Month: May 2012

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-27

by oliveridley • May 27, 2012

Washington Post Calls a Free Market in Prescription Drugs "Radical" http://t.co/skcZrToC via @deanbaker13 #
B.C. salmon farm virus forces cull of half million fish http://t.co/EMOiTV2X #
#CPC cuts anti-tobacco spending, now $0.81 per capita. US Centers for Disease Control: $12 http://t.co/GKfiZHTz #cdnpoli #
Why does the BC government think that a secretive private liquor monopoly will be better than the status quo? http://t.co/4jskDxYw #bcpoli #
More republican conservative #census bashing south of the border, this nihilism is contagious http://t.co/h2M3Ygqp #cdnpoli #
Tankers watch themselves RT @mikedesouza: Feds cut #ocean pollution monitoring positions: http://t.co/HWXCP17Q #cdnpoli #water #coasts #
Wow, about 40% of measured sea level rise is to increasing water use by humans, the rest, melting ice. http://t.co/tkvTSLuE #
Pumping groundwater out has huge global implications, not just local impacts http://t.co/tkvTSLuE #
RT @wicary: Remembering raw-resource history in order not to repeat it: @briantopp on #oilsands http://t.co/5LfeDQfz #cdnpoli #
I recommend @whynationsfail to @dougsaunders for a fuller explanation than "Constitutional Monarchies FTW" http://t.co/SbeTpi7q #cdnpoli #
RT @drgrist: US Gas Industry Aims to Block 2030 Zero-Carbon Building Goal http://t.co/0krlPkJq Sounds familiar: http://t.co/TBbFVjW9 #
MT @billmckibben Wow. Cong Res Svce studies #KeystoneXL It's like adding up to 4 million cars to the road http://t.co/qwGy4qF8 #nokxl #
Coal "Boom" RT @drgrist: Chinese appetite for coal imports waning; begins deferring or defaulting on coal deliveries. http://t.co/eIWMYwfW #
US releases Enbridge #TarSands Spill Documents from the 2010 Kalamazoo "incident" http://t.co/IgR1mrWT #oilsands #
RT @globeandmail: Twitter hands your data to the highest bidder, but not to you http://t.co/8UrUFcJg #
BC Liberals' secrecy on Liquor Distribution totally justified, they do have something to hide! http://t.co/XzzkDv7x #bcpoli #
RT @heraldenergy: #Oilsands cut emissions by transferring pollution to other industries: Kent http://t.co/U5JSJGmv #tarsands #CdnPoli #
Canada's Big Telecoms Glad to Play Big Brother (in Mediacheck): @MGeist http://t.co/AT4Fmku2 #C 30 #cdnpoli #
Canada's Big Telecoms Glad to Play Big Brother (in Mediacheck): @MGeist http://t.co/AT4Fmku2 #C30 #cdnpoli #
Common fungicide increases anxiety and stress in rats three generations on. http://t.co/FElspTWb #
Who ever designed Great West Life's customer self-service web platform needs to think about what they've done. #
RT @308dotcom: http://t.co/HGXrly1L Federal NDP closes gap in Ontario. #cdnpoli http://t.co/Hii8ojyA #
RT @insideclimate: Interview with Adam Brandt: Why #TarSands Oil Is More Polluting and Why It Matters http://t.co/b6zBtnIP #oilsands #
The @GlobeandMail bemoans the demise of the moderate #NRTEE #cdnpoli http://t.co/6A0q4z1k #BuyersRemorse #
RT @garymasonglobe: Why cities deserve a bigger share of the tax pie. @GlobeandMail Column http://t.co/RLtLj1Ui #bcpoli #bcmuni #cdnpoli #
RT @pnp_cbc: Borys Wrzesnewskyj @borysfw says voter suppression tactics were used in Etobicoke #CPC calls claims "baseless smears #cdnpoli #
500,000 at Montreal protest, wow. #cdnpoli #http://ow.ly/b5hnw #ggi #loi78 via @Rabbleca #
Utah paves the way for US #oilsands explosion. http://t.co/w2NpBSNQ #tarsands #
The Gem of Canadian Science that Harper Killed. Nikiforuk on axing tje Experimental Lakes Area #cdnpoli http://t.co/ZWj6fVQO #
The Crisis of European Democracy. Amartya Sen writes about technocrat driven, undemocratic austerity http://t.co/tur1aEsT #
2010 Gold Rush: Good investigative work by @BobMackin on BC's liquor privatization http://t.co/iD7YaV9g #LiquorLeaks #bcpoli #
CRD pitches takeover of Greater Victoria area transit http://t.co/7lVvtwzh #yyj #yyjtransit @bc_transit #
BC Conservative MP will vote against omnibus #BIllC38 if 12 other #CPC MPs vote with him. http://t.co/eSwVlykK #cdnpoli #
RT @ghoberg: Insightful from @VaughnPalmer Liberals do an about-face on role of utilities commission http://t.co/yHoXPhKJ #bcnrg #bcpoli #
RT @cfax1070: Viisit #cfax at Centennial Square today 11:30-1:30 & take the pledge to drink tap water for a FREE @SustainableU bottle #yyj #
Media narratives aside, US Poll: People of Color More Likely to Support Gay Marriage Than Whites: @colorlines http://t.co/hNe60W3i #
MT @westcoast_leaf: Hugely impt BCSC decision on access to justice: "some things cannot be for sale": Judge http://t.co/42gbNngT #bcpoli #
RT @sherwinarnott: Policing accounts for 25% of city budget. http://t.co/ZjZ6XZIQ #yyj #budget via @lisahelps #
RT @bcgeu: RT @keithbaldrey: The BC Libs' liquor policies don't pass the smell test. This week's column: http://t.co/2N5t3cKt #bcpoli #
Global survey of businesses indicates that willingness to commit bribery and fraud is increasing. http://t.co/M6NbaWbi via @ezraklein #
Ottawa cuts off some EI data just as it readies new rules for jobless claimants http://t.co/zahNFoKk #cdnpoli #
