Joe Clark, phone home: you are hereby forgiven for the lost luggage incident
Because mistaking living Russians for dead ones probably trumps what happened to you on your 1979 world tour, big guy.
2015
The Salamander Has Some Questions
The Salamander has been doing a lot of thinking, and has some questions. Read his post, and feel free to weigh in: .. the other day, I was thinking about…
March 4: "You f—ing peasants"
“I am going to f—ing kill you. I will f—ing kill everyone on this flight. They are all f—ing peasants. I could get you all fired in five minutes. I…
China Tells U.S. to Back Off over Ukraine
The message was delivered by China’s ambassador to Belgium, Qu Xing, but it pretty obviously came straight from Beijing – back off Obama. Ambassador Qu went on to blame the…
The Rise and Fall of America’s Indispensable Ally – Israel
Israel has always been America’s indispensable ally in the Middle East. That may be changing. Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech yesterday to the US Congress might have been less of a bold…
Max Yalden, RIP
Very sad. A great and brilliant champion of human rights.
The Real Threat Facing Israel
No one expected Benjamin Netanyahu to win the gushing approval of the editorial board of Israel’s liberal newspaper Haaretz but they were decidedly unimpressed by their prime minister’s speech to…
Here’s Something You Probably Don’t Think About Very Much. How Much Antibiotic Is In Your Fast Food Chicken?
This is one of those stories that’s just a bit cringe-worthy. McDonald’s is changing its policy about the sort of chicken it will drop in your lap at the drive-thru.…
Candidate Bill Blair
Apparently the Conservatives and the Liberals are both courting Chief Kettler. I think that’s nuts. How come? Here’s the pro-police Toronto Sun editorial board, no less, calling him “a scrambling…
Premier Wall Takes Potshot at First Nations Leaders’ Pay #skpoli
.@TDellerCBC I'd have to agree with the FSIN leader that @PremierBradWall took a pot shot at leaders' pay, rather than offering to help. — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) March 4, 2015…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Your news links for today: Why Watching the Watchers Isn’t Enough: My Talk on Privacy, Snowden & Bill C-51 – Michael Geist Tory Law Forces Canadians to Choose Between Liberty…
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, Bloggers
So, that court decision, here. The decision is basically incoherent. Fair comment is supposed to be comment, not a statement of fact masquerading as comment, as was the case here.…
Details. Mere Details
H/t We Don’t Want This The most egregious, anti-democratic elements of Harper’s terror Bill C-51 are the following: -jail for 5 years if someone posts anything counter to the government…
Design Elements in a Personal Learning Environment
In this paper I would like to address the core design elements in the development of a personal learning architecture being developed in the National Research Council’s Learning and Performance…
When Wynne wants her way.
When Premier Wynne knows what it is she wants, she wants it, she gets it and you best get out of her way. It is just regrettable that she has…
Under the Dome: A Documentary on China’s Pollution
The Chinese documentary Under the Dome (I can’t find english subtitles, sorry) has taken China by storm. The documentary was released on last week and is already changing the conversation…
History Is His Enemy
Stephen Harper has always made two claims: 1) that he knows how to manage Canada’s economy; and 2) that the Liberals would lead Canada on the road to ruin. But…