The Middle Kingdom may never be the same
I’m off on an adventure tomorrow as I take flight on a 12 day business trip to China. I am very fortunate to have a gig where I get to travel every now and then… not too much but just enough to scratch my itch.  Too much travel would mean too much time away from the kids, and that would suck. Provided there aren’t any serious problems with access to my site, I’ll be posting updates from Beijing – as time allows. This is, after all, a business trip and the schedule is pretty packed. I am all a-twitter as a school kid thinking that in just a short while, I will be experiencing the sights and sounds of a world that is purportedly much diff

I really like this Colton Orr fellow…
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Thanks Jim
Once again, Canada is a world freakin’ leader when it comes to environmental policies. ESPECIALLY  those policies that may help keep Halifax’s Citadel Hill from becoming Citadel Island. NOT! And this moron is our ENVIRONMENT Minister? The Conservative government has promised to cut Canada’s emissions by 20 per cent below 2006 levels by the year 2020. Prentice said he’s optimistic that despite these delays, Canada will still meet that target. Woo-hoo! We rock. We used to, anyways. Now we just su

Do as I say, not as I do – The curious tale of Randy and Scott
Over at Cowboys for Social Responsibility, the author has commented on how a local council has reacted to Federal and Provincial interference in the planning of an important local infrastructure project. Folks in Lanark County are well known in Eastern Ontario for their Back Off Government signs dotting farms and villages throughout the area. They aren’t too keen on politicians of any stripe – most of all, outsiders. In general, they find a home under the vermin-infested ReformCon tent hearkening to the small government rallying

Nik on the Numbers and Harper’s best options
As someone in the information collection industry, I tend to look to look at polling numbers with a bit of a critical eye. Sample sizes and distributions, question wording and order and the presence of absence of any group (e.g., political) affiliation always plays on my mind when I see the “latest numbers”. That being said, I have the utmost respect and admiration for how Nik Nanos goes about his business. He is informed, employs scientific, robust methodologies and has no apparent vested interest in the results that he produces. This i