RT @googleresearch: #OpenAccess to scholarly publications can make research more efficient and fosters innovation: http://t.co/HAMuhPE2 #
Priorities. Avoid changes to policy to increase affordable housing while working hard to privatize liquor http://t.co/FNxkGm3C #bcpoli #
LA bans plastic bags. http://t.co/HMmc7rLL #
Inequality undermines collective action on #climate change: @SethDKlein of the @ccpa http://t.co/N2FwMX6n #
Crowd in Victoria voices displeasure with federal 'Trojan Horse' budget bill #BillC38 #yyj #cdnpoli http://t.co/uSMYu9Cz #
The Bill that would make is punishable to speak about disease in animals http://t.co/ve3eXeJm #bcpoli #Opengov #
A decade of eroding tax fairness in BC demands progressive tax reform http://t.co/Guwj4IJV by the @ccp;a #bcpoli #
Trying it out as well, looks good… RT @geoff_sharpe: I love Asana. There, I said it! http://t.co/cb7vkztj #
Did not know that the budget omnibus #BillC38 repeals Canada's Fair Wages Act http://t.co/TdpQBwF7 #cdnpoli #
Also, the omnibus is going to let FBI (via @ivisonj ) arrest Canadians in Canada, budget related? http://t.co/5ZdTnxaz #cdnpoli #BillC38 #
Great catch by @Sierra_Club of craigslist Ad by coal group offering $50 to wear pro-coal shirts to hearing http://t.co/NZSss5Ez #
1/3 US Households Own a Smart Meter http://t.co/ugKIzPG1 via @cleantechnica #
New Climate Threats to Critically Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtles http://t.co/yZx47QRe #
No age restrictions? RT @cbcsmart: BC Gov't phasing out Aircare for cars/light trucks. Testing to focus on trucks, buses, etc. #bcpoli #
RT @cbcsmart: Post '14, Gov't to examine shifting AirCare to trucks and other heavy vehicles to reduce diesel particulate emissions #bcpoli #
Beacon Hill Park, pro-pedestrian and bicycle traffic plan backed by committee http://t.co/4nw7vb9N #yyj via @timescolonist #
It’s the older generation that’s entitled, not Quebec students: National Post OpEd http://t.co/3c7rHWVd #cdnpoli #loi78 via @missie_p #
Liberals hit new low as NDP, Tories face-off. http://t.co/U1y9cpXz #cdnpoli Apparently, the NDP needs to close male gender gap #
Awesome 🙂 RT @mondaymag: The turtles applaud a beautiful day in Beacon Hill park http://t.co/rMa41j0m #yyj #
RT @tidewaters: Are Tories aware that BC residents are still standing despite the dreaded carbon tax? http://t.co/O5kUxcri #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
Um, not the relevant Q RT @healthyfamilybc: Does BC have the best health care system in the world? Yes or no? http://t.co/iIWUzlHO #bcpoli #
Research on undergrads extrapolated to society. RT @eatinglocally: Does Organic Food Make You a Judgmental Jerk? Maybe http://t.co/TuEOfSbw #
Glad that North Saanich/Industrial Sidney has a multi-use path along Mills rd. Wish they'd fix right of way #yyj http://t.co/qf1Nj9al #
MT @salmbassador: Deadly virus appears in Washington state #salmon #farm http://t.co/PLgBhPB1 3rd IHN detect on Pacific Coast. #aquaculture #
Ottawa moves to limit foreign investment reviews, still won't define "Net Benefit" http://t.co/H9WLq6Az #cdnpoli #
Federal government to cut air pollution monitoring team http://t.co/Dg8nb0B7 #cdnpoli via @mikedesouza No information = more power #
RT @mikedesouza: Interesting MT @AlastairFraser: A relevant paper: http://t.co/KHAXXsIg plants reduce emissions by 15%, following inspection #
Let's leave the dirty business of coal exports behind us, says @triadonaldson http://t.co/w7I8NvBK, (waves) #bcpoli #
More more background on the movement of NW US coal to China, and the carbon consequences, see http://t.co/qpmTQZ2g @kevinsmcarthur #
With that coal post, I get to leave all my worries behind on a bike ride from Sidney to Victoria in beautiful sunny weather #yyj #
MT @YukonGale: Abhorrent that journos perpetrate the falsehood that Mulcair demonized Alberta. They're helping Harper create huge divisions. #
Third B.C. salmon farm quarantined http://t.co/x2kPGWMs #aquaculture #bcpoli #
Suncor spill clean-up months, years away – The Denver Post http://t.co/gssXEdg6 #tarsands #oilsands #
Hurt the criminal or hurt the crime? – Good article by @dougsaunders http://t.co/A5hfGTHl #cdnpoli #
The new #googleplus mobile interface for android is very pretty #
RT @RussLoL: Hey #yyj this might come in handy. 14 Victoria Restaurants with Superb Summer Patios http://t.co/1zoZ9nON #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-20

by oliveridley • May 20, 2012

Gay Marriage Can Wait, says UK Defence Minister (married with three kids). http://t.co/y0VTjxpU #scumoftheearth #
Going to remove all the fog and headache of yesterday by going on a sunny bike ride 🙂 #yyj #
Some cogent thoughts on Policing poverty in Victoria @vipirg panel by @sherwinarnott http://t.co/7PeF07sp #yyj #yyjBlogs #
RT @wicary: Mounties objected to kettling G20 protesters, watchdog finds. http://t.co/k0WDRPf8 #cdnpoli #
Do We Amuse You? – On South Asians in popular culture, the stupid Ashton Kulcher ad, and more. http://t.co/orBSDaJZ #
Christy Clark to alter BC's #climate goals to promote BC's liquefied natural gas (LNG) "boom" http://t.co/3sjsHLdJ #bcpoli #
RT @mgeist: BC Library Association passes resolution urging univs and colleges to reject Access Copyright deal http://t.co/oY627N1Z #cdnpoli #
