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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-20

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May 202012

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 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-13

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May 132012

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 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-05-06

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May 062012

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 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-29

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Apr 292012

Oh Jesus Christ Superstar. After all these years, it's still fun #
Ooh, thanks! RT @thesarahmundy Free intro to coding for journalists, researchers, and activists: http://t.co/nXbnX7Ka #
MT @greene_dm: Great @guardian Op-Ed on the taxpayer, and professional, racket that is academic publishing http://t.co/bXr27ANb #Elsevier #
RT @ghoberg: Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson uses Earth Day event to reiterate adamant opposition to kinder Morgan expansion #transmountain #
Budget cuts leave #Statscan girding for fewer surveys, less staff l http://t.co/FqS9ybIh #cdnpoli #WhoNeedsKnowledge #
MT @InklessPW Bev Oda left her London conference hotel because she preferred one where orange juice costs $16 #cdnpoli http://t.co/5v42icoz #
Final Alberta Projection: Wildrose victory http://t.co/NDnEYw3J via @308dotcom But it looks tight, and lots of uncertainty #abvote #
Thousands protest in Vancouver against Kinder Morgan pipeline project http://t.co/NBX0AL61 #KMI #oilsands #tarsands #bcpoli #
What does 200,000+ people in Montreal marching against the #tarsands mean for the #NDP asks @inklessPW http://t.co/JYp2l2Ne #cdnpoli #
MT @ghoberg: New poll: Strong #bcpoli opposition to #oilsands pipelines http://t.co/amGQUgqw poll link http://t.co/ECye7iJM #NGP #TMX #
Estimating chemical risk: Breadth (prevalence) may be just as important as depth (magnitude of effect) http://t.co/gBXyj78C #
RT @climatekeith: Oops RT @guardianeco: #Shell Nigeria oil spill '60 times bigger than it claimed' http://t.co/oVd1s2qU #
First Past the Post sucks. RT @marcleeccpa: Hard some reports of Albertans who've never voted PC holding their noses and voting PC today. #
RT @brettkeller: wow, big news for academic / research communities. Harvard Library pushes #openaccess Crooked Timber http://t.co/wlnjxIrN #
Oh my. RT @mikedesouza: #kent defends #muzzling of scientists at mtl conference: "it's established practice" #cdnpoli #
RT @margaretatwood: Here's a new term: "Cli-Fi" = SF about climate change. Coined by Dan Bloom re: POLAR CITY RED: http://t.co/ebtnqXAQ #
BC's Public school students better prepared for university http://t.co/DpzULF8k #bcpoli #
RT @tabathasouthey: Let's wait until the fact are in. Very possibly Bev Oda wrote "NOT" before the $16 on that orange juice. #cdnpoli #
RT @uvicsjs: Mining Justice Action Committee presents: "The Business of Gold" with Steve Stewart • Fri Apr 27 7:30pm Café Sympatico #yyj #
The Alabama Shakes sound fantastic http://t.co/xMmS9hV4 Thanks @soundopinions #MM #
first past the post RT @catclark: You know these are scary times when friends in the gay community are voting PC for the first time #abvote #
Strategic voting FTW RT @ctvnationalnews: CTV News projects Progressive Conservative majority in Alberta #abvote #abpoli #cdnpoli #
Um, No! RT @davidakin: Question: Was #ABVote a referendum on the "science of climate change"? @climatekeith #
RT @wicary: Non-Tory voters targeted in #robocalls scandal, pollster finds. http://t.co/eKsfBK9Q #CdnPoli #elxnfraud #
Students Get Stuck with Bill – @mgeist reports on Copyright protectionism and the AUCC racket http://t.co/JltEGXiK #
