Omar Khadr Update
The Supremes have just ruled that Omar Khadr should be tried as a juvenile for crimes he may have committed in Afghanistan. This is no surprise as Omar Khadr clearly…
May 2015
Lax Kw’alaams Nation Rejects $1 Billion Payday from Petronas LNG
After a week of voting in three different cities, the message from the Lax Kw’alaams Nation to Pacific NorthWest LNG is clear: even $1.15 billion dollars cannot purchase social license.…
is it hot here? Or is it just me?
Some fooling around with Papers new tools. Here, the earth poses for and ponders a question. Filed under: art Tagged: earth, madeWithPaper, warming
NDPocalypse v6.5 – EKOS Shows 3-Way Tie Federally
We don’t have the actual numbers regionals yet, but supposedly a new EKOS poll shows that the federal New Democrats are leading the pack, with 29.2% compared to 28.6% for…
Have You Come a Long Way, Baby..?
Was Hydro One right to fire heckler involved in the FHRITP incident? Vancouver lawyer says Hydro was well within their rights to fire heckler By BC Almanac, CBC News Posted:…
Hydro One is wrong
Sometimes very late at night, unable to sleep, usually full of self pity and scotch, to the point that I can no longer follow the storyline on any of the…
Hydro One is wrong
Sometimes very late at night, unable to sleep, usually full of self pity and scotch, to the point that I can no longer follow the storyline on any of the…
Hydro One is wrong
Sometimes very late at night, unable to sleep, usually full of self pity and scotch, to the point that I can no longer follow the storyline on any of the…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Thursday, May 14, 2015
Your news links for today: Your tax info at heightened risk, experts say – MoneySense CSIS and other law enforcement agencies can wiretap Google Hangouts – Mobile Syrup CEO of…
Podcast: What’s next for Alberta?
https://politicalehconomy.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/podcast150515-alberta-election.mp3 This episode focuses on what else but the recent Alberta provincial election that saw the social democratic NDP sweep into power after 44 consecutive years of Conservative rule. To…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Joseph Stiglitz laments the corporate takeover of policy-making processes, including by imposing trade rules which impede democratic decision-making: The real intent of…
What’ll He Do Next, Bring Back the Work House?
You could say that Britain’s newly minted Conservative majority prime minister, Dapper Dave Cameron, is on a rampage. With his axing of Britain’s Human Rights Act, Cameron seems intent on…
The Silliest Anti-Abortion Argument
Of all the anti-abortion arguments that get thrown about, I think I saw the silliest one today. (Disclosure: I’m pro-choice.) It didn’t come from an anti-abortion activist, but rather from…
New column day
Here, on how Brad Wall looks to face plenty of new political challenges now that he can’t rely on an Alberta PC dynasty to do much of his dirty work…
Channeling Robin Williams
Stevie-Joe Harper’s pursuit of Omar Khadr is getting positively obsessive. Now the feds are off to the Supreme Court of Canada over Khadr – yet again – this time to…
That Poll…
Its just one poll, and a preliminary result as well. But pretty damn interesting. And not entirely surprising given Notley’s victory out West. It will be important to see the…
The High Cost Of Integrity
In this world, remaining faithful to one’s principles can be a very difficult proposition. We often hear how important it is to “go along to get along,” and while we…
Commute by Bike to Decrease Your Stress
Stanford University’s Calming Technology Lab has found evidence to support what most commuter cyclists already know: riding a bike to work instead of driving a car lowers one’s stress. Not…
The New Serfs
http://www.amendmentgazette.com/ The OECD has warned that increasingly concentrated wealth at the top of society spells disaster for the world’s economy. Frances Russell writes: When the Organization for Economic Cooperation and…