Devaluing The Coin Of The Realm
http://beforeitsnews.com/ The CBC has been battered by the antics of Jian Ghomeshi, Peter Mansbridge and Amanda Lang. South of the border, NBC is dealing with the fallout of Brian Williams’…
2015
Health Canada Mandate: Protect Pharmaceuticals’ Profits Instead Of Canadians’ Health
Health Canada continues to extend a metaphorical middle finger to average Canadians. As has been clearly established by an ongoing Toronto Star investigation, the protectorate persists in placing the fiscal…
Amplifyd: A Platform to Stop Corporations from Doing Evil
Amplifyd Pledges – How It Works from Amplifyd on Vimeo. Amplifyd is a new online platform that connects people to empower campaigns that want to stop corporations from doing evil…
Yes, you can fight city hall.
Local readers of Babel-on-the-Bay have asked occasionally why we do not discuss city politics in Barrie. The honest answer is that city politics in Barrie is boring and is something…
Thank you, CASE District II!
I’d jut like to write a quick thank you CASE District II for awarding me an Independent School Scholarship to attend their conference last week. I’m including recap of the…
Pray, don’t pay
During famine of the 19th century, Irish people dying of starvation were told to pray for God’s help while traders loaded ships to carry food to England. Referring the poor…
Reforming the budget process #nlpoli
We already know that the provincial government won’t unveil its budget for the new year until late April or early May. That’s not as unusual as it might seem. In…
Why TV Keeps Almost Being Good
There was once a show called Revolution. And another called Scorpion. Each had a great premise: a world after electricity, and what happens when you have a bunch of geniuses…
Tweet #protectmeharper to ask for Harper’s protection from other unlikely events
Stephen Harper has begun to deceive the Canadian people on entirely new levels. Spreading fear of terrorism when Canadians are more likely to be struck by lightening then be harmed…
Sunday evening candidate nomination updates in Alberta
With a provincial election expected in the next few months, the 43-year long governing Progressive Conservatives are expected to have all their candidates nominated by the end of March 2015…
Forbes Lays Into Boehner, Netanyahu
Oh, Damn. What Did We Just Step In? On 28 January, old Malcolm’s oddball son, Steve Forbes, wrote an over-the-top endorsement of Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled address to Congress. Forbes called…
Six Political Personalities: Which One is Jim Prentice?
The only thing worse than a political strategist spouting theories on how to beat the competition is a blogger discussing a political strategist’s theories on how to beat the competition.…
Abbott Survives, For Now. His Opposition Breathes Sigh of Relief.
For how much longer is unclear but Aussie prime minister, Tony Abbott, has survived his caucus’ ‘spill motion’ that would have lead to a leadership runoff had he lost. Abbott…
Norway’s fjords flooded with escaped, diseased farmed fish
An escaped steelhead caught near Bergen, Norway, showing serious symptoms of disease On January 10, 2015 a hurricane of wind and snow hit the coast of Norway. They called it…
Fifty shades of domestic abuse
Last night, my (feminist) partner and I went to see a movie. The trailers came on, and one was for Fifty Shades of Grey, which has attracted no small amount…
Friend Or Foe?
You decide. A message from Anonymous to ISIS: We will hunt you, take down your sites, accounts, emails, and expose you…From now on, no safe place for you online…You will…
The (New) Hockey Song
It would have been more of a tribute if the puck was dropped by a disabled vet. https://t.co/mQIN0NKFf1 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/um7HxKoinb — Stephen Lautens (@stephenlautens) February 8, 2015 I’m seeing alarming…
Interview Stephen Downes by Renée Filius
Renée Filius: So what I see at course evaluations is that teachers say: ‘Well, when I teach online I tend to ask brief questions. Or students just give brief answers…
Feb. 8: Excellence. Ignorant rant. And the irrelevance of Christian churches.
Back to the Dec. 7 (Saturday) issue of the Irving press where page A4 has a big story about “This week’s J.D. Irving, Limited Reading is Wild Readers of the…
The more things change…
Tim Naumetz’ comparison between the NDP’s place before the 2011 federal election and its current position is worth a read. But what’s perhaps more noteworthy is how little has changed.…