Up Is Down In Moe Town
Will @CBCSask and @leaderpost and @620ckrm let the Premier continue to lie without being challenged?Does @ryanmeili or someone else have to say something first? Is there no permission to correct…
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French Austerity Program Provokes Growing Wave of Worker and Student Strikes
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:21529:French-Austerity-Program-Provokes-Growing-Wave-of-Worker-and-Student-Strikes
Premier Wynne’s nemesis.
If Premier Wynne really wants to keep her job in Ontario, I would suggest that she should make amends by first firing Ed Clarke as chair of the Liquor Control…
Earthgauge News – April 3, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/mixdown-18-04-03.mp3 Edition #13 of Earthgauge News for the week of April 3, 2018 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join me…
A different kind of baseball.
It was as much as a surprise to me at the time as it was to those who know me. I fell in love with the Toronto Blue Jays. From…
On the contrary: The new Roseanne is bad.
The big news on the entertainment front today is the reboot of the classic TV comedy, Roseanne. The huge new cast of Roseanne, including TV’s most annoying new character. Can…
Globe and Mail oped: The new rules for the internet
There has been lots of discussion lately about regulating social media but much less on what this might look like. Ben Scott (former tech policy for Obama & Clinton) and…
Announcing the Merv Adey Memorial Fellowship
Merv Adey was a passionate British Columbian and a regular and welcome fixture in social media. Following his passing in 2017, a group of his friends sponsored a fellowship in…
A Tale of Two Books
Just published is Volume I of an exhaustive – occasionally exhausting – biography of Paul Samuelson. It’s titled Founder of Modern Economics: Paul A Samuelson Vol I: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948…
Husky Might Be Fined
Husky has only been charged now by the Crown, for a spill nearly 2 years ago. Federal charges may be pending too. The provincial charges carry a possible fine of…
Unsolved crimes, a cold case file
BC residents who read comments here and like places in social media will be familiar with the very articulate Lew Edwardson (@valtamtech on Twitter). Lew has had a particular interest…
Ungoverned Space
I have an essay in CIGI’s new data governance series, called Ungoverned Space: How Surveillance Capitalism and AI Undermine Democracy. My key points are: The threat to democracy from misinformation…
European Left Divided Over Brexit
A panel of progressive parties of Europe discuss the UK’s plan for Brexit, with reps from the UK’s Labour Party, Spain’s Podemos, Greece’s Syriza and Germany’s Dei Linke — Read…
Revisiting ‘the Wimp Factor’. Will it return?
For most of the 1970s, Canada had the coolest leader in the room. His name was Pierre Trudeau, and he was undeniably the hippest, coolest, and dare I say “grooviest”…
Earthgauge News – March 19, 2018
Edition #12 of Earthgauge News for the week of March 19, 2018 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join me here…
Media release: Alberta needs a provincial sales tax
(March 20, 2018-Edmonton) Today, a coalition of researchers, economists, and members of civil society released an alternative budget to boost Alberta’s economic growth while reducing income inequality. “Alberta is on…
Miami Bridge Collapses
Why did the ABC bridge have its pivot supports removed before the overhead support cables visible in the finished design were installed? Days ago: Community gathers to watch 950-ton bridge…
Republican’s genius strategy
History Professor Alfred McCoy produced The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia in 1972. The CIA interfered with the book’s publication but its condemnation of American complicity in the drug…
Earthgauge News – March 5, 2018
Edition #11 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of March 5, 2018 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
Italian Government in Chaos as Far-Right Parties Surge
Italy’s election on Sunday didn’t produce a clear winner, making the task of negotiating a coalition government particularly challenging. Raffaele Laudani, professor at the University of Bologna, discusses possible outcomes…