A thing of beauty
Watch this expert driver back a 50′ trailer into a space that I might have trouble backing into with my car:
November 2013
The Hidden Strength Of Red Toryism, Part One
It’s common these days to hear the claim that Red Toryism is dead in Canadian politics. Many observers believe that the demise of the older version of Canadian conservatism, popularized…
Ethical Oil’s Troubled Relaunch Runs Afoul Of Fatboy Slim
Slowly, slowly, after many months of inactivity, tar-sands promoting lobbying thingy EthicalOil.org has been trying to reboot. Amanda Achtman has become their media contact, and they’ve attempted a few (guest)…
MSNBC "Leans Forward" Into Running "Native Ads" Promoting Fracking
Three years into its “Lean Forward” re-branding campaign, MSNBC has given new meaning to the catchphrase, leaning forward into running branded content promoting hydraulic fracturing (“fracking). Looking to beef up…
Nov. 4: Cheap and sloppy Monday…
There really is a pattern to the Irving press. Monday is always something thrown together in a few minutes with almost no news about anything, anywhere, and no news ever…
Stories of Love and Geography: One about Linnaeus
Another one of the photos behind Desire Lines: Stories of Love and Desire. This is Sara Elisabeth Morea at the time that she married Carl Linnaeus. Not such a pretty…
Lockheed’s New Baby
Although it’s been gone for 15-years, there still has never been anything like it. The SR-71 Blackbird was unbeatable for speed, altitude, range – just about everything. If you were…
Protestors stage mock fracking on premier’s lawn
photo courtesy of Maryam Adrangi’s facebook page VANCOUVER – Opponents of the British Columbia government’s liquefied natural gas plans set up a three-metre mock fracking rig on the premier’s front…
If we had ranked ballot, Reform party wouldn’t rule the country
Ranked ballot voting is a modest kind of electoral reform that accomplishes a lot. It changes the ballot letting voters rank candidates by number instead of marking one with an…
How science is telling us all to revolt
In December 2012, a pink-haired complex systems researcher named Brad Werner made his way through the throng of 24,000 earth and space scientists at the Fall Meeting of the American…
Rather Appropriate, Don’t You Think?
H/t The Chronicle Herald Recommend this Post
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, November 4, 2013
Your news links for today: Bell data collection part of ‘disturbing trend’ (CBC) Bell TV ‘reprehensible’ in violating Nova Scotia man’s privacy, judge says (The Star) Federal Court chastises Bell…
Does everyone really hate environmentalists and feminists, and if so, what can we do about it?
There are various articles I’ve been wishing to write commentary about, but never had time to. One of these is an article at Salon.com about a study on people’s attitudes…
On false promises
Last week, I linked to this story on the cost of prescription drugs under CETA. But let’s follow up on another aspect of the giveaway to big pharma which might…
Being Cyber-Stalked is Damned Annoying
Cyber-stalking is becoming an inescapable part of life for pretty much anybody who uses an electronic device these days from a smart phone to a computer surfing the internet. Case…
Edmonton’s Medical Laboratory Proposal: A Private Insanity
I wrote the following post as an op-ed in the Edmonton Journal, October30, 2013. I hope it plays a part in halting the privatization of Edmonton’s medical laboratories. The Alberta…
What Bread Would Chaucer Have Eaten?
I was mulling over the growth of the whole ‘artisan bread’ movement as I made another batch of dough last week to cold ferment in the fridge. As I lay…
The Horrifying Oneness of Stephen Harper and Rob Ford
They may appear like an odd couple. The monstrous Machiavellian and the monstrous buffoon. But they both spent the weekend doing the same thing. Stephen Harper trying to reframe the…
Stephen Harper and the Sinister Con Cult
I have never had any doubts about the real nature of Stephen Harper's Con regime. Not with a leader so crazed and evil, and followers so fanatical.But it's still good…