Day: April 1, 2012

• How Ottawa runs on (and bathes in) oil – Canada – @Macleansmag http://t.co/Mkq7k7oh #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #
• The first mention of climate change in this http://t.co/Mkq7k7oh @macleansmag article is in the comments #
• Growsterity!! RT @wicary: Budget cuts are about growth not austerity, Conservatives say. http://t.co/vcBpdoZI #cdnpoli #
• Parking lots occupy lots of space and they suck. How to make them better (other than tearing them up) http://t.co/ZbQlGlZc #
• RT @jessyee: Ontario court ruling on prostitution still leaves most vulnerable sex workers at risk http://t.co/CLBlRzjY via @MaggiesToronto #
• Canada's youth face job crunch http://t.co/HcBxKC8B #cdnpoli Why the article compares them with Greek youth is beyond me… #
• RT @drgrist: The "Prius fallacy" appears to be … a fallacy. http://t.co/hdZoRI5p #
• "Owen's preference for narrative over fact is concerning" – Nice way to call energy rebound champion David Owen a liar 🙂 #
• RT @michaelhaack @forestethics: MT @carreralee: Rally at VAG for tanker free coast huge turn out: http://t.co/ESCxuhH6 #tarsands #oilsands #
• Anthropocene http://t.co/Xy2tWw9N MT @alexsteffen: "If we *were* as gods, that would be one thing. But we're as monkeys, with god-machines." #
• RT @Adam_Stirling: Will Christy Clark be able to hold on as Premier until 2013? Van Dongen's gone. Who's next? #bcpoli #
• +1 RT @christineeboyle @impolitical: Liked: "How to Attend a Conference as Yourself" http://t.co/dMvQ3Tx2 Vulnerability we feel at times. #
• RT @gvcc: Urban Systems Ltd. & @GVCC presents Copenhagenize Victoria #yyj Speaker Andreas Rohl Thursday March 29, 7pm St Ann's Academy #
• Hundreds protest oil tankers at march and rally in Vancouver http://t.co/Zuz2F2AA #tarsands #oilsands #bcpoli #
• BC Justice system doomed to fail without more money: @BCCLA report http://t.co/EForBrqo #bcpoli #
• RT @CBCTheNational: Our exclusive story suggests the fix was in for those F-35 fighter jets. http://t.co/YMHEoTNG #cdnpoli #
• RT @CBCSmart: Angus Reid survey finds @adriandix approval rating at 47%. Results at http://t.co/YDQidJem #bcpoli #cbc #
• wow. RT @wicary: ‘Well over 10,000’ computers used in attack on NDP leadership vote. http://t.co/6qRLIKcj #cdnpoli #
• RT @travissaunders: Thoughts on academic scientists giving media interviews http://t.co/CWeMl9bC <== Tip # 7 is key (via @davidkroll) #plogs #
• There’s No There There: Low Tax Rates and Economic Growth: Bank of Belgium author finds no effect on growth http://t.co/DuzJ2s4N #
• The Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court equates buying cellphones with buying health insurance. http://t.co/hwS6Nnic #
• RT @paulblu: If anything is being revealed today about US Supreme Court it's how absurd it is that the public can't watch these hearings. #
• RT @wicary: BREAKING Olympic official pitched Paradis on Quebec arena during hunting trip, @danlebla reports. http://t.co/9BRu6hIp #cdnpoli #
• RT @thetyee: Ditching fossil fuels could be 'the hardest thing humans have ever done,' says @billmckibben http://t.co/RrRSSQcl #enviro #
• Too high to comprehend RT @sauderisis: Cost of ocean degradation could reach $2 trillion a year http://t.co/bB7jIy60 #GHG #water #climate #
• Most everything I read leads me to conclude that affordable housing in transit-friendly areas solves all. #
• RT @yowflier: Union representing 23K fed scientists says it's been barred from Thursday's federal budget lock-up, first time ever. #cdnpoli #
• RT @drgrist: @levi_m notes that Americans want lower gas prices but don't seem to have a clue what policies would help: http://t.co/AJ3zLgyl #
• BC's payday "lending" industry, currently taking over downtown #yyj even scumbaggier than expected http://t.co/RttmxGrg #bcpoli #
• So full of #gender #FAIL RT @jarrahpenguin: Canada’s Top Chef Contestants Create “Boy” and “Girl” Dishes http://t.co/i1d2QA5v #cdnfem #fem2 #
• When Home Is No Refuge for Women. 40% of Indian women have experienced domestic violence http://t.co/xMPgXCIt via@nytimes #
• RT @dean_murdock: What are interim #transit fixes on Douglas? I'll talk to @murray_langdon at 9:35am on @cfax1070 #yyj #saanich #
• RT @canadianycc: #Climate change is almost crossing tipping point, no better time to act than TODAY! http://t.co/JpGirOnA #tarsands #cdnpoli #
• 2C warming target already 'out of reach' – ex UN #climate chief de Boer. http://t.co/ga5XMfXH #
