AllTheWaitingThatFitsWithoutOldMagazinesVille 10:50am...Interesting how, as the moment gets close the TwitVerse always seems to jump the shark...Kinda like how the Watercarrier goes to the phones for a plant. 10:45am...Everywhere it's all…
Where I was Thursday. I’m not very good at writing art review-style critiques using high-flown language, but I can say that I enjoyed Buskerfest a lot. There’s a bit of…
Racist code words and lies, Menzies is an excellent example of "objective journalism." I was sent an article this morning from August 5, written by a freelance journalist named David…
The Pentagon has just announced it is again grounding the F-35 fleet, the third time this year.The 20 operational test and training aircraft were ordered parked Wednesday until engineers and…
“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.”…
He gives the honest depiction of who he is. :)
We weren't supposed to have to worry about such things. The "market" was supposed to be self-regulating, self-correcting. Adam Smith told us as much and, after all, he was a…
R. v. Smith, 2011 ONCA 564 deals with the unfortunate situation where materials not admitted into evidence were considered at trial. Specifically, a transcript of an interview found its way…
Remember a time when the right loved democracy. It was their calling card, at least on paper. That is until the Middle East - the Muslim Middle East - came…
“Why does God take a good guy and leave us with the likes of …” a good friend uttered, only slightly embarassed by the anger betrayed by his observation. Indeed.…
I'm stealing this directly from Dan Gardner. It's too perfect to leave on the Twitter floor.This video defines 'blowhard' - Mark Bonokoski in a jealous rage over the attention given…
An angry demonstration virus spreads to country after country in response to negligent and callous political leaders who have ignored the basic needs of their citizens. Instead, they have bowed…
An interesting, and unclassified perspective on the German political landscape two years ago. Feed In Tariffs are responsible for Germany leading the world in solar PV technology and adoption. Ontario…
This Mother Jones article is a must read in that takes on a meme which is about to go viral among conservatives. That is, the left is 'paranoid' about the…
The agony of Ogoni Nnimmo Bassey When the Ogoni people demanded a halt to the unwholesome acts of the Shell Production and Development Company (SPDC or Shell) and the Nigerian…
I’m back from the forests of the Gatineau, to discover with considerable pleasure that Luna not only accepted my invitation to take up temporary residence here, but in such a…
From TPM.com, Why Far-Off Canadian Tar Sands Have Become Make-or-Break Issue For Obama With Enviros: For six days and counting now, hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the White House…
Profit maximization is the iron rule of capitalism, setting limits to ecological reform. A profit-based economy that requires continuous economic growth makes ecological catastrophes inevitable. Voluntarism, technological fixes and market…
HowManyNewscyclesCanYouFitOnTheHeadOfAPinVille ....Say, John Cummins, comes up with a real Plan 'B' for the proMedia herd this afternoon? Regardless, it would seem that the time for unicorns, ponies and whole wheat…
Open Data and New Public Management
This morning I got an email thread pointing to an article by Justin Longo on #Opendata: Digital-Era Governance Thoroughbred or New Public Management Trojan Horse? I'm still digesting it all…