Month: June 2011

• The #HST makes tax collection more efficient. But the #BCHST shift taxes from consumers to business #bcpoli #
• BC Government should have kept revenue from #HST and increased services, or cut health insurance premiums instead of corp tax cuts #bcpoli #
• .@andrew_leach That's the tragedy, innit? Taxes must always go down monotonically, it's the rule. Only sneak increases like the HST possible in reply to andrew_leach #
• .@logitack Oops, meant to say money, not taxes, that does not read well 🙂 in reply to EMurdah54 #
• There is diff of opinion at the @ccpa on this RT @min_reyes: @oliveridley #HST #BCHST #bcpoli #
• .@andrew_leach I like consumption taxes with good rebates, but corporate tax rates are low enough, don't need to keep cutting. #
• Of course, all this #HST debate moot, many people will base vote on the feeling of being misled, and being taxed on previously exempt. #
• Time to switch from bright screens to a book 🙂 Night! #
• RT @DanPollock: Woohoo! @LifeCyclesPrjct "Growing Schools" has won $25k from the Keg! Thank you for voting! http://j.mp/iSZdy0 #yyj #
• Today 1:30: Big CRD meeting in Vic city Council chambers on the sprawl homes off the Juan de Fuca trail #yyj #saveJDF http://ow.ly/5tg75 #
• RT @Min_Reyes: Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer, estimates that new corporate tax cuts to cost Canadian tax payer $11.5B #cdnpoli #
• Follow @cameronsgray for updates on important CRD meeting discussing sprawl in Central Saanich and Juan de Fuca #yyj #SaveJDF #
• 500 mining jobs RT @emmacaroline_: The human cost of asbestos is not worth the jobs http://t.co/gFRRiMJ #asbestos #cdnpoli #

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• Suspected Victoria drug dealer walked in during police raid http://ow.ly/5rGwB My neighbourinos #yyj #
• BC's unfair tax system means wealthy pay lower tax rate. From the @ccpa http://ow.ly/5s2nD #bcpoli #
• Dear ereader sellers. Way to take a book and fragment it into non-compatible, fragmented, disabled, non lendable, locked experience. #
• RT @inklesspw: Industry Canada report: "From 2006 to 2009, Cdn business expenditure on R&D declined in inflation-adjusted terms." #cdnpoli #
• Hey, still time to register for Feminists' Rock Camp – July 15-17, Victoria not too many spots left! http://j.mp/2011FRC #yyj #
• 'Math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation" Georgia School Board Bans Theory Of Math From @theOnion http://ow.ly/5s8uJ #
• Canada? RT @yalee360: Major fuel economy boost envisioned by Obama administration http://t.co/rYteXMM #
• Ford, car taxes ha ha! RT @andrew_leach @sustpro: GTA needs to look at road tolls, gas taxes to counter gridlock: report http://t.co/xtaiFmo #
• Good! RT @razzlem: Just wrote @NandosAustralia to let them know why I will never eat at Nando's http://j.mp/l9n2Jb #yyj #objectifyingwomen #
• Victoria Feminists' rock camp update: Only 5 spots left 🙂 Register soon! July 15-17 http://j.mp/2011frc #yyj #
• RT @rateldajer: Oh, Google lied, they are going to war with Facebook. Thermonuclear war. #googleplus http://t.co/7GDvg7r #
• Logging threatening Great Bear Rainforest in BC. Terrible #fail by #bclib government http://ow.ly/5stCB #bcpoli #

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• In which an "economist" is once again exposed by his commenters for making econ 101 arguments with no data http://ow.ly/5qOh8 #water #
• .@christyclarkbc who introduced BC"s "fixed election" law, plans to violate it http://ow.ly/5r4UR #bcpoli from @TheTyee #
• From @desmogblog : #Climate change denial is not a knowledge/education issue, it is cultural http://j.mp/ktqDRZ #
• RT @BenWest: Vancouver "Kinder Morgan #pipeline is slipping in the back door" @ecojustice_ca http://is.gd/h8BPhd #P2ca #Bcpoli #Cdnpoli #
• Change on the @BC_transit service this morning in #yyj especially the Rt-70, dated transfers, short transfer times (Boo) #
• RT @mgeist: Speedtest.net releases new broadband data: Canada ranked 30th for d'load http://is.gd/iMtlHV 65th for upload http://is.gd/iGT2xn #
• RT @WCELaw: Are BC's public lands sales (starting from $5000/acre) subsidizing ski resorts? #bcpoli #publiclands #
• One more #oilsands explosion and spill in Alberta – Swan Hills http://j.mp/mNTjxj #tarsands They just keep coming. #
• Interesting poll on US public confidence in institutions: Military 78% Banks 23 Labour 21 http://j.mp/muYSSX Canada? #
• Corrected: Alberta – Swan Hill is just an oil spill, not an #oilsands spill, so not to worry http://j.mp/mNTjxj #
• Declining #union density responsible for 1/5-1/3 of income inequality in US: Study via @ccpa http://j.mp/lKs718 #p2 #p2Ca #
• RT @bradplumer: People think about what's not happening as often as they think about what is, and it makes them unhappy #
• Good read. RT @drgrist: My new post: Taking sides in the latest natural gas battle http://is.gd/2iSU3v In which I champion crude heuristics! #

