July 2011

A prediction about tablet computers in 2016? Really?

July 30, 2011 Science & Technology

A few days ago, I noticed a story that made its rounds through all the various news outlets: Android tablets will outsell iPads in 2016, with the iPad seeing its market share reduced to around 30%. Honestly, no matter which system you favour, but this is one of the silliest predictions anyone could ever make. [...]

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US Congress and President – unfit to govern

July 30, 2011 Business

People around the world are trying to prepare for another global economic crisis in the wake of the impending “bankruptcy” of the United States. No one knows exactly what will happen if the US fails to raise its debt ceiling and becomes insolvent. There seems to be a common consensus that it could trigger another [...]

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Globe and Mail kind of endorses Ted Morton – Has the newspaper’s editorial board gone mad?

July 30, 2011 Politics

No one, and I repeat, no one in the current crop of Alberta Tories leadership candidates could be worse for Alberta than Ted Morton. I have been saying so since the last leadership contest, and I haven’t changed my views on that at all. From what we have seen, Mr. Morton would get it wrong [...]

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Alberta Tories surging – how gullible are Albertans?

July 29, 2011 Politics

A new poll shows that Albertans are still (again?) in love with the Alberta Tories. In fact, the polling numbers are so favourable for the Tories that they could win at least as big a “majority” as last time (term applied loosely, because they were “elected” by only 21% of all eligible voters, not exactly [...]

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Oslo tragedy is a product of political correctness and political corruption

July 26, 2011 Society

North-Americans can be so smug when they decide to opine on events and backgrounds they know absolutely nothing about. Most recent exhibits: the columns and editorials written by American and Canadian journalists in an attempt to explain the Oslo massacre. I have yet to read a single article that indicates to me that the writer [...]

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The app wars have started

July 25, 2011 Science & Technology

The e-book apps Kobo and Kindle both released new updated apps for the iPad over the last 24 hours. In each case, the biggest “innovation” was the removal of the integrated shop. Under new App Store rules, digital content, such as e-books, must be purchased through Apple’s App Store, and providers like Amazon or Kobo [...]

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Free trade would be great if it were actually free

July 23, 2011 Business

Egged on by the current problems that threaten to bring the EU to its knees, Charles Moore writes in his most recent column for the Daily Telegraph that he is beginning to think that the left may have been right about free trade all along.

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Canada’s crackdown on fraudulent immigrants is long overdue

July 22, 2011 Politics

Long complained about, long ignored, the issue of fraudulent immigrants obtaining Canadian citizenship is finally being addressed by the federal government. As immigration minister Jason Kenney announced recently, around 1,800 “citizens” have been identified who have obtained citizenship through fraudulent means. The process has now been started to strip them of their status.

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The CRTC – a consumer’s worst enemy?

July 20, 2011 Media

If you think that government institutions are there to help you, the taxpayer and consumer, you may want to rethink your philosophy after reading this little story. It involves the CRTC, Canada’s regulator of all things related to the media and communications.

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No matter what the outcome of the HST referendum, the results shouldn’t be taken seriously

July 19, 2011 Politics

Who doesn’t believe in democracy? I do, and so do most others I know. The whole Arab Spring story is about how millions of people are rising up in support of democracy. But direct democracy is a different matter, at least as far as I’m concerned. Direct democracy measures, such as the various plebiscites and [...]

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