RT @mayorgregor: Announcing new @DougCoupland V-Pole idea for #Vancouver and global cities @newcitiesfound summit http://t.co/0bPle6aX #
True! Tho' sometimes, signalling your book is nice @victriviaqueen RT @lifeasahuman EBooks Brown Wrapper Revolution – http://t.co/TYAbOmOC #
RT @mikedesouza: Essay contest flunks at Environment Canada. Here's a link to the memo. http://t.co/01l8YYYi #cdnpoli #cuts #morale #
Wow. @BCNDP support hits 50% in latest poll http://t.co/yyzPbrir #bcpoli #
MT @susandelacourt: Think Baird just explained why they killed the Nat'l Roundtable on the Envmt. Didn't like its recommendations. #cdnpoli #
RT @wicary: RT @kady: So the #NRTEE is now on the enemies list because it "recommended a carbon tax"? #cdnpoli #
MT @jenditchburn: Is mesg to govt-funded think tanks that you're not allowed to draw certain conclusions from your research? #cdnpoli #NRTEE #
RT @dianemcn: "Why #InSite won: A forum on the community struggle for Vancouver's supervised…" http://t.co/VqmliMLP May 31 Victoria #yyj #
Clean energy as culture war http://t.co/lgMccg7G Good post as always by @drgrist on the naivete of thinking clean energy is "bipartisan" #
RT @dave_eby: @bccla presenting some of Canada's leaders on rights including @mgeist on June 1: http://t.co/oGm71H3U #vanpoli #bcpoli #mwci #
Recommeding a carbon tax cost a research agency its funding, Tories confirm http://t.co/ZnYTEIHx #NRTEE #cdnpoli #
How the Toews-sponsored Internet surveillance bill was quietly killed http://t.co/7eyDSo78 #cdnpoli #
Tory rhetoric creates chilly climate for free speech. @globeandmail on charities and radicalism slurs http://t.co/NJto3JQY #CdnPoli #
Fables of Wealth – "To expect morality in the market is to commit a category error" http://t.co/WhMMORRS Deresiwicz in @nytimes #
For US Oil Workers, Deadliest Danger Is Driving http://t.co/Kb4rWLZx Fatigue from 14 hour shifts of intense physical work. #
MT @ezraklein: Filibuster unconstitutional? One of US top lawyers thinks so – and he's suing to prove it: http://t.co/ECm0zRBk #SenateHate #
RT @billmckibben: Global warming = more, worse forest fires. Scientist: 'we can't be more more direct and explicit…' http://t.co/bLLBsaxm #
I would remove the qualifiers "sociologists" and "today" 🙂 RT @janniaragon: Sociologists-avoid Wente today. #globeandmail #
MT @mgeist: Gov Imposes Time Allocation and cuts debate on #C 11, dismiss chance to fix digital lock rules http://t.co/0jhjwMX7 #cdnpoli #
76% of Americans Want Clean Energy Instead of Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal http://t.co/W8TGbVAz They should vote accordingly @cleantechnica #
RT @natnewswatch: BBC News: Viewpoint: Canada's green image tarnished by new policies http://t.co/tCcrQlnq #cdnpoli Image, yes, that's it. #
After all those threats by airlines about EU's modest carbon "price", >1200 have complied, 10 haven't http://t.co/Dr5nvRBJ #
RT @tzeporah: Why is transport of #tarsands thru US pipelines exempt from payments into Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund? http://t.co/ouZwhfqF #
MT @saltspringx: @BCFerries: People and bikes must be included in Fulford ferry terminal redesign. 100 more signatures. http://t.co/SjivaHGt #
RT @boraz: Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is http://t.co/NsJv1GAH or how to avoid using the P word 🙂 #
RT @angus_: Woman who made fun of American Apparel contest wins; American Apparel acts like a big baby. http://t.co/cL9s8VQ2 #
Ottawa locks in outdated infrastructure, emissions with delays in carbon rules: #NRTEE http://t.co/1RBPKdDn #cdnpoli #
That report will be one of the #NRTEE #039;s last after getting axed by the government http://t.co/1RBPKdDn #cdnpoli #
RT @milesgrant: NIMBYs hated the Golden Gate Bridge: http://t.co/uTTv6ZRw via @ggwash #
RT @elizabethmay: #C11 yay! NDP, Liberals, Bloc and independent Hyer are voting with me to stop digital locks! #cdnpoli #
Wrong man Carlos DeLuna was executed in Texas, probe says http://t.co/lMF9blUj #
RT @wicary: @GlobeandMail Editorial: Harper's omnibus budget bill has too much baggage. http://t.co/aX1YioQh #cdnpoli #
The End of Coal Burning in the U.S.: @sciam Cheap natural gas and regulation. http://t.co/m6ukFWAx #
Hence the frantic push to export coal to China via BC and Washington ports. http://t.co/7r6UrNcl #
RT @ghoberg: Mulcair waves off criticism from the West http://t.co/Ux1EAOMb #cdnpoli #oilsands #dutchdisease #
UN food envoy decries 'shocking' conditions in Canada http://t.co/Txw7uDL4 #cdnpoli # #
Authors of IRPP #dutchdisease reality check recommend "cures" similar to proponents http://t.co/x2dc6okZ #cdnpoli #
Nothing really controversial about "invest revenue in infrastructure" and "use windfall wisely and widely" http://t.co/x2dc6okZ #
Anyway, how can a single "theory" like #dutchdisease explain everything? it's one influence among many, like everything else in life. #
So, breathless media reports of a "study debunking #dutchdisease quot;, are, well, breathless… http://t.co/53C2n77m #
Surprise, respected authors of US book blaming most of the current US congress mess on republicans can't get on TV http://t.co/hyTY8N5R #