RT @ghoberg: In Vancouver Sun op-ed, @MayorGregor Robertson declares war on Kinder Morgan expansion http://t.co/HhLlxM7X #TMX #transmtn #
The New Masculinity: Redefining Ourselves, Emerging From Our Cocoons http://t.co/qITffXgo via @racialicious #feminism #
Just have to wait out news cycle RT @wicary: Tories try to stall auditor’s testimony on costly #F35 purchase. http://t.co/ZiLgHPda #cdnpoli #
#CPC scandal du jour RT @liberalpartymb Tory Minister Christian Paradis under investigation by ethics watchdog #cdnpoli http://t.co/3p2R0lb2 #
RT @nikisharma2: Park Board motion to protect Vancouver beaches from oil spill threat http://t.co/onaVq6C0 #TMX #transmtn #oilsands #yvr #
RT @boraz: Life after #Elsevier making #OpenAccess to scientific knowledge a reality http://t.co/OqsfwQrH #
RT @evidencenetwork: @sharon_kirkey: A 1st for Canada: website that lets patients compare in-hospital death rates, care http://t.co/NxOPkdTn #
USA! USA! Lisa Lindsay, Breast Cancer Survivor, goes to Debtor Jail Over Accidental $280 Medical Bill http://t.co/fCk6M40a #
RT @mpjulian: 3rd ethics inquiry into the actions of the Minister of Industry! Canadians deserve better. http://t.co/1GKcGwpL #cdnpoli #
Callous RT @shannondaub: Organizational #comms fail: Stick figures used to explain cuts to federal employees http://t.co/fNms5hOt #cdnpoli #
All right! RT @janniaragon: #poli #uvic #uspoli RT @markknoller: Pres Obama first US Pres to use the word hashtag in a speech. #
MT @mikedesouza: @mpPeterKent says Ottawa's #scientists r not #muzzled Rather, they are "spreading the good news" #cdnpoli #opengovernment #
RT @caleb_crain: The auto industry invented the idea of jaywalking to shift the blame for accidents onto pedestrians. http://t.co/w1cTKIVX #
A little thought experiment: substitute "farm worker" for "dermatologist" in this article… http://t.co/ep5ey5CX #
Tuesday globe and mail front Page illustrates the futility of static paper news in a non-static world http://t.co/0RgLtSOb #
RT @alexhimelfarb: Good social policy is good economics http://t.co/XpwhRaNg #
Canada's rejection of a refugee claim and deportation leads to murder of the refugee http://t.co/WN7LwJxh #consequences #cdnpoli #
Don't understand why the government would oppose offices for sex workers #cdnpoli http://t.co/NfpuZFMm #
Woohoo! Oh wait? RT @oakbayboy Dire prediction from The Royal Society. Earth faces a century of disasters, report warns http://t.co/mlHWoVXB #
Got milk cartons in #yyj and don't live in an apartment? They can go into blue boxes, starting May 1 http://t.co/5t0fgLdv #
#F35 costs had 'significant things missing' – Canada's Auditor General http://t.co/JH7Udist #cdnpoli #
RT @mikedesouza: #Harper government proposes to kill #climate accountability and reporting in budget implementation bill #kpia #cdnpoli #
RT @iglikaivanova: New rules say temp foreign workers can be paid up to 15% less than locals: http://t.co/ETR1ANd5 #cdnpoli #inequality #
RT @wicary: The Oda scandal that's not getting ink: Shifting aid away from those who need it most. http://t.co/71c8bpHJ #cdnpoli #
RT @UBCC350: Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber calls for sweeping review of planned coal exports from Northwest ports | http://t.co/DzNGGoJX #
RT @alexatsp: Environmental assessment "overhaul" rolled into budget bill | iPolitics http://t.co/P1ZNxwk8 #cdnpoli #
RT @meganlesliemp: A *third* of the federal budget is focused on gutting environmental protection. #cdnpoli #
RT @andrew_leach: RT @smccarthy55: TransAlta and partners kill $1.4-billion carbon capture and storage project, saying economics are poor. #
New #UBC study in @Sciencemagazine ($$) Making people think analytically lowers their religious beliefs http://t.co/QPuDHylK #atheism #
