Our wise men have spoken—will the politicians listen?
Last week a report produced by 60 Canadian scholars stated that we can create a clean, sustainable future for our country with only a minimal effect on the economy. The…
March 2015
Enough said…
This comic conveys my disgust at people who diss teachers and try to shortchange education. What is wrong with you? pic.twitter.com/P5lQDTuCgP — Doug Coupland (@DougCoupland) June 18, 2014 Please, take…
Dear Rob Nicholson: you are a sanctimonious blowhard Chickenhawk GIT. RANT MODE ON.
In yet another Bush moment……. The only form of recycling that the HarperTools believe in, recycled rhetoric……. “ISIL has declared war on Canada,” Nicholson said. “By name, it seeks to…
“Bill C-51 is reckless and dangerous,” says OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson
Testifying before the House of Commons public safety committee on Monday, OpenMedia’s Steve Anderson said Harper’s anti-terror Bill C-51 is dangerous, reckless and ineffective. The post “Bill C-51 is reckless…
Cowichan Politicians Reject Staff Driven Bid For Hiring PR Spinners-Slash Budgets
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is too easy to poke at our politicians of all stripes and all stations but recently encouraging signs have emerged that show our elected folks are…
UK election kicks off
Back in 2013, I posted an election projection for the UK. You can view it by clicking here. In it, (I hope) I made clear that this projection was based…
Violent Video Games can be Good
Violent video games get attacked a lot. Media and news companies are quick to blame the influence video games have on youth to be the reason that youth commit acts…
Apparently, The Proof Is Not In The Tasting
Dr. Patrick Moore, a shill lobbyist for Monsanto, refused to put his mouth where his money is when offered the opportunity to prove his claim that glyphosate, the active ingredient…
Today, CRTC announces new protections and shows they’re listening to Canadians
This morning, the CRTC announced they’ll bring in a new customer protection code for Canadian TV users. While the CRTC has not yet drafted the code, they’re offering a two…
March 26: Damn!
A reader pointed out I made a mistake in my blog of March 25. I said the demonstration at MP Goguen’s office would be on April 31. I should have…
The Public Value of Public Sector Strikes
Photo from Public Domain The essence of an unjust society is to continually demand and take from those with the least the little that they have to support their lives…
From the Mekong to the Rio Grande – Some Things Just Don’t Change
During the Vietnam War, America maintained a large and active riverine force to patrol the Mekong and its tributaries to engage Viet Cong elements. It was a role featured in…
‘By any means necessary’: Heiltsuk vow to stop herring gillnet fishery
The Heiltsuk Nation is vowing to stop DFO’s opening of a gillnet fishery amid threatened herring stocks in Area 7 by “any means necessary”, after DFO refused to listen to…
The Power of Reuse: Wikipedia in Action
Summary of a panel at the Hewlette Grantees’ Conference. Errors are again my own. Pete Forsyth, Wiki Strategies(See also his blog post with resources for this panel at http://wikistrategies.net/oer-wikipedia-getting-started/ )…
Here’s How Canada Could Have 100% Renewable Electricity by 2035
Canada could become 100 per cent reliant on low-carbon electricity in just 20 years and reduce its emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, a new study shows. The report…
New Contest. Spot the Progressive!
I’ll bet you’ve got inside yourself some sense of progress, progressive, progressivism. Even bad people have a little. The question today is whether progressivism remains a real construct in Canadian…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, March 26, 2015
Your news links for today: Bell Media president Kevin Crull apologizes for ‘intrusion’ into CTV’s CRTC coverage – CBC News Can CTV News and BNN be trusted to report on…
ISIS: I am confused, as usual
How does bombing targets in Syria, without asking Syria for permission, and continuing to condemn Syria, make us an ally of Syria? #cdnpoIi — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) March 26, 2015…
I Used to Find Him Odd. Now I Know He’s Nuts.
He’s the Republican presidential nomination front runner (if only because there’s no one else in the race yet) and he’s a special guy at that. In his own humble opinion,…