A 2014 Reading List

• .@andrew_leach The WHO classifies chrysotile as carcinogenic http://ow.ly/5h2dt Regardless, I have seen its India use, zero protection… in reply to andrew_leach #
• To wit, #bruins can't score in Vancouver, #canucks can't defend in Boston, so Game 7 better keep that trend… #
• RT @propublica: Over 70% of the firearms submitted for tracing by the Mexican govt originated in the US http://j.mp/j6H8zO via @CNN #
• MT @evidencenetwork: The business of #healthcare reform http://ow.ly/5hsuN Interview with expert advisor Colleen Flood #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
• RT @alexboulerice: Harper must put lives before politics on asbestos: NDP #ndp #hoc #cdnpoli via @politicsrespun #
• The bridge fuel compromise? RT @ghoberg: @BCNDP jumps on natural gas bandwagon – what about GHG targets? #bcpoli #
• Interesting… RT @alferraby: David Cubberly told me live on C-FAX 1070 he will be running for mayor of Saanich #yyj #
• Very interesting that the Canadian government emphasizes harm reduction in #asbestos use, but not for drug use? #cdnpoli #
• RT @lacouvee: Dear #yyj Darth the busker was assaulted, his violin broken. @vicpdcanada thinks there may be video. Help? #
• RT @grist: Bill Gates plans to get gas from your butt. (No, really.) http://ow.ly/5hrJh Gotta love bait bomb headline! h/t @tqmurdock #
• RT @DanPollock: The CRD's 1st vote on the Juan de Fuca Resort development is Wed @ 1:30: http://j.mp/kTw8MK #yyj #saveJDF #bcpoli #
• The Wild West and dysfunctional B.C. politics – Ben Parfitt @ccpa unloads on #fracking and #bcpoli Note http://ow.ly/5hEsz #
• BC First Nations aren’t dupes of US green movement: Chiefs @thetyee http://ow.ly/5hLWe #cdnpoli #climate #indigenous #bcpoli #
• Hey Greater Victoria #yyj With the municipal elections l, what is the preferred hashtag. #yyjvote #
• .@DanPollock @lacouvee @matvic Excellent, I like #yyjvote + muni. let the social media overlords know 🙂 in reply to DanPollock #
• Wow, how about that!! RT @lacouvee: Well it looks like "fiddler" is trending nationally. http://ow.ly/5hP4H #helpyyjvader #

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• South Asian hall of shame. RT @husainhaqqani: Afghanistan worst place in the world for women, Pakistan 4th & India 5th #
• On closer reading, it's Afghanistan 1, DRC 2, Pakistan 3 and India 4. #
• Tory budget plans set askew by slow growth projections http://ow.ly/5idjl #cdnpoli These projections were no surprise. #
• I wonder how many people RT without clicking the link just based on the headline, that's a lot of trust 🙂 #
• BC avg oil, mining and gas salary = $58K (2008), http://ow.ly/5ioTh. #cleantech industry $72K (2010) http://ow.ly/5ioX1 #greenjobs #
• Oil, mining and gas employs 26K people. #cleantech 7200 people, and growing. #
• Gotta love science 🙂 RT @bradplumer: Science reveals homophobic men are more likely to be aroused by gay porn: #
• Nebraska Water Scientists Warn of #keystoneXL Oil Pipeline's Risk to Ogalla aquifer http://ow.ly/5ipyB #tarsands #oilsands #
• Burnaby Passes Gay Safe Policy http://ow.ly/5iuUB #bcpoli via @thetyee Note that this is the 13th school district to do so! #
• Community Health Centres: The best kept secret in health care – thestar.com http://ow.ly/5ivBx #cdnpoli #cdnhealth #
• RT @rabbleca: The Harper Conservatives and the gutting of Canadian sciences http://t.co/UPX1w5w #cdnpoli #p2ca #
• Good! @thetyee Wins Its Second Edward R. Murrow Award http://ow.ly/5iyuT #jour #
• The Canadian filibuster! Why @Elizabethmay refuses to be a rubber stamp in the Commons – TGAM http://ow.ly/5izIE #cdnpoli #
• .@immanuelg @Elizabethmay Simplistic argument much 🙂 She wants debate, we all should, hastily passed bills have hidden consequences. in reply to immanuelg #
• .@immanuelg @ElizabethMay Debate on mega trials? Not really, just introduced and first reading http://ow.ly/5iAMc #cdnpoli in reply to jcmatos #
• Death Rays??? RT @victorianews: Wi-Fi to stay in schools… Wi-Fi death rays school students kids children health #yyj #
• RT @CANRACCanada: Minister Kent seems not to know what's happening w/ #tarsands emissions #cdnpoli #oilsands #climate #
• Antipsychotic drugs risky to newborns – @CBC http://ow.ly/5iP8j Why are they giving antipsychotics to newborns? #sillyheadlines #

