Well, They Do Have It Coming
If you can’t stand the heat, get out of Australia. A new report claims that the ‘land down unda’ will be hit harder by climate change impacts than the rest…
January 2015
Great Tracts of Land
This was another one of those yelly-at-the-radio days. Listen, it isn’t very often that I’m actually *ashamed* of the place that I choose to live. I love this place 98%…
Comment rules
Someone using a false name and false email address has tried this morning to make criminal accusations about Kathleen Wynne and Team on this web site’s comments section. I have…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, January 26, 2015
Your news links for today: New security bill aimed at combating ‘lone wolf’ attacks coming this week – CBC News Harper’s anti-terror bill to criminalize the ‘promotion of terrorism’ –…
Just a Matter of Time
Mini-drones, hand-launched devices that can deliver small payloads on flights of 15-minutes or more. The Genie is out of the bottle and proof came in the form of a small…
Flobby blobby flurfly fluffy calico clump
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Internet TV and Roku
I picked up a ROKU streaming stick this weekend at the local Staples store to get access to some internet TV. The box advertises 500+ channels, while the boxes for…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for the week of January 19, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for the week of January 19, 2015: Arrival of electronic document delivery drags Ontario lawyers kicking and screaming into…
Lord Cross-the-Pond still ponders.
Finding another commentary by Lord Cross-the-Pond, Conrad Black, in this past weekend’s National Post only proves that he really needs something serious to do. And we can assure him that…
Democracy? What Democracy?
http://gagordernetwork.com/ Last week the Harper government awarded a ship building contract to the Irving family. Like the F-35 contract, it was awarded — by a “bureaucrat” — without a competition.…
Energy From Drinking Water
Drinkable water right from a tap in your home is a relatively new and amazing thing. Just when you thought water delivery systems couldn’t get any better a company has…
follow up: a brighter picture on ebooks and libraries, in some cases
Last summer, I blogged about the very bad arrangement between publishers and public libraries regarding ebooks, and suggested that library users could help their libraries by not borrowing ebooks. I’ve…
In today’s Hill Times: where’s the plan?
What a difference a few weeks make. Not so long ago, the federal government was counting on a structural surplus — and lots of largess to dispense at around the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Larry Elliott writes that at least some business leaders are paying lip service to the idea that inequality needs to be reined in.…
Another Rate Cut? The Cons Are That Desperate.
Stephen Harper may yet again take an unprecedented move and manipulate monetary policy again in a desperate attempt to jump-start the economy prior to the 2015 election. The great ‘economist…
Performance short of promise
During the 2013 BC election, Liberals talked frequently of “Debt-Free B.C.” The party platform included this: No conscious person will be surprised when I state the performance has fallen short…
Michelle Rempel and the Horror of Stephen Harper
Well it's been a slow and sad descent for Michelle Rempel, into the darkness or the bowels of Harperland.From little Miss Con Goldilocks, to the most fanatical follower of her…
A swing and a miss #nlpoli
The usual round of Saturday chores this weekend brought with it the usual accidental meetings with all manner of friends and acquaintances. Even the least political among them wondered what…
Alberta Election 2015: What We Know versus Speculation
What we know: The last provincial General Election was held 2 years, 9 months and 3 days ago on April 23, 2012. The Election Amendment Act introduced by Wetaskiwin-Camrose Progressive…
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