Two atoms are walking down the street together. The first atom turns and says, "Hey, you just stole an electron from me!"
"Are you sure?" asks the second atom. To which the first atom replies, "Yeah, I‘m positive!"
2013
poverty as a product of social relations
“In the humanitarian view, poverty is a quantitative problem, not the product of social relations. Although development work seeks to attack the enduring, “root causes” of poverty, these causes are…
Winning Cleantech by Design
Being able to get across a green product’s essence to consumers and investors is a key that can turn it from a fringe interest to mass market success. Design can…
Chief Spence Is A Sideshow
This is the shit. And you know what? When First Nations sue the federal government, they win. Its a bit like when someone sues Ezra Levant–its a slam dunk. That…
Hintonburg Hub: what’s your vision?
So by now you all know that Somerset West Community Health Centre bought the building at 30 Rosemount and will be turning it into a medical centre and community space…
5494…Roll Tide
If you care, you know. If you don’t, you don’t. Bye, bye Irish. WFDS
Moment of Truth As Harper Preps For Meeting With First Nations
This is a guest post by Michael Harris, originally published on iPolitics.ca Keep the Indians off the front-page. That, in a phrase, is the Harper approach to aboriginal issues in…
Rob Ford’s appeal will fail
“Is that the demeanour of someone who is trying to hide something or is it the demeanour of an honest man?” Mr. Lenczner thundered upon hearing last February’s speech. In…
Chief Theresa Spence’s Heroism Already Eclipses Nelson Mandela’s
by Obert Madondo | Huffington Post Blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/obert-madondo/chief-theresa-spences-her_b_2408049.html Hunger-striking Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence is the reincarnation of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. She is becoming the…
"We seem to be drifting into dangerous waters in the life of the public affairs of this province when courts cannot predict, with any practical degree of certainty, whether police agencies will assist in enforcing court injunctions against demonstrators who will not voluntarily cease unlawful activities, such as those carried on by the protesters in this case"
A judge who issued an injunction order to stop a blockade on a main rail line between Toronto and Montreal on Saturday has criticized police for not trying to stop…
Oppal inquiry: costly and unaccountable
To June 2012, Britain’s Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press had cost $6.2 million CAN. In a commission British citizens thought was a never-ending one,…
Proposal makes it easier for LTC workers to change jobs without new hire requirements
After tightening qualification rules around professions in long-term care, the Ministry of Health is now proposing to make it a little easier for existing nursing home workers to switch employers…
Twitter shuts down Rogers parody account
Twitter is now blocking an account that parodies Rogers, likely due to a complaint from the telecom giant. The account made humourous but critical comments about Rogers’ cell phone price-gouging,…
Why Did The BC Liberal’s Dump Auditor-General John Doyle?
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger The BC Liberal’s got it right when they hired John Doyle almost six years ago, but now they are nervous. I mean, didn’t Doyle read the…
Campaign Update: Ryan Meili
Ryan’s Website: LINK As promised, we’re now going to take a look at Ryan Meili’s recently released policy platform with regards to Housing. Ryan’s campaign is also working on a…
Since Steve Is Selling Out to Beijing, You Might Want to Look at These Numbers
When it comes to foreign investment and takeovers, China is only getting started. According to Professor Yiping Huang of Peking University, writing in the September 2012 issue of East Asia…
The waiting game
Reconciling sanity with our society is difficult. On one hand we cheer for “rebels” fighting their oppressive governments and on the other we fear “terrorists” fighting their “recognised” governments. We…
Want to Know about FDR? Read a Book
Friends–Old Lefties like us–suggested we take in “Hyde Park on the Hudson,” a film about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a distant cousin and affairs of state. It sounded like a great…
1984 is blacked out in a graphic tribute to George Orwell
Penguin Books is releasing new editions of George Orwell’s best known books on January 21 to commemorate the inaugural “Orwell Day” — an annual event to celebrate the author and…
The Sessions: Sex, Love, Disability and Dreaming
Sometimes I see a post in the newspaper or in another writer’s blog that is simply too good and too relevant not to share with my readers here. This is…