Wired: If you like everything, you like nothing
A man ‘liked’ everything that popped up on his Facebook news feed for 48 hours. What happened next is an ironic twist. Article by Mat Honan for Wired There’s this…
2014
Thoughts on Robin Williams
I’m still reeling from Robin William’s suicide. The challenge with ageing is that our icons prove they’re human too.
Is Stephen Harper Trying to Fiddle With the Disastrous Job Report?
I think it's safe to say that Statistics Canada's last job report was not well received in Stephen Harper's PMO.Because when you can only create 200 jobs in the whole…
August 14: Sorry to be late with this one….
real life keeps getting in the way.Monday’s paper, section A, p. 1. Big story of the day, “Metro cyclists, drivers have room to grow…” I have no idea what the…
The Murder of #MichaelBrown And Why ‘Black Rage’ Is Entirely Justified
MSNBC, quoting Dorian Johnson, eyewitness to the shooting by Ferguson, MO police of Michael Brown: “There are two crowds. An older crowd that wants justice but there’s anger. Then it’s…
Questlove Remembers Robin Williams
Man. The smallest gesture can mean the world to you. Robin Williams made such an impact on me and didn’t even know it. He named checked all of us in…
RIP Father Raymond Gravel, Progressive Catholic Priest
Sad news via CBC News: “Father Raymond Gravel, a well-known Catholic priest, an advocate for Quebec sovereignty and a social activist, has died. “He served one term as the Bloc…
Goodbye Robin.
Robin Williams has always been a part of my life. One of the earliest proper TV shows I remember watching was Mork and Mindy, about a strange guy with a…
Robin Williams is Dead
I blame Canada. The world lost a really genuine person who tried at least as hard as Jim Carey and Steve Carell, to make everyone laugh. Aww shucks, Williams was…
We Need New Ways of Pricing Natural Capital
A case in point. This summer’s B.C. spot prawn season got derailed – by Asia. Delicious local prawns that usually would go for 8-9 dollars a pound were suddenly demanding…
Kinder Morgan creates $90 Billion pipeline super-company
Reuters is reporting that Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan is folding all its assets into one super-company, valued at $92 Billion. It remains to be seen how the deal will…
Severe Weather Events Linked to Some Guy Named Rossby
We owe a lot to Carl-Gustav Rossby, the Swedish-born American scientist who pioneered research into atmospheric thermodynamics at MIT and was instrumental in the university establishing America’s first department of…
LPC Policy Equals CPC Fundraising?
The Hill Times has an article suggesting that Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party’s position on marijuana legalization has been a fundraising windfall for the Conservatives. While this may cause…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Your news links for today: Banning wireless paper bill fees? Price hikes sure to follow – AlphaBeatic Dear FCC: Get Out of D.C. and Talk to the Over 1 Million…
Egypt’s Government – The One We Like – Mass Murderers?
A Human Rights Watch investigation into the deaths of more than 800-protesters by Egyptian security forces at last August’s Rabaa massacre finds the slaughter was both planned and politically motivated.…
The Anchor Around Our Necks – Neoliberalism
Modern neoliberalism, of the Hayek and Friedman schools, has been defined as “capitalism with the gloves off.” Today it’s a term associated with laissez-faire capitalism, deregulation and free trade. Neoliberalism…
Residents Refuse to Drink Water, Despite Ban Lift, After Mount Polley Mine Disaster
Residents in Likely, B.C. are concerned about drinking water affected by Mount Polley mining waste even after a water use ban was lifted for areas downstream of Quesnel Lake. The…
Montaigne and Machiavelli
Michel de Montaigne mentioned Machiavelli only twice in his Essays, both in Book Two. This tells us he was aware of the latter, but not whether he was intimately familiar…