MT @anitamajumdar: Op piece on experiencing India through an African-American's eyes INDIA IS RACIST, HAPPY ABOUT IT http://t.co/SBlTeG1r #
RT @bradplumer: Good details on the new cap-and-trade system in South Korea, one of the world's top-10 carbon emitters. http://t.co/eBalQTSf #
Housing market cooling, but ‘palatial’ homes still strong – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/Fv90WK6U Breaking: Rich still filthy rich. #
Lagging green standards hamper competitiveness, Ottawa told http://t.co/kN103Fi9 #cdnpoli #NRTEE #ShootTheMessenger #
And… #DutchDisease goes abroad RT @bradplumer: Canada discovers one downside to being an oil exporter–Dutch disease: http://t.co/1776J7DV #
+23 RT @drgrist: Crowd purchasing brings clean energy within reach http://t.co/UQpHfLtZ Love, love, love this. #
MT @lanapopham Will AgMin amend Bill37 or let gag stand? Sec16 prohibits all "persons" from reporting animal disease outbreaks. #bcpoli #
‘Too big to fail’ financial firms now bigger than before, study indicates increased risk and few benefits http://t.co/SSQ4ey1A #
"One aspect of innumeracy is seeing numbers as words, as rhetorical expressions rather than as quantities" http://t.co/zybPC4B1 #
What the US oil industry wants from government — in charts http://t.co/AVAcgwiA via @bradplumer (And will get, presumably) #
Tories seek to have @CouncilofCDNs #robocalls challenge thrown out of court http://t.co/Ii5iowPr #cdnpoli #elxnfraud #
Wow. @whynationsfail has some of the clearest writing on how European colonialism affects the development of the colonised #
RT @robintosczak: Coleman invokes the c-word (no, not that one). It's still the 50s in the BC Leg right? http://t.co/1js80O1f #bcpoli #
JPMorgan's Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50% to 3 Billion, that's $3,000,000,000 http://t.co/RM7X4UaF #
Enbridge Kicks Off Huge Canada, U.S. Pipeline Expansion http://t.co/QvNniFEn #Tarsands #Oilsands #cdnpoli #
RT @Tzeporah: Huh. Mulclair on #tarsands Dix piping up against gateway pipeline. I'm gonna have to dust off my old NDP card. #CdnPoli #
+1 RT @adam_stirling: Can we stop using the terms "Western Canada" and "Alberta" interchangeably? BC is a distinct province #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
Pretty big drops RT @danpollock: Victoria and #Esquimalt crime numbers drop across the board in 2011: http://t.co/f6uQudwg #yyj #bcpoli #
RT @ryanchittum: "if US median household income had kept pace with economy since '70, it would now be ~$92K, not $50K" http://t.co/nuyLiGVR #
Victoria should consider a community bike-share program like the Bixi system: New Report. http://t.co/0suFK6cX #yyj Helmets? #
If you don't praise "Job Creators" and low taxes, your TED talk may never become public http://t.co/84HYrSRn via @ezraklein #
RT @pothen: Toronto Police Service: Toronto motorists on multilane streets must not pass cyclists without changing lanes. #yyjbike #
RT @ElizabethMay: CPC MP yelling at NDP MP "do you have children? You don't have children!" #cdnpoli Wow, speechless #
RT @borenbears: Job-killing regulations? Study in Science: Safety inspections save lives & companies $355K a firm http://t.co/QmHCi2C8 #
The @DeepClimate blog has a well researched piece comparing Fraser Institute and @pembina funding http://t.co/D2n5jBke #
Breaking ground causes erosion RT @alexhimelfarb Tories shut down 'groundbreaking' freshwater research station http://t.co/2KAZU3U6 #cdnpoli #
Interesting possible side effect of US trade war on cheap Chinese Solar: More manufacturing in Canada http://t.co/BYkYn2CU via @bradplumer #
|What does it say about things when "polluter pays" is controversial and needs defending? http://t.co/fx3nqsGl #cdnpoli #
If I've interacted with @Klout in any way except to opt-out, punch me in the face without warning 🙂 @XKCD http://t.co/kNRKmcCE #
RT @dgardner: So Conservatives believe "underage children" too young be exposed to sex ed, but old enough to be imprisoned in Guantanamo. #
MT @askessler: Federal Privacy Commissioner: #Robocalls scandal lays bare privacy concerns w/ voter databases http://t.co/fkA0ndvp #cdnpoli #
The Euromess in <100 chars RT @rodrikdani: Monetary union requires fiscal union, which requires political union. As simple as that. #
I mean, imagine the #DutchDisease conversation where Ontario and Alberta are different countries… #
Romney for higher gas price RT @heraldenergy: Romney vows immediate approval of #KeystoneXL on first day in White House http://t.co/UEL00Vyw #
The US government spends billions on research. Should we have to pay $20,000 more to see the results? http://t.co/cM6xF3zU #openaccess #
RT @mattyglesias: For every 100 non-Hispanic whites in America there are 78 voters. For every 100 Hispanics there are 44. #
RT @kreynolds118: BC's liquor distribtion #privatization To understand, you need to read the business press. http://t.co/QDMoMgA2 #bcpoli #
How Reliable Are the Social Sciences like Economics and Sociology? – @NYTimes http://t.co/Mqr7urbe #
Holy Mother RT @CBCPolitics: Judge declares 2011 federal election results in Etobicoke Centre null and void. http://t.co/CApO7FYd #cdnpoli #
