The Earth Hasn’t Stopped Warming, Hate to Say It
I wish it were true, but the earth is not cooling and there remains an upward curve in the temperature of our planet. So next time you’re at a dinner…
July 2014
Google, Netflix, and Facebook ask FCC to intervene in fight over Internet ‘congestion’
We’re at a critical point in the fight to preserve the innovative, open Internet. Check out where the next battle lines will be drawn and learn more at
An update on Saskboy – from Saskboy
John posted this in our Progressive Bloggers group at Facebook, so I’ve taken the liberty to cut and paste it to here: On July 1st as I was leaving Wascana…
Thomas Mulcair-Anne McGrath Stop Interfering In Local NDP Nominations
Richard Hughes-It is time the NDP risked democracy The Federal NDP often tries to favourably compare themselves as being more democratic and grass roots driven than the Liberals or Conservatives.…
Kinder Morgan pipeline hearings delayed by new Burnaby route
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan has been a thorn in Kinder Morgan’s side (Image: Youtube) Read this July 15 story from Emma Gilchrist in Desmog Blog on the delay to the…
The top 5 unexpected allies in the fight against the Internet Slow Lane
What do websites devoted to frat-boy humor, handmade and vintage clothes, and saving the environment all have in common? They’re all passionate about saving the Internet from being forced into…
Tips & Tricks: Why do cats purr?
Tips & Tricks: Why do cats purr?. Filed under: art
From The Climate-Change File: The Signs Are Getting Increasingly Ominous
A note from The Mound of Sound with the header, The Tundra’s a poppin’ alerted me to this strange tale from the far north in Siberia, where a giant crater…
Israel & Framing the Issues: The Israel Project and Frank Luntz
A key to understanding the inner workings of modern politics is to understand what role the framing of issues takes, and the key to that is to understand why Frank…
Election 2014: Will Severely Autistic Adults Continue to Suffer Under An Alward Government As They Have Since 2010?
New Brunswick has made progress in early intervention and student autism services but adult autistic needs, particularly severely autistic adults, have been ignored, completely ignored during the last 4 years.…
Contribution and indemnity or claim in negligence?
Addison & Leyen Ltd v Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, 2014 ABCA 230: The leading authority on the common law of contribution and indemnity is Birmingham and District Land Co v…
Eve Adams’Ant & rival should both be disqualified, ConservAntive Party probe urges
Inspired by this headline: http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/07/16/eve-adams-and-rival-in-riding-nomination-battle-should-both-be-disqualified-conservative-party-probe-to-urge/
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The New York Times editorial board chimes in on how Kansas serves as an ideal test case as to illusory benefits of top-end…
Indigenous People, Palestine, and History’s Judgments. . . .
In 1840 the Comanche chief Buffalo Hump raised a huge party of warriors and began raiding towns in the Republic of Texas. During the raids they killed approximately 30 whites,…
Addiction Therapy Applied to Car Use
It’s no secret that as a global society we are addicted to automobile use. It’s also no secret that cars are literally killing us (just starting the engine causes harm)…
Running Orders, by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
They call us now.Before they drop the bombs.The phone ringsand someone who knows my first namecalls and says in perfect Arabic“This is David.”And in my stupor of sonic booms and…
Alphabeatic: Wireless data prices and the collective cost to our intelligence
Is your wireless bill making you dumber towards the end of the month? Article by Peter Nowak for Alphabeatic It dawned on me recently that I tend to be dumber…
Financial Risk and Alberta’s Tar Sands
When it comes to global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change notes that what matters is the total volume of greenhouse gas emissions going forward. This amounts to about…