Molly’sBlog 2015-01-07 23:37:00
MOLLY COMES BACKIt's been almost a year now that I've been away from blogging, and I'm sure it will take some 'flexibility exercises' to get back in form. Here, however,…
2015
Molly’sBlog 2015-01-07 22:37:00
MOLLY COMES BACK It’s been almost a year now that I’ve been away from blogging, and I’m sure it will take some ‘flexibility exercises’ to get back in form. Here,…
Je Suis Charlie
I had never heard of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo prior to the assault on it’s staff. From what I have come to understand it produces cartoons that normally…
How’s That City On The Hill?
From Barrett Brown, a wrongfully jailed journalist… in the USA. He’s imagining speaking to the founding fathers about the country’s progress: Benjamin Franklin: “It was among my fondest dreams that…
Ditching the Energy Superpower Illusion
Mankind is coming to a decision point. We can either walk away from high-carbon fossil fuels, leave the stuff in the ground, and keep our fingers crossed that somehow we’ll…
California Court Rejects Misleading Language In Local Fracking Ballot Initiative–Twice
Residents of La Habra Heights in Los Angeles County, California want their city to become the latest to ban fracking and other high intensity oil extraction methods, and have placed…
How a Court Pushed Israel and the United States into Meltdown
What is it about the International Criminal Court that has so inflamed Israel and the United States? It’s a court of law and a pretty good one at that. It’s…
Stephen Harper’s Obscene Attempt to Exploit the Paris Tragedy
It was a monstrous act of violence, that has shocked decent people all over the world. The work of crazed fanatics, bullies and cowards.Gunmen have shot dead 12 people at…
George Will’s Incorrect Claim on Historical Climate Change
This is a guest post by Climate Nexus. Syndicated columnist George Will’s latest piece, “Climate change’s instructive past” is more carefully written than previous columns (see Media Matters Misinformer of…
Eleven weeks
The view from the cafeteria looks out over Calgary’s wide valley basin. I watched the sun rise on one side this morning and now watch the sun begin to set…
$9 million for free expression abroad. Now how will the government prevent censorship at home?
Yesterday, the government announced a joint program with the Munk School of Global Affairs to help Internet users in authoritarian countries circumvent Internet censorship. The $9 million initiative is designed…
Even where delay minor a motion to extend time must show merits
1250264Ontario Inc. v. Pet Valu Canada Inc., 2015 ONCA 57: Here, the delay is short, an explanation has been provided for the delay, and there is no prejudice to Pet…
Today’s media language a little too much like 1984’s Newspeak
Newspeak is the fictional language in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, written by George Orwell. It is a controlled language created by the totalitarian state as a tool to limit freedom…
Baked Alaska
If there’s something synonymous with Alaska surely it has to be snow. Well that used to be the case but, in case you haven’t heard, things are changing pretty rapidly…
EPA Sued Over Disclosure Rules for Toxic Pollution from Drilling and Fracking
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has been sued over toxic chemicals released into the air, water and land by the oil and gas industry, a coalition of nine environmental and…
Lib Dems call on PM to allow humanist marriages in the UK
Late in 2014, I wrote to my MP, Lynne Featherstone, following a call to action by the British Humanist Association. I’ve just received a response from my MP expressing her…
And Speaking Of Closet Cowards
The following is also thanks to a link from Skeena’s page: Recommend this Post
An Invitation From Skeena
I recently received an invitation from Skeena Sage Williamson, pursuant to my Harper Naming Contest (which, by the way, is still running), to embed her Facebook page carrying the Harper…
Fridges with the Internet
An excellent question. Not sure if you need to write a whole book about it, but it makes a nice backdrop. Alltop cannot lie. It loves big backdrops.