Wind Farms And Waterfowl…Not Much Effect
Ducks don’t particularly like nesting around them: One nesting site had a 56-percent lower breeding pair density than a similar site with no wind turbines. Overall, the number of breeding…
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Cavoukian Fed A Line Of BS
JIMMO is still talking OLP “cover-up”, but his account of how files get stored and backed-up sounds right enough, as does his assertion that Anne Cavoukian has been misinformed re…
Justin Trudeau, Posing With Babes…
Meawhile here’s the best Stephen Harper could do last time he visited Europe.
Smart Guy Talks PRISM, Is Sceptical
Connelley used to do climate scientist. He knows computers up the wazoo, and is in general a badass and not easily taken in. He thinks there is less to PRISM…
Olivia Chow–Gonna Run For T.O. Mayor?
I just got a robo-call from Olivia in her role as MP asking me to tune-in to a live call later this week re public transit. Since much of the…
Rock & Roll & Tinnitus
A couple of years ago I began to experience a persistent dizziness, as though I were walking down a floating pier that rocked up and down with the waves. I…
Your Daily Nazi: Marc Lemire Throws In The Towel
From Richard Warman’s site: It was only a matter of time after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld civil law controls on hate speech as constitutional in the Whatcott case, but…
National Housing Survey: News From The Senate
In yesterday’s QP, Leader of the Government Marjory LeBreton admits that the voluntary NHS with replaced Stats Canad’s mandatory long form census survey requires improvement, and suggests a possible way…
There Is No "Rathgeber" In "Team"
Frankly, quitting over a crappy little Private Member’s bill that was little more than a gratuitous shot at the public doesn’t impress me. But, as usual when we have these…
Property Assessments On Wind Turbines To Rise
Reading between the lines, its been clear that the various players in the green energy energy business haven’t been too happy with the Wynne government’s wind-down of the feed-in tariff…
Compare And Contrast…
…the three party’s on the painfully stupid and obviously racist decision by the Quebec Soccer Federation to disallow the wearing of Sikh Turbans for religious reasons. From the CPC: I…
Real Mayors Have Someone Buy Their Crack For Them
Hitler says it best: Chow will win and “Ford Nation” will go back to drinking beer.
Sarah Palin Guest On Ezra Levant’s Freedom Cruise?
No. Almost certainly not. Its still just these losers: The “crazy 8”, as I like to call them. But its another slow news day and I wanted to spike this…
Cats Behaving Nicely
Best I can do today is post cat videos. Apparently no cats were harmed in the making of this. Not that I care. They are evil little fuckers.
B.C. Conservative Party Prepares To Implode
…if it hasn’t already yet. Ian (Is Hitler To Blame? Men Love Sluts!) Tootil is back in; relatively sane leader John Cummins is apparently on his way out. Who knows,…
Twitter Feed On BCLSB
So I’ve added my twitter feed to keep the place more interesting on days I’m busy or don’t feel like posting much. Any idea why it stopped updating after a…
A Song For Toronto
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The Problem With The HST
…is, as I once suggested, that a province has to get federal approval to change the rate. They have, in essence, handed over a piece of their autonomy to the…
Kathleen Wynne Is The Only Adult In The Room
@andreahorwath @rmarchesempp your unwillingness to have #AdultConversation re #UserFees 4 roads led me to cancel my @ontariondp mmbrshp :0(— Trevor Haché (@trevorhache) May 30, 2013 From The Liberal Scarf: Hache…
Andrew Coyne’s Letter To Ezra: The Secret First Draft
Andrew Coyne, in response to a query from Ezra Levant, has written a short letter outlining his position with respect to the CRTC’s granting CBC special distribution rights. I have…