Interesting use of time-of-use electricity pricing to offer free night power in Texas http://t.co/StnqVl9T via @cleantechnica #
How far the right and the press have moved on climate change, this on Romney from 2007 http://t.co/KrIOkMF8 via @kate_sheppard #
MT @glen_mcgregor: #CPC did NOT today file motion to dismiss @CouncilofCDNs legal challenges in 7 other ridings, as promised #robocalls #
RT @eric_doherty: Federal #NDP wants Truck side guards to be mandatory http://t.co/u0DbMdfj #cdnpoli #yyjbike #
RT @pdmcleod: So a government-backed study that found Canada *does* suffer from so-called Dutch Disease is released (at 5pm Friday before… #
Harper government funded study arguing Canada suffers from '#DutchDisease' http://t.co/1NW2Zcgx #cdnpoli #
Low Natural Gas Prices Threaten Carbon Capture Projects http://t.co/1Z8ullQK Because they would have been gold otherwise #
RT @raulpacheco: An Open Letter to the World on the Governmental Destruction of the Environment in Canada http://t.co/1PI2CEVs #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13

by oliveridley • May 13, 2012

Guelph Tory campaign staffers discussed misleading #robocalls – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/8c0QomLo #elxnfraud #cdnpoli #
The @nytimes tries to make a case for continuing clean energy support without mentioning the #climate http://t.co/SdCy7wWk #notworking #
RT @billmckibben: Check out Jeff Masters' take on Connect the Dots day http://t.co/VR75BqaE #connectthedots #
The psychological scars of unemployment http://t.co/uKrUa2rs #
RT @travissaunders: Canadian nutrition label claims often wildly misleading, tests show http://t.co/2haz1ZLO (via @juliaoftoronto) #
Mystic vale. http://t.co/CVyPzPaa #
'Opening up Government' Proving a False Promise in BC http://t.co/w7fmuNAV @A_MacLeod_Tyee Reports #bcpoli #opengov #
RT @ProPublica: How the SEC keeps the ratings game rigged: http://t.co/QL2CjOyc #
RT @wicary: EDITORIAL Ottawa should halt its smear campaign against pipeline detractors http://t.co/oFaYRnT4 #CdnPoli #tarsands #oilsands #
Previously unreleased photographs show impact of BP oil on endangered sea turtles. http://t.co/iAPvnL3M #
RT @wicary: Calling it a ‘Trojan horse,’ NDP asks to split sweeping Tory budget bill. http://t.co/2tIw1ziK #cdnpoli #
RT @alexatsp: When bad things happen to bad people @drgrist: Heartland faces mutiny amid furor over billboard campaign http://t.co/6JxtXbz7 #
RT @duncankinney: @TorontoStar: Ontario's feed-in tariff is utterly transparent, nuclear, not so much – http://t.co/L20QdLMm #onpoli #
RT @greenhousenyt: Global action on tax evasion has largely failed. $2.7 trillon still deposited in offshore havens http://t.co/TxyMI3Dx #
Science News Cycle #FAIL RT @boraz: The reports of dinosaurs dying of farts are greatly exaggerated http://t.co/5llSJvgB #
RT @wicary: Kent's attack on green charities hinders Finley's efforts to bolster volunteer sector: @DonLenihan http://t.co/3zsYCaTi #cdnpoli #
standardisation FTW RT @drgrist: Automakers agree on 'single-port' charging system for electric cars http://t.co/s4fX0xog Crucial step. #
RT @deanbaker13: #BernieSanders proposes a free market for AIDS drugs http://t.co/DsugW2N0 #
Temporary Foreign Workers accounted for 30% of job growth between 2007 and 2011 http://t.co/OL6zJTmS #cdnpoli #
New Democrats @BCNDP solid in B.C. http://t.co/ZX1oJ04l Says @308dotcom #bcpoli #
RT @wicary: Auditor slams Ottawa for coming up short on greenhouse-gas targets. http://t.co/DmObtz4l #cdnpoli #climate #
America's idiot rich – Income inequality – via @salon http://t.co/vCaPdWaJ #ows #
Glad @paulwillcocks is back writing on the @TimesColonist again, #bcpoli has missed him http://t.co/1Hnb0v9V #
Contaminated sites in Canada pose billions in risk http://t.co/aaVrZbug Poor regulation and no market solutions in sight #
Direct "democracy" leading tyranny by an uninformed majority in North Carolina http://t.co/pUM49udH #
RT @ap US Senate GOP derails Democratic bill that would keep interest rates on federal college loans from doubling: http://t.co/hdta7rs7 #
MT @meganlesliemp: #CPC has just prevented the Enviro Commish from speaking about the Enviro Assessment Act at #ENVI For real #cdnpoli #
As Tories rewrite rules, watchdog details cost of lax environmental regulation – @globeandmail http://t.co/gRHZWuxQ #cdnpoli #
RT @drgrist: Confidential memo shows far-right groups coordinating plan to turn Americans against clean energy: http://t.co/XbfIEYuC #
A Fish Story: How an angler and two government bureaucrats may have saved the Atlantic Ocean. http://t.co/zDvZNwGO #
How transcanada is using the power of the Texas oil state to confiscate private land for the #KeystoneXL http://t.co/GGtoWcR1 #tarsands #
We can all publish and analyse now, but who pays for facts? http://t.co/KeNs2nCH #
RT @Thinkprogress Last time N Carolina amended constitution on marriage it was to ban interracial marriage http://t.co/1sMyy4rf #
Why We Stopped the Coal Train? Kevin Washbrook, 1 of 13 arrested protesting coal exports explains @TheTyee http://t.co/KyAbagRC #
