Speaking Of Conservative Crime
It seems that our Prime Minister may have violated his own anti-terror law against terrorist imagery and propaganda. As reported by CTV, A new Conservative attack ad takes aim at…
June 2015
June 26: "Realtors hope cottage country market will pick up"
That’s on page A1. And that’s not a story. It’s like “Tourists hope to enjoy NB”, or “Lobster fishermen hope to catch some lobsters”. Now, if the story were “Realtors…
A Word of Caution.
How can the most powerful court in the most powerful country in the world be so intellectually corrupt? Roberts, Alito, Thomas, and especially Scalia – shameless political stooges the lot…
Shared Knowledge Conference – Regina
These videos are from the second day of the Shared Knowledge Conference at the Core Ritchie Centre, the second weekend of June. Jim Elliott with many interesting (and terrifying) facts…
Tornadoes in U.S.
Weather around the world and U.S. is a clear indication of climate change that we humans need to pay attention to before it is too late. To watch a video…
Halt Site C construction until courts have ruled, First Nations demand
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is among the First Nations leaders demanding a halt to Site C construction (D. Gillis) BC Hydro is intent on bulldozing ahead with Site C Dam…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jim Stanford discusses the need to inoculate citizens against shock doctrine politics, as well as the contribution he’s hoping to make as the…
TechDirt: The Copyright term extension is now law
The internet we love is based on creators being able to freely, cheaply, and easily share their work. But the government’s decision to extend the term of copyright for sound…
The Greens Could Deliver The Upcoming Election To Steve!
Richard Hughes-Your Humble Blogger The conundrum of electing our governments based on a ‘First Past the Post’ system has never been as clear as it is today with an October…
Day of celebration: U.S. Supreme Court rules states must allow same-sex marriage
This is a great day in the U.S. I want to welcome all LGBT people in the U.S. to the full citizenship. The Supreme Court today legalized gay marriage in…
Conservative Senate Overthrows Speaker #cdnpoli #SenCA
Whoa, whoa… chaos reigns…. they might have just overthrown the speaker… — Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) June 26, 2015 Housakos rules the government’s attempt “violates a fundamental distinction in our rules…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Friday, June 26, 2015
Your news links for today: Stephen Harper ready to sign TPP and throw Tory rural base under the bus – Cory Doctorow Productivity Commission slams TPP for stringent IP measures…
Equality!
Justice Kennedy’s closing paragraph this morning. Read.
What Constitutes Reasonable Return?
Orphan diseases are perhaps the most cruel of illnesses. Frequently life threatening, they afflict only a very small percentage of the world’s populations, thereby discouraging research and making any drugs…
Nine Inch Not A Good Idea
It’s a lot of fun until voters start checking out the lyrics to NIN’s Closer, Naheed and Rachel!
Del Mastro and the Milgram Experiment. . .
Former Liberal MP Glen Pearson had an article on the Huffington Post yesterday entitled “Del Mastro isn’t the Problem, Politics Is,” in which he argues that Del Mastro is essentially…
Pedal fast, pedal hard, death lurks.
As a youngster, exploring the City of Toronto by bicycle on bright summer days was a wonderful option and a great learning experience. Those were gentler times and traffic was…