Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08

• Montana gov: Exxon-Mobil hiding truth, breaking open government laws in oil pipeline spill. http://ow.ly/5Asi4 #

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• RT @sherwinarnott: No Liberals at #pride this year in Victoria? Just #ndp #cdnpoli #
• "Snicker factor aside, hemp is serious business" – TGAM http://ow.ly/5AZiK Who's snickering? Wait, it's you journalists! #

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• As Canada contemplates restrictions on abortions for sex selection, here's a report from India http://t.co/QIVkqjPL #cdnpoli #
• Bill Would Block Export of #KeystoneXL Oil from US http://t.co/ACH399Fw #oilsands #tarsands #cdnpoli The point of this is?? #
• Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm. EROI = 2.4 http://t.co/DHzNWuJx #tarsands #oilsands via @thetyee #
• Landmark US diesel exhaust/lung cancer link study stalled amid industry and congressional objections. http://t.co/R8ZSDt8X #
• Canadian unemployment is actually worse than numbers show – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/RBCjMz96 #cdnpoli #
• Hey #yyj Look east right now. It is gorgeous! #
• RT @carbontalks: Canadian pipe dream? Stephen Harper to visit China to secure new market for #oilsands crude http://t.co/5MySXCF7 #tarsands #
• As always, to get more perspective on Russia and China's #Syria veto, go to an Indian newspaper @TheHindu http://t.co/8U0ruQpd #
• RT @susandelacourt: Citizenship ceremony kerfuffle may have violated privacy rights of new Canadians http://t.co/UEnFSDW0 #cdnpoli #
• RT @poliswater: Op ed in today's @VancouverSun on importance of collaborative governance of water http://t.co/Y2vEbKlU #
• Publishers put the squeeze on library ebook lending including @gvpl http://t.co/tzUlQamt #yyj #
• In the US, tea party activists oppose smart meters fearing a UN plot to track them http://t.co/hQ2EF608 #
• RT @danpollock: The G&M takes a look at literary speed dating. Coming to the @gvpl and @VPL next week: http://t.co/oMQge390 #books #yyj #yvr #
• When an academic journal corrects a paper, shouldn't the correction be freely available? We pay for your mistakes now? #openaccess #
• Business friendly #bcndp and @JennyKwan vs prohibition friendly #bclibs on the Rio Theatre http://t.co/CoRDvg8M #bcpoli #yvr #
• Energy Tax Breaks Wiki for US Launched. See how much subsidy money fossil fuels get http://t.co/DAvNIRRj via @cleantechnica #
• RT @a_mhb: Tmrw: "Finding Dawn" screening, discussion with Christine Welsh & Robina Thomas, Feb 8, 10:30AM Camosun College, Young 216 #yyj #
• RT @lisahelps: I support building a Johnson St Bridge that can incorporate rail in the future. So does @Ben_Isitt http://t.co/Mw7va84z #yyj #
• RT @cbc_victoria: #Saanich police: National long-gun registry was critical to the recent seizure of 159 guns from a home #yyj #cdnpoli #
• Here is the story on the 159 guns http://t.co/WqeHfkjJ #cdnpoli #
• MT @dgardner: Ask Vic Toews to give an example of necessary torture that does not involve Jack Bauer. http://t.co/mTJE94Wk #cdnpoli #
• RT @marcleeccpa: BCSEA on the massive fugitive emissions from shale gas and BC's coveted LNG plants: http://t.co/SoNQD9pI #fracking #bcpoli #
• RT @ghoberg: Op Ed: We'll eventually pay for the cost of #BCHydro rate deferral http://t.co/GAZkOC53 #bcpoli #
• Brits miffed that ungrateful Indians take food "aid" from England and buy French fighter jets. http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• The British government is on record saying that it hopes India will buy British arms because of "aid" money. http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• India proposed ending the "aid" last year. England reluctant to end because it provides "good publicity" http://t.co/f6J0Of5l #
• RT @drgrist: A federal appeals court just rule California's #Prop8 unconstitutional. California cannot ban gay marriage. So that's cool. #
• Interesting use of smart meters. Nearly Half of Electricity at UK Businesses Wasted During Off Hours http://t.co/yi3lR2TN #
• RT @victorianews: City to increase pedicab licences: Pedicab owner warns increased competition lowers standards http://t.co/chdpIG6g #yyj #
• So,the Australian #immigration miracle Canada's told to emulate? Attract more White Brits! http://t.co/MzFVqLhb #cdnpoli #
