Design is not my strong suit
Here’s the thing. I want a writing studio. I want a space that I can come to where creativity is the THING. I may even do sewing here. When we…
2014
Sylvia Earle’s Blue Mission
There’s a terrific documentary, Mission Blue, that’s now available on Netflix. It’s the life story of pioneering oceanographer and marine biologist, Sylvia Earle. From the time she took her science…
Surf’s Up – On the Arctic Ocean
Well, it turns out every cloud does have a silver lining. A major impact of climate change has been the rapid loss of Arctic sea ice. The absence of sea…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Your news links for today: $100M Lawsuit vs Bell Over Expiry of Prepaid Minutes Allowed to Proceed – iPhone in Canada Blog CRTC probes wireless players over mobile TV –…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – John Abraham and Dana Nuccitelli discuss the worrisome spread of climate change denialism, particularly around the English-speaking developed world. But lest we…
Interview with Karen McCrimmon, LPC nomination contestant Kanata-Carleton
Following up on yesterday’s interview with David Graham, today we have an interview conducted with Karen McCrimmon, Liberal Party nomination hopeful in the riding of Kanata-Carleton. My thanks to Karen…
Lucid Dreamers Demonstrate Better Awareness When Awake
People who can lucid dream are able to transfer skills acquired for lucid dreaming into the waking world. In fact, this skill makes lucid dreamers more aware and cognizant than…
If Ebola Hits Lagos, All Bets are Off
Laurie Garrett claims “you are not nearly scared enough about ebola.” Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations, warns that if the ebola epidemic…
Acknowledging the Irrational
At the centre of classical economics is the notion that man is a rational decision maker. Thus, economics is all about creating incentives. If you lower taxes, people will have…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, August 19, 2014: Despite Supreme Court turndown raw milk activist won’t pay fine | Better Farming Report…
Denial And Outrage
During my teaching career, it was occasionally my unpleasant task to confront a student with evidence of his or her cheating; most situations revolved around plagiarizing essays or having skipped…
The Babel-on-the-Bay complaint desk is open.
Boy, you just try to be fair and you hear about it. Babel-on-the-Bay’s complaint desk was overworked the other day after commenting on the Guelph Robocall verdict. You try to…
The Shadowy Con Conspiracy to Destroy Justin Trudeau
I have no idea who broke into Justin Trudeau's home the other night while he was away, in a creepy attempt to terrorize him and his young family.I can't imagine…
revolutionary thoughts of the day: kareem abdul-jabbar, the new yorker, howard zinn
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has an excellent essay in Time, something only a big-name writer can get away with in the mainstream media. Abdul-Jabbar names the stark truths behind the uprising in…
This morning’s paper
Makes my point better than my column did.
Reefer Madness and the Corruption of Rona Ambrose
Well it could have been just another day in the glamorous life of Rona Ambrose Health Minister. Serving the public, like an Angel of Mercy, and servicing Stephen Harper, like…
Conservative Misinformation and the Public Sector Debt Problem #nlpoli
There is no limit to how selectively provincial Conservatives will read a document in order to find some microscopic filament that might possibly confirm that they have really been running…
Mexico initiates major high-speed rail project
On August 16, Mexican Secretary of Communications and Transport (SCT) Gerardo Ruiz Esparza and Governor Jose Calzada Rovirosa of the State of Querétaro announced the tender for a high-speed passenger…
The note to Justin Trudeau
Exclusive! The note left in Justin Trudeau’s residence after the breakin. Filed under: comment Tagged: Canada, election, politics, satire, satire already sheesh