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[BLOG] Some Monday links
- BlogTO featured remarkable before and after photos of the booming South Core neighbourhood of Toronto, among the new condos on Bay Street by the harbour.
- Charlie Stross examines the basic thinking of environmentalism, and finds it lacking. As George Carlin said, the Earth doesn't need saving; rather, we need saving from the Earth. Envirnomentalism ( Read more... )
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[LINK] Two Andrew Barton posts on energy futures
- In "Politics in the Pipeline", Andrew Barton is skeptical that British Columbia's premier Christy Clark will--as noted here--really hold out for the best, least environmentally deal to permit the construction of the Northern Gateway pipeline between Alberta and the British Columbia coast, suspecting that she's just making use of convenient ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- Andrew Barton at Acts of Minor Treason wonders about the next generation of birthers, concerned with "natural-born" presidential candidates: what of the genetically engineered?
- blogTO notes that People's Foods, an iconic diner in The Annex on Dupont Street, is closing down due to rising rents.
- Far Outliers profiles the displacement of classical ( Read more... )
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[BLOG] Some Monday links
- Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster raises the possibility of bringing an asteroid into lunar orbit, for scientific and space-settlement purposes both.
- Daniel Drezner is pleasantly surprised that the situation of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng hasn't led to anything like a breakdown of Sino-American relations.
- Eastern Approaches notes the Polish holiday ( Read more... )
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[TOR] "Toronto mayor suggests Greens best bet for cities"
This is interesting.
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[LINK] "Tories change target to aim at NDP, Greens"
The Ottawa Citizen reports that the Conservative Party--expected to form the next government and unconcerned with the Liberal Party--is starting to become concerned about the growing popularity of the second-tier New Democratic Party and the Green Party.
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[LINK] "Sovereign wealth funds: Political influence in an era of new money"
As Carl Mortished writes, sovereign wealth funds are being used to influence the course of nations. What's one notable offender? Norway.
They could be a menace, these sovereign wealth funds - too rich, too powerful and too political. Pumped up with their petrodollars, who knows how they will use their financial muscle to influence the running of ( Read more... ) -
[BRIEF NOTE] More on Canada's Greens
The Green Party of Canada that I wrote about last week is now going to appear in the televised leaders' debate despite the initial opposition of most of the other established federal-level parties.
A Globe-CTV poll released this morning shows strong support in key battleground ridings for Green Party Leader Elizabeth May's participation in the ( Read more... ) -
[BRIEF NOTE] Voting Green
The Green Party of Canada (official site, Wikipedia) been making a certain amount of headway in Canadian public opinion, at one point in late 2007 claiming more support than either the Bloc Québécois or the New Democratic Party. Because the Green Party's supporters are spread out across Canada, however, the party has never had a Member of ( Read more... ) -
[URBAN NOTE] Let our clotheslines be free!
Over at blogTO, Jerrold writes about his first-time experience with a clothesline.
In typical last minute style, I made a trip out to Home Depot to pick up a few things needed to put the final touches on the outdoor summer gazebo my brother and I built for my mother this morning (Happy Mother's Day!). I was pleasantly surprised to find that ( Read more... )