Wanted for being married to a guy some people don’t like
You’re right, we’re not married yet, but this post isn’t about what’s happened to me (despite some very public swings because of who my partner is). This is about a…
2015
Jesus Christ – It Seems He Was Onto Something
It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.The gospels of Matthew (19:24), Luke…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, January 7, 2014
Your news links for today: Canadian government pledges $9M in efforts to circumvent other countries Internet censorship. – National Post Phones are more private than houses – so shouldn’t be…
Maroc-Black Days Ahead For Cowichan Newspapers
Don Maroc – Cowichan Conversations Six weeks of trying to keep warm by a small propane fire. Six weeks of carrying picket signs, of waving at horn-blowing motorists, explaining to…
Who Knew? Tory Poster Boy, Sir John A., Was a Right Racist Bastard.
They never taught this stuff when I was in high school. Arlene Ewert writes in today’s Victoria Times Colonist that our veneration of Sir John A. Macdonald is undeserved and…
The Book List Game
In a recent story titled “Neil deGrasse Tyson Selects the Eight Books Every Intelligent Person on the Planet Should Read,” the eminent astrophysicist listed his top eight book titles –…
Wente is nothing but Globe and Mail clickbait
Some male Dalhousie dental students posted about how you should “bang” young women until they are unconscious; choosing which woman you’d like to “hate fuck”; commenting that you’d like to…
Free Speech Isn’t Always Free
Twelve dead, as many again wounded, after a terror attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo. Paris police have launched a manhunt for the gunmen who escaped after attacking…
Some of us just wanted to see good hockey.
That certainly was a great international junior hockey game between Canada and Russia the other evening. The teams were highly charged and competitive as they went for the gold medal…
The Top Ten Wars of 2015
And a Happy New Year to you too. The new president of the International Crisis Group, Jean-Marie Guehenno, has issued his own New Year greetings in an article on the…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter: Jane Doe’s Lawyers File Defamation Suit Against Dershowitz The January rush to get divorced dates back to the Middle…
How Fed Up With Harper Are Canadians?
The answer to that could very well determine Dear Leader’s electoral fate in 2015, according to Tim Harper’s analysis in today’s Star. As well, He must keep voter turnout low…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nathan Schneider discusses the wide range of support for a guaranteed income, while noting that the design of any basic income system needs…
A New Perspective on Depression
Depression seemed to be talked about more last year than in previous years thanks to celebrities revealing their troubles with the affliction. There’s also been more research into depression. With…
Back To Calgary
http://pixgood.com/ Stephen Harper will tout his record in the next federal election. But Tim Harper writes in the Toronto Star that the record is pretty shoddy: Whether it is the
Stephen Harper’s Ghastly Image and the Divided Left
Well as we all know, Stephen Harper has been going to extraordinary lengths to put a fresh face on his government, and a lot of lipstick on HIMSELF.But of course,…
Two (possibly emotional) reactions to the Paris massacre
Both, somewhat emotional. One is to state that (I think) I was wrong. In the Summer, I wrote this: “On the much-read National Newswatch Thursday morning, then, a column on…
Did DeSmog’s Coverage of Coal Baron Bob Murray v. Fracker Aubrey McClendon Lawsuit Lead To Sealing of Court Records?
On December 12, Magistrate Judge Mark R. Abel issued an order for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to place five sets of court records under…
Two froze to death on Toronto streets yesterday
More here and here. The question I (and others, apparently) ask is this: Is a civilization that lets two people freeze to death on busy streets really civilized? #topoli #onpoli…
You Don’t Need People’s Opinion on a Fact
John Oliver gives us the best climate quote of 2014: * If you want to watch the whole fantastic segment where he tackles the “debate” over climate science, here it…