India's supreme court refuses entry to the Exxon Valdez, which was being sent to India for decontamination http://t.co/xVbrH3HS #
How technology was leading to structural and permanent unemployment… in 1939! http://t.co/AFM3tA0O via @NYTimesKrugman #
RT @ghoberg: Evolving: the considerable economic consequences of differing LCA methods for #oilsands http://t.co/Hry0KsAO #tarsands #
Clark regime readies flood of bills with 10 days to go http://t.co/nNI0bTck #bcpoli Wow, no way to run government. #
The Exxon Valdez (remember?) is now called the "Oriental Nicety" – You can't make this stuff up! http://t.co/qMxbVmuj #
RT @gaycivilrights: Gallup: Republican Voters Growing Increasingly Anti-Gay: http://t.co/tdLuyb0Z #
Good for him, a little late RT @thinkprogress REPORT: Obama expected to endorse marriage equality in ABC News interview http://t.co/85XciumQ #
RT @barackobama: President Obama announces his support for same-sex marriage: http://t.co/LZJW6Mww #
RT @adamserwer: Obama endorsed marriage equality federalism, not marriage equality as a fundamental right: http://t.co/xfog8gAd #
Federal #CPC Tories tied to Quebec companies accused of corruption – @GlobeandMail http://t.co/KCHVgOgq #cdnpoli #
RT @robynspilker: Want to know more about finding and maintaining a great bicycle in #yyj Tune in @CFUV 5pm. http://t.co/COzLXuVU #yyjbike #
RT @mikedesouza: Environment Canada's scientific expertise at risk: Kent http://t.co/j47PyQoB #environment #climate #science #cdnpoli #
#Fracking Industry Now Largest Employer Of Recent PR Graduates @TheOnion – America's Finest News Source http://t.co/s5y3L1zg #
'We have seen the enemy': Bangladesh's war against climate change | @guardianeco http://t.co/zaHZOXIo #
Koch Brothers' Activism Protects Their 50 Year Stake in Canadian #oilsands http://t.co/0H0jn4RD #tarsands via @InsideClimate #
California and Quebec Near Cross-Border Trading of Carbon Emissions Permits http://t.co/FkxXm1st #climate #
Enbridge Plans New Pipeline Link to Move #OilSands Crude East http://t.co/KbYEVhPT #tarsands #cdnpoli #
How Saudi Arabia exports Salafism to war torn and traditionally Sufi Kashmir http://t.co/2E7IihSm via @3QD #
Canadian oil execs "warning" US Lawmakers on #KeystoneXL http://t.co/hTf3iICm #tarsands Why should US solve #oilsands US glut? #
RT @wicary: Which charities get the most foreign cash? Not those on Tory hit list, @steve_rennie finds. http://t.co/oEmrBpwI #cdnpoli #
The @CCPA compares and contrasts Norway's and Canada's management of oil "wealth" http://t.co/2jNUkD6U #cdnpoli #
+1 RT @sandramchung: Can we please banish the condescending phrase "dumb down"? Non-scientists are not idiots. http://t.co/3Wr0G683 #
So, Mitt Romney was a homophobic bully in high school who forcibly cut the hair off a classmate http://t.co/l0Lv0U7M #doesitgetbetter #
RT @mikedesouza: Majority of #oilsands ownership and profits foreign, says analysis: http://t.co/3jVRGoE2 #ForestEthics #tarsands #cdnpoli #
Obama's gay marriage statement reminder of the incredible power the US has http://t.co/0PCb2Fvs Use it for good on #climate dammit! #
RT @RyanLizza: Yikes. ABC: Romney classmate describes Romney HS behavior as “evil” & “like Lord of the Flies.” http://t.co/rHkzVVjs #
RT @joshtpm: Romney Battled LGBT Anti-Bully Commission As Governor http://t.co/EhNtqm2n via @TPM #
+ 10^9 RT @hummingbird604: For the 53,439-th time, PLEASE stop sending me PDFs. I can read in-line text, thankyouverymuch. #PR #DearGod #
RT @denisesavoie: BC Federal #NDP urge govt to uphold 40-year ban on tanker traffic in Northern BC. http://t.co/25BScHsF #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
RT @matvic: RT @CTVBC: @Vancity may divest from #Enbridge over pipeline: CEO http://t.co/IwNSd2H6 #bcpoli #
Because no "immigrant" ever reads the @globeandmail ever http://t.co/vFwV0jIX #FAIL #
RT @wicary: Tories overrule officials to fund project of Baird’s ‘dear friend,’ @curryb reports. http://t.co/GO7CVGxv #cdnpoli #
Nice article RT @michisle: #yyj The Dutch Repair Cafe Versus the Throwaway Society @slashdot http://t.co/5E7nTEjC #
Why the #NDP strategy might be working: @308dotcom http://t.co/DEp1S1T5 #cdnpoli #
Local food FTW. RT @cityofvictoria: Join us for veggie planting 11am-12:30pm in Centennial Square. http://t.co/gCo2eSd0 #yyj #
B.C. Hydro idle despite ample water because they are forced to buy from private producers at inflated rates. http://t.co/5aiZqOqu #bcpoli #
RT @askessler: Show me the money. "The Cost of an Oil Spill in Burrard Inlet: $40 Billion For Starters" http://t.co/HNUZZ943 #yvr #tarsands #
RT @suzykhimm: Average American wants to cut defense spending by 18 percent. http://t.co/un7kftjj House GOP? 0 percent. Obama: -4 percent #
Via @rwpickard and @janniaragon – My favourite link of the day 🙂 http://t.co/dHW4wqkj Transformed my mood. #
RT @danpollock: Federal cuts hit hard: Bamfield marine centre to lose research grant: http://t.co/he6f0rYR #cdnpoli #yyj #science #ocean #
Bill to ban sustainability and climate action fails in Arizona. http://t.co/PigMefa2 They should ban CO2 from heating earth #
RT @drgrist: Mass. is now officially the No. 1 state for energy efficiency. Here's how they got there: http://t.co/u1NHpWc2 #
