Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-27
- 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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