturally topping the list. But sadly,…
False Populists
Stephen Harper posed as a populist last weekend, claiming that he and Laureen didn’t go to Ottawa to join an elite. That line, Lawrence Martin writes, doesn’t ring true: The…
A Soap Company That Fights For a Better America
Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps are known for their cleaning power, but are increasingly getting known for their political power. The CEO of the company is a good example of a…
Fracking Victim Steve Lipsky’s Flaming Water is No Joke
Weatherford, Texas, homeowner Steve Lipsky has nothing to hide. He is not trying to take down Range Resources, a large oil and gas company with a reputation for bullying its…