Twitter Cards now auto-expand on mobile
In January, I mentioned that I added these newfangled things called “Twitter Cards” onto the FCS website (which is shorthand for adding code and testing it on Twitter’s Developers site.…
2015
While Brad Wall is “Showboating” Rachel Notley Moves On
“Premier Wall says that if standing up for your industry and your province is showboating, take me to the bridge.”—Brad Wall’s response to Rachel Notley’s comment that Wall was “showboating”…
July 19: Thoughts on a rainy Sunday
I despise the Toronto Sun almost as much as I do the Irving press. So when I first read its story about a very, very young Princess Elizabeth being taught…
it’s coming apart
this article touches on points related to the Neocolonialism and Noise thing i wrote a few days ago, and which i continue to think about Maybe the best thing to…
Harperites in denial over new NDP strength
Why aren’t the Harper Conservatives aiming their guns much yet at NDP Leader Tom Mulcair? I suspect that the Harperites are suffering from major denial when it comes to new…
Time to Hit the "Reset" Button
With all this dreary crap about climate change, inequality, and corrupt, neoliberal government, watch people completely dissolve at the arrival of a new puppy.
Huffington Post Dumps Trump
Republicans, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, may recognize Donald Trump as a candidate for their party’s presidential nomination but Huffington Post thinks that’s just crazy. After watching and listening to…
The "creeping cancer" …
A reader’s response to the preceding article is featured here: It’s time to put the fear of consequence back in governance. Since it is obvious that the current checks and…
On governing alternatives
As David Climenhaga points out, Brad Wall has positioned himself as the heir to Stephen Harper’s throne as the voice of the anti-democratic corporate elite. But let’s note that Wall…
Elora Festival – Bach B Minor Mass (review)
Friday night at 7:30 the audience was seated in the Gambrel Barn in Elora. Onstage were the Elora Festival Orchestra, Elora Festival Singers, the VOCES8 choir, and Studio de Musique…
Elora Festival – Bach B Minor Mass (review)
Friday night at 7:30 the audience was seated in the Gambrel Barn in Elora. Onstage were the Elora Festival Orchestra, Elora Festival Singers, the VOCES8 choir, and Studio de Musique…
Elora Festival – Bach B Minor Mass (review)
Friday night at 7:30 the audience was seated in the Gambrel Barn in Elora. Onstage were the Elora Festival Orchestra, Elora Festival Singers, the VOCES8 choir, and Studio de Musique…
Elora Festival – Bach B Minor Mass (review)
Friday night at 7:30 the audience was seated in the Gambrel Barn in Elora. Onstage were the Elora Festival Orchestra, Elora Festival Singers, the VOCES8 choir, and Studio de Musique…
Motherboard: The World Online
Check out this map to know how many Internet users there are in each country! In this curious global map, the world is not as it seems. Just take a…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Matthew Brown and Matt Volz report on the latest oil train derailment in North Dakota. Justin Giovannetti discusses how fracking is leading…
Opinion: Will future of food be an election plank?
This piece comes from the Edmonton Journal and applies to all of Western Canada, very much including our Cowichan Valley. We can look back and see significant increases in our…
Kinsella v. Kouvalis: an oldie but goodie
From the archives: Because the media are in the shorthand business – and because social media renders everything bite-sized and/or stupid – some people have taken to comparing me to…
Harperland As Seen By Editorial Cartoonists
H/t ipolitics Recommend this Post
NDP promise to change how we vote.
Ontario voters rejected a scheme for mixed member proportional voting in a 2007 referendum because the political parties wanted to appoint party faithful to the provincial parliament so that they…
Obsessed By His Enemies
http://news.nationalpost.com/ Like Richard Nixon, Stephen Harper is obsessed with his enemies. That’s why, Bob Hepburn writes, he continues to attack Justin Trudeau more than Tom Mulcair. Mulcair may be first…