Warrior Cops In Action: Radley Balko With Your #Ferguson Homework
Radley Balko is to #Ferguson as Nate Silver was to 2012: In depth: Filed under: Uncategorized
August 2014
Criminal Complaint Filed Against Ron Banerjee
…for acting up at Ford Fest. Don’t have details as yet, other than its been filed with 41 Division, but it is more than a rumour. Will update when I…
Harper’s Whipping Boy Guilty in Robocall Case.
A whipping boy was a young boy assigned to a young prince who was designated to take a flogging when the prince misbehaved. Methinks Michael Sona is the Harper Conservatives’…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 14, 2014
Your news links for today: Harper government backtracked on bill to curb surveillance – Globe and Mail Six ATM-like bitcoin teller machines installed across GTA – Globe and Mail President…
Is Missouri America’s New Mississippi?
Damn but this sounds like the south in the turbulent 50s and 60s. The governor of Missouri has ordered St. Louis County police out of the community of Ferguson, the…
The Tibetan Plateau – Asia’s Armageddon?
To Asia’s three nuclear powers, the Tibetan plateau represents life or death. China, India and Pakistan are all dependent on the headwaters of rivers that are fed by the glaciers…
More Science in Support of ABA Effectiveness for Autistic Children
The US Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality Review Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Behavioral Interventions Update has found a dramatic increase in the scientific evidence backing the…
ConCalls: Michael Sona Found Guilty of Being Pierre Poutine in #RoboCon
While Sona’s been found guilty of one charge, questions remain about how he would have managed to have log files removed from CPC Headquarter’s computer database known as CIMS. "There…
Photos: I Went to the Mount Polley Mine Spill Site
It’s Monday, August 11th, and both my gumboots are dangerously sinking into the muck I’m trying to cross. I took far too bold a step towards a sturdy log ahead…
The Chunder Down Under
Let’s get this unpleasantness out of the way. “Chunder” is an Australian colloquialism for vomit, puke. The latest chunder from Down Under comes to us via Tony Abbott’s chief business…
When Confidence Fails
Few who lived through the Cold War with its constant threat of nuclear annihilation realize the role confidence played in preventing an outbreak of apocalyptic hostilities. Even at times when…
Hacktivists Out Alleged Michael Brown Shooter — Only It’s The Wrong Guy
Not at all helpful (quite the opposite, actually): On Thursday, a name released by the hacking collective Anonymous began circulating, but St. Louis County Police said that the name was…
Ferguson
Reminds me of Toronto during the G20, a bit. We did a song about that.
Another Indictment of Neoliberalism, This Time from Monbiot
Neoliberalism, sometimes known as “market fundamentalism”, is the scourge of our age. It infests our federal politics. Stephen Harper is a disciple. Mulcair and Trudeau may be somewhat less neoliberal…
The rain
Paper by 53 to Waterlogue to Sketches app. Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: apps working together
New column day
Here, on how the Harper Cons’ kabuki consultations can’t mask the fact that their budgets utterly neglect what’s most important to Canadians. For further reading…– Dean Beeby has previously reported…
I’m going to make Valentin Erikson Prime Minister of Canada one day
I can’t tell you why I think he’s the best political staffer ever, and he won’t tell you why I think that. His Conservative antecedents notwithstanding, this guy is awesome.…
Re-reading Heraclitus
I started to re-read Haxton’s 2001 translation of Heraclitus last night. I came across references to him when reading introductory material on Montaigne recently and I wanted to flesh out…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Thursday, August 14, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, August 14, 2014: Ferguson riots and the military-like police response – World – CBC News The View…