Mark Coatsworth on the Usage-Based Billing Hearing
Taking on Big Telecom: A Trip to the CRTC's UBB Hearings by Mark Coatsworth for The Torontoist The CRTC began hearings this week to help it decide whether to uphold…
Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Let's start a quick post on yesterday's game with a bit of relative optimism that figures to be lacking among 'Rider fans. Yes, the drubbing at the hands of the…
Rick Perry hears voice ‘calling’ him to be preznit
Turns out it was just his mom calling him to dinner.Ma and pa Perry disgusted with son Rick. "He's crazy but he's still our son".
Jose Baez and Ehud Barak
Jose Baez is the lawyer for Casey Anthony, the notorious woman who is alleged to have killed her two year old girl. Ehud Barak is the former Prime Minister of…
Rebekah Brooks busted
Wow, just wow. Meanwhile, on this side of the pond Roger Ailes and Kory Teneckye remain at large.
Well Then, Explain This, General
When someone says, "who could've known?" you're entitled to take that with a very large grain of salt. Usually it's a way to dodge two other questions - who should…
Visiting Gerardo again
6:50 a.m. Plane leaves Oakland California airport. 8:05 a.m. Plane lands in Ontario, California, wait for the rent-a-car bus, pick up the rental and drive northeast toward Las Vegas (how…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Erin alerts us to the possibility that one of the most appalling aspects of the TILMA might soon be law across Canada with virtually…
Canada on track to clinch EU free-trade deal
http://bit.ly/o0TXU0 Huge implications. Standardizing standards with Europe. Allowing Europeans the right to work here.
Triage
The world in four patients, plus interruptions. Who’s next? Come in. Do you have your Health Card? Take off your hoodie and sit down. What brings you in today? Where…
villagers prevent felling of 800-year-old oak tree
Villagers and environmentalists in the Aegean province of Denizli have successfully prevented the felling of an 800-year-old oak tree standing in the way of road construction by having it declared…
I hate it when I get an attack of the Arrr-Jim-Lads
Surreal enough for you? Spike Milligan was a genius. Alltop has NO idea what is going on.
horseback rider, Bangladesh
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
I Hate Your Heat Wave
Yeah, that's right, your heatwave. It's the way things work these days, what The Guardian calls "global weirding." You swelter while out here on the left coast we're stuck with…
Bob Rae Heal Thy Self
Yesterday, Bob Rae met with the party faithful in Calgary for an airing of grievances, a mid-Summer Rocky Mountain Festivus, if you will.Talking with reporters about the meeting Rae said,“I’m…
Autism and Intellectual Disability in the DSM5: My Submission to the DSM5 Neurodevelopmental Disorders Work Group
July 17 2011 Neurodevelopmental Disorders DSM Work GroupAmerican Psychiatric Association Dear NDD Work Group Members I am the father of a 15 year old son diagnosed at age 2 with…
Police Closing In – Murdoch Exec Rebekah Brooks Arrested
That was quick. British police have arrested former News International CEO Rebekah Brooks. Her arrest came just two days following her resignation. Police say the 43-year old is being detained…
"…and the more you can become the face of government…"
James MacLeod's weekend piece on a day-in-the-life of a typical backbench MHA is a pretty good read.It probably isn't much of an eye-opener to folks who view their Member's role…
Interesting map…climate change laggards?
And, at face value, it shows quite vividly what fine company Canada keeps on this file. But, do use a bit of caution when interpreting this map literally. I haven’t…
Take Time To Renew Your Spirit
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. ~ Leonardo da Vinci