Feb

28

Is Peter Hogg the Monarch?

February 28, 2006 | 6 Comments

In a statement before questioning began, constitutional expert Peter Hogg told the committee that Rothstein could not explain his past rulings nor express his opinions on controversial issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage or the secession of Quebec from Canada.
“Those issues could come to the court for decision in some factual context or other and […]

Feb

28

Interesting idea

February 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Diane Duane is lauching the third volume of a sci-fi trilogy. The first two volumes were published conventionally, volume III is going to be published by pledge and subscription on the net. It will be an interesting experiment in turning words into dollars. You can read more about it here.

Feb

27

Oil Doomsters Despair

February 27, 2006 | 14 Comments

Peak Oil porn and the William Kunstler school of suburban doom blowhards are in for a bit of a shock:
German Loremo AG will introduce their ultra Efficient Car at the Motor Show 2006 (site) in Geneva next week.
The car start-up developed a light-weight passenger car with outstanding aerodynamics. The Loremo LS is powered by a […]

Feb

26

Counter-Protests

February 26, 2006 | 4 Comments

Laurie Pycroft is a new breed of campaigner, a protester who protests against other protesters. Perhaps inevitably, his actions have antagonised the opposition.
The 16-year-old, who started a pro-animal testing website which sparked an unprecedented demonstration yesterday in support of his cause, has already received death threats and hate mail. ‘One said, “We’re going to f-ing […]

Feb

25

Civil War?

February 25, 2006 | 2 Comments

Lee Harris writing at TechCentralDaily is not optimistic about the situation:
Those who are predicting that Iraq is on the brink of civil war may well prove to be guilty of wishful thinking. What is unfolding in Iraq may turn to be something far more horrifying — not the relatively civil Civil War fought by […]

Feb

24

We Get the Message….and the shaft

February 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment

By the end of the 2006-07 fiscal year, a total of 216 people will be working in the government’s Public Affairs Bureau - engaged in organizing advertising, dealing with the media and otherwise trying to get government’s message out to the public. That’s up from 202 people working there at present.the tyee
And roughly 200 more […]

Feb

24

Bill Bennett and Alan Deshowitz Agree??

February 24, 2006 | 1 Comment

So far as we can tell, a new, twin policy from the mainstream media has been promulgated: (a) If a group is strong enough in its reaction to a story or caricature, the press will refrain from printing that story or caricature, and (b) if the group is pandered to by the mainstream media, the […]

Feb

23

Kinsella settles with Bourrie

February 23, 2006 | 6 Comments

I was busy yesterday and missed the news that Kinsella has settled with Mark Bourrie. The settlement is that Mark published a clarification of the word “he” so that it clearly referred to Guite rather than Kinsella - something which Mark had already done.
Wise of Mark to get rid of the tick by agreeing to […]

Feb

22

Billy Cowsill

February 22, 2006 | 2 Comments

Billy Cowsill is dead. There was a certain pub going period in my life where, largely by accident, I kept seeing Billy every couple of weeks. Blues, covers: lots of pretty tame bar band music. But Cowsill, in often horrible conditions, made a point of knowingly selling every song he sung.
It was not musicianship […]

Feb

22

A New Definition of “Surplus”

February 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The budget projects total debt, including that of publicly owned corporations, will increase to C$36.5 billion from C$34.8 billion, but the debt-to-GDP ratio should drop to 20.7 percent from 20.9 percent. reuters
I like Carole Taylor a lot. I think she is smart, honest and very competent. So why is she claiming a budget […]

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