Riotous Double Standards
Some riots we like, some not so much - by Oliver Heinrich I've been swamped with work - and working on a longer post on science geek stuff that I…
Israel-Gaza conflict by the numbers
Everett Coldwell tweeted these disheartening stats, which are about to get a whole lot more lopsided:Civilian casualties since 2005, the year Israel vacated #Gaza Strip: Gaza 3262 (including 696 children),…
Building prisons and the crime rate
An interesting graphic that's making the rounds today courtesy of the ACLU: In the last decade, New York drastically reduced its prison population and at the same time experienced a…
On to Calgary
It's a lot easier to train two people than eight. Especially when one of them used to produce websites. Today I think went pretty well. We were done a bit…
The Ryan Painter Show Takes Flight
This is the first installment of the Ryan Painter Show Episode 1 Please feel free to leave a question or comment. I will respond….promise! Filed under: Uncategorized
Pacific Spirit Park Development Decision
AllTheRootsThatDon'tQuiteFitGrassVille Here's the lede from Jeff Nagle of Black Press: "Metro Vancouver has lost a court battle against the provincial government over the expropriation of part of Pacific Spirit Regional…
Tim Hudak Will Abandon Free Trade With The Rest Of Canada!
Let me repeat what James Morton said:Hudak would ‘suspend’ $122M GO Transit deal going to Quebec Errh, I though we had more or less concluded Quebec is part of Canada.…
As Head Of The CDN Taxpayers Federation He Bitched About Every Nickel Spent But As A Conservative MP … SPEND SPEND SPEND!
"Once upon a time, John Williamson was president of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, an organization that then and now rails against almost all federal government spending in the hopes that…
Hudak would ‘suspend’ $122M GO Transit deal going to Quebec
Errh, I though we had more or less concluded Quebec is part of Canada. Seriously, who is doing policy for the Conservatives? Warren Kinsella? Mr. Hudak seems hell-bent on…
Tim Hudak is not worth the risk
Heather Mallick on what three levels of Conservative government (aka the “Trinity of Terror”) can mean for the women of Ontario: Nine miles of hard road ahead for women this…
Parry Sound-Muskoka -The $50 Million Dollar Riding!
"Municipal documents obtained by the New Democrats show Clement met with local mayors and councillors in the midst of the 2008 election campaign. They discussed how to identify projects that…
Tar-sands pipeline gets support from fake Twitter accounts “to give the illusion of public support.”
I guess to the tar sands people this is what ethical stands for. Sounds about par for the course for these people.What do Astroturf and the Canadian tar sands have…
Canada: A country in economic denial
Well the market since the S&P downgrade of U.S. debt has been a fun ride huh? Gold continues to set what seem like daily records while stocks are “only slightly…
Yet Another Poll Showing The Same Thing Yet Again
Abacus data is not being known for its originality, that's for sure (despite their "Not Your Average Pollster" claim).Their current results put the Conservatives at 38%, the NDP at 32%,…
Tea Party is racist
A study by the university of Notre Dame has removed any doubt. It has only changed its uniform otherwise it is just another white supramist group with a tiny number…
Wait a minute. Does this make Tim Hudak cool?
News Flash! Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak says he smoked dope in his youth. And, he inhaled! Mr. Hudak made the admission on Thursday in response to questions from…
Britain’s class struggle and the proclivity to riot
The British lower classes, like those elsewhere, have for a very long time expressed their grievances with riot against the established order, going back to the Poor riot of 1196,…
Computers do not ruin physics…
… physicists ruin physics (bumper sticker — I doubt if it exists, but it should) The efficacy of a computer simulation (or of any other numerical computation) in predicting the…
Offshore board responds to helicopter inquiry report
From the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board : The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) today responded to the final report of the Offshore He...