March 11: This is terribly, terribly late…
because it’s been a terribly, terribly busy day for me. It will also be short because this paper is so damned irrelevant that only two things are worth talking about.…
March 2014
Human rights justice blocked for Aboriginal women in Canada
by: Canadian Human Rights Commission | Press Release OTTAWA, March 4, 2014 – Fear of retaliation is among the top reasons why Aboriginal women in Canada won’t come forward when…
On natural selection
Shorter (or paraphrased) Lisa Thompson: People mention ‘Walkerton’ as if it were a bad thing. Don’t they understand the benefits of killing off the weak?
Judge Says Broomfield’s Anti-Fracking Ballot Measure is Valid
A Colorado District Court judge ruled last week that a five year ban on hydraulic fracturing that citizens of Broomfield approved on the city’s November, 2013 local ballot is valid…
The Internet you know is about to look a whole lot different. And you might not like what you see.
Back in January, three judges in Washington, D.C.’s US Court of Appeals made a game-changing legal decision in the case of Verizon v. FCC, that would allow giant telecom conglomerates…
Grasping for straws – Pauline Marois
I’m glad this fear – if there ever was anyone in Quebec fearing it- was cleared up by her: An independent Quebec would open its arms to tourists from Canada.…
You Won’t Find Péladeau’s House on Google’s Street View and Other Thoughts on the PQ’s Star Candidate
I’d like to think that the Parti Québécois’ “coup” in getting Pierre-Karl Péladeau to run in the upcoming provincial election will backfire because people will be just too put off…
Zen cat’s rules for living
Yesterdays repost below prompted the gears turning. A few of my own basic rules went very well with the drawing posted a few days earlier. Filed under: art Tagged: Cat,…
Does Rogers actually pay John Tory $10,000 a meeting?
…a board position, by the by, that he refuses to resign. And, while we’re on the subject, what was he paid to lobby for bigger profits for big telcos?
Alberta Doctor: Canada Is "Lying" About Health Impacts of Tar Sands
Last month, a doctor from Northern Alberta asked a group of U.S. Senators to “keep up the pressure” on the Canadian government about an “ongoing tragedy” he has witnessed firsthand:…
Fair Elections Act Would “Damage…the Heart of Our Country’s Democracy,” Group of Professors Say
The changes to Canada’s federal elections proposed in the Fair Elections Act (Bill C-23), threaten to “seriously damage the fairness and transparency of federal elections and diminish Canadians’ political participation,”…
A statement for and about the new age
Me: Hey, look, Twitter’s down. Colleague Aaron: Yeah, I know. And I can’t even tweet about it. .
Missing fish farms offer clue to anticipated 70 million sockeye return
Expect big salmon numbers this summer. The Fraser sockeye run may be as high as 70 million. Yes, 70. And the most important sport angling species, chinook and coho, seem…
The global economy—a case of bad engineering
For a number of years I toiled in the oil industry as an engineer, and not infrequently lessons I learned from my engineering experience return to inform me in other…
I’m Confused About Events in the Ukraine
Who should we be supporting as Ukraine and Russia get in a tussle?
RoFo 2014!!
A Rob Ford re-election victory in October would be the best thing possible for Canadian democracy. What better way to show our voting system is joke than to have an…
Free trade with South Korea more boneheaded ideology
Thirty years of free-market reforms have caused debt and inequality to soar, hollowed out the middle class, hobbled income mobility and produced a global economic meltdown we have yet to…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Your news links for today: Péladeau’s move into political spotlight casts doubt on Ottawa’s wireless ambitions – National Post Facts vs FUD: Roam Mobility vs Rogers – HowardForums read more
People need to launch their own takeover bid
When people find themselves nodding in agreement with Andrew Coyne and the National Post, questions ought to be raised. Coyne titled his latest piece “rogue Québec billionaire launching takeover bid,”…
People need to launch takeover bid of their own
When people find themselves nodding in agreement with Andrew Coyne and the National Post, questions ought to be raised. Coyne titled his piece his latest piece “rogue Québec billionaire launching…