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Joe Stiglitz, Zhang Ziyi, and myself all share a birthday. That day is today.We're not actually all the same age. And I haven't yet won a Nobel prize or starred in a film outside of a grainy cellphone cam from a back alley behind a bar.[1] So there's really nothing connecting us except…
- From Dymaxion World on Feb 09, 15:25 EST)
Bishop Hill finds a GISS Climatologist (Andrew Lascis) saying bad things about the Executive Summary of IPCC Report Chapter 9 in the reviewers' comments pertaining to that chapter! Oh My! Another "Climategate" scandal!But wait! Lascis had problems with the summary's first draft! By draft…
- From BigCityLib Strikes Back on Feb 09, 15:24 EST)
No, really.CBC, Pier 1 Imports recalls tea lights over fire riskPier 1 Imports has recalled 1,875 Silver Glitter Tea Lights and Gold Glitter Tea Lights in Canada, and 37,000 in the U.S. because the glitter could catch fire.
- From The Progressive Right on Feb 09, 15:04 EST)
Alberta's 2010 provincial budget, set to be released in 2 hours, is already making headlines. While Finance Minister Ted Morton has framed it as a "give up a little" budget, an Edmonton blogger almost caught a sneak peak of the budget documents:Low security gives blogger sneak peek at Alberta…
- From daveberta on Feb 09, 15:02 EST)
She criticized Obama for using a teleprompter while speaking at the teabagger's party in Nashville; however, even for the questions and answers session, she had written answers on her hands. She is a perfect candidate for the program "Are you smarter than fifth grader?" Surely a fifth grader…
- From Le Daro on Feb 09, 14:47 EST)
In this two-part CPAC interview, Irene Mathyssen (NDP MP, London-Fanshawe) discusses the life of an MP beyond politics.
- From Devin Johnston on Feb 09, 14:44 EST)
So this is what I can piece together.NOW magazine writes a glowing article on Giambrone and erroneously claims he's gay.Giambrone "laughs over" the story, light-heartedly corrects the record but then goes a step further and makes public the fact that he's in a relationship with a woman named…
- From Firebrand on Feb 09, 14:34 EST)
Because TUO brought it up: Lay or Lie? Lay means "to place something down." It is something you do to something else. It is a transitive verb. Incorrect: Lie the book on the table. Correct: Lay the book on the table. (It is being done to something else.) Lie means "to…
- From centre of the universe on Feb 09, 14:17 EST)
[From economicus ridiculous] I've thought about not writing this. Our intention when starting this blog was to share our day-to-day lives in the poverty well, to put two human faces on it. It means sharing the decisions we make, the barriers we confront, the silly things we do, our talents,…
- From Challenging the Commonplace on Feb 09, 14:11 EST)
ONN’s Tech Trends looks at the behaviour of a mysterious new computer virus that results in fraudulent late-night purchases and can even affect iPhones and Blackberries, making screens crack as though they were dropped.
- From Red Tory on Feb 09, 13:46 EST)
News Release For immediate release February 9, 2010Back room deals bad for SaskatchewanThe Saskatchewan Federation of Labour today denounced the provincial government’s agreement to sign onto the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement.It has been reported that…
- From Larry Hubich's Blog on Feb 09, 13:36 EST)
Another clever project from the CAPPers: The 'Where's Democracy?' Project.I don't want to spoil the fun, but it involves the Parliamentary Mace, pictured here:And of course it has a Facebook group.Get involved if you can. Or help promote it.If you enjoyed this post, our blog archives have many more.
- From DAMMIT JANET! on Feb 09, 13:27 EST)
I don't follow Tranna municipal,politics, but from what I've just read, that is trash. To think how often Diebel & Star praise European sophistication. What does it have to do with anything? Even, stretching, if some policy decision was revealed earlier to a sexual partner, then are we…
- From Eugene Forsey Liberal on Feb 09, 13:01 EST)
Scott Sinclair's CCPA report on the painfully unbalanced Buy American deal is definitely worth a look in general. But let's make the analysis a bit more interesting.Sinclair notes that Canada's commitments under the deal don't yet seem to include having municipalities sign onto WTO…
- From Accidental Deliberations on Feb 09, 13:00 EST)
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