Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Raitt cares more about her career and pleasing Harper than the issues that Canadians pay her to look after
Bouquets of Gray: Tapes show that Raitt cares most about pleasing Harper
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What I find most surprising about the recording of Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt is not what she says, but what she doesn’t say. …
At no point does she show any concern for the issues that Canadians pay her to look after.
When she discusses wind power and the medical isotope crisis, she only expresses concern for them in relation to her career hopes.
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What I find most surprising about the recording of Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt is not what she says, but what she doesn’t say. …
At no point does she show any concern for the issues that Canadians pay her to look after.
When she discusses wind power and the medical isotope crisis, she only expresses concern for them in relation to her career hopes.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
The reactors can be made to work. Harper is lying to you (again)
Impolitical: What if we had a solution to the isotope crisis...and our government ignored it
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The Conservatives are precipitously walking us away from an area of scientific research that Canada has led in. An area of research that is likely to be more important going forward. They have no vision. They don't believe in government fostering such projects despite what the Professor Ryans of the world say. It's too hard to manage, being a complex governmental task. And running it doesn't jibe with their ideology which pushes them to privatize wherever and whenever possible. Sell it off to the French or the Americans. A crisis is a perfect opportunity. Meanwhile, the respected scientists and experts are telling us to wake up to what will be gone after decades of monetary and intellectual commitment. Canada is changing radically under these Conservatives and the nuclear issue at Chalk River is a symptom of that.
And secondly, and perhaps most importantly at the moment, they're not being up front with us on the fact that these MAPLE reactors could be working. At this time of isotope shortage, that's something Canadians need to know.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Globe and Mail spin - everything is pro-Conservative
Rusty Idols: The Globe and Mail's Cognitive Dissonance
After suggesting on Tuesday that the surge of the far right and nativist vote in the recent EU election was actually a vote of confidence in capitalism, today our paper of record suggests that the landslide NDP win in Nova Scotia is actually a sign of how conservative Nova Scotians are.
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After suggesting on Tuesday that the surge of the far right and nativist vote in the recent EU election was actually a vote of confidence in capitalism, today our paper of record suggests that the landslide NDP win in Nova Scotia is actually a sign of how conservative Nova Scotians are.
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THE question to ask on the medical isotopes issue
A BCer in Toronto: A question I'd ask in QP today
... if it is just about money, why is this government turning tail and running on the isotope file?
... if it is just about money, why is this government turning tail and running on the isotope file?
Feed your Brain
Speeding up brain networks might boost IQ - life - 09 June 2009 - New Scientist
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Intriguingly, the researchers found no link between the total number of connections in a subject's brain network and their IQ. "We show that more intelligent people don't have more connections, but they have more efficiently placed connections," he says.
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Intriguingly, the researchers found no link between the total number of connections in a subject's brain network and their IQ. "We show that more intelligent people don't have more connections, but they have more efficiently placed connections," he says.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Canadian leadership lacking in Canada on the Isotope issue.
Impolitical: Experts skewer the Harper team on the isotope file
"The government does not seem to be able to recognize this catastrophe," Francois Lamoureux, president of the Quebec Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists, told MPs on a Commons committee studying the four-week-old medical isotope shortage. "First of all, they denied there was a crisis. Now it's described as sexy. How sad. How sad to be a Canadian."
"The government does not seem to be able to recognize this catastrophe," Francois Lamoureux, president of the Quebec Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists, told MPs on a Commons committee studying the four-week-old medical isotope shortage. "First of all, they denied there was a crisis. Now it's described as sexy. How sad. How sad to be a Canadian."
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Modernized version of Alice In Wonderland miniseries coming to TV
io9 - Many Old Friends Fall Through The Looking Glass In New Alice - Alice In Wonderland
The mini-series is being described as "a modern day take" on the Lewis Carroll original, with Alice (Caterina Scorsone) updated to a twentysomething who ends up going down the wrong rabbit hole at the wrong time. The series will debut in December.
The mini-series is being described as "a modern day take" on the Lewis Carroll original, with Alice (Caterina Scorsone) updated to a twentysomething who ends up going down the wrong rabbit hole at the wrong time. The series will debut in December.
