CBC: Canadians urged to talk to government about Internet standards in hearing
It’s more important than ever that we speak out before their deadline for comments. To get your voice put into the hearing, head over to UnblockCanada.ca and sign on to…
June 2015
Storms in U.S. and Global Warming
There have been too many storms last few years in U.S. In Maritimes we got storm Arthur last year. It was quite furious. I lost one big tree in my…
Canadian oil industry slashes production forecast by 1.1 million barrels/day due to price slump
Enbridge tank farm at “Refinery Row” in Sherwood Park, Alberta (Damien Gillis) Read this June 10 Calgary Herald story by Stephen Ewart on the Canadian oil industry’s diminished projections for…
Democracy wins one in Alberta
The new Alberta government has announced it will, as promised in its election platform, ban political funding by unions and corporations. Alberta will join the provinces of Manitoba, Quebec and…
We’re Telling U.S. Congress to Stop the Sneak Attack on the Internet Slow Lane
Well, here we go again: a powerful committee in the U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would kill the FCC’s Open Internet rules – or, so-called “Net…
UPDATED: Going, Going ….
…soon to be gone? There are many things we take for granted in our lives: our health, our family, our way of life. Sometimes, changes in those and other areas…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – PressProgress points out that neither the public nor a group of the world’s leading economists sees the slightest value in balanced-budget gimmicks…
Pope’s Encyclical Leaked
In an act that the Vatican has denounced as sabotage, someone has leaked a draft of the Pope’s encyclical on climate change. A copy was obtained by L’Espresso magazine and…
Flailbait
Susan Delacourt’s point that Canadian politics have seen a shift toward a permanent campaign is generally well taken. But it’s worth keeping in mind what it means when parties have…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Your news links for today: Rogers and me: ‘Mike, see how we’ve improved your bill’ – Globe and Mail Apple Inc probe intensifies as Canada’s Competition Bureau seeks data from…
Alberta NDP throne speech brings spending, taxes, and a strange PC flame-out
Don Braid The Alberta NDP were elected, an amazing feat in a province long dominated politically by the Progressive Conservative dynasties of over forty years. Oil and Gas and the…
The Slow Path to Happiness
If 15 minutes of stillness change the 23 hours and 45 minutes left in your day, including your sleep and your human relations, it seems to be worthwhile. So said…
7 Fortune 500 companies with the most employees
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7 Fortune 500 companies with the most employees
http://fortune.com/2015/06/13/fortune-500-most-employees/
The Orwellian double-speak of (some) pollsters
Check it out: Trudeau has “collapsed” – but it’s “reversible”! I love Will’s comment. But, on the horse race stuff, it’s clear. And it means Trudeau needs new advisors, among…
We wonder if this plan will promise “open nominations”?
Kind of doubt it.
The Choice Before Us
Chris Hedges explains: Recommend this Post
Anxious Queue
At the Skywalker Ranch, there was always a long lineup for the Princess Leia Ride, even when Stacy and her “Umbrella of Truth” was working it. Alltop would never tell…
When The Leaving Was Good
As Stephen Harper seeks his fourth mandate, Geoff Stevens writes that he knows neither love nor respect: This will be difficult, I know, but try to imagine you are Stephen…