Daily Digital Digest for Friday 13 September 2013
Here are your daily news links for Friday 13 September, 2013: Lawyer says Ottawa won’t agree to stop spying on First Nations children’s advocate (APTN) NSA Spying Seen Risking Billions…
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Voyager I : Will we communicate with aliens someday?
“Tonight NASA confirmed that after 36 years in space “Voyager I” has left the solar system as we know it. That’s farther than any manmade object has gone before, into…
#yegvote Google Hangout with Steven Dollansky
Tweet After a week-long break from the world of political writing and social media, I was happy to return just in time for yesterday’s sixth edition of the #yegvote Google…
Sept. 13: Where the tell did Brunswick News dig up a Kurt Peacock?
There he is (almost) every day at the head of the NewsToday section. And I can think of no reason wny. His piece is not a news story. It’s a…
Andrew Kliman: "Post-Work: Zombie Social Democracy with a Human Face?"
Reblogged from Pluto Press – Independent Progressive Publishing: Andrew Kliman, author of The Failure of Capitalist Production: Underlying Causes of the Great Recession, has written an article for the New…
The Emperor Prorogues, Then comes to BC with his Rogues….
Harper cabinet readies major B.C. pipelines push B.C. First Nations leaders to meet with key federal officials Sept. 23 in Vancouver By Chris Hall, national affairs editor, CBC News Posted:…
Stephen Harper is enjoying his Pro-rogue with his buddies
Harper wants to be a ruler and enjoy his life. Hopefully Canadians will remember his ways in 2015.
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – There was never much doubt that the Cons’ demolition of Canada’s long-form census was intended to ensure that we lack data needed to…
U.S. Presidential elections 2016
An aspirant for the president of U.S. has declared his candidacy. He is both white and black. So you don’t have to worry about the colour of the candidate. He…
On middle ground
Tim Harper’s column today is certainly worth a read in exposing the implausibility of the Cons’ “economic stability” theme. But I’ll point out that he completely buys the Cons’ equally…
Canadians: Stand Up for Science on Sept. 16
Previously on Things Are Good we’ve seen Canadians concerned about democracy mobilize to ensure that our political leaders make informed decisions. After a streak of attacks on knowledge, scientists and…
The Long Road To Justice
Although long, the road to criminal justice for Adam Nobody has finally ended; the police officer who viciously assaulted him during the infamous Toronto 2010 G20 weekend, Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani,…
Remember The Robocalls?
The robocalls investigation continues at a snail’s pace. Perhaps that’s because, as Laura Stone reported this week, Conservative Party lawyer Arthur Hamilton has been sitting in on the Elections Canada…
First Frog On The Moon
Most stories claim that “Frog-1” (as they are calling him) was just lounging about a pool used for the NASA launch-pad sprinkler system. But I prefer to think that the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, September 13, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines for Friday, September 13, 2013 from Wise Law on Twitter: Law Graduates Say Legal Education Needs ‘Significant Change’ – Law Blog – WSJ Toronto…
Never-Released Energy Department Report Predicts Increasing Domestic Conflicts over Water, Energy
Last summer, the United States experienced the worst drought since the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. At the same time, the country was experiencing one of the biggest onshore drilling…
Hudak Boots Hillier To Back-Bench! Will Randy Bolt?
TORONTO – It’s been a week for tough decisions for Tim Hudak. Days after he was forced to drop Thornhill MPP Peter Shurman from the prestigious finance critic role, the…
Mulcair, in motion.
They took New Democrat Leader Thomas Mulcair to Saskatchewan this week. It was like bringing him home to be baptized. Here they were in Saskatchewan, the home of Tommy Douglas…
Riot Fest, here we come. Or, not.
Chicago-bound for Riot Fest to see Against Me, Pennywise, Bad Religion, Joan Jett, Public Enemy, Violent Femmes, Flatliners, Blondie, Pixies and – of course – the Replacements. That’s if Porter…