Stiglitz to Trudeau – Don’t Sign the TPP
The Trudeau government should be grateful for free advice - when it comes from a Nobel prize laureate economist, Joe Stiglitz.Dr. Stiglitz' advice to Trudeau is that the Trans Pacific…
2016
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
A Lament For Toyota
My first drivable car was a 1972 Toyota Celica. I was all of sixteen or so when I bought it, and it was near the end of its useful life.…
You See, It’s In the Fine Print
You don't hear much about it except periodic references in military and aviation journals. One (hyphenated) word: "multi-band." It's the key to effective stealth cloaking. It's the successor to the…
Is Elon Musk the Henry Ford of Electric Cars?
Tesla has unveiled its new $35,000 (USD) car, the "Model 3." The car is said to have a range of 320 km. on a full charge.Will the Model 3, a…
Erdogan’s Thuggery Follows Him to Washington
Not for nothing is Recep Erdogan called "the Boss of the Bosphorus."Erdogan recently came to Washington for the nuclear terrorism summit. He's pissed because Obama wouldn't greet him at the…
The Battle That Nobody Wins
The primate population is embarking on a losing battle with climate change. From Scientific American:According to a new study, climate change will adversely affect every single primate species on Earth.…
Medical update: It’s all good
While showing me a graph, with the trajectory of my health over the past few months, my endocrinologist remarked, “I wouldn’t have sold you life insurance in January!” Point taken.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Ryan Meili writes that the spread of for-profit corporate medicine - including through the Saskatchewan Party's privatization of care - demonstrates the need for…
On the rocker
In my Gerald McBoing Boing style.Filed under: art
Elizabeth Warren Dissects Donald Trump
Start at about the 2:40 mark, and you'll see how she does it:Recommend this Post
Don’t get between the Photogs and Politicos.
Years ago at a dinner three of us were chatting at the head table reception. There was the Ontario party leader, a prominent member of the federal cabinet and this…
Celebrating a Great Day in the Life of the New Canada
I suppose I could have asked for one more thing to make yesterday an even more perfect day.I could have asked the Great Polar Bear God of the Great White…
Exclusive: Daveberta.ca now available exclusively in print paper editions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2016 Edmonton – Marking the first complete Blog-to-Paper jump, daveberta.ca is now available exclusively in paper form. “I am really excited about this new historic…
Why Tom Mulcair is wrong… yet again #nlpoli #cdnpoli
Tom Mulcair isn't alone.A lot of people have been making the extremely dangerous argument over the past few days that we ought to accept any claim or accusation based solely…
Albertans will soon be able to ‘tap’ for ambulance service with new smartphone app
PHOTO: An artist’s rendering of what one of a new TAP-ulanceRX emergency care vehicle might look like. TAP-ulance Premium emergency vehicles will resemble conventional ambulances but offer a higher grade…
Sorry, Kinsella, But You Don’t Get to Define "Fascism"
Especially not on the strength of a throw-away line from an American novelist, Sinclair Upton, about how "fascism = capitalism + murder."The fascists, by the way, were Italian, Mussolini's crowd.…
Personal notice
Folks, I’m not going to get into any detail. It’s private. All I can tell you is that Lisa and I are going our separate ways after seven amazing years…