Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, May 5, 2014
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May 2014
May 5:Petty unprofessionalism.
I missed something in the issue of May 3. I’m no expert on photography; but even I should have caught it. Stephen Downes, of Moncton Free Press (it’s on the…
Death, denial and the toxic politics of climate change
This piece was originally published on iPolitics and is republished here with the author’s permission. At first, it sounded like the smartest guy in the room had just made an…
Should Duncan and North Cowichan Join Forces?
Sharon Jackson-City of Duncan Councillor Certain people are already beating the amalgamation drum, lobbying business groups and other politicians as well as the public about what a great idea it…
Temporary Foreign Workers: What Canada Must Do To Protect A Vulnerable Labour Class
By Joe Fantauzzi @jjfantauzziKey Findings and Recommendations:– Between 2003 and 2012, the number of temporary foreign workers admitted to Canada jumped from 102,932 to 213,573 — a difference of 107.5%.–…
Senator Don Meredith and Charles McVety’s California State Christian University
A few years ago, I wrote about the unaccredited ‘university’ that Charles McVety had in California. The issue of some evangelicals who give themselves or each other fake academic credentials…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – David Atkins highlights how public policy and corporate strategy have both instead been directed toward squeezing every possible dime out of the public:…
Just Shut It Down Already
As if we hadn’t already heard enough about the vileness that is the TFWP, we have two major revelations today which more than justify shutting the whole thing down immediately.…
“What leadership is”?
Two things: • Never end a sentence with a preposition-y type thingy • Never ask a question when you don’t have a clear answer thingy .
Climate change is real
The world must pay attention. The erratic weather is one indication. The U.S. faced some severe weather – tornadoes, heavy snow and rain, drought in California. More tornadoes to come.…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, May 5, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, May 5, 2014: Pistorius trial resumes Rob Ford’s lawyer urges release of new ‘crack’ video – Toronto…
The Making Of A Banana Republic
Michael Harris doesn’t mince words. Canada, he writes, is at a watershed moment: What’s it going to be: a modern democracy or a Steve’s banana republic of the north? The…
Harper, Wynne ‘unnecessary election’ nonsense
In 2011, the Harper Government was found in Contempt of Parliament for refusing to release public budget documents to the Budget Officer it appointed. Although this corruption was clearly unnecessary,…
Well-Said
While I may write something of my own later today, the letters in this morning’s Star are both incisive and damning of the Harper regime’s penchant for insinuating itself into…
The Morning Line: Ontario Election 2014.
How can you have a race without a morning line? The political parties are at post and the gamblers among us need more than just performance statistics to compute their…
Fine Print on Baker Hughes New Fracking Fluid Disclosure Policy Draws Skepticism
Back in 2008, Cathy Behr, a nurse who worked at a Durango, Colorado hospital was hospitalized after suffering a cascade of organ failures. Days earlier, Ms. Behr had treated an…
Thoughts on the upcoming provincial election in Ontario
You would know from reading this blog or searching its archives I’ve not exactly been overflowing in my praise for the Ontario Liberal government the past several years. I had…
Andrea Horwath: What? No Policy?
Andrea Horwath’s day today consists of one media interview, a media availability, and two photo ops. That is all. It is, indeed, all.
The House comes back… what’s on the menu? #nlpoli
As far as when Frank Coleman might find the time to get around to taking over the Premier’s job, not much as it seems. It’s till vague, undefined, and potentially…
Pro-Kiev radicals linked to lethal attack on Trade Unions House in Odessa: MSM avoids placing blame
Top: Molotov cocktail being thrown at Trade Unions building Odessa Bottom left: A ‘jumper’ tries to escape the inferno The forty-six people who died in the fire that engulfed the…