Harper deconstructed

as we were saying: The man is sick: He must go

R.K. Finch: The truth behind the making of our great leader, our genius in office, our strategic master, is the story of a megalomaniac with malignant narcissism,
a grudge-bearing nerd... an immature and conscienceless man who is
using this country to prove a theory, allowing him to simultaneously
indulge his megalomania while holding fast to his grudges. There is no
story like this, history reminds us, that results in someone who wishes
to do good things for this world.

Kelly McParland, National Post:
It's this lack of trust he's generated that has really poisoned the
water on Parliament Hill. You can hear it in the voices of many MPs and
pundits -- they just can't stand the guy. They think he's dishonest,
that he's demeaning the art of politics, diminishing the stature of
Parliament. They take themselves seriously... understand the rules, and
know when he's crossing the line. They don't think he even knows where
the line is.

Photonics breakthrough

Intel claims photonics breakthrough - The INQUIRER

In the paper, Intel scientists report having fabricated a silicon APD with a
'gain bandwidth product' (GBP) of 340GHz, which they said is approximately three
times more powerful than conventional indium phosphide photodetectors. Presently
most other photodetectors have a GBP of only about 120GHz, they said.

The gain bandwidth product expresses a photodetector's amplification, or
gain, multiplied by its maximum signal transmission speed, that is, its
bandwidth. Intel said that its APD design can be tuned to trade off gain versus
bandwidth, allowing devices to be built either with higher gain and lower
bandwidth or, conversely, lower gain and higher bandwidth.

Intel said this means that an APD can be designed to either transmit high
data rates over short distances or send lower data rates over longer distances.

The Intel researchers said it looks possible to build low cost optical links
that will be able to run at data rates of 40Gbps or higher.

Ontario - Electric cars to be finally allowed on the streets

BigCityLib Strikes Back: Good News On Electric Vehicles



Low-speed vehicles such as the ZENN electric car are finally going to be allowed on Ontario roads.

Transportation
Minister Jim Bradley said yesterday such city commuter vehicles would
be roadworthy – once equipped with additional safety features.
Low-speed vehicles 'are a new kind of vehicle and it will take a new
set of standards to allow them to be safely driven on Ontario roads,'
he said."

Harper bullies his MPs

Buckdog: Former Member Of Conservative Caucus Verifies That Harper Is A Bully To His Own MP's

"I remember one specific time when Mr. Harper come into caucus one day and he said, 'We've
decided to make significant cuts to a lot of programs, some of these
cuts may hurt your ridings but anybody who criticizes the cuts will
suffer severe consequences to their political career as a Conservative
Member of Parliament,' and that's an exact quote, I wrote it down at the time and then he didn't tell us what the cuts were."

"He's really smart, he has a lot of capabilities, but he does not understand that if you keep pushing people, sooner or later, they'll push back. That's what's happening, this is why we're here. This is not just because of the economic statement, this is a culmination of two years of frustration, forced confidence votes and threats. The opposition MPs just met their limit and now they're pushing back."

Those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind

Queer Thoughts: Ben-Ami says Harper is Disingenuous

...Mr. Harper’s government was only able to survive for more than 2 ½ years during the previous Parliament because it too had worked out a responsible modus vivendi with the BQ, as any prudent minority government would do. Remember the declaration that Quebec is a nation within Canada? By characterizing the Liberal-NDP willingness to cooperate with the BQ as incitement to treason – which is what sedition is, after all – Mr. Harper and his supporters are not just being insincere; they are engaging in their own brand of incitement. It may serve them well in the short term, but politics has a funny way of exacting revenge on those who practice it with such calculated cynicism. As the Prophet Hosea warned, “Those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind.”...