• Internet meme of the year 🙂 RT @kate_sheppard: Newt v. Schrute: It's harder than you think http://t.co/UUjjHZCs #
• Buildings haven’t gotten more efficient in 20 years because everyone involved is maximising profit and minimising risk http://t.co/kPzDkcZA #
• Climate is what you expect; weather is what you get: Weather Underground Meteorologist Jeff Masters http://t.co/DcP5GOKp #
• I really like Masters' analogy of climate change as adding an extra dot to dice. Doesn't shift average much, makes extremes more likely. #
• “@EvidenceNetwork: We need a meaningful federal role in #medicare says Allan Maslove: http://t.co/t9FHldAH #cdnpoli #cdnhealth” #
• The National Cancer Institute spends 80% of its budget on research http://t.co/9aa9Y7jS The #Komen institute – 19% http://t.co/8SOBzUB9 #
• RT @dougsaunders: Depressing. The Earth is 6,000km deep. The furthest humans have gone is 12km, and it took a cold-war dick-size contest. #
• Guilty as charged, me too, though not today 🙂 RT @drgrist: Just for the record, I'm one of those urban elitists who rides the bus. #
• Victoria is talking about "amalgamation" tonight, follow along at #yyjgov #yyj and try not to use #yyj too often 🙂 #
• So, #yyjgov is it "amalgamation" based on sharing services, or "amalgamation" based on sharing space? They are linked, but different. #
• I use a commons and watershed framework to look at "amalgamation", each "service" has a logical geographical and social boundary. #yyjGov #
• Doesn't this depend on what's being governed? Maybe not? RT @janniaragon: How many boards and levels of governance do we need? #yyjgov #
• An article in the Toronto Star from 2008 after a decade of amalgamation in the GTA http://t.co/bT9wpn53 #yyjGov Note, pre Rob Ford 🙂 #
• How will "streamlining" of services from amalgamation affect jobs in #yyj #yyjGov #
• We have a very diverse mix of urban to suburban to exurban to agricultural to First Nation community. A shared vision/goal for all? #yyjGov #
• Former B.C. neo-Nazi abandons racist views, now helps others quit. Good for him http://t.co/wT6vKae7 #bcpoli #
• .@kyleschem Heck, I travel through Victoria, Saanich, Central Saanich, North Saanich. Sidney,Tsartlip, Tsawout every day 🙂 #yyjGov #
• I think that a lot in #yyj 🙂 RT @lacouvee: I'm glad to see that I'm NOT the youngest person here. Great range of ages. #yyjgov #
• RT @janniaragon: #yyjgov Current speaker noting free rider problem. Ongoing issue. #bcpoli #
• RT @andrewshopland: Didn't hear much discussion about the role of our #firstnations in #yyj #yyjgov #
• .@janniaragon @andrewshopland First Nations-settler municipal relations are complicated, would be interested in what they think of #yyjGov #
• Can't understand govt. unwillingness to change RT @riotheatre: B.C.’s Antiquated Liquor Laws Bad for Business http://t.co/5fRdJulh #bcpoli #
• Yay, at work at 6:15 in the morning thanks to @sherwinarnott and @BeckyCory, the day just got a whole lot shorter 🙂 Se y'all soon 🙂 #
• RT @tomphilpott: More evidence that fore-foot striking is the way forward for running. http://t.co/ByOCPoz2 #yyjrun I should try this… #
• Why economic #inequality leads to collapse. http://t.co/1yQ9eG2U In the @guardian via @3QD #
• City urged to look again at rail option for Johnson Street Bridge, says Councillor @Ben_Isitt http://t.co/nOAdZC4L #yyj #
• Solar PV Cost Competitive in Middle East http://t.co/y8cyYu31 The Saudi Arabia of solar is now, Saudi Arabia 🙂 @cleantechnica #
• So, this whole #newtwitter interface, how does one get it? Just wait for the twitter gods to give it to you? #
• In France, cyclists can run red lights legally http://t.co/YpmvTOkF #
• Don't care where #KeystoneXL steel comes from, can't believe Transcanada would claim 75 %US/CA made http://t.co/glXxcHDP #tarsands #oilsands #
• Fugitive emissions from natural gas much higher than advertised, not clean http://t.co/BWCC4CNI In @nature #fracking #
• These Denver natural gas measurements line up with Howarth, et al estimates which have been rubbished by industry, experts. #fracking #
• RT @kady: @ElizabethMay will raise "the increased influence and control of foreign governments and corporations". 10am tomorrow. #cdnpoli #
• .@dgardner @kevinmilligan This #OAS BS is distressingly familiar to me, having lived in the US through the 2000s http://t.co/FDMMW0bc #
• Members of Hindu nationalist BJP resign after being caught watching p0&n on their phones in legislature! http://t.co/Q7RwhHD8 #nottheonion #
