Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar follows the example of Strauss-Kahn
What is with these bankers? First it was Strauss-Kahn of France, former chair of IMF, and now Mahmoud Abdel Salam Omar, Former Chair Of Major Egypt Bank, who cinches (I…
A Coal Port in the Storm: Tsunami Risks for Raven Mine Storage Plan
What does Port Alberni have in common with Fukushima, Japan - besides a love for fish? Two things, potentially. First, according to experts from Emergency Management BC, Port Alberni is…
What else? – The Jets!
Way back in the before time, when I was a young’un, in my circle of friends there was an arrogant little shit by the name of Scott Browntree. In addition…
68 Canadian Border Guards Fired In The Last 6 Years
This story comes to us via La Presse (French). Here are the highlights.Picture from Super Troopers.Not CBSA training video.An off-duty border guard inappropriately flirts with a hotel desk clerk and…
A reformed House of Commons and Senate
Houze of Commons seats apportioned based on provincial/territorial populations and party seats distributed through some form of proportional representation. House of Commons seats: 330. Senate seats apportioned based on the…
Cell Phone Use and Cancer
Having just completed Disconnect, a book by epidemiologist Devra Davis showing the relationship between cell phone use and cancer, I was heartened to read that the Who has just released…
Oilsands optimism on the downslide
canada.com The oilsands continue to take public relations hits across the globe. Just recently the Keystone pipeline leaked yet again making for the forth pipeline leak in relation to oilsands…
Joe Higgins’ Keynote Speech at the Founding Convention of the Socialist Party of Ontario
Here is the full speech by Irish Socialist MP Joe Higgins to the founding convention of the Socialist Party of Canada. He speeks as to why new socialist movements and…
Schadenfreude
It’s an ugly emotion, but heck…it’s Conrad Black we’re talking about here, folks....
The Chomsky/Norvig — Classical/Statistical AI Brouhaha
I’ve written an article on my other blog Computationally Thinking summarizing an ongoing fascinating discussion on the state of Artificial Intelligence research. It should be accessible to technical and non-technical…
Vince Li and the media
Vince Li, during a psychotic episode, committed a horrific offence: without warning, he beheaded a passenger on board a Greyhound bus, and partially cannibalized him. Nothing can reduce the enormity…
3816…Make My Day
Happy happy Clint Eastwood.81.Joe Namath is 68.Go Jets.WFDS
Boy, you gotta love Amir Khadir
He is the little Quebec socialist/separatist that keeps on giving: Quebec politician Amir Khadir is not pleased the royal newlyweds will be visiting Montreal and Quebec City during their upcoming…
iPad on the road
In a recent post, I stated my intent of purchasing an iPad2 as soon as it would become available in Canada, and expounded why I deem it as the optimal…
confused premier stelmach blames teachers for lay-offs.
Only months before he rides into his political sunset, a confused Premier Ed Stelmach blamed the Alberta Teachers’ Association for the school board budget shortfalls that may lead to the…
3815…"That Ain’t My Junk"
Provincial PC candidate George Lepp, a world wide aensation, tells Jonathan Jenkins of the Sun that the penis posted from his Blackberry on to his Twitter account was not his.Which…
Afghantistan is no longer a risk: PM
Inspired by this story:http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/30/pol-harper-afghanistan.html
Lost In Translation?
Impolitical has some questions for Brother James, whoever that is. Sorry, I couldn't help myself. ;)
Don’t worry, cell phones still cause cancer
The latest in this epic struggle: Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogenic. There’s obviously no clear answer, but given there’s some evidence both ways, wouldn’t it be prudent for any…
Where in the world is Patrick Ross?
I think he's been hired by Huffington Post Canada. I'm so jealous.You can run son, but you can't hide forever.UPDATE: The obsession with all things 'Jim Parrot' has become pure…