Big news about to break with Todd Bentley?
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. I should have first realized that something may have been about to break in regards to Todd Bentley when I saw…
February 2014
On Mass Surveillance
The revelation this week that CSEC has the capability to monitor the movements of Canadians simply by gathering some metadata from the traffic that goes by on public networks raises…
Speak up for science
Our federal government’s lamentable attitude to science, or at least any science that doesn’t benefit business, is one of its key features. Nonetheless, Industry Canada is giving us a chance…
Repost: I couldn’t have said it better myself ….
In June, 2011, I posted this blog below. It is about a letter I received from an Albertan, who was expressing his concerns over the Senate reform proposals of the…
Olivia is a best seller!
Meanwhile, John Tory is deciding whether to write one or not. Rob Ford is wondering if the book has big words in it. And Karen Stintz is wondering if she…
Theories Related to Connectivism
I was asked: But i have some questions about my research. First i need ten-year findings of connectionim learning theory, second (Read more…)
There’s a credit union at Bank and Somerset again
Back when I moved to Ottawa in the early 1990s I did all my banking with one of the big commercial banks. I realized how wrong that was but what…
Feb. 1:: There is a real news story on p. 1…
….unfortunately, it doesn’t say anything. The rest of Section A, as usual, says nothing, being devoted largely to “news stories” that are really ads for Walmart, the Super Bowl, and…
The Keystone Tarsands Pipeline Will Have Minimal Environmental Impact… Really?
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy A recently released State Department report claims the environmental impact of the Keystone pipeline would be “minimal.” So……
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Justin Fox questions whether traditional studies tracking the distribution of wealth by quintiles do much good when the most obvious economic faultline is…
He Said WHAT?
Shinzo Abe seems to have dropped a bomb in his speech to the World Economic Forum at Davos. Abe has some of Japan’s neighbours nervous over his support for expanding…
Conrad Black lost bragging rights for Order of Canada
Conrad Black stripped of Order of Canada. “On Friday, Governor General David Johnston announced the termination of the former media mogul’s appointment as an Officer of the Order of Canada…
Hmm. Nice Bike.
Harley riders are fond of claiming they want to be buried with their bikes. For 82-year old Billy Standley, his wish came true. Billy’s kids decided their dad should go…
Today in cute
Rolling Stone has an article about The Puppy Bowl: This Sunday, millions of Americans will gather around their televisions to watch their favorite athletes compete in a thrilling contest of…
Trashing the tacky of tradition.
Speaking of mixed metaphors! Thinking of trashing Conrad Black over his recent bereavement brought to mind both the BBC’s Downton Abbey series and musical Fiddler on the Roof. It really…
Rob Ford – A Hazard to Navigation
Okay, let’s face it. Friday night, following a wake. Rob Ford. Lougheed Hwy at North Road, a high-traffic corridor dividing Burnaby and Coquitlam. The two-legged bucket of lard decides he’s…
Canada’s Veterans Need Protection from Conservatives ( #cdnpoli #cpc )
Long thought of as a core constituency of Conservative parties in Canada, veterans have been the target of Conservative cutbacks and slights over the past couple of years. Conservatives are…
Drought is getting worse in California
Now that California’s Water Board is turning off the tap to certain distributors, and reservoirs are running dry, the cost of water is slated to rise and the impact on…
Unrestrained Nastiness
Yesterday, former soldiers protested the closing of Veterans Affairs Offices across the country. They were told they could be better served on-line. And Julian Fantino, the Minister of Veterans Affairs,…
Misinformation Is Winning – Doubt In Climate Change Climbing
Climate change-related disasters have been rising for decades; yearly temperatures are rising in a nearly consistent pattern; extreme weather events are costing economies across the globe hundreds of billions of…