🙂 RT @academictitles: “If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fixie: Mechanical Failure and the Hipster Migration Away from Urban 10-Speeds” #
Adrian Dix and the @bcndp come out hard against the #enbridge pipeline #tarsands #oilsands #CdnPoli #bcpoli http://t.co/1GMSA4XL #
"Walk a mile" today Centennial Square at 2PM and join men seeking to end violence aganist women http://t.co/fu6fhtwf #yyj #
RT @strategicthghts: Premier CC on @CBCTheHouse with @evansolomoncbc promotes tar sands but refuses 2 admit she supports NGP #bcpoli #
MT @nickconfessore: Eye-opening story: JPMorgan lobbied hard for loophole to allow trades that just blew UP http://t.co/8VW2W09U #
MT @kainagata: Maybe best read of the day. Infantry cptn who took an axe to the head in Afghanistan lambastes Harper: http://t.co/wFz2ps7J #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06

by oliveridley • May 6, 2012

RT @wicary: Liberals across Canada are being hoist with their own petard: @briantopp on strategic voting. http://t.co/iES7qgxP #cdnpoli #
RT @edyong209: I suspect ppl are increasingly conditioned to be wowed by the bigness of ideas, vs their truth. See: TED, Gladwell, etc. #
British government considers placing surface to air missiles on apartment buildings for the olympics http://t.co/vmQuboTx #NotTheOnion #
RT @sethdklein: My blog post: Poverty Reduction – Even Alberta joins the fold. When will BC? – http://t.co/c3Kl0Jts #bcpoli #
Ha! RT @mikedesouza: Oil lobbyists approved Harper’s climate policy as ‘elegant’ approach http://t.co/EFA2RlTd via @montrealgazette #cdnpoli #
Hey come out to watch me, @nsoumya @noisyandquiet @amazingbillyyu & Birger do a White Stripes Cover show tonight. http://t.co/qy3x67Pd #yyj #
How to Rescue Canadian Journalism? @Kainagata reports back from conversations http://t.co/b7WF5iEC #cdnmedia #
The Harper gov has lost much more support than they did post 2006 and 2008 elxns #cdnpoli http://t.co/A4WC8EzZ via @308dotcom #
RT @wicary: Ottawa’s quiet removal of internal auditors draws fire. http://t.co/dqQhBAub #cdnpoli #
RT @WCELaw: 59% of Cdns: Govt's gutting of #envirolaws puts Oil & Gas interests ahead of Canadians: http://t.co/JMHw4BD5 #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #
The Copenhagen Bike Superhighway http://t.co/hArv0gsz #yyjbike #
Stephen King's polemic on taxation and inequality would be better if he didn't start with a fat joke http://t.co/7Rzizhen #
Wasting Our Minds -@NYTimesKrugman on the ravages of youth unemployment and conservative antipathy http://t.co/OmTMTjzo #
RT @mgeist: US maintains bully tactics, keeps Cda on Special 301 list http://t.co/XTrmuW0Z Why it doesn't belong there http://t.co/b0C32peZ #
The @bcndp caucus opposes the #Enbridge #NGP in a letter to the Joint Review Panel http://t.co/gXPBiFxU #tarsands #oilsands #
Canada less bad, but… "@drgrist: US productivity has been rising, but workers aren't reaping the benefits. Here's why http://t.co/8t7FkhXs #
RT @wicary: Parks Canada hit hard as Ottawa doles out nearly 4,000 job notices http://t.co/F69VFrtB #cdnpoli #
Lessons from Quebec's Student Protests and why they won't spread to BC: @kainagata http://t.co/8T3Ia5G6 #bcpoli #
I am seeing drone ads from the Source all over my google, this is a bit scary… #
Wow.. Fancy new @bc_transit double decker on the rt70, feels like I'm going away on vacation #iwish #yyjtransit #
Dear @bc_transit. Please send double deckers to meet the #yyj ferry. You leave a lot of people behind in Sidney #
“Every tax … is to the person who pays it a badge, not of slavery, but of liberty. Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations #commie #
David Suzuki thinks that The fundamental failure of environmentalism was departmentalization http://t.co/wK8xMPvU #
Clean Energy Switch to Cost Fossil Industry $4 Trillion by 2020 http://t.co/mjdZwhxH says the IEA via @cleantechnica #
New study predicts #fracking fluids can migrate to aquifers within years. http://t.co/IGbcbvCb #
RT @ghoberg: The wisdom of messy, democratic assessments http://t.co/CBLyW4cr #cdnpoli #EA #
RT @dgardner: The AG reveals the government lied to Parliament and this is the Globe's editorial headline?. http://t.co/RjxKsgDo #cdnopli #
Morneau has fast reactions because she's a stay-at-home mom?? Bizarre quote in #yyj octopus eating seagull story http://t.co/sPersHU7 #
RT @propublica: How the S.E.C. keeps the ratings game rigged: http://t.co/IGdPyBnJ @eisingerj's latest column. #
The Jet That Ate the Pentagon – An American view of the #F35 fiasco from @FP_Magazine http://t.co/nA9HcQtk #cdnpoli #
Malcolm Gladwell piece on "football" and the ethics of watching it was posted before the suicide of yet another player http://t.co/EHstIUxO #
RT @Sierra_BC: Breaking news: Gitga’at Nation is reporting oil spill in the #GreatBearRainforest not far from proposed #Enbridge route #NGP #
Oh, so begging for a your mama comeback, but I'll refrain 🙂 RT @drgrist: Why Economic Models Are Always Wrong http://t.co/vb1NuWNB #
US shale causes rise in waste gas pollution #fracking http://t.co/PjMxTIW8 #
