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Friday, August 14, 2015
Harper’s office furious with Conservative Senate leaders, Du...
Mulcair to enshrine budget transparency in law
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'Crank Economics, Crank Science, Crank Foreign Policy'
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Thursday, August 13, 2015
Watch an incredible 360-degree video of a F-22 Raptor flying in formation with a P-51 Mustang | The Verge
Watch an incredible 360-degree video of a F-22 Raptor flying in formation with a P-51 Mustang | The Verge:
"Heritage flights" are just about the coolest single thing that the United States Air Force takes part in: assemble a few fighter aircraft from different generations and fly them in a very tight formation over a crowd, usually set to inspiring music. Obviously, they're designed to fill our hearts with patriotism and love for the military, which is about as politically charged as it gets — but if you can emotionally separate the political goal from the cool factor, watching an F-22 Raptor share the sky just feet away from a World War II-era P-51 Mustang or P-38 Lightning is intensely amazing.
Monday, August 10, 2015
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Wednesday, August 05, 2015
The Guardian view on Canada’s elections: is the Stephen Harper era over?| Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian
The Guardian view on Canada’s elections: is the Stephen Harper era over?| Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian:
It is the second biggest country in the world, yet sometimes it seems almost invisible. Often ignored by its powerful neighbour, regarded with only distant affection by the two European countries from which its settlers came, and taken for granted by many nations who should be more grateful than they are for its help and mediation in the past, Canada ploughs a lonely furrow. Now it is heading toward an election that will determine whether it will continue along the predictable rightward course set by Stephen Harper as prime minister over the past decade or whether it can recover some of the verve and originality that once marked its politics, not least under Pierre Trudeau, whose son Justin is one of the contenders.
Sunday, August 02, 2015
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Executives And Managers Should All Be Elected | TechCrunch
Executives And Managers Should All Be Elected | TechCrunch:
Maybe you have managers who get a lot done, but suck the life out of employees. They may produce short-term results, but they will create churn and siphon value out of the company. The cost in talent and human dignity is not worth it. Make your leaders accountable to the people they lead. The best will rise; the a-holes will fall. Your company will become a place where people want to work.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
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Monday, July 13, 2015
Berkeley Breathed Publishes First New ‘Bloom County’ Strip Since 1989 - NYTimes.com
Berkeley Breathed Publishes First New ‘Bloom County’ Strip Since 1989 - NYTimes.com:
So it was a surprise for comics fans to wake up on Monday and discover that Berkeley Breathed, the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator and artist of “Bloom County,” had revived that vintage 1980s strip on his Facebook page after a hiatus of more than 25 years (depending on how one measures) and with almost no advance notice.
Saturday, July 11, 2015
7 Beautiful Buildings in Unexpected Places
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Thursday, July 09, 2015
Thomas Piketty: ‘Germany Has Never Repaid its Debts. It Has No Right to Lecture Greece’ | The Wire
Thomas Piketty: ‘Germany Has Never Repaid its Debts. It Has No Right to Lecture Greece’ | The Wire
Those who want to chase Greece out of the Eurozone today will end up on the trash heap of history. If the Chancellor wants to secure her place in the history books, just like [Helmut] Kohl did during reunification, then she must forge a solution to the Greek question, including a debt conference where we can start with a clean slate. But with renewed, much stronger fiscal discipline.
Sunday, July 05, 2015
Tom Kundig's Studhorse is a rural retreat in Washington
Tom Kundig's Studhorse is a rural retreat in Washington:
The mountain landscape of Washington's Methow Valley is the setting for this family retreat, conceived by architect Tom Kundig as four structures arranged "like a little campground" around a big rock ( slideshow).
Monday, June 29, 2015
Please Advise! Too Soon for a Sinking Ship Metaphor? | The Tyee
Please Advise! Too Soon for a Sinking Ship Metaphor? | The Tyee:
[Editor's note: Steve Burgess is an accredited spin doctor with a Ph.D in Centrifugal Rhetoric from the University of SASE, situated on the lovely campus of PO Box 7650, Cayman Islands. In this space he dispenses PR advice to politicians, the rich and famous, the troubled and well-heeled, the wealthy and gullible.]
Many Theories, No Answers from BC Gov't on Health Ministry Firings | The Tyee
Many Theories, No Answers from BC Gov't on Health Ministry Firings | The Tyee:
"I don't want the truth. I want something I can tell the Parliament!" -- Cabinet Minister James Hacker in Yes Minister
Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right? 'Vile and Disgusting' Said Harper | The Tyee
Same-Sex Marriage a Civil Right? 'Vile and Disgusting' Said Harper | The Tyee:
Okay. Here we are a dozen years later. Why hasn't Harper used the power of his majority government to bring his itched-for debate about same-sex marriage to Parliament by introducing legislation making such unions illegal again in Canada? After all, Harper has yet to proclaim that LGBT people deserve the same rights anyone else.
His zip-lipped reluctance to revive the fight probably has something to do with the fact that a strong majority of Canadians think same-sex unions should have the full legal weight of heterosexual marriages. Such support zoomed from 39 per cent in 2004 to 62 per cent in 2012, according to the polling firm Ipsos Reid.
Amazing what a civil rights struggle can accomplish, regardless of politicians who pander to a base on the wrong side of history.
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