• Thx! "@lacouvee: Here's the curated tweet stream from last night's "Conversation on Amalgamation" Victoria BC. #yyjgov http://t.co/g4dqlovb #
• RT @cqwww: Remember #SOPA #PIPA from a few weeks ago? Canada about to drop its version, and limit debate http://t.co/i9pb4TbC #cdnpoli #
• RT @armineyalnizyan: Germany's "jobs miracle" explained. http://t.co/vRaYyVEm Something similar going on in Canada, post crisis? #cdnpoli #
• RT @gvpl: Feminist content + well-written books for youth = Amelia Bloomer Booklist. Here's the 2012 picks: http://t.co/omre4sTs #
• Seriously? RT @hummingbird604: "I'm a native-Canadian because I am Norwegian" — guy on the bus stop to me. Me – "O RLY?" #
• Oh SNAP! RT @expatina: Weird so many Christians are homophobic–when they seem to think sex is just for men. via @janniaragon #
• RT @masalacanada: Canada: No financial reason to change old-age pension system: budget watchdog http://t.co/VexNH39k #cdnpoli #OAS #
• RT @triadonaldson: Going to Edward Milne School for a Screening of Peace Out tonight at 7:00. Learn about impacts of #fracking Site C. #yyj #
• Finally! Victoria Sewage funding approvals expected by the spring http://t.co/O5uloJca #yyj @timescolonist #
• RT @journo_dale: Chow's motion to repeal regulation affecting #trans Canadians is defeated 6 to 5. #TRAN #cdnpoli #canqueer #
• Not allowed RT @ghoberg: Canadian energy policy – pick your demon: China or US foundations? Are we capable of a more sophisticated debate? #
• Ah, fossil fuels, we love you. RT @alexwitze: Coal from 1891 shipwreck off BC coast is still polluting the environment http://t.co/sQtXeevg #
• B.C. govt. changes rules to allow liquor licensed venues to screen movies http://t.co/N6A0aexw Thank the #bcndp #bcpoli #
• RT @308dotcom: @adriandix and @BCNDP widens lead in BC. #bcpoli #bcndp http://t.co/Yp8pDd9A #
• Economic forecasts: Useful, but almost always wrong http://t.co/TCgIHq7y via @ezraklein #
• RT @mikesoron: NYPD kills 18 yr old flushing pot. RT @dgardner: Another glorious victory in the war on marijuana. http://t.co/S2bcxxO5 #
• Can Canada’s version of SOPA be stopped? #C11 #SOPA http://t.co/SG3l7RIb #cdnpoli We don't have a checks and balances system #
• RT @drgrist: State Department Inspector General Finds Flaws in #KeystoneXL Pipeline Review http://t.co/c3fZcwDg #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @adam_stirling: This Clark Radio Throne Speech has to be a joke or a misunderstanding or something… Doesn't it? #bcpoli #
• Rio Theatre owner says liquor licensing change is not a real fix http://t.co/CvgdptLh #bcpoli Our liquor laws need retiring #
• LeadNow @leadnowca Says "Cooperate for Canada"! http://t.co/GDib1n0O #cdnpoli Okay, will do 🙂 #
• Wall Streeters Juicing up on Testosterone To Load Up On Risk http://t.co/EU4xVlEl #nottheonion via @mattyglesias #
• A Personal Carbon Allowance? Wow, this would require unprecedented surveillance http://t.co/sXLKSyEv #
• Cooperation as class privilege? RT @rabbleca: @NathanCullen and @PeggyNashNDP in NDP family drama http://t.co/CcgdwT2T #cdnpoli #
• Councillor @MarianneAlto would like Victoria to sell naming rights for city facilities http://t.co/I7D0XRWn #yyj #
• Ontario crash sheds light on plight of "temporary" "foreign" migrant workers http://t.co/oL1UuY8O #imigration #cdnpoli #
• Charles Dickens, like many of his English and British contemporaries, was a genocidal racist http://t.co/Q80cyuNN #
• In the US, Racial Education Gap Narrowing, Income Education Gap Growing http://t.co/zM6ozMQe #inequality #
• Republicans retreat on domestic Violence, oppose reauthorization of Violence against Women Act http://t.co/5iKivixX #
• Ignoring Western Sanctions, India Explores Opportunities in Iran http://t.co/sWDTPFsj #
• #Tarsands magnate Murray Edwards and Bill Gates stump for geoengineering http://t.co/ReJ6EUU4 #cdnpoli #
• Hate reports like this which purport to tell you risk factors without providing a single comparison for context http://t.co/EEjmVOkq #
• News Flash: Press releases on scientific studies are PR, designed to oversell significance, do ask for context http://t.co/EEjmVOkq #
• Just getting started RT @ghoberg: This is getting nutso, no? MP would ban foreign environmental funding http://t.co/PZMdAG7U #NGP #cdnpoli #
• "@GernotWagner Don't suspend EU aviation directive for "progress" on an international cap, suspend it after global cap http://t.co/RpQzgv8Y #
