Wikipedia’s Entry On Momentum
Political momentum is nothing like the momentum of physics. In the world of Newton and Einstein appearances don't cause forces, whereas in politics, appearances are forces.Stephen Harper became Leader of…
2014
Wikipedia’s Entry On Momentum
Political momentum is nothing like the momentum of physics. In the world of Newton and Einstein appearances don’t cause forces, whereas in politics, appearances are forces. Stephen Harper became Leader…
Canada’s Birthday, the World’s Gift
My parents immigrated here from Scotland in the mid 70′s. I have wondered what being born there instead would have been like. I imagine I would have enjoyed living closer…
Trans Mountain: They Had To Bomb The Whale In Order To Save The Whale
Dropping explosives into the ocean to scare whales away from balls of floating dilbit is just just one element of Trans Mountain’s “world class” response to oil-spills outta ships carrying…
In Tuesday’s Sun: Rob Ford, the destroyer
If you’re interested in politics, two things probably caught your attention yesterday. (1) Important by-elections took place – two in Alberta, and two in Ontario. (2) Rob Ford got out…
Calico flump
Upcoming, a series of cross-application experiments. Drawings began in one app, unfinished for various reasons and left to linger in the photo app. Mostly begun in Paper, or Sketches, and…
Where Do We Go From Here? – The Green Party of Ontario & the June 2014 Provincial Election
With the June 12, 2014 Ontario provincial election now in the rear-view mirror, two of Ontario’s four major political parties have been going through a fair amount of public soul…
“BC LNG: Cold Gas, Hot Air” – video of Squamish presentation
Watch this video from last week’s “BC LNG: Cold Gas, Hot Air” presentation and discussion in Squamish – where the proposed Woodfibre project is currently in a public comment period.…
Volatile gas revenues tend to evaporate
BC Liberals are reluctant spenders when it comes to improving public schools. However, they’re not reluctant to put money into the pockets of natural gas producers. The amounts are in…
Rafe: Time Canadians get used to Tsilhqot’in case, Aboriginal title
Chief Roger Williams (left) at the the Supreme Court of Canada (Photo: Pei-Ju Wang) The Tsilhqot’in First Nation’s Roger Williams case victory settles the question once and for all: there…
In Blow to Oil Industry, New York’s Top Court Upholds Local Fracking Bans
New York’s highest state court ruled today that local governments have the legal authority to use zoning to bar oil and gas drilling, fracking and other heavy industrial sites within…
Release of guarantor by material alteration of underlying loan
Turfpro Investments Inc. v. Heinrichs, 2014 ONCA 502: A guarantor will be released from liability where the creditor and the principal debtor agree to a material alteration of the loan…
Peter McKay and this week’s Canada politics news roundup
Justice Minister Peter MacKay, Supreme Court of Canada, First Nations and the rest of the politics news which made the headlines in Canada this past week. The post Peter McKay…
Why I’m for massive civil disobedience
Subscribe to our free e-newsletter HERE. This piece was originally published in The Tyee and is republished here with the author’s permission. The Conservative government’s decision to approve the Northern…
Send in the Clown
It was nice while it lasted. The last two months in Toronto’s municipal election featured policy announcements, reasonable debate, and even a few bold ideas. However, these two months have…
Tsilhqot’in First Nation Wins First Canadian Land Claim in History
In a case that faced three courts and spanned more than two decades, the Tsilhqot’in First Nation of British Columbia’s interior won an unprecedented Supreme Court of Canada decision last…
Shale oil highly volatile, experts confirm
The catastrophic explosion in Lac-Mégantic of a shale oil train brought the product’s volatility to the fore Read this June 24 story from the Wall Street Journal on the volatility…
The Facebook Research
The Facebook experiments are actually very clever. The content stream is the presentation of everyone else’s material to an individual user. So, in my content stream, I get stuff from…
Being Intellectually Stimulated Can Delay Dementia
More and more studies seem to be coming out that all conclude that keeping your mind active can be helpful to all sorts of health issues. Speaking more than one…