RT @drgrist: Very cool idea: retrofitting foreclosed homes for greater energy efficiency & higher resale value: http://t.co/G1Z16H60 #
Sweet! RT @razzlem RT @ottguy: Friend sent me proof of a local restaurant trying to cash in on Oda Juicegate. #cdnpoli http://t.co/vZXYRTvs #
Our paragon of good taste Stephen Harper brings up Hitler in reference to the #NDP http://t.co/wMMbhnwb #godwinLawOverload #cdnpoli #
Massive #salmon kill ordered as virus spreads at N.S. fish farm http://t.co/QBSjvJSw #
Wow, they usually hate the UN RT @kasarigovender: Woodsworth uses UN Declaration of Rights to fight against right to choice #cdnpoli #
RT @fareedzakaria: Government policy at its best is countercyclical: You cut in boom times and spend during troughs. http://t.co/KYbywxJv #
The #ndp made everyone on twitter including @janniaragon tweet about the NDP #harperhistory #waytoometa #
They made all the brown people brown!! RT @starleigh_grass: The NDP was in charge of casting for The Hunger Games #HarperHistory #
Almost tempted to ask my @bc_transit bus neighbour for a sip of their coffee, smells so good! #yyj #joysoftransit #
Looks like Saanich-Gulf conservatives want @ElizabethMay to be gerrymandered away http://t.co/l2ODsGW5 #yyj #cdnpoli #sgi #
.@thadman When will the results be known? This #amendmentOne is disgusting, hope it is voted down. #
Nice ppst by @sherwinarnott on The use and abuse of science in editorials http://t.co/kdRSBFhe #media #
Renovictions strike Victoria. Tenants being bounced for big reno http://t.co/1FdsHRLG #yyj via @timescolonist #
Americans should also be paying attention to their own #tarsands in Utah http://t.co/kPVTprGh #
According to @tomscott and #klouchebag I am a bit of a prat http://t.co/0cWvyQID #
Wow RT @drgrist: Insane bill could eliminate Arizona’s ability to do any environmental work http://t.co/Ws9QdVvA A-Z bringin' the CRAY-Z! #
Are "Trade wars" over C emission rules the future? RT @heraldenergy: India to urge airlines to boycott EU carbon scheme http://t.co/ANgViMR7 #
The Hitler smear on the #NDP has happened a 2nd time, it appears to be strategy http://t.co/UrGQnQx3 #cdnpoli #
Scott Armstrong, erroneously tagged as a liberal in this Hitler post, is actually conservative (corr @wicary) http://t.co/UrGQnQx3 #cdnpoli #
So, per @kainagata, Montreal protesters are now being arrested for Jaywalking??#manifencours #ggi http://t.co/2HzbKqwY #
RT @kainagata: I don't think "jaywalking" is actually the best translation. More like "obstructing traffic". #manifencours #ggi #
Enbridge #NGP Pipeline spill would put 34 BC parks at risk: Peer reviewed study http://t.co/uKuYUoAc #tarsands #oilsands #bcpoli #
Good read, RT @jordan_keats: How tech’s giants want to re-invent journalism http://t.co/0iBPW7Uo #media #
RT @alexsteffen: Truly needed today: discussions of reality that refuse to engage nonsensical reactionary ideas. Do not debate the insane… #
Climate change will shape B.C. in 2035, one way or another, says @MarcLeeCCPA http://t.co/MDp8zX4C #bcpoli #
In a sane world, patient records would belong to the patient, in Canada, they're sold between pharmacies http://t.co/cC7fZN3S #cdnpoli #
Dear climate change deniers: I will not engage with you on arguments about the validity of climate change, but feel free to discuss music #
Victoria council asks developer to reconsider renovictions http://t.co/FHOi10vJ #yyj via @TimesColonist #
We became more productive, but that money just went straight to the top, says @NyTimesKrugman http://t.co/LiOlcdxq #inequality #
RT @politicsrespun: The Noodle Box is always part of my TenPercentShift.ca when I'm in Victoria. #yyj #
Wait, how come I haven't heard till now that Yes Prime Minister is coming back?? http://t.co/mGG1prjm So very excited! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-22

