Fear starts to grip the country
Filed under: Cartoons (Single Panel), Making fun of Harper
October 2014
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey Latest Minister To Tout Coal Industry "Energy Poverty" Spin
Australia’s Treasurer Joe Hockey barely missed a beat when challenged to justify the country’s massive fossil fuel export industry and bottom-dwelling record for domestic greenhouse gas emissions. “We are exporting…
Appeal route determined by entire Order and not merely parts appealed
The route an appeal takes depends critically on the nature of the order appealed. So appeals may, or may not, go to Divisional Court depending on whether they are for…
Will Republicans believe their military on climate change?
The American Republican Party is a major obstacle to the United States acting responsibly on climate change. In the manner of our federal government, they do not allow science to…
CBC: Big Telecom needs a lesson in statistics
Big Telecom tried to convince the CRTC that Canadians have the second-fastest mobile Internet speeds in the world. The problem? Those speeds were based on advertisements, not reality. When will…
Pristine Coast doc reveals surprising, untold history of salmon farms
My first brush with the fish farming industry on our coast came around 2000 when I was broadcasting for CKNW. At that point, this was considered to be a “good”…
Experimenting with email Encryption
This may be useful at some point in the future, to verify a message came from the real me. —–BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK—– Version: GnuPG v2 mQINBFQ+0G4BEADJFztc21tJCnECJTxVFvHq/ub9v6/VYj8f2PeqRadihw/CxMDG nloXhOHX87jRiGCGyWRLuypzSs/Hk+kt1Vl+7xA+0Dc7WWE39tnlISAicIzrYV5p twR9XGKsuZ1yhccTZiy46vClBXN4e29s+4FZgoFCbym2KRj5wRWX1/5MRsIzKYWc…
I’m Damir Wallener, and I am Running for Mayor of North Cowichan.
Damir Wallener A thriving municipality is built on three pillars – accountability, community, and healthy economic development. Accountability ultimately comes from voters, so they must be given tools to make…
Frans Timmermans oxygen mask revelation raises questions about MH-17 missile strike scenario
Bottom right – Dutch Foreign Affairs minister Frans Timmermans Earlier posts on this blog followed the story of Malaysian Airlines flight MH-17 – the passenger plane brought down over Eastern…
Rick’s Latest Rant
In his latest, Rick Mercer turns his acerbic wit on the theft of copyright being engineered by the Harper regime to facilitate its campaign of attack ads. Recommend this Post
Tell Christy Clark: Don’t rush through Societies Act reforms
Please write today to tell the BC government not to press through its reforms to the BC Societies Act. Email fcsp@gov.bc.ca before the end of 15 October 2014. Clark’s Liberal…
Government’s digital strategy props up Big Telecom giants at expense of rural Canadians
gatekeepers-share_1.png In response to this morning’s announcement by Industry Minister James Moore regarding funding for Internet service providers (ISPs) looking to expand broadband services into rural and remote parts of…
Randy Hillier Turns On His Own
Three would-be leaders of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives made obeisance to the Ontario Landowners Association last weekend, horrifying their caucusmate who helped found the group.Christine Elliott, Vic Fedeli and Lisa MacLeod,…
Our Most Worrisome Endangered, Perhaps Already Extinct, Species. World Leaders.
You know it. I know it. Even if you haven’t really thought about it, you’ve probably sensed it. As our world sails into an ever worsening storm, there’s nobody at…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Your news links for today: Telus speed claims not based on real-world experience – CBC News Shaw’s solution to my slow internet: Just downgrade! – reddit Rogers tipped as a…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how Canada can respond to being stalled economically: In 2011 median earnings in Canada were $30,000. That means one-half of…
Ebola threat should spark overdue investment in public health
In September Peterborough residents narrowly avoided the first strike in their health unit’s history. Despite acknowledging significant inequities in how they compensate staff, the Peterborough County-City Health Unit argued they…
The in-law chair #1
Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: chair
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 15, 2014: Wise Law Blog: Heckling the Home Team: Off-Duty Conduct and Dismissal for Cause Wise…
“A” Personalities: A Theory
When someone tells me he is an “A-type” personality, I cannot help but think of the title of Aaron James’ bestselling book: Assholes *A Theory (Anchor Books, New York, 2014).…