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53 days ago
Strangely enough, what Dr. Tyson is saying here is quite true...although to my ear it comes off sounding a touch pro-Republican. While the end result is, as he says, that Republicans end up tending to be more funding-friendly to NASA and other types of high-profile/high-priority research, the motives tend to be different (I believe) from those who see the merits of such funding as being more than making the United States look great and/or powerful. The gains are in helping to better our understanding of the universe and insodoing address the world's problems rather merely winning political capital either domestically or internaionally... Quote YouTube - Who's More Pro-Science, Republicans or Democrats? - Neil deGrasse Tyson
95 days ago
I’ve said it here before: I think the cops have a tough job and they, like the rest of us are only human. I think more often than not, people’s expectations are too high for police in general. But I have to say there have been some collosal screw-ups in recent years that are unbecoming of a professional police force – and this is particularly true of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) which has managed to: Wrongfully charge and, despite ample exculpatory evidence, aid the conviction of several people of capital murders for which they were later proven innocent, use excessive force in dozens of cases, particularly cases involving tasers; nearly resulting in a ban on taser use (which in my view would have been both wrong and dangerous, since tasers can save lives when properly used), and most recently, be obsessed with convicting two uncooperative but largely innocent young men; Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman following the shootings of four mounties by James Rozko. ...
99 days ago
Like a number of other Winnipegers who’ve moved “out east” to cities like Ottawa and Toronto (Québec cities are exempt as anyone who’s ever visited Montreal or Québec City will agree), I’ve noticed the people seem much more anxious or “up-tight” in general. The humour of the general populace seems a bit less laid-back and even less fun-loving. Certainly, there is a much more conservative attitude shared by people living in the region and, perhaps unexpectedly, they tend to resent the observation. CBC News: Coors pulls B.C. billboards mocking Toronto So it’s not a huge surprise that when Coor’s Beer posted a bulletin board playing on this cultural perception (obviously by western Canadians), suddenly we had a widespread negative reaction from people in Toronto – one group even attempting to organize a boycott on Facebook! And the irony of so obvious and predictable a response can’t help but bring a smile to non-Torontonians, and us westerners in ...
124 days ago
148 days ago
Review Mr. Justice Cunningham’s Ruling on the Defence motion to Acquit O’Brien on Influence Peddling Charges. L ast week, Mr. Justice Cunningham – the judge presiding in the O’Brien trial dismissed a defence motion for a “directed verdict of acquittal”, which would have brought the Ottawa Mayor’s legal troubles to an immediate end. But, no such luck – the Judge didn’t buy defence arguments, despite experts following the case suggesting a likely victory for O’Brien beforehand. Click the video associated with this blog entry to drill into Cunningham’s ruling and how O’Brien might well have done himself in as early as his Ottawa Police interview back in April 2007. For related stories and links, visit: CBC News: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Charges CFRA News: Real Time Coverage of the O’Brien Trial CBC Ottawa: Trial of Larry O’Brien Ottawa Blog: Real Time O’Brien Trial MSN Video / CBC News: Criminal Code ...
