Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, September 19, 2014
Your news links for today: Most Canadians Are Benefiting from the New Wireless Code, CRTC Report Card Reveals – iPhone in Canada CRTC issues first Wireless Code Implementation Report Card,…
September 2014
Canadians weigh in on CRTC’s Let’s Talk TV hearing through report released today: “The future of TV is the Internet”
connectedcanada.png Community-based OpenMedia.ca release a crowdsourced report based on input from Canadians about priorities for the future of digital services in Canada. September 19, 2014 – The voices of Canadians…
Political Eh-conomy Radio: Arun Gupta on climate catastrophism and building a climate movement
This will be a weekend of global climate activism. Marches and forums are planned around the world, with the largest set for New York City: the three-day Climate Convergence and…
Sharing Joy
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) He owed me nothing. I didn’t know him. But he looked at me holding my camera, and he smiled, this city worker with a…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, September 19, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, September 19, 2014: Somebody in the Harper government needs to go back to law school – iPolitics.ca…
Straight Talk: Vera’s last day after 19 years at The Scarborough Hospital
Vera Tsotsos is a ward clerk at The Scarborough Hospital. After 19 years on the job she received notice in the spring that her full-time position would be eliminated. Her…
dEAR yOUTH o’ scCOTLAND!!!!
iT is AS I FEARED! Your elders HAVe bETRayed YOU!!! You tRIED to coNvince THEM WITH SWEET REASONB@!!! BUT THEY DIDN”T LISTEN!!! tHEY fLUE off TO THE CASINO In their…
Want to Know Who Will Win? Ask a Bookie
This is the day when the world (or at least a part of it) is mulling over the 55.3 per cent rejection of Scottish independence on Thursday. Lots of talk…
sexism, magic, and pre-famous cameos: watching "bewitched" on netflix
The best use of TV, for me, is as a sleep aid. But I never thought I’d revisit comedies from my early childhood. I’ve watched a bit of comedy in…
Magic Steve
http://www.stonecoldmagicmagazine.com/ Between now and the next election, Stephen Harper will try hard to be a magician. He’ll try to make his record disappear. Michael Harris writes: That is a conversation…
Stephen Harper’s Insane and Deeply Disturbing Comeback Plan
In my last post I told you how Stephen Harper's obsession with destroying Justin Trudeau is slowly driving him over the deep end.Making him believe that only by destroying Justin…
The Surveillance State Under Stephen Harper
Yesterday, Margaret Wente wrote a piece pointing out that in terms of policy, there is no discernible difference between Justin Trudeau and Stephen Harper, and yet people are craving change.…
Separation anxiety
Today’s Sun – the first one. Good to see.
The Hair prefers ‘presidential’ powers.
What a bother! That fussy Mr. Mulcair is making trouble for the Hair again. He wants Canada’s Prime Minister to ask parliament for permission to send troops to Iraq. It…
Old man, take a look at me now, I’m a lot like you were, etc.
“Old men”? Look, lots of us agree on his position on reproductive freedom. We were taking that position long before Justin Trudeau was, in fact. But calling your opponents names…
Quite a Chain of Consequences for a Chicken Farmer!
Antony Fisher founded the think tanks in Britain that first promoted climate denial. His dramatic life story is a vital morality tale for those concerned about climate change. Picture: Antony…
The Madness of Stephen Harper and the Unusual Wisdom of Margaret Wente
According to the Ottawa rumour mill Stephen Harper is now so obsessed with Justin Trudeau, that none of his faithful flunkies dare mention Justin's name in his presence.Lest he fall…
Scotland results and ugly map
I’ve coloured this map in a very interesting way. Dark Green are areas that voted YES Light Green are areas that voted NO, but under the Scotland-wide average. Light Red…
Political Definitions #nlpoli
Political conservatives like to talk about how government ought to be run like a business. They talk about it so much that it’s odd, then, that they never actually do…