In Friday’s Sun: Conservative war room steps on own bomb
Sometimes political war rooms get way, way too cute. Sometimes, even, they do something that ends up hurting them a lot more than it hurts their opponent. Sometimes, they’re idiots.…
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Green Party of Vancouver announces Park Board and School Board nominees
Posted by Green Party of Vancouver on August 07, 2014 · With 100 days to go to the civic election, Green Party of Vancouver Chair Jacquie Miller is pleased to…
“Clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki has informed the International Criminal Court that there was “clear evidence” of war crimes committed by Israel during the Gaza conflict. The post “Clear evidence”…
Ars Technica: This monkey’s selfie is just the beginning of an absurd tale
A monkey with a camera can take a selfie, but can infinite monkeys on infinite typewriters come up with modern laws for sharing and collaborating online? Article by David Kravets…
Home Is Where the Toque Is
It has been far too long since I’ve written anything, as we know, life can get in the way, and it sure doesn’t give a damn about your plans. Nonetheless,…
August 7:A pause to revisit August 5
I had a lot to cover in the last blog – so an important topic got lost. It’s Tuesday’s paper, p. A1 (NB’s natural resources debate rages). It’s on the…
Time to stop beating on Alison Redford … she’s already dead.
There’s an episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a Krusty the Klown impersonator for hire. At the opening of a new Krusty Burger, he savagely attacks the Krusty Burger…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, August 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Tinder, popular dating app, goes to the dogs – CBC Harper government’s legal setbacks suggest strategy of confrontation – CBC Australian Attorney-General Melts Down Trying…
Community Radio Resurgent in Sudbury
The following is my latest piece of grassroots journalism for the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op. Check out the full story here. There was a period in the not…
We share responsibility
“…we actually share some responsibility for those deaths because, for us, it is no priority whatever, to stop it. Our United Nations, our Government, our World is not that interested…”…
SFU Prof Mark Jaccard: BC LNG a race to the bottom
BC Premier Christy Clark addresses a conference on LNG (Damien Gillis) This is a guest post by Mark Jaccard, professor of sustainable energy at Simon Fraser University and a convening…
Four Years Later, Systemic Failures That Led To Gas Pipeline Explosion Revealed
Last Monday, the mayor of San Bruno stood on the steps of the California Public Utilities Commission offices in San Francisco and called for a complete overhaul of the state…
There are some quality candidates…
… vying for Liberal Party nominations. My political junkiness kicks into high gear usually about 12-18 months ahead of a projected election date. I love elections. And I love the…
A Stark Prediction of Sea Level Rise By 2040
Posted by MoS, the Disaffected Lib: There have been a number of reports over the past year or two that, taken collectively, seem to point to major changes underway in…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Steven Hoffman and Julia Belluz write that the current ebola outbreak – like many health catastrophes in the developing world – is…
Time To Divide The Heterogeneous DSM-5 Autism Spectrum Disorder and Free the Invisible, Severely Autistic From Oppression
Associated Morbidity and Mortality Health care utilization and costs are substantially higher for children and adolescents with ASDs compared with children without ASDs,89–91 and available data suggest that mortality is…
New column day
Here, on the need to take downside risks into account in discussing industrial development – especially when our water, land and lives are at stake. For further reading…– The CP…
#pcldr Flashback: Alison Redford 2011: Why I want to be Premier of Alberta
TweetWith today’s release of Auditor General Merwan Saher‘s report on Alison Redford‘s travel habits, and as Premier Dave Hancock, leadership frontrunner Jim Prentice and Progressive Conservative MLAs desperately try to…