Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-04
- Henry Waxman’s plan to cut the deficit and stop global warming — at the same time http://t.co/hjdt7UY9 via @ezraklein #
- #cpc scripts misdirected voters in 2011 election: Call centre staff http://t.co/kRHuSCMB #cdnpoli One more scandal #
- Way to go! RT @peggynashndp: As leader I will move swiftly to implement proportional representation http://t.co/vY0QLT8z #ndpldr #cdnpoli #
- Watched @cbcnews from a dentist's chair this morning, no word on #robocall but lots of murders and accidents apparently. #
- Racism, sexism, classism, all intersect nicely in golf. RT @janniaragon: Sexism in Golf: Grass is Green http://t.co/xcZQkqSt #
- EV battery breakthrough to halve cost, triple range http://t.co/TmAHR62Z via @mims #
- Beyond Cap and Trade, A New Path to Clean Energy: Nordhaus and Shellenberger: @yalee360 http://t.co/JGR6mFIq #
- RT @VIPIRG: Interested in community green mapping? Then check out the March 24 workshop coordinated by @UVicOCBR! http://t.co/7Gyq6QSt #
- RT @leadnowca: RT @globeandmail: Tory 'robo-call' scandal widens as complaints flood from nearly 30 ridings http://t.co/bHEm7rN5 #cdnpoli #
- RT @drgrist: New report from Michigan Public Service Commission: renewables now cheaper than coal in MI. http://t.co/BP8d2EXJ #
- MT @glen_mcgregor: Remember CPC voting to express non-confidence in Elections Canada. diff response today! http://t.co/ccz6wbiO #cdnpoli #
- RT @ezraklein: Study: Rich more likely to take candy from babies: http://t.co/wcc9YcDl #
- Free the scientific journals. RT @davidkroll: #Openaccess makes tomorrow's NYT Science Times (with @mbeisen) http://t.co/yGjURsxM #OA #
- The Laffer Curve Bends At 84%. Current top marginal tax rates are <30% in Canada http://t.co/KlF2pusI #cdnpoli #
- Watching a heroic and successful run to catch a @BC_Transit bus is always fun. #yyj #smallpleasures #
- RT @wicary: Budget watchdog contradicts Tories on cost of sentencing crackdown. http://t.co/lEVdD8Q1 #cdnpoli #
- RT @ghoberg: Jaccard takes on Swart/Weaver and the fallacy of composition http://t.co/pXBrRRhZ #climate #oilsands #tarsands #cdnpoli #
- RT @nathancullen: Huge congratulations to Prince #Rupert council for a unanimous vote against the #Enbridge #pipeline! http://t.co/9spzYfLu #
- At current growth rates, Climate safety requires massive clean-energy transition with no natural gas, Myhrvold finds http://t.co/GNBmqUdA #
- RT @elizabethmay: Very bad news today. Harper killing Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Lab in High Arctic. #cdnpoli #
- A Must Read. Dietitians of Canada – The Cost of Eating in British Columbia http://t.co/rv0FRJ1e #bcpoli via @SethDKlein #
- Social Justice and the Law conference at #uvic Mar 3rd. http://t.co/Sjre4NoV #yyj #
- The problems with #fracking might not be so easy to fix, Joe Nocera notwithstanding: @bradplumer http://t.co/vBcd7fDT #
- Ugh. RT @marcleeccpa: Heartland associate taught 'biased' climate course at Ottawa university http://t.co/zGTfMZZR via @guardian #
- RT @natnewswatch: Michael Sona: I had 'no involvement' in fraudulent calls http://t.co/uYywN7U9 #cdnpoli #robocalls #robocon #
- Dirty tricks phone calls alleged in Vancouver South http://t.co/ealaUXto #robocon #cdnpoli #
- India's Newest Export: #Whiskey http://t.co/GfrLWJvF #
- Harper government axes network of #immigration research centres @TorontoStar http://t.co/TSHXIw5c #cdnpoli #FAIL #
- .@revkin of the @NYTimes has some nice songs up on coal's effects on miners, check them out. http://t.co/cn3QEgMd #
- Note to self, stop using the adjective "nice" when it refers to the quality of analysis on a problematic topic, that's twice this week. #
- Election in Etobicoke decided by 26 votes contested in court due to #robocon irregularities http://t.co/jbv7pMNW #cdnpoli #
- MT @taykuy: One of my (coal mining song) favs is from a friend in Huntington, WV Jeff Ellis-Men in Sago Mine http://t.co/iao4T70k #
