The Inexpensive Computer Comes With Expensive Shipping Option Only
When I read about the $9 computer on Crash Bang Labs’ Facebook page, I was ready to help kick start that CHIP. But I got to the payment screen when…
2015
CVAF Can Visualize Angry Flames
It was the Cathedral Village Arts Festival today, a crowded street fair down 13th Avenue in Regina. It was hot, and it didn’t rain (like it does many years). I…
The strikes sweeping Germany are here to stay | Wolfgang Streeck | Comment is free | The Guardian
The strikes sweeping Germany are here to stay | Wolfgang Streeck | Comment is free | The Guardian. German strikes once seemed like German jokes: a contradiction in terms. But…
Saturday Evening Links
This and that for your Saturday reading. – Keith Banting and John Myles note that income inequality should be a major theme in Canada’s federal election. And Karl Nerenberg points…
Finally, a voice Harper may listen to
A carbon tax is an eminently fair and sensible approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And big oil agrees. At least Steve Williams, CEO of Canada’s largest oil and gas…
It’s a Great Day to be Irish
It's a great day to be Irish. A great day for human equality, a day when love defeated hate. Ireland became the first country in the world to adopt same-sex…
The sky over Dublin
Photo (and apparently untouched) by @karltims.
May 23: Fireman thanked for saving dog..
…..Yes, it’s a heart-warming story. But it is not a front page, lead story in a serious newspaper. It is, however, a striking example of how the Irving press uses…
The greatest lawyer’s letter ever written
Right here. And it’s real. What a genius.
Alexandra Morton explains her court win over salmon farm industry
Independent biologist Alexandra Morton explains her recent federal court victory over the salmon farming industry. The ruling prohibits salmon farmers from transferring diseased smolts to their open net pen operations…
Just Stopped By to Say "Hi"
I haven’t posted anything lately and it’s been a welcome respite one that may continue save for the occasional interruption. I’d like to explain what this is about. Not much…
When You’ve Lost The Prison Guards…
…or at least their union….well. I don’t know what happens. But this surely can’t be good news for the Harper gov.: KITCHENER, ON, May 22, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – Dozens…
On Privilege
I saw Chris Hedges speak again at the Tommy Douglas Institute / Community Worker Program followed by smaller discussion groups. I was so pleased that he doesn’t have a set…
Gordon Campbell making history
First published in December, 2009 History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.– Edward Gibbon, English historian of Rome (1737 – 1794)…
“It’s real – get over it”
So says ipolitics (pay wall), referring to the NDP surge that was confirmed this week by polls released by EKOS and by other groups. They go on to demonstrate that,…
Is it Critical Thinking Or Political Bias? – Part One
I have written about the virtues of critical thinking many times on this blog, and I have also frequently observed the difficulty of achieving it; without question, I regularly fall…
Hurray! Ireland votes ‘Yes’ to same-sex marriage
Counting is ongoing, but reportedly both the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ sides in the Irish debate are now declaring the pro-equality side has won the referendum in Ireland to legalize same-sex…
Butter the edges, the middle will look after itself.
It is one of those old adages that you might have heard once or twice in grandma’s kitchen. We probably heard it wrong as research turns up no reference. It…
Have The RCMP Become Politicized?
http://www.canada.com/ On Tuesday, the RCMP announced that it had arrested ten young Montrealers who were off to join the jihadist hordes in the Middle East. And, almost immediately, Stephen Harper
Why Stephen Harper’s Great Con Debate Scam Could Backfire Badly
Well now we've heard it from the horse's mouth, or the horse's ass, or the scary puppet Stephen Harper himself. He will NOT take part in the biggest of the…