PRISM: Telcos Violating Privacy
It apparently doesn’t matter if the Canadian spy agencies don’t spy on Canadians. To be clear though, the Ed Snowden leaks make it clear that they do spy on us.…
January 2014
The Hypocrisy of "Pro-Life" Laws
In the Byzantine land of Texas Law, it seems that an arcane piece of legislation passed in the 1980s is being used to usurp the wishes of a woman who…
JFK: Class Enemy
on the main Kersplebedeb website: http://kersplebedeb.com/posts/jfk-class-enemy/
Harper Is A Boy In Short Pants On Foreign Policy
When it comes to matters of Foreign Policy, Harper is neither subtle or particularly smart. As with all things in Harper’s world, it’s all about partisan position and absolutes. Yesterday’s…
In the Isolation Bubble
I had company over the weekend, my daughter and her beau. They caught the ferry back to the mainland Sunday morning. Tuesday morning he awoke with the flu. His doctor…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 9, 2014
Your news links for today: ‘Bell is not above the law,’ says man awarded $21K for privacy breach (CBC) Arm’s Length or Strong Arming the CRTC?: Minister Moore’s “Mandate Letter”…
More Research – Same Conclusion
From The Guardian comes a summary of three new studies into the link between human activities and global warming. Here’s The Guardian’s summary of the summaries (follow the link for…
As the future of affordable Internet hangs in the balance, Canadians tell CRTC to ditch the deadweight of Big Telecom giants
eblast_indieISP_sidebar.png With Big Telecom conglomerates threatening the future of affordable, independent ISPs, citizen-backed OpenMedia.ca is enabling Canadians to take part in a crucial CRTC consultation January 9, 2014 – OpenMedia.ca…
Jan. 9: Yesterday was my lucky day.
I found a free copy of the St. John Telegraph at a Macdonald’s which obviously draws a more intellectual clientele than the others. (the others had only the TandT.) So…
More Evidence That Streetcars and Light Rail Improve North American Cities
In Toronto there is a crack smoking mayor who believes that streetcars and light rail are an urban blight. The evidence that rail-based transit is an economic boom to cities…
Dying Media Continues To Die
Postmedia earnings out. Lost $11-million, blames most of it on $15-million in restructuring charges.— Steve Ladurantaye (@sladurantaye) January 9, 2014 Though a little more slowly: Postmedia’s 1Q revenue was down…
To err is human. And bureaucratic.
Errare humanum est, perseverare diabolicum, et tertium non datur. To err is human; to persevere in error is diabolical; there is no third option. Bit of a tough love phrase,…
Looking for Mr. Mayor for Toronto.
In the 1977 Richard Brooks movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar, the character played by Diane Keaton might as well have been looking for a mayoralty candidate as for someone to…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, January 9, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, January 9, 2014: Paternity Testing in Ontario: Perhaps Damned If You Do, But Certainly Damned If You…
Aren’t We Asking The Wrong Questions?
Newspapers currently abound with stories of the toll taken by the bitterly cold weather that has taken hold of a good part of the continent, followed closely by tales of…
Steve, Maggie and Ronnie
Stephen Harper has never been a big tent politician. But he has always been devoted to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Jeffrey Simpson writes: In March, 1989, with the Progressive…
New column day
Here, on how well-planned public infrastructure and a strong community spirit have helped Saskatchewan through weather that’s caused far more problems elsewhere – and how we’re in danger of losing…