• RT @dallasdavidson: A Simple Way to Trick Your Brain Toward Mindfulness http://t.co/dnFxmWSD #
• Independence key RT @michaelhaack: Redford pledges $3B in #oilsands environmental research http://t.co/JGsROUaV #abpoli #cdnpoli #tarsands #
• A minister resigns over Conflict of Interest… In New Zealand… via @jenditchburn http://t.co/8KWdPJwW #cdnpoli #Paradis #
• Research links between extreme weather events and #climate change are getting stronger http://t.co/PlZxxVi8 #
• #Fracking of Shale May Impair Carbon Storage Projects, Study Says http://t.co/GX5i8OuZ via @yaleE360 #ccs #
• RT @tugthetether NDP MP launches privilege complaint over govt's non-answer on the Office of Religious Freedom http://t.co/reK85Wzg #cdnpoli #
• RT @adam_stirling: Explaining why our $2,000/day BCTF mediator won't be allowed to actually mediate. http://t.co/NwYChI0H #bcpoli #bced #
• RT @yuriartibise: One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss http://t.co/VDotPB2V – (cc) @gvcc #
• RT @acoyne: Christian #Paradis Minister of Conflict of Interest. Formerly Minister of Piece of Work. #cdnpoli #
• RT @susandelacourt: #CPC line of defence on #robocalls and Paradis, "no one benefited", has nothing to do with spirit/letter of law #cdnpoli #
• RT @dgardner: Don Drummond is discussing tax credits on #PNP And convincing me the government is run by baboons. #cdnpoli #
• Free market is not always the same as pro-business http://t.co/Zh0zD8eK #LOL #
• RT @evansolomoncbc: Don Drummond: 100B in Tax Credits are never scrutinized, are not efficient and we don't know if they work #cdnpoli #pnp #
• Green Party of B.C. sits out Port Moody–Coquitlam and Chilliwack-Hope by-elections http://t.co/oToY33KL #bcpoli #
• US Study: Conservatives' trust in science has fallen dramatically since mid-1970s. Libs, mods stable http://t.co/6jNkJA1e #
• .@ChrisMooney_ has more, much more on the Conservatives versus Science study http://t.co/YSGqzlXz #
• RT @climateprogress: Natural Gas Industry Must Tighten Up Methane Leaks — And Save $2 Billion Per Year In The Process http://t.co/HLYgcA8M #
• RT @climatekeith: First Nations Leadership Council Concerned w/ Potential Changes to Fisheries Act http://t.co/9gAWAGvx via @UBCIC #cdnpoli #
• RT @CBCPolitics: 5 #robocalls questions for the chief electoral officer to answer http://t.co/azB7BQ6c #cdnpoli #robocon #
• RT @marcleeccpa: Environics polling data shows majority support for BC carbon tax; similar support for hypothetical c-tax in other provinces #
• RT @susandelacourt: What is troubling here is that there were definitely calls masquerading as ElxnCan, Mayrand says of #robocalls #cdnpoli #
• MT @kady: have to confess that 200 ridings with complaints under review seems like an awful lot to me, was expecting more like 100, if that. #
• 1000s = #elxnfraud RT @susandelacourt: One single call misdirected is a serious offence, Mayrand tells #robocalls committee. #cdnpoli #
• RT @elizabethmay: I will re-introduce the evidence from SGI in 2008. There was a TON of evidence of fraud; no answers. #robocalls #cdnpoli #
• RT @matvic: Elections Canada reports 800 complaints covering 200 ridings – coast to coast #Robocalls #CDNpoli #elxnfraud #
• Fascinating #bcpoli history lesson, March is not a good month for incumbents 🙂 http://t.co/TTTYr8Am #
• Don't mess with beekeepers RT @drgrist: Beekeepers to EPA: We’re running out of time http://t.co/yoqRVV9F #
• RT @sethdklein: Canadians want higher taxes from the federal budget – http://t.co/27MvDKGr Great post from @IglikaIvanova #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #
• Neat 🙂 RT @vicmakerspace: Like tinkering with electronics? Arduino Nights are Thursdays from 6-9pm, Rock Bay! See site for deets #yyj #hack #
• RT @yesmagazine: Dumping the Death Penalty — the #EU makes a bold move towards the abolition of executions everywhere http://t.co/TxUIW2Zv #
• RT @kennedystewart: National Energy Board Approval Process for Pipelines gutted in budget. #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #tarsands #oilsands #
• RT @globeandmail: Tories target charitable status of envt. groups opposed to oil & gas development http://t.co/UEOGGtIN #bdgt12 #tarsands #
• They meddle too much in elections RT @bc_iconoclast: Looks like Elections Canada is getting a 7% cut in budget #bdgt12 #cdnpoli #
• RT @mikedesouza: #NRTEE had recently warned govt that #climatechange cld cost Cdn economy billions of $. #bgt12 doesn't mention #climate #
