Anderson Cooper’s 360 moment
It is absolutely hillarious. Watch the video and you will know what I mean. Enjoy!
In Solidarity With Michaela Keyserlingk And Jean Charest Also Has Dirty Hands
Ok, for lack of anything original, I’m going to do a variation of what DeBeauxOs did earlier over at Dammit Janet. Boys ‘n’ girls, how do you spell ReformaTory? C-A-N-C-E-R.…
It’s Been 21 Years, One Month, Three Weeks, and One Day
Roughly, or thereabouts, I figure, since I last saw you. Of course, I am forgetting the time I saw you in passing at the top of the escalators in Place…
The Argosy, Mount Allison University’s Independent Student Newspaper releases archived issues (PDFs) from 2009-2010
As Online Editor of the Argosy, Mount Allison University's Independent Student Newspaper (since 1875) my job has been, among other things, to help migrate the website to it's new platform…
Shades of Green: Local Communities and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Responsibility for reducing carbon dioxide emissions is falling to cities, municipalities and regional districts because wider efforts during the last 30 years to ameliorate the threat of global climate change…
Shinerama at Mount Allison University
I just wanted to make a small mention of a really important cause at Mount Allison: Shinerama. It's an effort that raises money for Cystic Fibrosis Canada, a nonprofit organization…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. - Naomi Klein points out in the wake of London's riots that there's one kind of socially destructive looting that's been rewarded rather…
New column day
Here, on the desperate need for changes in Saskatchewan's electoral boundaries to better reflect the will of the province's voters. For further reading, see Simon Enoch's recent post, as well…
The Unsung Heroes of The Pro-Internet Movement
We want to take a moment to note some of the unsung heroes of the pro-Internet movement. OpenMedia.ca truly operates as a fluid network of collaborating organizations and people. This…
Our submission to the UBB proceeding: A summary
We recently made our final submission to the CRTC's usage-based billing (also known as "UBB" or "Internet Metering") hearing, which was brought about because of the hundreds of thousands of…
Stealing to save the world – Kenk is a fascinating graphic novel about Toronto’s notorious bike thief
The vilified bike thief Kenk gets a complex treatment in this intriguing graphic novel.
First Thing We Do Is Get Rid Of The Auditors
Life for Tony Clement would be so much easier if people didn't keep records. The problem is that, even though he went to extraordinary lengths to bury those records, they've…
Another Ardent Free Enterpriser Seeks A ‘Left-Wing’ solution
In what can be seen as either an act of hubris (Do as I say or I will unleash Ford Nation during the fall election) or an act of desperation…
ONDP candidate mocks child abuse allegations in Catholic Church and posts dirty jokes on Twitter – Classy guy
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/08/17/facebook-101-loose-lips-hurts-election-campaign Is this why Andrea Horwath is going to such extreme efforts to hide her "team"? Less than 3 weeks before the start of the writ, and the ONDP website…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 18, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:The key to a proper firing: documentation - CTV.ca -http://t.co/Rly4tvjDivorce-Proofing A Business - http://t.co/VKHYAXhVillage People Singer Seeks ‘YMCA’ Rights Under…
Shale Gas Outrage Rally And Freedom From Fracking Conference In Philadelphia
SGO.JPG On Wednesday, September 7th, opponents of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and unconventional gas exploitation are invited to come to Philadelphia for the Shale Gas Outrage rally. The next...
Mountaintop Removal Mining Poll Shows Bipartisan Opposition in Appalachia
Appalachian Mountain Advocates, Earthjustice and the Sierra Club released a poll yesterday showing that a majority of voters in West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia oppose mountaintop removal coal mining.…
Top 3 Unknown Persons with Severe Autism List
It is routine to see references to very high functioning persons in the mainstream media. On a web site called TopTenz the site owners have compiled a list called Top…
An economist we could use at Friday’s Finance Committee
Jeffrey Sachs on globalization and present challenges for the US and European economies. His thoughts also ring true for Canada: ...I’ve watched dozens of financial crises up close... Neither the…
Christine O’Donnell to Piers Morgan: if you don’t ask me the questions I want you to ask, I’m walking
And indeed she did. Christine O'Donnell, failed tea party politician, walked off a CNN interview with Piers Morgan. I can understand walking out of an interview with Morgan because he…