Celsius 232
“But you can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can’t last.” ―…
January 2014
Tackling Loneliness: For Love, Money or Qualifications
Two stories in the news this week caught my eye. The first was really an OpEd in the Guardian (UK) paper, penned by the Head of Policy at a very…
CBC: Big Telecom thinks it’s above the law – but we can win when we fight back
“I can’t believe the arrogance” – that’s what this Nova Scotia man had to say after needing to hound Bell for months to recover $21,000 they owed him. Last fall,…
Derailed
Mulcair is right. Time for the feds to get hands-on again.
Rob Ford is in a good position to win the Mayoralty in October.
If I were a betting man, I would lay pretty stiff odds in favour of Rob Ford beating his challengers in the 2014 Toronto Mayoral election. The Toronto Sun commissioned…
Huffington Post: Rogers accused of charging for internal Internet traffic
“Outright theft.” That’s what Canadians are calling this latest alleged attempt by Big Telecom to price-gouge us. Speak out against Big Telecom price-gouging at https://openmedia.ca/deadweight Article by Daniel Tencer for…
i am a youth librarian. this is a good thing.
I am so excited about my new position! As I mentioned, I am now a librarian in the Mississauga Central Library’s “Readers’ Den” department. It is a full-time position, and…
The folly of aping U.S. emissions policy
Our federal government’s policy on greenhouse gas emissions is simple: whatever the United States’ policy on greenhouse gas emissions is. And that means a target of reducing emissions by 17…
finger taps and cat yowls
finger taps and cat yowls Some accidental interesting results from fooling about in Yellowfier Filed under: music
Why I’ve Come to Back Proportional Representation.
No, it isn’t because “first past the post” allowed a quarter of the eligible voting public to saddle Canada with a lying, secretive despot. Well, it is that but just…
Site C Dam: Federal panel seeks input from spurned energy watchdog
Location of proposed Site C Dam (photo: Damien Gillis) Read this Jan. 7 story from Justine Hunter in the Globe and Mail on the concerns of the federal panel reviewing…
Another Clear And Cogent Explanation Of The Polar Vortex
This explanation is offered by President Barack Obama’s science advisor, Dr. John Holdren. Even if Stephen Harper hadn’t abolished the position of National Science Advisor in 2008, it is hard…
Conservation is good business, new trophy hunting study reminds us
Photo courtesy of Trish Boyum / Ocean Adventures A new study on trophy hunting in BC’s Great Bear Rainforest found that bear-related ecotourism generates “12 times more in visitor spending…
Judge allowed to ask clarifying questions at trial
Silvio v. 698743 Ontario Limited (J. DiFranco & Son Construction), 2014 ONCA 17: Third, the appellants contend that the trial judge compromised trial fairness by improperly interfering with the defendants’…
Well, This is Certainly Discouraging
Guess what’s making a comeback thanks to e-books? If you guessed Mein Kampf, you win. I just checked Amazon’s Kindle listings where you can find Der Fuhrer’s handiwork in more…
The Perilous State of America’s Military-Industrial Aviation Complex
The United States is pushing hard and quite successfully to get its allies signed up to order the F-35 stealth light bomber. Despite all of its flaws, its inflated costs…
Blogroll Overhauled
Letting you all know, the Kersplebedeb blogroll has been fixed and is now up and running. Dozens of blogs and other websites are indexed and will have their articles automatically…
Risky Business – War in 2014?
Brace yourself. We don’t get much of this at all in our media but there’s an incredible amount of talk in international journals and papers about war in 2014. Oh,…
20% Off at Leftwingbooks.net — AND THEN VACATION
So here’s the deal: until January 17th (next Friday), everything at leftwingbooks.net is 20% off, so long as you order $10 or more. This discount can be used as many…