February 2014
Water Wars a Decade Off
America’s hydrologists were rattled when their country’s Grace satellites updated data on the world’s water resources last month. On the satellite images the biggest losses were denoted by red hotspots,…
Income Splitting Déjà Vu
This blog’s unofficial slogan has been “Tomorrow’s conventional wisdom, today.” After this week’s Conservative backpedaling on income splitting, we may need to change it to “Today’s conventional wisdom, seven years…
The human legacy—one of the world’s six greatest catastrophes
I was watching with interest the other night Jon Stewart’s interview of Elizabeth Kolbert, author of a new book, The Sixth Great Extinction. There have been five great extinction events…
And Speaking Of Stupidity….
Bill Nye and Bill Maher offer an entertaining and informative analysis of this growing phenomenon: Recommend this Post
Finally, the Confederacy gets on board — well, one state does
In a decision that surprised me, a Southern federal judge overturned Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen also ruled that the state also had to…
CNN Discovers Rossby Waves
It’s encouraging to see a decent journalistic treatment of how the polar jet stream is whipsawing the northern hemisphere, especially when it’s from CNN. The story links the California drought,…
Olympic Update
CBC coverage of the Olympics has been fantastic. I don’t have TV reception in my home so have been watching events via olympics.cbc.ca. CBC shows live events, webcasts of the…
Feb. 15:Norbert’s idea of a great election campaign
Some weeks ago, Norbert expressed the view that we need people to come up with ideas – you know, neat ideas – and that’s how we should choose a government…
At Least They’re Still Wearing Pants
A few images of competitors in men’s and women’s cross country at Sochi this week. Remember, it’s the “winter” Olympics. Yeah, okay.
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Murray Dobbin points to the oil sector’s utter domination of Canada’s federal political scene. And Dr. Dawg sums up the problem: Briefly, the…
Sochi Olympics preparation
Time-lapse animation. 2005-2014.
Hurray for Ellen Page!
Very glad to hear this news today. Plus she’s cute. Makes me wish I were a lesbian 😉 “In a speech at the Time to Thrive conference Friday, actress Ellen…
When America’s Banks Own Everything
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley were once known as banks. Dodgy banks, to be sure, but still, banks. Now, with the benefit of virtually interest-free money from the U.S.…
This is how far behind Canada is when it comes to Internet speeds
The only time we don’t like maple syrup here at the OpenMedia.ca office is when it’s used to describe Canada’s Internet speeds. Canadians deserve better. Speak out: https://OpenMedia.ca/Gatekeepers Article by…
Canadian Athletes: Smart Like Tractor, eh, Putin?
Vladimir Putin and the Horror at Canada House http://montrealsimon.blogspot.ca/ Why are you even surprised, Simon? The fact that they are involved in the ‘owe-limp-icks’ tells you everything you need to…
Press Freedom 2014
We’re still okay, for now, but the Reporters Without Borders press freedom index, 2014, shows how little of the world still has a nominally free press. Canada is ranked 18th…
Bill Maher’s Warning
The subject of the Comcast/Time Warner merger/takeover came up for a brief discussion last night. It might have been the seminal issue of the show but Maher and his panel…
Trudeau is right on the economy
This week, a few of us liberals and Liberals at Daisy were confronted on-air with a clip of Justin Trudeau on CPAC saying (apparently) “the deficit will take care of…
UAW Defeated in Tennessee
Workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga turned down the chance at joining the United Auto Workers union by a margin of 712 to 626. Volkswagen management stayed neutral, saying…