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Apr 222012

Alberta election 2012: Environment issues largely missing. http://t.co/wJvKxRjs #abvote #abpoli #Obviously #
The Year that Shook the Rich: A Review of Natural Disasters in 2011 http://t.co/tRghw9XD #
Is Siachen Worth Fighting Over? http://t.co/gqatGamf #India #Pakistan #
Feds warned not to ‘cheerlead’ for #oilsands http://t.co/626I1Urb Another #tarsands find by @mikedesouza #cdnpoli #
RT @a_macleod_tyee: NDP MLA Robin Austin: #BCHydro buying high and selling low makes no sense, real reason it wants smart meters. #bcpoli #
RT @wicary: Harper's spite of the Charter, 30th-anniversary edition: @InklessPW weighs in. http://t.co/b8B7fHc2 #cdnpoli #
RT @JohnIbbitson: Sweeping changes to environmental assessments coming. Ottawa will now only review major proposals. http://t.co/6BxZPqBX #
BP's Corexit-Oil Tar Sponged Up By Human Skin – "Quick fix" for the spill made things worse http://t.co/rc9iLqer #
From Bleak Central #India a People's Movement and a People's Union http://t.co/nk3Yco8s #
Movie plot alert: Melting glaciers from warming liberate ancient bacteria. http://t.co/t7EStzdd #
Environment Canada will see dramatic change of role after budget cuts http://t.co/nwTDEGgC #cdnpoli #
Or all coal, or all oil RT @james_bg: Can I suggest a short coda to all today's shale gas headlines – "if we burn all of it we're screwed" #
MT @wicary: Latest frm @glen_mcgregor, @stphnmaher: #Robocalls probe extends to Tory headquarters http://t.co/NksqRzVf #CdnPoli #elxnfraud #
RT @rabbleca: Elections Canada keeps rulings secret on 2,982 complaints since 1997 http://t.co/95myLZM4 #CdnPoli #opengov #
Lessons of Deepwater Horizon still not learned. http://t.co/CXy4qNKt #
Energy and mining industries hail Ottawa’s environmental oversight overhaul http://t.co/Z9sWmWxr #cdnpoli #
Ha!!! RT @andyfarke: RT @brembs: This is how Elsevier adds value: http://t.co/NutOwsXj no comments necessary. #
via @askessler: Aside from #enviro review fast-track, an impressive list of what gov't has done "for" the envt. so far http://t.co/FVuK8XQS #
Going, Going, Gone: Dismantling the Progressive State http://t.co/d7IBTsKl Good piece by @alexhimelfarb #cdnpoli #
RT @kentspencer2: Feds cutting emergency oil spill staff just when oil cos are ramping up tankers in Vancouver: http://t.co/Ctj4LNWW #yvr #
Canada only behind US and UK in percentage of employees in low wage work http://t.co/k0scpe0U #cdnpoli #winning #
RT @anndouglas: Political Apathy and Voter Suppression: Who are the real slackers? http://t.co/rGI2vxqi via @ccpa #cdnpoli #getoffmylawn #
Young People Tire of Old Economic Models http://t.co/5wAWmLwK on the @dotearth blog via @Revkin #
RT @mikehudema: #Wildrose Deny #Climatechange Believe in #LakeofFire now claim white people speak for all: http://t.co/4GaICV46 #abvote #
Indep. review? RT @andrew_leach: Wow RT @jeffmjatreuters: Canada government to decide fate of big pipelines http://t.co/Y84maUNL #cdnpoli #
RT @milescorak: "The World our GrandChildren will Inherit" by Daron Acemoglu of @WhyNationsFail http://t.co/g4dB2AJ7 #
RT @eric_doherty: So much for transit on the new Port Mann. Gateway is about cars, transit not funded by PM tolls. http://t.co/Tsma6ouS #yvr #
