Dan’s Estimation of the Age of the Universe
As a follow up to my post on the theory of relativity’s implications on the age of the universe and the nature of reality, I am pointing out something that…
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Top Twenty Things Harper Can Do with Money Saved from Cancelled F-35 Purchase
Looks like Christmas came early : the news leaked that the much-criticized F-35 military jet purchase, first estimated at $16Billion or $25Billion or $30B or $40B, has been cancelled. Did…
A statement from the police or his plans for the weekend?
Quote of the day from the Associated Press: In dealing with marijuana, the Seattle Police Department told its 1,300 officers on Wednesday, just before legalization took hold, that until further…
The Agonizing Challenge of Voting in 2015
“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman There’s been much talk of late about uniting the main opposition parties in some sort of delusional effort to…
Je Me Souviens/I Remember Dec. 6, 1989
Geneviève Bergeron (1968-1989), civil engineering student Hélène Colgan (1966-1989), mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau (1966-1989), mechanical engineering student Barbara Daigneault (1967-1989), mechanical engineering student Anne-Marie Edward (1968-1989), chemical engineering student…
Remembering the massacre
On December 6, 1989, I was on holiday in Arizona, spending a week by myself driving around the Navajo and Hopi reservations. I kept the car radio on a local…
Einstein’s Estimation of the Age of the Universe
According to Einstein, when objects approach very near the speed of light (one of the boundary conditions of the universe) the passage of time will slow, among other bizarre effects.…
Bounce Baird
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Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities that can Save the Planet
Alex Steffen, the man behind the excellent inertia defying and inspiring WorldChanging blog, has just released his new book. Carbon Zero: Imagining Cities that can Save the Planet is a…
Charles Sousa wants all of Ontario working: Take a look at his GTA and rural policies
Like the Sousa campaign on Facebook!Follow Charles on Twitter! With today being the “Day of Debates” (an all candidates luncheon at the Canadian Club and a special taping of The…
Get Out the Vote!
Well, we’re down to the wire here, folks. My daughter has made great strides over the last few days, rocketing up from 268 to 539 in the Harper-Collins “Share the…
Québec nationalists reaching out
Sovereigntists never took good care of their image outside the French speaking world. Wait… there’s one word too many… allow me to rephrase. Sovereigntists never took care of their image…
Time for an Adult Conversation on Taxes
The suggestion that we need to raise taxes in this country has become so taboo in the nation’s politics that even talking about it is seen as tantamount to political…
Leadership, leadership, leadership
I’m leaning towards Justin Trudeau for federal leader and Sandra Pupatello for Ontario provincial leader. But I don’t claim to be engaged enough to make an informed decision this time.…
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A short quiz on the US, Israel, and ‘rogue nation’ status | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
A short quiz on the US, Israel, and ‘rogue nation’ status | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk “…So essentially, it’s the entire planet on one side, versus…
Starbucks sticks it to the Brits
I always look forward to reading yet another story about how multinational corporations slither out of their tax responsibilities and was, therefore, duly amused by a piece I encountered in…
Harper Regime Has Lost All Credibility on Foreign Affairs Period, Not Just the Middle East
“…Israel’s announcement on the settlements was widely criticized by Canada’s European allies, and even the United States, which voted with Canada and Israel against the motion to grant non-voting observer…