5500…Chief Theresa Spence No Rosa Parks
They, whomever they are, did not pick the right face for the cause.Seriously.My progressive professor friend out of the University of Regina, Marc Spooner, parsed this from the CBC and…
2013
Want a Job Using Social Media? Work on Your Klout
Last semester I was interested in whether hiring managers were using Klout scores in their hiring decisions. This post, originally published on the iSchool’s InfoSpace blog, is what I came…
And Here’s the Trailer for the Film
Rather damning…
There is a method here — it is not merely being churlish
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence says she won’t attend Friday’s “working meeting” between First Nations chiefs and Prime Minister Stephen Harper, because the presence of Gov. Gen. David Johnston is “integral”…
Piers Morgan vs. Alex Jones: Jones Explosive Pro-Gun Tirade
I agree with Piers Morgan on this, Alex Jones’ angry rant is the best advertisement out there for gun control. It is people like Jones who defy common-sense, though unfortunately…
OCDSB Trustee to seek the…
… Ottawa-Centre Dipper nomination. Trustee Jennifer McKenzie has announced her intention to seek the nomination for the Ottawa-Centre NDP candidacy. Trustee McKenzie will continue in her role as trustee and…
Harper Is Losing It Over Chief Theresa Spences’ Hunger Strike
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Like night follows day the somewhat predictable PM Stephen Harper has let the dogs out regarding the growing “Idle No More’ movement and the continuing hunger…
Good news
People using the Internet are familiar with scam, spam and phishing. For me, it seems to have accelerated in the last 2 weeks. Apparently, I’m a rich, respected person, even…
Museum Games
The road to home was frightful But the whiskey was quite delightful Home we did not go Let it snow, blowing snow, blowing snow. His Nibs and I had a…
New Care Cards: The Latest #BCpoli Corruption
I’m getting quite sick of the corporate welfare corruption. The Skytrain turnstiles financial sledghammer to kill the relatively inexpensive fly of free riders irks me. Doubly so because I think…
Social Media Helps Global Development
Social media can actually be useful for more than sharing pictures of your lunch! There is a whole collection of apps and web services that can be used to help…
Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence
Solidarité avec Chief Theresa Spence & Idle No More / Solidarity with IDLE NO MORE and Chief Theresa Spence *BRING DRUMS AND PERCUSSION* On Friday January 11th, 2013, stand in…
Bargaining: St. Elizabeth drops from top employer lists
There used to be a time when St. Elizabeth Health Care boasted of making Canada’s Top 50 employer list. They used to talk about how their happy staff didn’t need…
High School Isn’t What It Used To Be
Imagine the embarrassment of being a teenager again, except now your source of torment is not limited to forced school interaction with ruthless bullies, but now occurs at home and…
Idle No More Challenges Enbridge’s Pipedreams
“Everything that we do to water, we do to life because water is life. It’s not just us – we are all connected, we have to protect everything that lives,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Daniel Wilson discusses how Stephen Harper’s antipathy toward First Nations is making a failure of his time in office: On the global stage,…
Cyber Spy Story: Bank Hackers and the Great Soviet Pipeline Explosion
The New York Times this morning reports that hackers, probably Iranian, have been messing with the US banking system lately. “Security researchers say that instead of exploiting individual computers, the…
You can’t fix stupid… .
Traffic Camera A man was driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera. He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, January 9, 2013: Federal judge orders trial for Kansas abortion law challenge Military judge: Bradley Manning subjected…
What Happens When The ‘Top’ Educator Plagiarizes?
Probably nothing, if your name is Chris Spence and you are the Director of the Education for the Toronto District School Board. A shocking story in this morning’s Star reveals…