Climate Science Goofs – Again
The climate scientists got it wrong, badly wrong. You could say they were out by a country mile (if anyone still remembers what that is). This time it’s ocean temperatures…
October 2014
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ezra Klein discusses how a corporate focus on buybacks and dividends rather than actually investing capital leads to less opportunities for workers.…
Straight Talk: Beds so old it’s sometimes hard to find parts
If there is job security for someone like John Hopkins it’s because hospitals are increasingly having to make do with what they have. A maintenance mechanic with South Grey Bruce…
Renewable Energy Capacity Comparable to Nuclear
The future is looking better and better for renewable energy production and recently the capacity for renewable energy is comparable to nuclear. Nuclear energy saw great progress and governmental support…
John Tory “summoned” by Harper
Only @JohnTory2014 would think being “summoned” by a very unpopular Conservative leader is worth promoting. What a bunch of idiots.
The Myth of Block Voting
I was amused by a recent comment I had voted “95%” the same as others on council. This was followed by the inevitable accusation of “block voting.” The complainer apparently…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, October 7, 2014: Federal judge: Police in Ferguson violated Constitution Luka Magnotta: What did we learn in…
War and Righteous Christian Warriors. . . . .
Stephen Harper’s motivations to have Canada get involved in the new war in Iraq are essentially two fold. On the one hand Harper is a religious fanatic who has, for…
Mediocrity is a step backward for democracy.
Now the Toronto Star is also trumpeting ranked ballots for municipal elections in Ontario. When Premier Wynne pulled the idea out of her hat the other day, the first reaction…
One Last Assault On Labour
www.nationalpost.com/ Jim Stanford writes that, by resurrecting Bill C-377, the Harper Party is making one last assault on labour. The bill died in the Senate last year when Conservative senators,…
Stephen Harper and the Con ISIS Enablers
So great is Stephen Harper's contempt for Parliament, that even on the day when it debated his plan to take us to war, he didn't even bother to show up.No…
Their Shoddy Potemkin Villages
In 1787, the Empress Catherine II took a long trip to the Crimea along the Dnieper River. She wanted to see how her subjects lived. Not wanting her to see…
Pretending less is known than we know
At times, I wonder if mainstream political journalism in BC is written by the uninformed for the uninformed. Gary Mason provided an example to consider when he commented on the…
Sun News Network In Final Death Throes
Huffpo Canada has some information about the big sale that I haven’t heard elsewhere. In particular, what happens to the Sun News Network, which was not part of the deal.…
Toronto update and "others"
I’ve done some research on Elections in Toronto, starting in 1997 with the merger of the city. Counting the top three, or four candidates each time, I’ve been able to…
The Vision Thing #nlpoli
The St. John’s Board of Trade is about the only business advocacy group in the world that doesn’t actually believe in free enterprise. The Board doesn’t believe that government should…
Yes, it is astonishing
The US Supreme Court basically ruled today that all those lower court decisions authorizing gay marriage in a number of states are constitutional.In celebration, Andrew Sullivan has written The Astonishing…
LA REVUE GAUCHE – Left Analysis And Comment 2014-10-07 02:59:00
THE MYTH OF CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE, IT’S NOT CLEAN OR GREEN Eugene Plawiuk, 5th Class Certified Power Engineer Last week Saskatchewan Power announced with much fanfare the first ever…
The Postmedia-Quebecor deal: Welcome to newspaper hell, where the lowest common denominator will prevail
An unreconstituted Toronto Sun front page. Newspaper hell? Turns out it’s not quite as bad as we imagined it would be, except for the few unfortunates who still work in…
Today in History: Alison Redford sworn-in as Premier of Alberta
TweetOn October 7, 2011, Alison Merrilla Redford stood in front of a large crowd of her peers and power-brokers in the Legislature Rotunda as she was sworn-in as Alberta’s 14th…