• RT @triadonaldson: #bdgt12 makes charities public enemy 1 with the "Kneecap Tides Canada Provision" http://t.co/5vblnThy #notourbudget #
• Harper’s very political budget – Capital Read, @inklesspw – Macleans.ca http://t.co/xENhXj1f #
• RT @wicary: During #bdgt12 lockup, Elections CA told MPs it's received #robocalls complaints from 200 ridings. http://t.co/bySYdf8E #cdnpoli #
• Doesn't get said often enough RT @marcleeccpa: Aggressively acting to warm the planet is not conservative, it is extremely radical. #cdnpoli #
• Looking forward to it. RT @gvcc: Copenhagenize Victoria – Doors open at 6:30pm St. Ann's http://t.co/bt9T4Urn #yyj #
• RT @blackvoices: #Trayvon Martin's e-mail, social media accounts hacked by white supremacists, messages posted online http://t.co/hgHrV5Ai #
• Plenty of bike parking at @gvcc Copenhagenize talk, good 🙂 hashtag? #copyyj ? http://t.co/8SdSTVtP #
• Plenty of bike parking at @gvcc Copenhagenize Victoria talk, good 🙂 hashtag? #copyyj http://t.co/5GiUHAHX #yyj #YYJbike #
• Brian Patterson of Urban Systems on Victoria biking #copyyj #
• Victoria has good cycling opportunity with density, compactness, topography #copyyj #
• Using gender as a proxy for cycling safety? Interesting… #COPyyj #
• Next up. Andreas Rohl … Ready to Copenhagenize Victoria 🙂 #copyyj http://t.co/BRZUFEES #
• So, people in Copenhagen have 5 shopping bags and no helmet on their bike #copyyj #
• Cycling infrastructure is not about spending more money, but about political priorities – Rohl #copyyj #
• Look up the Copenhagen Bicycle Account, survey that comes out every other year #copyyj http://t.co/3xwopXI9 #
• Cycling in Copenhagen peaked in the 50s, went car crazy in the 70s, slowly coming back #copyyj #
• Copenhagen invests $25 per citizen on bicycle infrastructure #copyyj #
• Cycling infrastructure is cheap compared to everything else #copyyj #
• The stick the carrot and the tambourine, nice policy levers #copyyj #
• I would like two way bike travel on Yates Street like they have in Copenhagen #yyjbike #copyyj #
• Andreas Rohl's take home message really is that biking infrastructure is POLITICAL. Takes will #copyyj #
• Civil cycling or militant cycling? Citizenship or subculture? #copyyj #
• More info about Copenhagen biking at http://t.co/uNrgWyVX #copyyj #
• The helmet question, always comes up 🙂 #copyyj how many people stop/do not start cycling. Look at issue at public health level #
• 'Remarkable' spate of man-made quakes linked to drilling, #fracking US Geological Survey http://t.co/rcliECbf #
• "@hummingbird604: We're exporting climate change along with oil http://t.co/a8bOaw2V Do consider joining Storm The Riding tmrw! #bcpoli #NGP #
• Not having read #bdgt12 was increasing #inequality pre- or post-tax, mentioned at all? #cdnpoli #
• RT @mattyglesias: Median wages stagnating in the US, Canada, and Germany but not in Australia or Sweden: http://t.co/dbHlq1L1 #inequality #
• Good luck! RT @ubcc350 The 24 hr countdown starts for #Stormtheriding Some fun from @TheOnion on why we're doing this http://t.co/QfRmfTHP #
• MT @mims: How did Iceland bounce back so quickly from complete collapse? Not through austerity, sez @NYTimeskrugman http://t.co/MAbSCcer #
• RT @stephenlautens: Elections Canada Chief Mayrand available any day, but #bdgt12 day was what the #CPC wanted http://t.co/YJMKjOZY #cdnpoli #
• Cause strawberries are colourless otherwise RT @drgrist: Starbucks strawberry Frappuccino dyed with crushed beetles http://t.co/bqEnNREt Ew. #
• Worst Budget Ever (channel @comicbookguy) says @ElizabethMay http://t.co/ROddpIQ3 #bdgt12 #cdnpoli #
• RT @envirodefence: Not one person said yes: Enbridge #ngp Joint Review Panel visits Skidegate http://t.co/0dWw9T8B #oilsands #tarsands #
• Just used https://t.co/brFS9U6u screen sharing for the first time, worked pretty well… #
• RT @mornaballantyne: Temporary foreign worker program facing changes http://t.co/jOrcPP3G #cdnpoli #
• This applies to Canada too RT @AlexSteffen: The intergenerational Ponzi scheme: http://t.co/2VwTUaJO #cdnpoli #
• RT @p_aulina: Based on @Total estimate of #Elgin gas blowout plume, the resulting #climate pollution cld be massive: http://t.co/12pYp99W #
• India's env. assessment rejects a steel plant, @nytimes calls it a decision inimical to foreign investment? http://t.co/ZMGjo5HZ #
• Yikes. Quadra Fairway employee tests positive for Hepatitis A. Customers encouraged to vaccinate http://t.co/z2RhlSNw #yyj #

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