• RT @denisesavoie: Passed my Green Commuter Bill on to MP Jamie Nicolls http://t.co/1BE2n2Ee #cdnpoli #yyj #
• Should Canadian environmental groups be barred from taking foreign money? – CBC Poll http://t.co/fbstSWlg #Ipayforthis #cdnpoli #
• Hmm… RT @AnnieLowrey: Wow. RT @BBCLiveNews: Confirmed breaking news. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un assassinated. Updates to follow. #
• RT @benwest: "Canada PM vows to ensure key oil pipeline is built" @Reuters http://t.co/51HeJUA5 #NGP #climate #CDNpoli #Enbridge #
• Great article! The Righteous Small House: Challenging House Size and the Irresponsible American Dream http://t.co/fMgJ72wU via @drgrist #
• That last article about the Righteous Small House was in @yesmagazine, fine folks 🙂 http://t.co/fMgJ72wU #
• RT @ericmjohnson: Santorum is “one of the finest minds of the thirteenth century.” On the #GOP upstart's theosophy: http://t.co/tRSn4xK4 #
• Would like headline like this in #yyj Authorities seize 3 tons of banned plastic bags in Kashmir http://t.co/poRd2Jqr #pluckfastic #
• Little green lies: PM Harper and Canada’s environment – David Boyd (who knows his stuff) http://t.co/hME0M1a4 #cdnpoli #
• Ottawa’s new anti-terrorism strategy lists environmentalism as threat http://t.co/PfSXINt1 #cdnpoli #
• And here's Enbridge acting as China's spokesperson on the Northern Gateway http://t.co/RkktPZbF #NGP #oilsands #tarsands #
• Want to please a one per center? Blame the Boomers for 'generational theft.' @TheTyee http://t.co/jzLXH7dQ #cdnpoli #
• B.C. Liberals concerned about third party vote splitting? They should have taken the advice of their commission http://t.co/ShFmTeQf #bcpoli #

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• Back to grey mornings in #yyj I had to put my sunglasses away on the bus… #
• Cool… RT @cbc_victoria: Saanich council is considering a policy where it will only buy local foods for it's facilities and events. #yyj #
• Neat. B.C.'s grey whales outwit climate change by hanging out around Vancouver Island http://ow.ly/5Bt7Q #yyj #
• RT @benwest: "Is BC about to drop a new carbon bomb?" @MarcLeeCCPA
  http://j.mp/qt4J8x #Climate #coal #fracking #Oil #GHG #P2ca #bcpoli #
• Anyone who goes on about corruption in "third world" countries should just follow the news of the world scandal #
• Canada, of course RT @mattyglesias: Given Greece and debt ceiling, to where can one flee to quality? Only so many Swiss francs to go around. in reply to mattyglesias #
• Just bombast! RT @leadnowca: RT if you disagree with #pmharper 's statement that the #cpc is #canada 's party. #cdnpoli http://ow.ly/5BxEa #
• RT @jeffjarvis: Good God, News Corp. hacked the prime minister. We've now stepped beyond Watergate. #
• Get your Feminists' Rock Camp Showcase flyers here and share widely http://j.mp/pqVArv @sherwinarnott and @beckycory designed! #yyj #
• Transcanada severely low balled #KeystoneXL pipeline spill frequency and intensity http://ow.ly/5BB7G #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @rudepundit: Remember: every Murdoch "news" entity was outraged to the hilt over Wikileaks at the same time some were hacking phones. #
• The Victoria Public Library @gvpl has a great idea for you to test out ereaders, place a hold now, wait time around a month? #yyj #
• Must read from TGAM: RT @harshawalia: While number of poor grow and record job cuts, corporate profits soar #cdnpoli #
• Tap the Queen?? The monarchy is good for one thing, generating outrage against the Murdoch empire!http://ow.ly/5BNhn #
• Common hatchery practice could be harming #salmon http://ow.ly/5BNE2 Clipping fins impedes swimming, who knew, counterintuitive #
• RT @Adam_Stirling: BC Govt ripped-up pub sector contracts in past they considered unfair. W/ Hahn they express outrage & do nothing. #bcpoli #
• RT @garymasonglobe: How can the premier allow the board that approved this pension deal to remain in place? #bcpoli #Hahn #bcferries #

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• More Margaret #Wente Plagiarism, copying from writer and blogger Nicholas Carr. Good work, Media Culpa http://t.co/0o80RZ1Y #
• NDP leads in Environics poll, Ontario numbers striking – @308dotcom http://t.co/kQcqhCY1 #cdnpoli #
• The doctor office waiting room has a computer monitor turned to the waiting patients showing us a slideshow of someone's Egypt vacation #