- Reactive, not proactive. RT @kabayan2010: Elections Canada falling down on voting fraud, watchdog says http://t.co/ZALljDdv #cdnpoli #
- RT @acoyne: Illuminating @punditsguide projection of how votes might fall through successive ballots in #NDPldr race http://t.co/F0TuWb0I #
- RT @denisesavoie: Former head of the CDN public service on the high price we pay for the austerity agenda #cdnpoli http://t.co/w13oPB5O #
- Chicago goes coal-free http://t.co/OOHHYcjS Fantastic, now Alberta's turn 🙂 via @grist #
- +1000 RT @alexsteffen: There is a zero-sum game between urban space devoted to cars and livability/ walkability/ transit/ quality of life. #
- India, like Canada is now playing the "foreign NGOs are TEH BADZ" http://t.co/7Rad2LWy #
- RT @leadnowca: Misleading voters like ballot box stuffing, ex-head of Elections Canada http://t.co/s2cllJN1 take action http://t.co/UZIXbELN #
- RT @asilnicki: #medicare bankrupting Canada is just scaremongering, says @picardonhealth – Health reporter for @globeandmail #cdnhealth #
- Just my bias, but when someone says "Public Health" on their expertise list, I tend to listen to them, @picardonhealth #
- RT @masalacanada: Canada's senate to examine foreign funding of charities – charitable status of env groups http://t.co/HwMwe1oP #cdnpoli #
- RT @dgardner: Here it is: The final reason why a full public inquiry is necessary. http://t.co/OgbzXZBz #cdnpoli #robocon #
- Misleading election call reports now in 9 B.C. ridings http://t.co/E9Z451ap #robocon #cdnpoli #
- Corporate citizenship redux. US Judge rules tobacco health labels unconstitutional. http://t.co/4KXXTJCp #
- RT @ccpa: @TrishHennessy (robo)calls 'em as she sees 'em in this month’s Hennessy's Index: http://t.co/J11XwrRb #cdnpoli #robocall #robocon #
- RT @derek_spalding: Poll: Greater Victoria bus riders frustrated by overcrowding and long waits http://t.co/EAds5zVY via @BC_Transit #YYJ #
- As a Monday-Friday user going from Victoria to Sidney everyday, 1 or two transfers, @bc_transit works seamlessly, lucky me #yyj #
- Because it was warm outside RT @ghoberg: Belief in Global Warming on the Rebound: Fall 2011 National American Survey http://t.co/NlfwweM1 #
- On most days, I can go door to door (28 km) by @bc_transit in 55 minutes, 35 spent reading, as opposed to 35 min by car. #yyj #
- Indeed, economy greater influencer than weather, but weather factor too RT @ghoberg: @oliveridley but real reason is improvement in economy #
- The @Nature journal criticizes Canadian 'muzzling' of taxpayer paid scientists @CBCNews http://t.co/TR1F3mqq #cdnpoli #
- 31000 complaints received on #robocon scandal http://t.co/ETTZvFJp Any place to find no: of complaints in prev elections? #cdnpoli #
- Misleading B.C. election call traced to Conservative Party http://t.co/zkQl1LWY Guns starting to smoke on #robocon #cdnpoli #
- RT @michaelhaack: Why does Tory MP Rob Anders keep falling asleep on the job? http://t.co/RubzTXxL #cpc #roft #cdnpoli #
- Log scale? FTW RT @robertfife: Voter complaints in 2006 election=329. In 2008=500. 2011=31,000 #cdnpoli #robocalls #robocon #
- Elementary question not asked: Will immigrant marriage crackdown hurt more people than it will help?http://t.co/q1nwGsM5 #cdnpoli @tobicohen #
- Did The Conservatives Have A Special 'Swing Ridings' Team in 2008? http://t.co/WlFWrACu And in 2011? #cdnpoli #robocon #
- RT @KyleHarrietha: Elections Canada is facing possibly the largest probe…in its history" http://t.co/g2VTcu0g #robocon #cdnpoli #
- We're number 1??: Pace of Ocean Acidification Has No Parallel in 300 Million Years: Study http://t.co/6SSrCC9O #climate #
- Excited to go to @UVicSJS and @TAPSBC social justice and the law conference at #uvic today. Conference hashtag? #
- Waiting to hear @Dave_Eby speak on the valuable role of social justice lawyers and advocates – Skunks at the picnic #uvicsjlc #
