Oil prices drop as global warming rises: Suzuki
Cheaper gas means more fill-ups at the pump With oil prices plunging from more than $100 a barrel last summer to below $50 now, the consequences of a petro-fuelled economy…
January 2015
Rethinking Economics Waterloo Conference, Feb 7
Ali Kraushaar and Geoff Evamy Hill, co-founders of the Rethinking Economics Waterloo initiative, are organizing a conference to be held Feb 7. It looks good! See below. — We want…
Right about now, the PM is throwing a big dictionary at a staffer
H/T Louis Butko.
Is Harper Collaborating With the Saudi Princes to Crush Their Shiite Minority?
Stephen Harper is beginning to catch a bit of flack over the sale of 15-billion dollars worth of Canadian-built light armoured fighting vehicles to Saudi Arabia. At first blush it’s…
Salvaging Order Out of Chaos
I don’t want to blame America for this but, somehow, on its unipolar watch, much of the world was set ablaze. It’s not just Afghanistan (along with neighbouring Pakistan) and…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, January 22, 2015
Your news links for today: Google Plans To Offer Wireless Services – DSL Reports Google Reportedly On The Verge Of Launching ‘Nova,’ A Cellular Phone Service To Compete With Big…
Poetic Reality
I had a guest post scheduled for today but the final text has not shown up yet. I did however receive this little offering from a regular corespondent. Enjoy! If…
Banks and Balanced Budgets
The Bank of Canada surprised most analysts this week when it decided to cut rates by 25 basis points. The move comes after the price of oil has tumbled below…
Another Compelling Video From Operation Maple
Operation Maple (Take Canada Back) is continuing its fine job of reminding us of the terrible way we are governed, offering us frequent and compelling evidence that demonstrates how the…
Arnold Chan
Arnold is an old friend from the Team McGuinty days, and an impressive new Liberal MP. He is an amazing person, very driven, and I am very confident he will…
Why the Whole World is Watching Greece
Syriza’s leader, Alexis Tsipras • Photo by FrangiscoDer Why is so much attention focused on the Greek elections? It may seem surprising that an election in a small country of…
New column day
Here, on how the now-infamous story of Eric and Ilsa bears a disturbing resemblance to how Brad Wall has handled Saskatchewan’s finances. For further reading…– Again, the original Eric and…
Orwellian
Rejection of George Orwell’s Animal Farm by Knopf. For those of us who slave away behind a keyboard, worth clipping and saving.
Tearing Away At the Nation’s Core
http://www.thewolf.ca/ The Harper government is busy preparing new anti-terror legislation. But, Colin Kenny writes in today’s Toronto Star, we don’t need new legislation, we need adequate funding of the institutions…
Conservatives’ red tape commision saves next to nothing
Red Tape Cuts Rated Modest Blacklock’s reports. I do so wish they’d come up with a revenue model that lets them get their journalism out there more. Because they’re actually…
Doug the neurotic invents a corollary on his daily commute
Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m freaking out. I ate at Wendy’s last night, and then I’m reading the paper today — yeah, like I do everyday on the bus —…
Should I Join "Ello!"?
Got an invite yesterday from some dude named “Lucian”. I’ve heard its like Facebook For hipsters, & with hotter women. On the other hand, I was in one of my…
Rick’s Latest
As usual, Mr. Mercer does us all proud as he yet again lambastes the obdurate, arrogant Mr. Harper, this time over the fact that he doesn’t play well with others…
Our Happy Conor is Back! And Dad Is Happy Too!
The top photo above was taken a year and a half ago, shortly after Conor recoved from a very serious adverse reaction to his seizure med at the time, Lamtrogine,…