Guillermo del Toro on the Future of Film
QA: Hobbit Director Guillermo del Toro on the Future of Film
Possible upcoming films:
The Hobbit
Hellboy III
Drood
Pinocchio
Slaughterhouse-Five
At the Mountains of Madness
Frankenstein
The Witches
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Doctor Strange
Possible upcoming films:
The Hobbit
Hellboy III
Drood
Pinocchio
Slaughterhouse-Five
At the Mountains of Madness
Frankenstein
The Witches
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Doctor Strange
Air Doll movie trailer
io9 - "Air Doll" Trailer: Sex Toy Comes to Life, Dumps Owner - Air doll
Here's the trailer for Japanese art-film director Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll, a lyrical Pygmalion tale that played Cannes last month
NDP make history in Nova Scotia
PP 2.0 - Dispatches by Northwestern Lad: Majority History In Nova Scotia
And take note of the mention of the piece in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald by columnist Ralph Surette.
And take note of the mention of the piece in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald by columnist Ralph Surette.
"Being a Tory means never having to say you're sorry for being an asshole"
Hell, Upside Down: John Baird Blurts Out What Stephen Harper's Been Thinking All Along
Top Tory Curses Toronto
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Mayor David Miller said Toronto only wants funds to buy 204
streetcars from Bombardier, to be built at a cost of $1.2 billion. The
proposed deal will expire June 27 and will collapse if federal and
provincial money isn't forthcoming by then.
Top Tory Curses Toronto
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In an unguarded moment, Baird told aides Toronto stood alone in not
meeting the technical criteria for federal cash, yet was complaining
about Ottawa dragging its feet.
"Twenty-seven hundred people got it right. They didn't. That is not a partnership and they're bitching at us," he said.
"They should f--- off."
...Mayor David Miller said Toronto only wants funds to buy 204
streetcars from Bombardier, to be built at a cost of $1.2 billion. The
proposed deal will expire June 27 and will collapse if federal and
provincial money isn't forthcoming by then.
The city said, based on its population, its share of the stimulus announced in January's budget would be about $312 million.
Miller said last night Toronto's proposal fits the federal criteria.
...Councillor Linda Rydholm of Thunder Bay, home of the Bombardier
plant, said the project needs approval. "Our workers need the contract
to continue or start."
Miller said Toronto's bid will help the overall economy in Ontario and create immediate jobs.
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Pirate Party Wins A Seat at EU Parliament!
Pirate Party wins seat at EU Parliament
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The Pirate Party (PiratPartiet) was set up in Sweden in 2006 to compete
in domestic and European elections and yesterday gained 7.1 percent of
the vote in EU elections winning them a seat in the European Parliament.
From there they will continue to fight for the abolition of the patent system and to strengthen the rights to privacy online.
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The Pirate Party (PiratPartiet) was set up in Sweden in 2006 to compete
in domestic and European elections and yesterday gained 7.1 percent of
the vote in EU elections winning them a seat in the European Parliament.
From there they will continue to fight for the abolition of the patent system and to strengthen the rights to privacy online.
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The Raitt & MacDonnell tape - Sexy radioactivity...
Raitt 'ready to roll dice' on 'sexy' isotope crisis - Nova Scotia News - TheChronicleHerald.ca
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Ms. MacDonnell said the isotope issue is hard to control, “because it’s confusing to a lot of people.”
“But it’s sexy,” says Ms. Raitt. “Radioactive leaks. Cancer.”
“Nuclear contamination,” says Ms. MacDonnell.
“But it’s only about money,” say Ms. Raitt.
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Monday, June 8, 2009
New breakthroughs in electronic component minaturization
io9 - Three Recent Breakthroughs That Will Change Your Computer Forever - Science of miniaturization
Scientists are engaged in a race to make electronics components even
tinier. Now, three breakthroughs in the manufacture of chips and
superconductors are about to make computer components so small that
they can operate on the quantum level. ...
Scientists are engaged in a race to make electronics components even
tinier. Now, three breakthroughs in the manufacture of chips and
superconductors are about to make computer components so small that
they can operate on the quantum level. ...
The Plan - BSG from the Cylon perspective - due in Sept 2009
Battlestar's Olmos: 'The Plan' Will Leave You Gasping
88 minutes - on-air version. DVD version 2 hours and 6 minutes.
88 minutes - on-air version. DVD version 2 hours and 6 minutes.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Friday, June 5, 2009
Frank Klees - let's have more racism in Ontario
Bouquets of Gray: Are Whites-Only Signs part of the Conservative vision for Ontario?
This is why the Conservatives won't be winning any elections in Ontario anytime soon.
This is why the Conservatives won't be winning any elections in Ontario anytime soon.
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