Changes to immigration policy are part of deliberate shift to lower wages: @ArmineYalnizyan http://t.co/20ruEm2r #cdnpoli via @milescorak #
When conservatives fight! Romney camp criticises British PM's Obama 'love-in' ahead of Olympic visit http://t.co/M19pzKXr #
Canada's stealth PM – All indirection, confusion and outfoxing the public: @acoyne http://t.co/wslywbdv #cdnpoli #
Why is the Cowichan Valley being used as a dumping ground for hazardous waste? http://t.co/QzGPhhY4 #bcpoli #
New poll: #NDP leads Conservatives #cpc by three http://t.co/kHua02vJ @308dotcom #cdnpoli #
Rob Ford wants @TorontoStar reporter out of city hall http://t.co/iFnnFppL #topoli #pathetic #
"@a_macleod_tyee BC is introducing a bill so provincial laws apply to commercial and industrial projects on first nations' reserves" #bcpoli #
RT @nathancullen: Oil spill in Grenville Channel threatens 40% of Gitga’at diet. http://t.co/XyUowodT. #oilsands Tankers on horizon. Risk? #
#F35 costs low-balled on purpose: Budget officer Kevin Page http://t.co/FPaczYZp #cdnpoli #
Oh man RT @tmpear: The average life expectancy of an #NFL lineman is 52. Fifty two. http://t.co/Qw88Oym6 #
Predictions about the impacts of climate change involve politics as much as physics http://t.co/ZJSa7jNO Nice one as usual by @drgrist #
Chuckle RT @marcleeccpa: I'm quoted in National Geographic on BC's carbon tax: http://t.co/Y9p6rMfE 'Cuz I'm a charismatic megafauna. #
Environmental toxicants causing ovarian disease across generations http://t.co/1RsMfWyT #epigenetics #pcos #
RT @deanbaker13: The latest on bashing of public sector workers — the cause of all our economic ills http://t.co/in7ktjNG #
RT @sethdklein: Sign Petition To BC Government: Extend the Minimum Wage to farmworkers: http://t.co/afwoQKJn #bcpoli #
Mark Jaccard: Why I'll be blocking BNSF coal trains on Saturday http://t.co/oGnnXbVO #bcpoli #
See a category missing in this Globe and Mail "poll" on employment? http://t.co/RVA8TzPk #callous #
'Unlawful' fees still charged by payday lender. Cash store and instaloans. Scum of the earth. http://t.co/yri9Q6t3 #bcpoli #
Obama Must Lead on Climate Change http://t.co/EMgWDoXF Don't think lay readers will appreciate what a huge step this is for the ES&T journal #
I feel I am in a world now where there isn't any place for sane analysis." Mark Jacard prepares to @stopcoalbc http://t.co/aS74TD04 #
Shocker, no Net Zero for #BCLibs cabinet staffers, 10% raises and more http://t.co/KiZlGD84 #bcpoli #notshockingatall #
RT @wicary: New EI rules could force unemployed into jobs they don’t want http://t.co/yNBiyWlI #cdnpoli #
Just FYI, Android ICS is available for your @Bell_Mobility Samsung Galaxy SII, update your Kies, connect your phone and click away. #
The @HeartlandInst is using the UnaBomber, Castro and others in billboard ads on #climate denial http://t.co/hV3TBFi5 #nuts #
Library and archives program cuts devastating. Little money saved, lots of information destroyed http://t.co/XOtFZEtq #cdnpoli #
TransCanada expected to reapply for #KeystoneXL pipeline permit as soon as Friday. http://t.co/LB8nmxhU #tarsands #oilsands #
RT @strategicthghts: May Forum Research poll sample included 501 women: 52% for #BCNDP 20% for #bclib now that's a gender gap LOL #bcpoli #
RT @cknw: SFU prof Mark Jaccard is willing to risk arrest this Saturday in the citizen action to stop coal trains. Now on @billgood980 #
The mystery of the ‘secret canadian bank bailout’ Great post by @sherwinarnott on the @ccpa and @stephenfgordon http://t.co/wvTpIXHL #
Silly man. RT @drgrist: First-ever manual labor! RT @samsteinhp: Romney says he will build #KeystoneXL even if he has to do it himself. #
RT @dougsaunders: France, searching for a way to deal with the DSK embarrassment, has made sex harassment legal. http://t.co/p8oPvusf #
RT @ottawacitizen: #Robocalls IP address same as used by Conservative worker: Elections Canada #cdnpoli http://t.co/mR4urja4 #elxnfraud #
RT @acoyne: Globe: Pierre Poutine’ launched robo-calls from computer used by Tory campaign http://t.co/sOflfvc2 #elxnfraud #cdnpoli #
Via @kady: @evansolomoncbc: Imagine Canada writes letter to P Kent asking him 2 name names or retract "laundering money" comments #cdnpoli #
Liking my samsung galaxy S2 ice cream sandwich update so far. Good job by @Bell_Mobility for being reasonably quick with the upgrade! #
RT @propublica: Two regulators wary of steam-injection drilling were fired in CA. Permits shot up: http://t.co/Qf1bshho #muckreads #
Bar Bouncers in England 'checking Facebook on phones' as identification http://t.co/6ufCk8RE This will end well (NOT) #
Orca pod!! On @bc_ferries to tsawassen #
Getting set up for the #TyeeMasterClass @thetyee with Sean Holman @publiceyeonline, part of fun weekend with @sherwinarnott #FTW #
Going later, looking forward to it. RT @alvinsingh: Romance Spot Prawn Style @ Spot Prawn Festival http://t.co/QDhENaeF #yvr #
🙂 RT @sherwinarnott: There are so many #smart folks in this room. #TyeeMasterClass @thetyee #
Coal dependent: US Pacific Northwest activists fight new export terminals http://t.co/knPmebyS Just like @stopcoalBC in BC #
The high cost of free parking: Exhibit A: Granville island #yvr #