- "Nothing about us without us" #uvicsjlc #
- RT @triadonaldson: "Ground your work in the community. Start by always thinking the community is correct, you are wrong" @Dave_Eby #uvicsjlc #
- .@Dave_Eby talking about the multiple conflicts of interest of Wally Oppal and problems with the Missing Women's Inquiry. #uvicsjlc #
- Legal representation not required or essential for participation in missing women inquiry – Shirley bond #notalawyer #uvicsjlc #
- .@Dave_Eby fantastic keynote pre-post mortem of the missing women's inquiry is making me very mad #uvicsjlc #
- .@Dave_Eby ends by saying that the missing women's inquiry is recreating the oppression that enabled #pickton #uvicsjlc #
- Panel on Indigenous issues and the law. Val Napoleon talks about how the liberal rights framework falls apart for the indigenous #uvicsjlc #
- Shane Johnson at #uvicsjlc reminds us of the massive disparities in incarcerated. #indigenous affected terribly. New rules make it worse #
- Rose Henry talks about @vipirg and "policing poverty" report on profiling. Action on march 8. #uvicsjlc Follow @vipirg for deets #
- Rose Henry – two people die every week of exposure in Victoria, one aboriginal #yyj #uvicsjlc #
- Shane Johnson is the only aboriginal support worker on Vancouver Island and surrounding. Grossly inadequate and unfair #uvicsjlc #
- .@KasariGovender of LEAF to break down problems with legal aid and beating our heads against the wall. #uvicsjlc #
- If your treatment in the legal system is proportional to how much money you have, this is the primary problem #uvicsjlc #notalawyer #
- If legal aid is the only way to partially equalize legal treatment and it had been cut consistently since 2002… #uvicsjlc #bcpoli #
- .@KasariGovender states that every $ spent in legal aid is $7 saved later #uvicsjlc #
- Common theme from legal aid and advocacy panel. No money, outstretched. Small amounts of money now saves a lot later #uvicsjlc #
- RT @a_w_young: Babysteps: Wall Street Journal: Canadian Conservatives acknowledge vote suppression in 2011 http://t.co/b5lNFYln – #cdnpoli #
- RT @Dave_Eby: Rick Schwartz to law students: Get involved in governance of non profits and community orgs. "Skills are needed." #uvicsjlc #
- Next panel on environmental justice and the law with @blunt1 @triadonaldson Deborah curran and Chris Tollefson #uvicsjlc #
- We don't have environmental rights in Canada – Deborah Curran #uvicsjlc #
- Canada is far behind in mapping and correlating poverty, race, class and pollution #envjustice #uvicsjlc #
- Was such a pleasure to meet @Dave_eby one of BC's most awesome people doing great work with the BCCLA #uvicsjlc Good luck Dave. #
- Tollefson is talking about #slapp suits brought by corporations and others to chill public participation #uvicsjlc #
- More on #slapp suits at http://t.co/t6sjzSgH #uvicsjlc #
- Old colonial concept of "losing" party paying costs irrelevant in public interest litigation, another chill. #uvicsjlc #
- Citizens cannot privately prosecute corporations and government for breaking environmental laws in BC #bcpoli #uvicsjlc #FAIL #
- .@triadonaldson starts by stating that these issues are connected, about privileging corporations and leaving people behind #uvicsjlc #
- To summarise @triadonaldson Organize!! Organize!! Organize!! #uvicsjlc #
- .@blunt1 of the forest action network up next to talk about tactics in the environmental movement #uvicsjlc #
- Heh. Every time an environmental law stops bad development, the govt. changes the law #uvicsjlc #
- .@triadonaldson talks about the power of storytelling to drive movements #uvicsjlc #
- +1 RT @TAPSBC: @blunt1– what a spitfire!! All eco-panelists sooo great and do such great work! #uvicsjlc #bcpoli #yyj #
- Okay. Signing off from #uvicsjlc Hope to @storify it into a blog post, energy permitting. Keep the hashtag going 🙂 #
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