There’s an algorithm for that.
And you thought apps for your iPhone were big business. It seems that marketing research is the far more volatile business today. Consumer product manufacturers are constantly at their doors…
June 2015
He Makes The Rules
http://news.nationalpost.com/ Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault took the Harper government to court this week over the destruction of the long gun registry. Back when the government passed legislation to end the…
Apocalyptic Wingnuts At It Again
The end-of-the-worlders are again predicting the immanent destruction of the planet. This time it will happen on 22-23 September, 2015. You might recall the world ended in 2000, 2003, 2009,…
Signs of Power in Paid Caregiving – And I Don’t Like Them
A couple of days ago, I was wandering around my local grocery store when I happened to notice a young man in a wheelchair. He was smiling and chatting with…
Stephen Harper’s Disastrous Day of Con Scandals
I grabbed this screen shot of Question Period yesterday with my new, shiny, but very cheap cell phone.And as you can see it didn't come out that well eh?You do…
Newfoundland forcing Quebec’s hand on Old Harry #nlpoli
The Bay du Nord field is far offshore and far from development, Paul Davis’ optimism notwithstanding. It’s way the hell offshore (about 500 kilometres), way the hell under water (more…
Greece’s updated proposals to lenders: The complete document
Kathimerini has published the full set of proposals made by a Greek delegation to the country’s lenders in Brussels over the weekend. You can read the document here. via ekathimerini.com…
Drip Feeding Greece Will End in Default
Filed under: Eurozone crisis Tagged: Austerity, Eurozone Crisis, Greece, Syriza
Auditor General Releases Report on Failing Cumulative Effects Management Practices In BC
Monday, June 15, 2015 The Auditor General has released a report criticizing the province’s failure to adequately manage the cumulative impacts of resource development in BC. On May 26, 2015…
Newfoundland and Labrador, the future
Teddy here with some maps of the new Newfoundland ridings. First the “boring” map, the one showing the current mathematical prediction The far more fun maps happen when you start…
Kyle McKee On Trial For Assault…. Again
This story actually goes back to September 2013. We had confirmed that McKee has been in jail for a couple of months at the end of 2013 but we didn't…
Read my lips—it doesn’t trickle down
It has been the heart and soul of capitalist market economics since day one—the ultimate justification for an unfair society. If we ensure that the rich get richer, the benefits…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Elias Isquith talks to David Madland about the connection between increasing inequality and the breakdown of trust in the U.S. political system. CBC…
Anonymous Attacks Harper Government Websites In Bill C-51 Protest
Hacktivist collective Anonymous downs several Canadian government websites as part of a protest against Harper’s secret police force legislation, Bill C-51 The post Anonymous Attacks Harper Government Websites In Bill…
Serving public or corporate interests?
The audio file below is a recording of my time with Ian Jessop June 17. We talk about LNG and resource taxation, inter-provincial cooperation on resource matters and oil spill…
Celebrate and protect our marine ecology
SLOW FISH – KNOW YOUR FISHERMAN from Kevin Kossowan on Vimeo.
June 17: Let’s talk about the real news first…
I mean, Section A news is a stinker even by Irving standards. The big, ta-da story is that the FIFA tournament has put the world spotlight on Moncton. Yes, from…
Change begins in Alberta
A new approach: “We can work together. We can disagree without being disagreeable. Today, our political and party system cries out for renewal. We can listen to each other and…
Unconventional Adventures: Tracing Our Energy Lifecycle Almost Turned this Filmmaker into a Terrorist and Polar Bear Snack
Fracking, open pit oilsands mining, underground steam injection, mountain top removal mining, Arctic oil drilling — these are all icons of the world’s recent shift to unconventional sources of energy.…
Libertarian activist puts politics before reality to argue the left puts politics before reality
On the libertarian blog Reason, John Stossel trots out the tired cliche that the left are just as anti-science as the right, and in this case potentially even more damaging.…