Saturday Photo: Canal in Kochi….
I have no idea if this canal still exists in Fort Kochi, Kerala State, on India’s southwest coast, but I hope it does despite the recent catastrophic monsoon that flooded…
September 2018
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bandy Lee discusses the need to treat inequality as a social disease which calls for immediate treatment: Residents of countries with higher income…
Nick and me
Those who know me from campaigns know I liked to quote a line (wrongly) attributed to the Kennedys: “Never forgive, never forget.” It’s a campaign pose, mostly. Political consultants and…
The Fix Is In
Michael Stern is a former prosecutor from Michigan. He admits that he found prosecuting sexual assault cases difficult: In my early career, as a state prosecutor outside of Detroit, I…
The con of the carnival barker.
I remember as a child listening with awe to carnival barkers. I had learned young that the bearded lady and world’s tallest man were just hot air to impress the…
Musical interlude
Cardigans – Erase / Rewind
You’ll remember this ad for a long time
Friendly fire doesn’t begin to describe it.
3.4 million can’t be all wrong
…actually, they can. Never mind. My week on Twitter : 1.76K Mentions, 581K Mention Reach, 5.7K Likes, 1.11K Retweets, 1.06K Replies. See yours with https://t.co/TQhKFs0QZY pic.twitter.com/rOvOSEOLC8 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren)…
AggregateIQ Runs Afoul of British Authorities
The UK’s data protection watchdog is going after Victoria, BC data mining/manipulation company AggregateIQ for its role in the Brexit referendum campaign. AggregateIQ (AIQ) was accused of processing people’s data…
The Abacus Poll and the Incredible Shrinking Cons
Andrew Scheer was absent from Question Period yesterday, and nobody seemed to know where he was.But I wouldn't be surprised if he was huddled with his ex-Rebel campaign manager Hamish…
The PunkOttawa Flea Market – Sat Sept 22 at Makerspace North
Kersplebedeb and PM Press are very happy to be tabling at tomorrow’s Punk Flea Market in Ottawa — details below! WHEN: Saturday September 22, 11 AM – 5 PM WHERE:…
Much Ado
There’s little doubt that cannabis and cannabinoids (not an alien race of green-skinned interstellar travellers, but the compounds that comprise the active ingredients in cannabis, like THC (which makes you…
Elephants on Parade
Murchison Falls Uganda I took this photo way back in 2012. Uganda is one of the most difficult places to travel in (unless you want to spend a lot more…
It’s a Start – Maybe
The Trudeau government has directed the (still sketchy) National Energy Board to examine the impacts of dilbit supertankers on British Columbia’s south coast. The NEB has been given 22 weeks…
I Thought I Would Be OK, But I’m Not
My Mom passed away on August 16th at the age of 96. Ninety-six is a big number and a lot of years to live. When Mom reminisced about skiing down…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Sam Pizzigati discusses the predictable social consequences of allowing inequality to grow: What sort of unintended consequences ? The British epidemiologists Richard Wilkinson…
Could This Be The End Of The Con War On The Carbon Tax?
As we all know Andrew Scheer is on a creepy crusade to destroy Justin Trudeau.And he was counting on the federal government's carbon tax to help him do that.The plan…