2013
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Filed under: S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
New Political Challenge to Austerity Parties Formed
Reblogged from The Working Class Heroes: The Anti Austerity Alliance will challenge the austerity parties, Labour, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, in next year’s local elections. After a meeting of…
"The Aftermath of the Financial Crisis in 1 Graph"
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: This graph which refers to the United States is from Derek Thompson’s article in The Atlantic Read more… 75 more words
Petro-Statehood and Flooding Are a Bad Mix
Saudi Arabia doesn’t flood. Ditto for Kuwait, Iraq or Iran. No floods. Alberta floods and we should consider what that means. Fortunately Colorado is giving us the answers we need.…
The Hitler Pictures Hitler Wanted Destroyed
After his release from prison, Adolf Hitler practised the gestures that would become a feature of his public speeches. A helper photographed them for Hitler to study. The Fuhrer thought…
Perteguhan- Indonesia: Fury of the Nature
“A volcano in western Indonesia erupted for the second time this week, forcing some villagers who were just returning home to flee Mount Sinabung again, according to the Associated Press.”…
Chef says Scarborough-Rouge merger could be bad news for good food
Last week we wrote about a possible Scarborough-Rouge Valley hospital merger that threatens an innovative local food program. We tweeted our story to Toronto chef Joshna Maharaj , a rising…
Zoologist Matt Ridley Should Stick to Animals Instead of Butchering Climate Science
Since when is zoologist Matt Ridley an expert on climate change science? Yes, I get it. The state of science versus opinion is at an all-time low in human history,…
Two Tweets and a Lie! Greenpeace Responds to Heartland Institute
From left: Heartland Institute president Joseph Bast, lawyer James Taylor and contracted pseudo-scientist Craig Idso. Crossposted from PolluterWatch.org As we’ve told the Heartland Institute directly through Twitter, their response to…
The Return of the McMansion
Back in the late 80s I fled my old Arbutus Ridge neighbourhood in Vancouver’s west side. It had been a community of small but really neat little bungalows with single…
Just cause a factual issue
Dziecielski v. Lighting Dimensions Inc., 2013 ONCA 565: The determination of just cause is essentially factual. Here the trial judge found that the employee’s conduct in these circumstances, amounted to…
Church on the brink
Taken in the Swiss Alps – a small church clinging to the edge of the chasm. Believers to the left, unrepentant sinners to the right …
Slates In Calgary Municipal Elections
While Calgary’s municipal elections are ostensibly “non-partisan”, in so far as we don’t have the various political parties directly involved, it is naive to think that we don’t have slates…
Tony Abbott’s Ongoing Woman Problem
That’s “woman”, singular. As in the only woman – the one and only – appointed by Tony Abbott to his 19-person (oh, to hell with it, 19-man) cabinet. When you…
TekSavvy turns to WIND Mobile to fix technical issues and blockages
Last week, we told you about how many customers of indie ISP TekSavvy have been offline for days – a challenge they are facing as a result of having to…
Atheist Freethinkers: Stop embarrassing yourselves
David Rand’s Quebec-based “Atheist Freethinkers” is positioning itself as an embarrassment to the Canadian freethought movement. Rand stands nearly alone in the debate in English Canada by supporting Quebec’s proposed…
Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Here are your daily news links for Tuesday, September 17, 2013: WIND and Eastlink to participate in the upcoming 700 Mhz spectrum auction (Mobile Syrup) TekSavvy turns to WIND Mobile…
The Cosmic Origins of Life
Here’s one to confound the creationist crowd: life may have begun as a result of organic molecules resulting from impacts by comets or meteorites. No supernatural foundation, no invisible hand…
Boris Slams Wind Farm "Disease"
London mayor and presumptive future Tory leader, Boris Johnson, loves nukes and fracked gas but decidedly does not love wind power. The senior Tory said turning to a new generation…