Check-Mate #ClimateChange
What’s utterly frustrating when discussing Climate Change with Deniers, is they don’t plan the big picture logically. More specifically, their plans can be shown to place civilization into extreme danger…
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Government Can Watch You Have Sex
Here’s how to let the NSA know when you’re having sex: 1.) Buy a Nike (or related) workout monitor, or keep your (smart) cell phone (or tablet) on your person…
PRISM: Stone vs. NSA and Checkpoints
Many people, even my peers, don’t all understand the extreme danger we all face when people casually accept overbearing government search without even probable cause for them to suspect you…
Don’t Commit Sociology When It Makes Sense
Don’t talk about the dark if it’s still night. Don’t talk about the oil while it’s spilling. Don’t mention a war that’s still being fought. Don’t talk about a drought…
Corporate Responsibility
Do corporations kill? Unfortunately, yes, they can. A corporation is a person in our crazy legal system. How do we best punish a corporate person, for killing people? Burkhardt had…
Existential email question
If an email is deleted but is still available on the server, was it ever really deleted in the first place? Too bad that Ann Cavoukian didn’t retrieve emails from…
Pandering to the Impotent
‘Men’s rights’ group behind sexual assault posters Posters mimic well-known ‘Don’t be that guy’ campaign against sexual assault CBC News Posted: Jul 10, 2013 6:59 PM MT Last Updated: Jul…
Social Media Intelligence
I’m so sick of the government reading all of my Facebook status updates, and never liking any of them. (Seen on a graphic going around Facebook) SOCMINT “It had been…
Globe and Mail columnist on crack?
Metaphorically, of course (it does seem to be going around these days). But I’m not sure what else would explain this piece of tiresome drivel, full of sweeping generalizations, which…
Freegan and Garden combined
Freegan and Garden combined Originally uploaded by computer_saskboy #Freegan & #Garden combined into supper (+ bonus dandelion eating) Bye social norms. 3D = Dumpster Dirt Dandelion
Small town news in the ‘big city’
As a news junkie and former member of the Fourth Estate, I’ve always had a fascination not just with the actual news, but how it is presented. For example, as…
PRISM: Prepared for Exposure
More details are out on PRISM, Tempora, and other illegal spying schemes by the NSA and friendly intelligence agencies, apparently even in Germany. The NSA even has a special department…
Good luck with open nominations
I said it was dumb before, and I’ll say it again – unless of course, you like running a slate of white guys, or special interest group candidates in winnable…
Rail Tragedy Strikes (Anytown) Canada, Real Strategy Needed
The rail tragedy in Lac Megantic on the weekend reflects a real failure of all stakeholders to plan ahead. If they don’t, expect it in your town next.
The Harper Government Must Be Right On Track #cdnpoli
This morning, I dealt with indignant HarperCons on Twitter, while they didn’t take my advice about the validity of claims by a certain tweeter not shy of bending the truth…
Harper’s “Public Event” “photo opportunity” (Cameras and photographers only) #cdnpoli
Where is this event you ask? Lac-Mégantic, Québec 3:15 p.m. – Prime Minister Stephen Harper will participate in a photo opportunity. Why is Harper there? You could say that Harper’s…
PRISM: Obama Didn’t End Illegal Spying, He Extended It
“There are no checks and balances here, and we’ve got to restore them.” Sensenbrenner, Republican who drafted the Patriot Act II. Go read 2001/2002 debate over the Patriot Act –…
Runaway Train
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec was partially levelled by a massive oil explosion from a train that became detached from its locomotive and rolled into the downtown. The locomotive experienced a fire before…
Wealth in the USA Graphed Nicely
You can see what Americans desire as wealth distribution, vs. what they think the unfair situation is vs. reality. It’s off the charts, literally, how much money the 1% makes…
Stephen Harper’s Circle of Ignorance
Evidence from initial investigations into Senate payments indicate that one person should be held accountable for this: Stephen Harper.