• Awesome. The monitor is now giving us a doctor autobiography… #
• Ooh, now a short history of neurology. This doctor's office is very entertaining! #
• This is such good news @cusnaum, congratulations RT @ChairFNHC: Protection of Marpole Midden celebrated by Musqueam http://t.co/u77xWlzk #
• Found at the doctor's office. A @macleansmag cover from 2007 warning about the rising loonie #cdnpoli http://t.co/t1SCRbSs #
• What corruption in the `developed`world looks like: US Corporation-lobbyist-politician revolving doors http://t.co/BIWrtnli #
• Rob Anders wouldnot be in the news if it were not for the fine conservatives of Calgary West http://t.co/VyvYIxFk #cdnpoli #
• Canada's privacy commissioner: 25% of all Cdn websites improperly share personal info, won't tell you which. http://t.co/6M3IShK9 #cdnpoli #
• How the Harper government has systematically stymied the Parliamentary Budget Office http://t.co/l06HUwXO #cdnpoli #
• +1 RT @janniaragon: You're late to the party. We've been live tweeting at confs for 3 years+! http://t.co/b07NbDZK @insidehighered #lovehe #
• And notion that what one presents at an academic conference is somehow access controlled? If waiting to publish, don't present #
• Victoria city councillor Ben Isitt plans to run for NDP nomination for Victoria, he has 12 days http://t.co/vlwxfGg3 #yyj #
• .@askessler @martinheintzel There is little consensus on how much methane leaks, and it matters a lot. http://t.co/gcco0yqd #
• So, @edwardp or @darcy_l , any idea what the voting rules for the NDP Victoria election are going to be? @razzlem thinks y'all know it all:) #
• added to my @pocket RT @beckycory: Exciting, but I think mostly scary. Data as the new form of power currency: Wired UK http://t.co/NdWLEUGF #
• Greater Victoria a great place to live – if you can afford it : @timescolonist http://t.co/f7Aqkzea #yyj #
• The Scourge of Garbage-In, Garbage-Out Research on Innovation – @mattyglesias on patents as an innovation marker http://t.co/2qMWcBbZ #
• Report: Most tropical deforestation now caused by the mafia http://t.co/LmO3VBES ia @bradplumer #
• "@ghoberg: game changer? First nations band files treaty rights challenge against Shell http://t.co/3HhwmlRE #oilsands #indigenous #tarsands #
• Just anecdotal. But this year's bus pass swipe failure rate on #yyj @bc_transit is really high. #
• RT @tqmurdock Saving seeds with genetic diversity of crucial importance to maintain future adaptation options #pnwcsc12 http://t.co/mjKAA3gF #
• RT @politicsrespun: Musqueam Burial Ground Win Makes the Developer Look Brutally Ignorant http://t.co/RhGLHPu0 #bcpoli #vanpoli #Musqueam #
• Food safety: It's not about legislation, it's about ability/willingness to enforce, govern http://t.co/y8fFu0XO #cdnpoli #
• Wow. RT @frank_leonard: new RCMP HQ in Surrey has $1B price tag and some unhappy Mayors: http://t.co/GxoI8mTY #bcpoli #yvr #
• Aah technology. It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone 3D-Prints a Gun http://t.co/JcjHEYEq via @3QD #
• Provinces ill-equipped to fill endangered species gap: @ecojustice_ca Report. http://t.co/pwumIcsk #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
• Head explodes RT @kate_sheppard: "Why the fuck are we still making the candidates' wives bake cookies?" http://t.co/Uxb3HGPh via @jezebel #
• "@mkonnikova "Correlation does not imply causation, but it sure as hell provides a hint." Thanks for writing @danengber http://t.co/D8Gtl7Pa #
• .@DocumentCloud – Turning documents into data, very neat http://t.co/3tvpypWL @thesarahmundy @sherwinarnott #
• Why BC's #LNG natural gas gamble could go bust before it goes boom, from @GlobeandMail http://t.co/BKU0Z9nG #bcpoli #
• "@daeaves: Ah, @globeandmail working hard not win me back from the #wente fiasco with this polarizing & stupid survey: http://t.co/XgXV2j68 #
• Good god. RT @edyong209: Oh. Balls. Mosquitoes adapting to bed-nets by biting at diff times of day http://t.co/EG3Okj8v #
• Will need big regulation fueled infrastructure shift RT @guydauncey: Why Electric Cars Are Our Future http://t.co/HvHENhxg via @HuffPostTech #
• Beef, it's what's for E Coli RT @impolitical: This Costco info on XL recall just floors me. http://t.co/JuER0yCv #cdnpoli #xlfoods #
• Another reminder that a lot of Israel Iran sabre rattling is domestic politics in the two countries. http://t.co/zbqTgNHF #
