Bad News For Balderdash
A recent story on New Scientist gives a glimmer of hope for those of us who bemoan the swelling tsunami of claptrap and codswallop that fills the internet: THE internet…
March 2015
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, Bloggers
So, that court decision, here. The decision is basically incoherent. Fair comment is supposed to be comment, not a statement of fact masquerading as comment, as was the case here.…
Details. Mere Details
H/t We Don’t Want This The most egregious, anti-democratic elements of Harper’s terror Bill C-51 are the following: -jail for 5 years if someone posts anything counter to the government…
Design Elements in a Personal Learning Environment
In this paper I would like to address the core design elements in the development of a personal learning architecture being developed in the National Research Council’s Learning and Performance…
When Wynne wants her way.
When Premier Wynne knows what it is she wants, she wants it, she gets it and you best get out of her way. It is just regrettable that she has…
Under the Dome: A Documentary on China’s Pollution
The Chinese documentary Under the Dome (I can’t find english subtitles, sorry) has taken China by storm. The documentary was released on last week and is already changing the conversation…
History Is His Enemy
Stephen Harper has always made two claims: 1) that he knows how to manage Canada’s economy; and 2) that the Liberals would lead Canada on the road to ruin. But…
Why Stephen Harper Will Not Escape the Duffy Trial
Well I can only imagine how grim the mood must be in Stephen Harper's monstrous PMO. After so many of Great Leader's most fanatical followers were subpoenaed to take the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Edward Keenan is the latest to point out that any reasonable political decision-making process needs to include an adult conversation about taxes and…
Warnos Confusion Index
I’m sure it makes sense to someone, this “basket of political goods” thing, but it sure doesn’t make sense to me. Anyone else? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Notes from ELI 2015 Riyadh – Day One
Rob KadelThe Untapped Potential for eLearningPearson Research & Innovation Network / University of Colorado Denver– learning to think laterally, or to think divergently (think outside the box) – instead of…
The Abacus Insight #nlpoli
By lunch time today, you’ll have Corporate Research Associate’s latest quarterly omnibus poll. Odds are the overall numbers on party choice for provincial politics will be in line with all…
It Turns Out That Yes, You Are an Artist
You’re an artist; and YOU are an artist and you too are an artist… I’m feeling like I’m in touch with Oprah here, but you are an artist. Once I…
Benjamin Netanyahu’s Speech and the Cowardice of Stephen Harper
Well it couldn't have been a more grotesque spectacle, the war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the U.S. Congress, and claiming that all he's interested in is peace.When the only reason…
The Book On Pope Francis
Dennis Gruending judges. The result: Pope F is pretty good when it comes to gays, the poor, and the Climate (very good there, actually, IMHO). Not so good when it…
Your iPhone and A Revolutionary Health Enhancing and Affordable Breakthrough
Richard Hughes- Political Blogger Fortunately this is an email that I read and am passing on to you. Check it out. This could already be a huge time saver, life…
Let’s Not Sacrifice Freedom Out Of Fear
This is a guest post by David Suzuki A scientist, or any knowledgeable person, will tell you climate change is a serious threat for Canada and the world. But the…
Expanding the domestic threat
Just a quick update in response to an article I saw today. But under the heading Domestic Extremism, the spy service also underscored what might be the flip side of…