May 15: I’m starting this blog on the evening of May 14 because….
…tomorrow looks like another day of more activity than I like. So I thought I’d write something general about news for the opener. Japan is building up its armed forces.…
May 2014
Focus on the Words
I’ll return to my other flow of posts in a bit, but in the meantime Dron has responded to my last four, and there are some things worth addressing. In…
EFF: Prepare to Take Action to Defend Net Neutrality. Here’s How the FCC Makes Its Rules.
Speaking out against the Internet Slow Lane is having a powerful effect, as the FCC is set to reconsider rule changes that could destroy Net Neutrality. Want to take the…
John Tory is a joke
Seriously. He just is. Not only does his Keystone Kops war room schedule his big announcement for today – at the precise moment Hudak is detailing his plan to have…
Premier Hudak?
I still don’t believe it. But here’s Ipsos: Ontario Election Week Two: Hudak Tories (39% +2) Continue Lead Over Wynne Liberals (30% -1) and Faltering Horwath NDP (24% -4) Ballot…
Stephen Harper Admits He’s Taken Canada to Third-World Status
The title of this post sounds implausible, but it’s true. You may already know this because it’s a dominant social media meme in Canada these days. Stephen Harper was a…
Nursing Week award winners prove system is far from broken
On Monday night in introducing Dr. Danielle Martin to his speaker series, Bob Ramsay suggested that Ontario’s health care system is broken. It’s a bit of a stretch to look…
Ontario election: time for a change/ can Hudak win?
A recent Ipsos poll reported that 72% of Ontarians think it is time for a change? The results of this online survey were duly reflected in blogs and the Twittersphere.…
BGR: Comcast and other ISPs threaten to hold the Internet hostage
Giant U.S. cable companies are throwing a hissy fit over the possibility that the FCC might prevent them from creating Internet Slow Lanes. Article by Brad Reed for BGR It…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jared Bernstein takes a look at after-tax inequality, and finds that it fits neatly with Thomas Piketty’s prescription to address the concentration of…
Republican Senator Inhofe Dismisses Top US Military Strategists on Climate Change Concerns
Republican Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), is dismissing a report out yesterday on the human security threats of climate change, authored by 11 three and four-star US Admirals and Generals, saying…
Premier Clark promised a review
In the two and one half years since that review began, we have evidence of its results.
The Nation: It’s Not Complicated: To Maintain a Truly Free and Open Internet, Maintain True Net Neutrality
Citizens, tech companies, major decision-makers, and innovators agree: save the open Internet, don’t let cable companies build Internet slow lanes. Speak out at https://OpenMedia.org/SlowLane and share this great piece by…
Santa comments on Alberta’s destruction of: well just about everything
According to CTV here.
No duty on deceived party to uncover falsehood
Virc v. Blair, 2014 ONCA 39: The motion judge concluded that the appellant was unable to show that her application to set aside the separation agreement had a real chance…
Summer starts in Vancouver with the opening of outdoor pools and beaches
Well…here’s a press release we’ve wanted to see for a while. Seems like summer has started at Vancouver Parks! Vancouver Park Board News Release May 14, 2014 Starting this Victoria…
Thank you Danielle for reminding us what this country is worth
It wasn’t one of her three big ideas to improve health care, but it was a brief moment of brilliance. During Monday’s RamsayTalks at the University of Toronto, Dr. Danielle…
Death by One Hundred Thousand Cuts
In my last post I criticized Tim Hudak’s campaign over some early gaffes, and called them amateurs. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for that to amateurs…
Missing: provincial social democratic party. Reward offered for safe return
The Ontario NDP must have some pretty compelling and unusual polling data that they’re not sharing with the rest of the world. And why would they? It’s so compelling and…
US-backed Kiev regime accused of terror tactics: Odessa fire aftermath – shocking photos of mass murder
Top: Mariupol police building on fire Beneath: Odessa Trade Unions building fire and one of the victims Deadly fires in Odessa and Mariupol this month make you wonder if “burning-the-dissidents”…