Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Your news links for today: Join the global fight for a neutral net: Big Telecom vs THE WORLD – Cory Doctorow The End Of Net Neutrality Would Be ‘Clusterf**k Worse…
September 2014
Wither thou goest, Dippers, in your orange car at night?
Reporter Andy Radia asked me what I thought about Tom Mulcair, the (aptly named) NDP retreat, blah blah blah. My response, for your edification: “Mulcair’s big problem can be summed…
Unsatisfied women in art history
Oh, this is a lot of fun http://the-toast.net/2014/09/09/unsatisfied-women-western-art-history/ Filed under: art
If this is all you’ve got, Conservatives, start dusting off those CVs
This is perhaps the shittiest ad they have produced to date, and that’s saying something. We’ll be talking about this on Sun News today, but here’s a quick summary of…
Running to Lead
Originally posted on Eh Types:A small number are willing to re-elect Rob Ford. They are going down with his ship as surely as the Titanic’s band. It is encouraging that…
Trust Me, You’ll Want to Hear George Marshall Talk About "Multivalent" Climate Change
Eight years ago, climate communications expert George Marshall picked up a copy of The Independent from his doorstep on a Saturday morning. Looking at the front cover of that magazine,…
Trust Me, You’ll Want to Hear George Marshall Talk About "Multivalent" Climate Change
Eight years ago climate communications expert George Marshall picked up a copy of The Independent from his doorstep on a Saturday morning. Looking at the front cover of that magazine,…
Canadian group hosts international platform for massive Internet Slowdown Day to show what Internet would be like if we lost net neutrality rules
btvstw_slowdown_fbshare.jpg OpenMedia.ca joins with major websites Netflix, reddit, and huge coalition as experts warn of damaging consequences for Canada if net neutrality is undermined in U.S. or here in Canada…
The Perspective That Age Bestows
Unlike some, I do not bemoan the passage of time. True, I am of that generation known as ‘the baby boomers,’ but while I am at times mildly bemused about…
Clark Government Out To Bust Teacher’s Union and Usher In Charter Schools
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger There is lot at stake in British Columbia. This is so much more than a collective bargaining issue. The public education system itself is on the block…
Bobbsey Baird’s baffling bombast.
Keeping Canadians in a constant state of embarrassment, Foreign Minister John Baird continues to rack up frequent flier miles and drag Canada’s reputation deeper into disarray. What is diplomatic about…
More Poor Choices?
http://zoompf.com/blog Yesterday, the Harper Party released its latest campaign ad. It was Stephen Harper’s steady hand at the tiller, the ad claimed, that has guided Canada through the economic storms…
Defeat of Ukraine Army Brings Cease-Fire, but Underlying Political Conflicts Unresolved
A ceasefire in the war in eastern Ukraine was announced in Minsk, Belarus on Sept. 5. Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko made a simultaneous announcement in Wales where he was a…
Shadows
Photo by Lilian (click to enlarge) If you’re afraid of shadows, look at them more carefully. Can you see how they reveal another dimension that is not otherwise apparent? New…
From Neoliberalism to Climate Denial: “You must start with beliefs. Yes, always with beliefs."
The first part of our epic history of climate denial opens with our hero’s harrowing experience during the Battle of Britain and the war against totalitarianism His parachute was engulfed…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, September 10, 2014: Why lawyers will love the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus 4 ways Luka…
The American Rentier Economy: Has the US Become a Failed Nation?
When I first started to write this blog five years ago, to make the point about how the concept of the economy is used to the detriment of the vast…
New Brunswick NDP
The New Brunswick NDP is the “3rd” party in the province. It has held seats before, never more than one at a time, but is the only party beyond the…
The Canadian Progressive Joins Global Net Neutrality Protest
Today, The Canadian Progressive joins millions of websites, digital rights organizations and Internet freedom fighters demanding stronger “net neutrality” protections. The post The Canadian Progressive Joins Global Net Neutrality Protest…