Warren Kinsella 2015-07-07 23:40:21
AT GATE B41, PEARSON AIRPORT- In politics, you know, the main task is getting folks to pay attention. Most of the time, they don’t. They don’t like politics, they don’t…
July 2015
Don’t Worry, Be Happy. They Were Only Missiles.
Sure, they were sophisticated, Patriot missiles, belonging to the German military. And, yes, they were in Turkey along the border with Syria. Defending a NATO ally, okay? Fine, so far…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lawn cats.
The definition of insanity
Shorter Joe Oliver: We’re fully prepared to blame any recession on Canada’s exposure to international instability. But as proof of our economic competence, we’re planning to spend billions in higher…
A Bit About Me and My Caregiving
Recently, I joined the blogging team at The Caregiver Network, a terrific site that’s chock full of opinion, information and video links for caregivers of all types and ages. By…
A Look at ‘100 Remedies for a Broken Democracy’
I received a link to this site from The Friends of the Reform Act. It is essentially a site to crowd source the top 100 ideas forimproving Canadian democracy (there…
SFH (Snipes From Heck)
Big, big changes coming on the band front in coming days. I’m not going to spill the beans, as it were, but a sort-of hint is found here. And it…
July 7: So they’ve been and gone and done it.
Moncton City Council has approved a reguest to borrow $95 million for an “events centre”. The carrot that drew the donkey on was the story that this would produce immense…
Roger’s Bid To Improve Reception and Access For Cobble Hill Will Be Decided At CVRD’s Wednesday Meeting
Richard Hughes I am puzzled, as I am sure many readers will be, to learn that the CVRD Electoral Area Directors have by a 5-4 vote followed a staff recommendation…
140 Law – Current Legal Headlines
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Winnipeg bomb victim Maria Mitousis plans to return to job as soon as possible Sex on the beach lands…
The ideal self-driving car
For me, the ideal self-driving autonomous automobile would be peddle powered to charge the battery. Filed under: art Tagged: bike autonomous, car, green, madeWithPaper
The reason you can’t see to the bottom…
is because there’s so much life. Despite growing up on the coast of British Columbia, I’ve not yet learned enough about our marine environment and the people who’ve lived here…
Nine Inch Not A Good Idea, Pt. 2
So. Told ‘em so.
Wireless prices are so high that a black market is now emerging
Cheaper plans being sold on Kijiji? This has got to stop! Article by Peter Nowak for Alphabeatic You know wireless pricing in Canada is messed up when there’s a black…
Canada: World’s Next Superpower? Only If We Stop Relying On Temporary Foreign Workers
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Disney, that most iconic of American companies, moved to displace all its home grown techies with low-cost foreign temporary workers, But the…
It’s Called the "Pucker Factor"
There’s a powerful yet weird mix of angst and optimism building in advance of the December climate change summit in Paris. Government types from the US to China to the…
Peaceful Paddle lands Site C opponents on terrorist watch list
2012 Paddle for the Peace (Damien Gillis) The following letter was written by the Paddle for the Peace Planning Committee in response to an article in the Toronto Star which…
Mars May Rise Again
The sole survivor, it is moored on Vancouver Island’s Sproat Lake a short drive west of Port Alberni. It’s the giant, Hawaii Mars, the last of what once was a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Your news links for today: High prices are sparking a wireless black market in Canada – Alpha Beatic Why the New Canadian Telecom Transparency Rules Fall Short – Michael Geist…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jeffrey Sachs writes about the need to shape a more moral, less exploitative economy. So needless to say, the Cons are instead…