Hmm… RT @janniaragon: Never did hear from @BC_Transit (corrected twitter handle) regarding the errant, reading bus driver on Ring Rd. #
RT @wicary: Tories deny deleting #robocalls records after NDP invokes Watergate. http://t.co/yrOYxW9f #cdnpoli #elxnfraud #
Not good, @janniaragon. @BC_Transit drivers are usually fine! This reading, pedestrian endangering driver story is hopefully a one off? #
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) pans changes to environmental assessment http://t.co/NFBPJrDp #cdnpoli #CEAA #
B.C. domestic homicide victims predominantly female http://t.co/KN5esF2p Stop this violence now. #bcpoli #
RT @wicary: Canada's game #facepalm VIDEO Marian Hossa stretchered off ice after Raffi Torres' brutal, unpenalized hit http://t.co/X15KQvTS #
The recovery has made #inequality worse in the US http://t.co/dF4eunfP #
Radical RT @wicary: #Katimavik is worth saving, Olympian Adam van Koeverden argues. http://t.co/UMvXkaQy #cdnpoli #
RT @Ubutu44 Tsleil-Waututh Nation Opposes Kinder Morgan’s Campaign To Make Vancouver An Oil Port City http://t.co/Ri5U8qBI #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
RT @ghoberg: from @climatekeith Harper adopts the ‘Might Makes Right’ approach to #tarsands pipeline http://t.co/BzrHAanp #NGP #oilsands #
RT @ezraklein: US companies that spent the most on lobbying from 2007 to 2009 all saw their reported tax rates decrease http://t.co/XcS2ZzJe #
RT @308dotcom: @BCNDP holds wide lead over divided right in B.C. http://t.co/3MLXLCF7 #bcpoli #
"#India is the most elitist, exclusive, unequal and stratified country in the world": Our creamy layer http://t.co/1GAGXFJD #
The day of reckoning in B.C.’s over-cut interior forests looms http://t.co/YIEH9p7W Ben Parfitt of the @ccpa #bcpoli #
.@dgardner is on a tear about Omar Khadr, and I realised I made a Khadr-Beah comparison in a blog post a year after he did #
MT @mikedesouza: Feds weakening oversight described by #NRCan in #oilsands doc as "important" and "meaningful" http://t.co/puu15rTd #cdnpoli #
"The Tories have taken Canadians for fools – and we have obliged them.." : @IvisonJ in the NatPo http://t.co/Z8KwJOcz #cdnpoli #
RT @eric_doherty: BC approves Pacific Trails fracking gas pipeline on Enbridge #NGP route: http://t.co/L8xv9mA6 #tarsands #climate #
RT @lindsaykines: Some Victoria trustees deny their board is split on key issues. Silly reporters misreading all those 5-4 votes. #bced #
RT @sianmj: In BC the top 1% now takes in 17.6% of income – more than twice what it did in 1982 http://t.co/OT7MBl8z #bcpoli via @sageaaron #
RT @carbontalks: McKinsey predicting #solarPV will be competitive within a decade, based entirely on current technology http://t.co/zsY2NIYK #
Paging one-percenters in #yyj AGA Cooking Stove- $12500 on @usedvictoria http://t.co/N0cEvFA9 #bargain #howtheonepercentlives #
Matt Price: Harper and B.C., Like Oil and Water http://t.co/JuYHGq2j #tarsands #oilsands #cdnpoli #bcpoli #
RT @wicary: Open government: ‘Handcuffed’ Tories won’t reveal full details of cuts till next spring http://t.co/mKoMJum3 #cdnpoli #
Conservative Party linked to calls directing voters to different polling stations http://t.co/ptjF5j9P #cdnpoli #elxnfraud #
Marvin Schaffer of the @CCPA does not like canada's current environmental assessment, or the proposed "fixes" http://t.co/54ZTKMq4 #cdnpoli #
RT @jeffjedras: #cpc

