The SRBP Top 13 for 2013 #nlpoli
For your reading pleasure as we head into the last weekend of 2013 is the list of the top 13 stories at SRBP, as determined by what the readers turned…
December 2013
Stephen Harper and the Mauling of the Military
He did so love to play soldier. For years he posed as a Great Warrior Leader. He ordered our troops into the most dangerous part of Afghanistan without the proper…
The illusion of cheap
Saw two interesting articles recently I thought I would share. U.S. sticks it to transit users while gifting drivers a tax cut In 2009, the government decided to grant an…
Coincidence
“Global warming, huh? By pure coincidence every scientist was right” Homer Simpson
The new normal
This probably isn’t going to be a popular post at this moment, but I think it’s a necessary one. It’s not going to be very long and I only have…
DNA presence or absence and transference not mere "common sense"
R v Pruden, 2013 CanLII 83110: The nature of the DNA evidence in this case was not straightforward and I agree that expert evidence was required to explain the significance…
The man accused of killing a TSA agent in LA last month has his trial scheduled for February 2014
Three or four months for a high profile first degree murder case. Hmmn. In Canada we'd be looking at two years minimum. Maybe closer to three to four years ,,,
Boxing Day Shopping
It’s never enough, is it? Recommend this Post
before the onion, before the yes men, there was the post new york post
One day, as I was getting off the subway on my way from Brooklyn to my workplace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, people were handing out these tabloids.…
Blade Runner – The Aquarelle Edition
Some people have too much time on their hands… this is a good thing.
Can Heroes Ever Be Traitors?
Are Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden heroes or traitors? Retired U.S. Army commander turned academic, Andrew J. Bacevich, doesn’t know the answer but has some fascinating insights into how it…
Ending Homelessness: Easy If You Simply Care
If we are a caring society. If we acknowledge that there are a myriad of reasons why a community’s homeless population is homeless. If we thought we should invest our…
Lac-Megantic voted top Canadian news story of 2013
MONTREAL – Editors and news directors across the country have selected the Lac-Megantic train derailment as Canada’s News Story of the Year, garnering 30.6% of the vote – ahead of…
EPA watchdog finds water concerns over Texas fracking justified
Steve Lipsky’s water issues are at the centre of a regulatory controversy involving fracking in Texas Read this Dec. 24 story from Ecowatch.com and Earthworks on the findings of the…
Forum Ontario Poll – 38% PC to 31% Lib, Wynne Minority?
Forum Research really needs to stop doing seat projections. Their most recent Ontario “horserace” poll gives us a seven-point Ontario PC lead over the incumbent Liberals, yet their “seat projections”…
Alberta politics 2013: Big City Mayors
TweetA generational shift in Edmonton Framed as a lacklustre and uneventful campaign, local media and many mainstream pundits missed one of the most important stories of this year’s mayoral election…
Seriously, I Want You to Read This Book. Yeah, All of You.
I’d like to recommend a book that I think we should all read in the coming year, “Beyond Growth” by former World Bank chief economist, Herman E. Daly. Beyond Growth…
Our shame: Canada supported apartheid South Africa
It’s enough to make one who knows even a little history gag. The death of Nelson Mandela has led to an outpouring of vapid commentary about Canada’s supposed role in…