The Price Of Power, Wind Vs…
Onshore wind power has come of age, and not just in the U.S. This…chart shows the levelized cost of energy worldwide, using data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Average…
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A Brief Personal Note: Tendinitus Can Be Rather Painful
And therefore energy sapping. Which is why there hasn’t been much activity around here the past couple of days. When I am more mobile and alert, things should get back…
The Return Of Todd Standing
Todd Standing is back. The guy who convinced CPC MP Mike Lake to present his infamous Save Bigfoot Petition! some years back, to much laughter and general merriment, is back…
John Tory’s New Policy Initiative: As Mayor, I Will Not Smoke Crack
…and he’ll force union/civic action lobbyists to register with the city. But that’s it. That’s today’s big policy roll-out. Oh how low has the bar been set!
New Ontario Poll
New Oraclepoll shows Ont tied: Libs 35%, PCs 34, NDP 23. Sample +/- 3% fm March 21-30 (amid OPP news on 27th). Echoes recent Forum poll— Martin Regg Cohn (@reggcohn)…
A 2nd Brief Note On Property Ownership (In Scarborough)
So I find there’s a petition being circulated in my Condo building. People want to boot out the current property managers and hire somebody new. This after already forcing the…
It’s April 1st
April Fool’s day. Conduct yourself accordingly. Which is to say, trust nothing that you read. Even this. That is all.
James Howe Institute Update: Its Ezra All The Way Down
To update this post, here’s Ezra announcing the creation of the James Howe Institute at the Canadian University Press NASH76: Pretty ambitious sounding, but looks so far its just him…
A New Fun Project: Who Is The Joseph Howe Institute?
The reason I ask is, they’re holding a Communicating Energy Conference, somewhere in Toronto, the first weekend of June. The advert is below: Of Ezra Levant and Marc Morano have…
Ezra Levant: Three More Defamation Suits
…coming down the pipe. A couple of lawyers from the Alberta Human Rights Commission, and the press secretary for the Alberta Justice Minister. Presumably, Ezra will use the this as…
A Few More Notes on 1st Toronto Mayoral Debate
Rob Ford cradles imaginary crack pipe, and sweats: This is not John Tory’s real hair: Too sleek. Too ample. Too beautiful. Rumour is he borrowed a lock of Justin’s for…
The First T.O. Mayor’s Debate: The Definitive Analysis
I didn’t watch it; I was crawling East on the 401 the whole time, listening to a rock station out of…Hamilton…I think. They played “All Apologies” by Nirvana, and then…
John Tory On The Island Airport: I Choose "Maybe"!
The report, which was issued by city staff and set to be debated today, contains dozens of unanswered issues which need to be dealt with. Until there are answers to…
Ontario Election…Or No? Which is it?
The Star is bullish on an election call: The minority Liberal government doesn’t intend to negotiate with the New Democrats in order to get their support for the spring budget,…
Lorne Gunter On Alberta Politics: A Brief Note
The Alta. Tories will replace Alison Redford with a monkey in a suit. The monkey will win the next provincial election. A year later, the Alta. Tories will grow tired…
Things That Have Gone Wrong With The Arab Spring
Dennis Gruending covers a talk by Nahlah Ayed, London-based foreign correspondent for CBC Television. These things that have gone wrong are many, and not terribly surprising if you were paying…
Life In Scarborough: Olivia Chow On Better Bus Service
Olivia Chow will take downtown, but she has to do OK in the burbs if she wants to win the T.O. mayor’s race. In fact, I would argue that she…
Thomas Mulcair’s Problem
Best known for his role as “Screamin’ Tom” on the Parliamentary Channel hit “Question Period”. From here.
OLP Leads In Real Poll!
One from NANOS, that is: The Liberals are at 36 percent support followed by the PCs at 33 percent and the NDP at 25 percent. The Green Party had 7…
Cease And Desist: Zig-Zag Puts Kibosh on Justin Trudeau Rollies
CANNABIS CULTURE – So I received a cease and desist order via registered mail today from ZIG ZAG. It’s 3 pages of their request, followed by 50 pages of their…