• That Flawed Stanford Study – @Bittman on why the Organic vs conventional study was bad science http://t.co/0Ys3wgYd via @askessler #
• The extent of, and the positions of power occupied by believers is not RT @dgardner: Crazy is bipartisan. http://t.co/RbevuGwu thx @keithjs #
• Here's an old idea for the @NDP and unions to champion: Worker representaton on corporate boards http://t.co/XuobsKWG #cdnpoli #
• MT @la_cornish: very convenient that entire dept violated privacy, more like bc govt cutting off vital drug research http://t.co/Oz0gdYTQ #
• Cue light sensitivity headache syndrome. Researchers turn lights into world’s fastest wireless with Li-Fi: @ArsTechnica http://t.co/ONYvZdS5 #
• Top pharmacologist tells BC Health Ministry to stop bashing independent drug researchers http://t.co/5w18Hf1h #bcpoli #
• In which @stephenfgordon, while asserting xenophobia, doesn't mention that CNOOC is the Chinese government http://t.co/MJ9PWgB7 #cdnpoli #
• Important to assert roles of xenophobia and racism in politics, but surely, foreign government ownership of domestic companies is different #
• RT @lizborkowski: Unicef polio vaccinators in South Waziristan kidnapped then released. http://t.co/2pwyT9CI via @Laurie_Garrett #
• Apparently, anti-foreign bias is not xenophobia, I can be called for reading comprehension #FAIL for it, back to remedial English I go! #
• XL Foods delayed information, Canadian inspectors who don't have to power to insist. http://t.co/r0ztAXN9 #cdnpoli #
• RT @josh_wingrove: How can the CFIA know if things are working without actually firing a machine up? And you need staff to do that. #cdnpoli #
• RT @nikiashton: In Question Period to call on the Harper Gov for National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women. #mmiw #cdnpoli #
• RT @mattyglesias:@whynationsfail argue that academic economics has no need for accurate data in its models: http://t.co/Tns3u6WM #
• Why are people dying on Victoria's streets? Don Evans of Our Place asks and answers http://t.co/cTDlfc46 #yyj #
• "@panamajack: Heading to UVIC tonight to hear Columbia's Timothy Mitchell on Carbon Democracy. Highly recommended. http://t.co/LsLoW6tZ #yyj #
• Rob Anders:Trans rights Bill "intended to give transgendered men access to women’s public washroom facilities" http://t.co/XYDh0mFr #cdnpoli #
• Court rules BC election gag law unconstitutional despite changes http://t.co/vnGzs1qE via @TheTyee #bcpoli The law had its intended effect #
• Indeed! RT @sherwinarnott: This looks very promising http://t.co/h7NUjVIF #WordPress #
• This @storify debate between @ArmineYalnizyan and @acoyne is a must read on Canada #inequality http://t.co/1koChKX1 #cdnpoli #
• The aforementioned @storify debate also had some good contributions from @kevinmilligan #
• Making a farce of Parliament – Four #CPC MPs on the "carbon tax" – @aaronwherry http://t.co/bK40BRsB #cdnpoli #
• Mass transit: The benefits of being taken for a ride: Exactly how I feel, wish everyone could #yyjtransit http://t.co/PLPtEoSc #
• Wow. Non-Christian prison chaplains eliminated by Harper government http://t.co/u2Ma12ih #cdnpoli #
• RT @evgenymorozov: High frequency traders’ claims refuted by studies http://t.co/2nB0Un7g Algorithms may not be improving market efficiency #
• So happy this racist is losing again. RT @mattyglesias: Time for George Allen to call someone a funny name: http://t.co/rCB3E58w #
• BC Liberals Mount Constitutional Challenge to Keep Records Secret: @TheTyee http://t.co/5yyamkQC #bcpoli #opengov #
• via @vcusnaum: Chlorine from private swimming pool kills fish in #musqueam Vancouver's last salmon-bearing stream http://t.co/QiE8J4qQ #
• RT @cupebcnews: Ouch! Prince George Citizen slams KPMG "core review" in #PrinceGeorge http://t.co/W6Z1WzGO #bcpoli #
• 300 sq feet micro-condos in Victoria, anyone? http://t.co/8vj6QqZe #yyj via @timescolonist #
• Via @ericmjohnson: National Post's @fullcomment reproduced my @Slate article w/o permission: http://t.co/tvkukFIH Is this theft? #cdnmedia #
• You heard it here: Northern Gateway’s dead – Jeffrey Simpson in @GlobeandMail http://t.co/LjWSeAD0 #tarsands #oilsands #
• Actually, we have heard in many other places including my head that the Northern Gateway was dead, but whatever. #
• I have not googled gangnam yet… #