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• Other simple molecules made out of just C, H and O include carbon monoxide, CO, methane, CH4, methanol, CH3OH, I could go on. #
• Shocker! Petroleum based "biodegradable plastics" not actually, you know, biodegradable! http://ow.ly/5gv6d #
• RT @wicary: With 6,000 jobs on chopping block, budget watchdog warns of deeper cuts. http://tgam.ca/C8uL #cdnpoli #
• #BClibs trashed BC shipbuilding to buy German ferries, now praise it for military contract http://ow.ly/5gy6Z #bcpoli #
• .@sherwinarnott @TED talk on use of apps for medical diagnosis 🙂 #
• Kaplan profits mostly from US taxpayer subsidized student loans w/ high default RT @janniaragon: For Profit Education #
• RT @drgrist: US Gov't spending on #cleantech generates 3 times as many jobs as gov't spending on oil & gas http://is.gd/tN8tbi #
• RT @ICAVictoria: Wow, great article! Non-profit sector seeks diversity: new generation leads push for change http://t.co/OPJGKLO #
• Canadian Medical Association Journal slams #pharma industry for hiding information of drug safety, efficacy in children http://ow.ly/5gELP #
• RT @climatekeith: RT @ghoberg: First nations speak for themselves on pipelines http://t.co/0WikBwY #northerngateway #indigenous #
• RT @JoshVanBC: Yinka Dene answers @financialpost & @vancouversun: "We speak 4 ourselves" on #Enbridge #Indigenous #
• what is the point of a newspaper site paywall that can be bypassed by hitting stop before the page loads fully, anyway? #
• .@drgrist @johnffarrell Not to worry, Ontario looks set to replace premier with a man who has promised to gut feed in tariffs. #cleanenergy in reply to jackaryy14 #
• RT @starleigh_grass: BC premier stumbles in first speech to First Nations leaders #fnmi #aboriginal #bcpoli #
• Bruce Bartlett, one of the early supporters declares: Supply-Side Economics, R.I.P. http://ow.ly/5gToQ #cdnpoli #
• Dear @bctransit in #yyj Do not leave major stops 3 minutes early and make me sprint to catch the bus. kthxbai #
• Off goes Luongo, and I get to go to yoga again tonight, I think 🙁 #canucks #
• Boston on pace to score 20 goals? #canucks #
• Taking advantage of one sided #cancucks game to install and play with twitter tools on the blog… #
• Ha Ha, twitter says @nsoumya is similar to me, gee, I wonder why ♥♥♥ #
• Income disparity makes people unhappy http://ow.ly/5gZ6d New US Study covering 1972-2008, rich people remained happy! #
• RT @benpolitico: A bankruptcy court (!) in California just ruled DoMA unconstitutional http://is.gd/JzSo90 #gaymarriage #
• Speechless…RT @cbccanada: Health Canada's asbestos advice rejected by government #cdnpoli #
• Canada's intransigence on asbestos predates Harper. Bipartisan failure. Sign the petition at http://t.co/L7K7Fjj #cdnpoli h/t @Ban_Asbestos #

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