Heavy fuel oil that spilled from a Kirby Inland Marine oil barge after it collided with a cargo ship on March 22, began washing up on Galveston Bay’s shoreline on…
According to today’s New York Times, Japan has enough enriched uranium to build a large number of nuclear weapons. They’ve had it, and the US has known about it, “for…
What’s the smartest move to make if you’re premier of a province facing a $20-billion deficit? Cut corporate taxes by $2.4-billion a year, of course! At least, that’s the way…
Canada has one of the most unstable democracies when compared to Western European countries that use proportional representation. That may seem odd considering we usually dole out 4-year dictatorships to…
My little contribution to the meme-o-sphere. Original photo here via Flickr. Know your meme entry on Yes, this is dog here. On the Internet, people can still kind of tell…
The Stephen Harper government has spent hundreds of millions of public dollars on a propaganda campaign aimed at bolstering the Stephen Harper brand. Apparently, someone from the city of Edmonton…
Your news links for today: How Canada’s Spies Game the Media – CANADALAND Podcast CSIS tracking 80 Canadians who came home after going abroad for ‘terrorist purposes’ – Canada.com Canada’s…
By Peter Ewart-Opinion 250 Peter Ewart It is an outrageous amount. According to a document from the Ministry of Forests that was recently brought to light in the provincial legislature…
…and she can cut a rug! Also, it’s her birthday. Just saying’.
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Yves Smith notes that a short-sighted focus on returns for shareholders generally represents a poor allocation of resources even on the level of…
An Ontario provincial election is happening! An Ontario provincial election isn’t happening! LOL, as they say. Journalism is fun. .
TweetWith Dave Hancock being sworn-in as the 15th Premier of Alberta and speculation running rampant about who will replace him in four to six months, I thought now would be…
I recently was directed to read a statement that I had “…put forward a notice of motion calling on the municipality to spend the money to put a concrete floor…
The Star is bullish on an election call: The minority Liberal government doesn’t intend to negotiate with the New Democrats in order to get their support for the spring budget,…
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up…
My final post about the OLA Super Conference sessions I attended saves the best for last. “Sub-Urban Beats: Hip-Hop Programming in the Library” thrilled me with possibilities. Even more exciting,…
It’s time for a federal election. They want to change fundamental Canadian rights, and oppose laws in our Constitution that they didn’t get a mandate for in their crooked 2011…
Murray Dobbin writes that our political system is ill equipped to deal with crises: Our political system’s greatest flaw is not the first-past-the-post voting system. It is the fact that…
You wanted “independent” Senators? Well, you got ‘em. And this one in particular – my friend Senator Downe – knows where the bodies are buried around Parliament Hill. He’s not…
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, March 24, 2014: Rob Ford says he was imitating Hulk Hogan in violent rant video Turkish Lawyers…