• Can meat factories be safe, at 4,000 cows a day, 3,000 steaks a minute? – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/Hrh5bx2Y #cdnpoli #
• Hope they settle. @bc_transit Bus drivers in #yyj poised to strike next week http://t.co/Fdl2YcQt #yyjtransit @timescolonist #
• What are they spraying? I love me a good conspiracy #chemtrails http://t.co/we4ZxQuS #

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• RT @sherwinarnott: No Liberals at #pride this year in Victoria? Just #ndp #cdnpoli #
• "Snicker factor aside, hemp is serious business" – TGAM http://ow.ly/5AZiK Who's snickering? Wait, it's you journalists! #
• Back to grey mornings in #yyj I had to put my sunglasses away on the bus… #
• Cool… RT @cbc_victoria: Saanich council is considering a policy where it will only buy local foods for it's facilities and events. #yyj #
• Neat. B.C.'s grey whales outwit climate change by hanging out around Vancouver Island http://ow.ly/5Bt7Q #yyj #
• RT @benwest: "Is BC about to drop a new carbon bomb?" @MarcLeeCCPA
  http://j.mp/qt4J8x #Climate #coal #fracking #Oil #GHG #P2ca #bcpoli #
• Anyone who goes on about corruption in "third world" countries should just follow the news of the world scandal #
• Canada, of course RT @mattyglesias: Given Greece and debt ceiling, to where can one flee to quality? Only so many Swiss francs to go around. in reply to mattyglesias #
• Just bombast! RT @leadnowca: RT if you disagree with #pmharper 's statement that the #cpc is #canada 's party. #cdnpoli http://ow.ly/5BxEa #
• RT @jeffjarvis: Good God, News Corp. hacked the prime minister. We've now stepped beyond Watergate. #
• Get your Feminists' Rock Camp Showcase flyers here and share widely http://j.mp/pqVArv @sherwinarnott and @beckycory designed! #yyj #
• Transcanada severely low balled #KeystoneXL pipeline spill frequency and intensity http://ow.ly/5BB7G #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @rudepundit: Remember: every Murdoch "news" entity was outraged to the hilt over Wikileaks at the same time some were hacking phones. #
• The Victoria Public Library @gvpl has a great idea for you to test out ereaders, place a hold now, wait time around a month? #yyj #
• Must read from TGAM: RT @harshawalia: While number of poor grow and record job cuts, corporate profits soar #cdnpoli #
• Tap the Queen?? The monarchy is good for one thing, generating outrage against the Murdoch empire!http://ow.ly/5BNhn #
• Common hatchery practice could be harming #salmon http://ow.ly/5BNE2 Clipping fins impedes swimming, who knew, counterintuitive #
• RT @Adam_Stirling: BC Govt ripped-up pub sector contracts in past they considered unfair. W/ Hahn they express outrage & do nothing. #bcpoli #
• RT @garymasonglobe: How can the premier allow the board that approved this pension deal to remain in place? #bcpoli #Hahn #bcferries #
• Safe? #fracking fluid legal "discharge" destroys all ground cover, half the trees in West Virginia http://ow.ly/5CqTG #
• Of course, best practice on US oil addiction: Harm reduction, treatment, alternatives for addict, stringent penalties on the pusher 🙂 #
• Gordon Brown Says Newspaper Hired ‘Known Criminals’, bribed police officers http://ow.ly/5CtLM Wow, England is ridiculously corrupt #
• CIA fake vaccination schemes to catch Bin Laden not good for public health, feeds anti-vaccine paranoia http://ow.ly/5CvS1 #
• For example of anti-vaccine paranoia, now real, see this http://ow.ly/5Cwtn #
• RT @TheTyee: Net Neutrality: A Failure to Enforce http://t.co/XcKRnWK #crtc #internet #ubb @mgeist #
• RT @helesialuke: RT @themarknews: CBC Facing Five-Per-Cent Cut http://t.co/u9RsvRv Maybe start with Don Cherry's contract?#cdnpoli #
• Dear Amazon, I would love to buy a #kindle but not if you back anti-tax shenanigans in California http://ow.ly/5CIgA #
• RT @mattyglesias: Amazing how much people's policy thinking is driven by status quo bias. Basically nobody wants to change anything ever. #
• RT @duncankinney: More than 75% of bike-car collisions are caused by errant motorist behaviour: #yyjbike .@felixsalmon #
• Eradicating a Disease Vs. Eradicating a Terrorist: Why CIA faking vaccination programs is bad http://t.co/lFex9OP from @undispatch #
• RT @impolitical: Cda attended mtngs w/ North Korea for months then…surprise, boycott! Highly logical. http://feedly.com/k/o9QdHD #cdnpoli #
