Today’s Job Numbers: The Bad and The Ugly
The headline numbers are bad enough: “employment declined by 55,000 in March, all in full time. The unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 7.2%.” The underlying numbers are ugly.…
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140Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, April 5, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, April 5, 2013: North Carolina – Law firm fell victim to phishing scam, made $336K Russia wire…
Social Justice Activism and the pursuit of low-hanging fruit
An older picture of one of my sons at a political protest. One of the questions that keeps popping up in my life is whether or not we should take…
Social Justice Activism and the pursuit of low-hanging fruit
An older picture of one of my sons at a political protest. One of the questions that keeps popping up in my life is whether or not we should take…
Should an Instagram Posting lead to charges?
Quebec woman faces charges after posting anti-police graffiti to Instagram Vote in the Poll A woman who circulated photographs of violent anti-police graffiti online is being accused of harassing one…
Ancient Egyptian Pepperpot Ladies
Mrs. Knouphis: “‘Allo Mrs. Beset.” Mrs. Beset: “‘Allo Mrs. Knouphis.” K: “‘Av you ‘eard about that Mrs. … Continue reading →
Irie, SFH!
Ras Ritalin Boy (guitar), Jah Davey Snot (skins) and Sly Winkie (disembodied left hand, and frightening full frontal at the 2:30 mark) try to sound less white. Punk rock, begone!…
roger ebert, 1942-2013
Who would have thought a movie critic could be so loved, and so missed? Of course, Roger Ebert was so much more than a critic. He was a model for…
Whistleblower Claims Austalian Govt Censored Environment Concerns Prior To Approving Mega Gas Projects
A WHISTLEBLOWER has claimed approvals for two multi-billion dollar gas export projects in Australia were waved through government despite warnings that key information on a range of environmental impacts were…
Isabelle Lapointe Dumped Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu Already?
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Apparently, Isabelle Lapointe no longer works for her lover, Harper-appointed Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu. Man, that was lightning fast. Brutal too, I suppose.…
Ivison on Libs
Fun read. Best line: the last one. Also, I intend to mock Butts with the “svengali” appellation for the next decade or so.
FAA imposed no-fly zone over Exxon’s Pegasus tar sands oil spill site
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday imposed a no-fly zone over the site of the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline disaster in Mayflower,…
Liberal Showcase: not many tickets have been sold
Surprise, surprise. Breaking this thing up over two different weekends, in two different cities, was always a dumb, dumb idea.
Advice to OcTEL
Context: email to David Jennings, on the occasion of the start of the OcTEL MOOC, in which participants have been flooded with introductory emails from the course mailing list. Hi…
Thomas Nagel, Darwin, God, And Other Boring Shit
Dr. Dawg has a post up where he discusses Thomas Nagel’s new book, Mind And Cosmos, and the alleged persecution of Nagel over his “heretical” views re Science, Darwin, God,…
Rob Ford: arrives at work at lunchtime, stays four hours, leaves
If I had an employee like that, I’d fire them. So would you.
Political Will and Public Policy #nlpoli
The SIDI simulation of government spending that we’ve run this past week might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but these sort of thought exercises are always useful. The most…
As much as anyone, Liberals hurt themselves
“A lie is an affront to the soul, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the person to whom one lies.” ― Judith McNaught Underwear mfg is prime…
The Harperland Spring and the Partisan Nightmare
When I woke up today, the sky was blue, the sun was shining, and for a moment I thought that Spring had arrived in Harperland. Finally !!!!!But then I stepped…