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• Back home 🙂 The cat missed me, it looks like #yyj #
• Listening to Christian talk radio on drive from Portland to Port Angeles, some guy called Mitt Romney the devil incarnate! #

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• Victoria is now officially a Blue Community! Affirms human right to water, public stewardship and a municipal bottled water ban! #yyj #
• .@duncankinney "Science is not settled" is a strategic plan to delay any action, and is deliberate, it's no misunderstanding. #climate in reply to duncankinney #
• Hearing ended midnight, council approved James Bay rezoning of Admirals Inn next to Laurel Point http://ow.ly/5pCBb #yyj #
• RT @keithmartinmd: West ignores #Africa while #China colonizes continent and pillages its resources. #global #politics #
• Not popular in #yyj RT @danpollock: Province approves water lot for controversial #megayacht marina in VicWest: http://j.mp/ixJHfF #bcpoli #
• RT @lawsteph: something a Sun reader shared with me today. BBC – Was Jesus an #anarchist – http://bbc.in/jBmpde OH YES. yes he was. #
• RT @wicary: Harper parties in mining town as Canada keeps asbestos off hazardous list. http://tgam.ca/Cb14 #cdnpoli #canadacausescancer #
• "Canadian delegates at the Geneva meetings parroting Conservative talking points" How does Steve Rennie of TGAM get this past his editor? #
• .@sherwinarnott You might like this article – http://ow.ly/5pIBv How Newsrooms Can Win Back Their Reputations via @scottros #
• Rt @MarcLeeCCPA: Et tu, Ontario #NDP Horwath indulges anti-tax pro-fossil populism w/ call 4 cuts to HST on gas prices. http://t.co/D0Gzlb3 #
• RT @thetyee: Andrew Nikiforuk: "Sowing the Oil" http://t.co/tsBDOGr #oil #energy #resources #nationbuilding #
• Canadian oil and gas company Niko Resources pleads guilty in Bangladesh bribery case http://ow.ly/5pM8q #corruption #
• Double dipping 🙂 RT @pembina: Prepping our response to Alberta's announcement of multiple credits for some CCS projects. Stay tuned! #ableg #
• Boring bound, good weather better beckon 🙂 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring,_Oregon #

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• RT @mgeist: OECD Report Finds Canada Among Most Expensive Broadband Countries – among highest prices in developed world http://is.gd/Xc6zda #
• Early BC Election? Rumours swirl, parties getting ready http://ow.ly/5oLaL #bcpoli #
• Will make you cry. RT @noii_vancouver: My Life As an #Undocumented #Immigrant – NY Times #nooneisillegal #status4all http://fb.me/KauBB9ZP #
• Yikes. RT @envirowire: Breaking news: Floodwaters in Nebraska are 2 feet from entering nuclear plants http://t.co/5mmFKId #
• Would be good, but we'd rather mine and extract RT @ghoberg Could Canada's cheap electricity make it a server farm giant http://t.co/1qI7Pg9 #
• Zap Copy and Print at the UVIC SUB rocks, that's all I have to say 🙂 #yyj #
• Neat RT @mlamonica: DOE issues challenge to streamline residential solar permits. San Jose has got it to one hour #
• Harper's #Asbestos Support 'Crassest Form of Politics' http://ow.ly/5oVkT From @thetyee #cdnpoli #canadacausescancer #
• RT @susandelacourt: Sigh. RT @sarah_schmidt_: Email exchange w/ Tory spinner on #asbestos listing. #cdnpoli #
• .@tabathasouthey @kady Japanese horror movies kill thousands of fictional people, #asbestos kills real people 🙁 in reply to kady #
• RT @climateprogress: GE’s Ironic New Slogan for Its Favorite Greenhouse Gas: “Natural Gas. It’s Hot Stuff.” #notkidding #
• Fossil fuel expansion as a crime against humanity @CCPA Note by @marcleeCCPA http://ow.ly/5p1FN #cdnpoli #keystoneXL #oilsands #
• RT @IslandRail: Fraud cheaper than new Transit fare technology http://t.co/Q4WQZ3K #yyj #

