Measuring ghosts
MEASURING GHOSTS A recent article in Science Translational Medicine asks the question “Can We Measure Autism ?” To my mind this begs the question, “is there really something called “autism”…
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Measuring ghosts
MEASURING GHOSTS A recent article in Science Translational Medicine asks the question "Can We Measure Autism ?" To my mind this begs the question, "is there really something called "autism"…
Measuring ghosts
MEASURING GHOSTS A recent article in Science Translational Medicine asks the question “Can We Measure Autism ?” To my mind this begs the question, “is there really something called “autism”…
Ford Nation’s reaction predicted by science
Once someone becomes a leader of the high in-group, he can lie with impunity about the out-groups, himself, whatever, because he knows the followers will seldom check on what he…
In Tuesday’s Sun: don’t fall in love with the meat
Leaders say dumb things. But do their Taliban-esque followers always have to cheer every idiocy? Apparently. Conservative leader Stephen Harper insisted in June that his former chief of staff “acted…
BC struggles to reconcile carbon emissions with “clean” LNG claims
Australia’s Colongra gas-powered electrical plant – BC LNG would be powered by carbon-intensive plants like this one VICTORIA – Like the underground shale gas that Premier Christy Clark says will…
So turns out the Americans really are actively sabotaging the Venezuelan economy and plotting another coup
We’ve always suspected it, but it’s one of those ideas like “Yasser Arafat was poisoned“–it seems kind of crackpot when you say it even though we know there’s a track…
Ponzi Austerity: A Definition And An Example – Social Europe Journal
Ponzi Austerity: A Definition And An Example – Social Europe Journal. For a while now I have been arguing that Europe’s policies for reducing the public debts of fiscally stressed…
New dam planned for St. Lawrence River
BECANCOUR, Que. – The Quebec government is helping to bankroll a $130-million project by RER Hydro, Hydro-Quebec and Boeing to generate clean energy on the St. Lawrence River, in what…
Remembrance Day and World Peace
World needs peace and not wars.
Will Canada Continue to Fail on Climate at International Talks in Poland?
With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his…
Remember who? And for what?
Canada first observed Remembrance Day on November 11th, 1919, to commemorate the armistice that had ended WWI one year earlier and to remember those in the military who had given…
Lest we forget? The Harper Cons have forgotten
Before any other kids sign up for the Canadian forces, I hope they (and their parents) realize that their service is no longer honoured by the Harper Cons. If they…
The Lesson for Today: Give Peace a Chance
Yes, I know that we are not to forget the Great War and the other ones because we don’t want to repeat earlier mistakes. That at least is the official…
An Interesting Analysis Of The Recent Scandals
In reading the following article from Global Research: The “Scandalization” of Canadian Politics: The Hard Truths of Neoliberal Conservatism, I found myself agreeing with the author on some points, but…
You’re invited to Indie Author Night
I’d like to invite anyone who is the region of London, Ontario (or all you readers with some cash or frequent flyer points to burn), to come to a reading…
Nov. 11: Do we remember?
First, let’s take a look at some, kind of important stories, that the Irving press didn’t have room for. It looks as though the peace talks with Iran are wrecked.…
Lest we forget the real purpose of Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day has never been about glorifying war. People who think that are forgetting the symbolism. Why do we hold a minute’s silence on the 11th month of the 11th…