But Can He Heal Himself?
That well-known metaphysician to the fundamentalist Christian soul, ‘Doctor’ Pat Robertson, prescribes some strong medicine to combat an infectious workplace agent: Recommend this Post
2015
March 9: How to not tell the truth without actually lying…
BBC News – today. “Putin reveals secret of Russia’s plot to take over Ukraine”Ooooh. – secret – plot – take over.. those words are evil, and they tell us Russia…
Some notes on precarious work
Here’s a few more notes on a point that seems to be made with increasing frequency: working for a wage has always been precarious. The current focus on precarity as…
Even Christy Clark Gets It.
British Columbia premier, Christy Clark, thinks Harper’s new security legislation, Bill C-51, is dangerous. Clark warns Canadians could come to regret the freedoms taken away by Harper’s proposed legislation. “We…
While the Getting’s Good
The Bank of England’s warning is pretty clear – beware the Carbon Bubble. The bank is urging major insurance companies, top tier investors, to divest from fossil fuels, get out…
Well, That Certainly Fixes Everything
The rightwing state government in Florida knows how to respond to climate change – bar employees of the state environmental protection department from using the words “climate change, global warming”…
140Law – Legal Headlines for the Week of March 2, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Toronto bakeries Sweet Olenka’s and Dufflet spar over naming of small cakes Top Employment Law Developments In 2014 –…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Robert Reich discusses how outsized corporate influence in the U.S. has kept the general public from sharing in any nominal economic improvements: The…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Monday, March 9, 2015
Your news links for today: Raising the Broadcast White Flag: What Lies Behind Bell’s Radical Plan to Raise TV Fees, Block Content, Violate Net Neutrality & Fight Netflix – Michael…
Communications
Here’s a fun exercise for aspiring communications directors out there. Complete the following sentence, in a way that isn’t offesnive: “I’m going to put this in terms of colours but…
If You Had Any Doubts About The RCMP…
Look no further for confirmation of the federal force’s politicization than a piece written by that ‘environmental extremist’ David Suzuki in the Chronicle Herald. In the article, Suzuki makes reference…
The Toronto Star is dropping their paywall
Ah ha. Told you so. In a medium where ubiquity is authority and authority is viewership, paywalls were never going to work. A pre-internet business model applied, unmodified to completely…
Stephen Harper and the Calculated Bigotry of the Con Regime
It's already the most disgusting election campaign in modern Canadian history. With Stephen Harper fanning the flames of anti-Muslim bigotry in Quebec.And the Con MP, and former Harper communications director…