• In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford wants to remove bike lanes, makes me appreciate @deanfortin and the bike friendly Victoria council more #yyj #
• Crap. Bomb blasts in Mumbai; 13 killed, 81 injured – India News – IBNLive http://ow.ly/5DAIN #
• RT @endpovertynow: Conference Board (yes!): Canada’s income gap growing: http://t.co/XtS77hb #cdnpoli #
• There is now mainstream consensus on the concern about increasing income inequality in Canada. #cdnpoli #
• RT @CBCSmart: #bcpoli Despite agreeing with public anger, Transport Min Lekstrom has no plans to fire @BCFerries Brd over Hahn's pension. #
• Feminists' Rock Camp is full, but come to the showcase on Sunday! Fort Cafe http://j.mp/pqVArv #yyj #yyjmusic #
• Feminists' Rock Camp is full, but come to the showcase on Sunday! Fort Cafe http://t.co/Intmpei #yyj #yyjmusic #
• Deconstructing BC’s carbon neutral government http://t.co/PLxrzKh from @marcleeCCPA #bcpoli #climate #
• RT @iglikaivanova: New @ConfBoardofCda report on rising income inequality in Canada confirms what we at @ccpa have been saying for years. #
• Bancroft Family Expresses Regrets at Selling Wall Street Journal to Murdoch http://t.co/Xmacxfd via @propublica #
• Hmm… RT @jordan_keats: Scientist proposes replacing peer review with something like Reddit – Boing Boing http://t.co/RvdBlCK #
• Toronto Council votes to remove Jarvis, Pharmacy, Birchmount #bike lanes – 680News http://ow.ly/5DW31 Elections matter. #
• RT @boraz: What’s wrong with scholarly publishing? Your feedback – Why should journals exist? #
• +1 Canada RT @borowitzreport: New Law, 'No Politicians Left Behind,' : Pay Congressmen Based on Performance: http://t.co/iBgM23W #cdnpoli #
• RT @wildernews: Controversial Juan de Fuca Trail development goes to public meeting http://t.co/WzI8qfq #savejdf #yyj #
• High-powered lobby calls on Canada to wean itself off oil From @mikedesouza #cdnpoli #tarsands #oilsands #
• My next few days will be consumed by Feminsts' Rock camp, in a fun way 🙂 http://j.mp/2011FRC #
• #yyj What happened? I am back to wearing a rain jacket in a bus with fogged up windows. #
• RT @judyrebick: Today from Britain, which privatized senior homes years ago. They are crashing: http://ow.ly/5EreY #robford via @rabbleca #
• RT @iglikaivanova: Pgms that effectively address #poverty expensive, but keeping people in #poverty costs more. #bcpoli http://t.co/NFn1lNO #
• Bridge to nowhere, natural gas not the answer, say @pembina and @davidsuzukiFDN http://ow.ly/5EuKy #climate #
• RT @yalee360: The U.S.'s most ambitious carbon capture project has been shelved by utility company http://t.co/GVWhvQN #carboncapture #
• Coal continues to be ground zero for carbon pollution, with no solution to mitigate in sight, shutdown only option #climate #
• RT @lornedaniel: Why traditional #media who try pay-for-news model online will struggle: http://t.co/fRvF7LI (Economist via @NewUrbanism) #
• RT @lacouvee: Please vote for Victoria Fringe Festival by @IntrepidTheatre as best festival. Contest by @WestJet http://ow.ly/5E6wI #yyj #
• RT @evidencenetwork @RoutlyH: Feel healthcare costs are out of control? This may change your mind http://t.co/i3UYeNz #cdnpoli #
• RT @propublica: Why hasn't Pakistan arrested the suspected masterminds behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks? http://propub.ca/oFKZrN #
• RT @andrew_leach: More on #keystoneXL and #oilsands @grist: . @billmckibben: Will North America be the new Middle East? http://ow.ly/5EJeg #
• RT @jmspecht: Auto-Centrism Nadir – Georgia Mom Convicted of Vehicular Homicide For Crossing Street s/ Kids http://t.co/QHtyiOH #walkability #
• RT @andrew_leach: Wonder if #abgov CCS subsidies are needed? AEP walked away from $350M from the DOE. CCS is expensive #
• #yyj is trying, but parking… RT @kate_sheppard: Good piece: On Biking, Why Can’t the U.S. Learn Lessons from Europe? #
• This does not bode well for worldwide carbon pricing. US-EU Showdown on Airline Emissions Begins http://ow.ly/5ETCl via @SciAm #
• RT @emmacaroline_: Dear #ShawCable you just LOST my business for being so rude to me over the phone… disgruntled customer #34945604560456 #
• #Montana Spill Pipeline May Have Carried #OilSands Crude – The plot thickens. http://ow.ly/5Fkri #tarsands #
• RT @mattyglesias: Shorter Beltway CW: America's too broke to repair infrastructure, but must achieve worldwide military domination. #

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