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• RT @kirstysheldon: Hey #yyj #DarthFiddler #039;s attackers were caught on surveillance video! http://t.co/53vnJqP Do you know these guys? #
• RT @harshawalia: Power of Women Grp in #DTES #YVR share stories of survival. Read and share Kingdom of Main and Hastings http://is.gd/OLN951 #
• Caribou getting stressed out by people! #Oilsands activity blamed for caribou decline – http://ow.ly/5nPpk #tarsands #
• Blame the US Senate first. RT @mikedesouza: MT @egies: Gore Criticizes Obama on Climate: http://ow.ly/5nQBT #senatehate #
• RT @drgrist: At this point, is Al Gore arguing "climate change is real" going to change anything? http://is.gd/B024ML #
• Yum! RT @saanichorganics: Need more strawberries before weekend markets? @niagaragrocery and Root Cellar have them! #yyj via @thesarahmundy #
• Climate crisis solved!! Harper government lays off 46 climate scientists http://ow.ly/5nSpd #cdnpoli #
• RT @dgardner: Stephen Harper on climate change: compare and contrast. #
• RT @danpollock: Sooke residents reach target in counter petition to keep P3 sewer project public: http://j.mp/k4yRNq #yyj #bcpoli #water #
• Hey! Registration for Victoria Feminists' Rock camp July 15-17 is now open and filling up! http://j.mp/2011frc #yyj #
• Canada opposes labelling #asbestos as hazardous http://ow.ly/5o036 Nothing more to say, really… #cdnpoli #
• RT @matvic: #Sooke counter-petition against Epcor sewer contract get enough votes – well done folks!!! via @cfax1070 http://ow.ly/5o0Cb #YYJ #
• Waste incinerator for #yyj RT @cfax1070 Consultant says burning Capital Region's garbage is feasible http://fb.me/IBZ6UOyv #
• Incinerators can work, but local opposition is big, recyclables diversion needs to be perfect, air pollution controls state of the art. #yyj #
• Hey, looking for a unionized print shop for a 11×17 print, any leads in Victoria? #yyj #
• Gore uses 5K out of 7K words to attack press, PR for #climate failure, press promptly spins this as an Obama attack http://ow.ly/5o3Gs #
• RT @wicary: Standing alone, Canada blocks push to label asbestos a hazardous chemical. http://tgam.ca/Caww #cdnpoli Even India assented. #
• RT @evidencenetwork: Making Patients Pay won’t make the Health System more Affordable http://ow.ly/5ob6o #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #medicare #
• US Mayors: End the wars, please. http://ow.ly/5ofdN Guess the mayor of military town Pendleton, SC is a socialist? #sarcasm #
• RT @joseiswriting: Undocumented Immigrant trending.Let's drop "Illegal" and "Alien." No person illegal or alien. #
• RT @politicsrespun @BCHC: Ontario Cracks Down On Illegal Billing For OHIP-Insured Services. BC should do so http://t.co/EOscOEo #healthcare #

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• Closed Containment works. RT @yalee360: New model for aquaculture takes hold far from the sea http://t.co/P9TOVVb #aquaculture #seafood #
• Huh? RT @andrew_leach: Min Liepert – Alberta is the only jurisdiction to legislate GHG emissions. Um, no. #oilsands #cdnpoli #tarsands in reply to Marsyajunisha #
• RT @viccarshare: Wow! Broken Social Scene!! || First wave of Rifflandia artists announced @timescolonist #yyj #
• Editorial in @timescolonist endorsing Victoria's bottled #water ban and Blue Community resolution http://ow.ly/5n1WO #yyj #
• RT @alexsteffen: Seeing climate change mainly as an energy generation problem rather than an energy use problem the key to NOT solving it. #
• Had a lovely sandwich there on Saturday! RT @dsou: Great to have a Hilary's Cheese store in downtown Victoria (Fort near Cook) #yyj #
• .@fighthstfud @impolitical @LibArtsAndMinds Nice one FUD, here's the story on the #HST referendum question @thetyee http://ow.ly/5niJx in reply to FIGHTHSTFUD #

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• very pertinent to my commute RT @IslandRail: Some new changes #bctransit in #yyj http://t.co/HKmgmB6 #
• From @TheTyee – Do You Really Need that Medical Test? A series on disease screening http://ow.ly/5lI6y #cdnhealth #
• RT @vasugi: The Silence of Sri Lanka — op-ed in NYT, by @DMiliband and Bernard Kouchner #lka http://nyti.ms/lAfnCZ via @nytimes #
• Interested in Feminists' rock camp Victoria and want to know what the bands sounded like last year? http://j.mp/kNQMNp #yyj #
• And the federal govt won't. RT @mims: This just happened: Supreme Court says states can’t regulate greenhouse gases #
• RT @gvpl: The public visited us over 4,100,000 times in 2009. That's about the same # as Universal Studios in Hollywood! #yyj #
• Nice, so I wait till 2013 🙂 RT @yalee360: Cost of #solar panels projected to fall sharply by 2013 http://t.co/3dVK8aq #energy #
• Harper Government seeking to avoid scandals like the sponsorship scandal by firing auditors. http://ow.ly/5m6LT #cdnpoli #
• White names called for job interviews in Canada 3X more than others: UBC Study http://j.mp/lVtNrA #racism via @kevinmilligan in reply to luiz_fmr #
• Yikes: Extremophile pathogen fungi (mould) that thrives in your dishwasher, run! http://ow.ly/5maJQ #killerdishwasher #
• RT @wicary: Majority of 1,105 arrested during #G20 released without charges. http://tgam.ca/CaXq #cdnpoli #
• RT @inklesspw Globe's best Ottawa coverage comes when Bill Curry, Steve Chase and Campbell Clark sneak real stories past management #cdnpoli #

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