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-15

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Apr 152012

Maple syrup part of lessons on climate change. http://t.co/WfZuMPb2 #
The #TSouke nation in the New York Times RT @ubcic: RT @angie_bain: A Community's Hopes for Self-Sufficiency: http://t.co/pQyo5hOM #yyj #
BC Libs self-destruct watch RT @marcellam: MT @srobarts: North Shore News reporter booted from Clark event. #bcpoli http://t.co/cJELjpp6 #
My worlds collide as @Revkin checks in on #uvic bunnies in the NY Times http://t.co/TRbWzWSr #yyj #
A youth employment strategy would look like this http://t.co/ty4XbNiw via @MilesCorak #cdnpoli #
Consumption Inequality Has Risen About As Fast As Income Inequality http://t.co/q1Fn6hzd #
MT @kady: So, accurate hed would be "Conservatives launch complaint against misleading live calls from Conservative-controlled number". #
I did not know this last year, prepared this year. RT @cfax1070: A reminder: @BC_Transit is running on Saturday schedule today #yyj #
RT @drgrist: Young (US) people drive 23% less, bike 40% more than they used to http://t.co/GC8QNzM1 Nice job, young people. #
RT @actuporg Canada – Time for media to pay attention to #gender identity Bill C-279 http://t.co/b49eP7bs #transgender #trans #lgbt #cdnpoli #
RT @dylansherlock: A critical overview of the #poverty & #homelessness issues faced by #youth in Victoria. #yyj http://t.co/kIsffoRq #
White, very conservative males hate clean energy http://t.co/O40vIBBc #
The #OilSands Wedge: @Spencerkeys takes on Dutch Disease http://t.co/N4YpaCxO #tarsands #cdnpoli #
"pdfs, where data goes to die". Part of an excellent article on "How we will read" by @cshirky http://t.co/9WZu2066 #
F-35 $10-billion fib eclipses fast ferries, convention centre, sponsorships, and Airbus—combined!: http://t.co/jFoXG13y #cdnpoli #
Graft punk: Breaking the law to help urban ornamental trees bear fruit http://t.co/QTQjHIbr #yyj take note via @grist #
RT @tjl: A MacBook Air operated at the energy efficiency of 1991 computers would last 2.5 secs on fully charged battery http://t.co/IPAgkPcN #
Greater focus needed on methane leakage from gas infrastructure: National Acad of Sci. Journal http://t.co/mmtoRntZ #fracking #
Most Americans Back Mandatory Controls on Global Warming Gases http://t.co/pPNXX4lN via @insideclimate #
RT @trishhennessy: 71% of Cdns say growing income gap undermines our values. Broadbent Institute poll. http://t.co/E6R0EnSV #cdnpoli #
RT @glen_mcgregor: Investigation, litigation of #CPC #inout scandal cost taxpayers $2.3 million; party paid $52k in fines. #cdnpoli #
The connections between childhood lead exposure and violent crime keeps getting stronger http://t.co/MAQ25m2A #
"the demonization of dissent" and effect on charities: Patrick Johnston via @susanDelacourt http://t.co/f1tbGhuj #cdnpoli #
Sweden, France, Belgium RT @bradplumer: Few countries have managed to reduce their carbon emissions without cheating: http://t.co/reSE8mrl #
Republican War on Women not popular with women, much to Romney's dismay http://t.co/UaNkoM8w #whowouldhavethought #
RT @einsteinmed: Interesting publications development RT @HealthIsSocial: Google starts ranking journals http://t.co/XbQNSOvX #
Homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex: Study http://t.co/lK3Ohnyv #
RT @thewestblock: Government's $10B explanation is 'illogical,' says former senior bureaucrat. http://t.co/vyOWB1Rk #cdnpoli #F35 #
Someone should tell Dan Schnur that #KeystoneXL raises gas prices in US, and Obama does not control gas prices http://t.co/UdgfFLqV #
RT @markandrejevic: James Rule takes data mining literally: argues for establishing mineral rights over personal info: http://t.co/7Fx1Shoe #
Inequality has decreased and growth has been good in Latin America's left of centre countries: @NyTimesKrugman http://t.co/D2uxqFSW #
Libraries like @gvpl will maintain internet access despite anti-poor cuts because they care http://t.co/gLU1Nrrv #cdnpoli #
MT @steve_rennie: Ahead of P Kent's newser, EC says Canada on track to achieve only 1/4 2020 GHG target. http://t.co/wWhKDZca #cdnpoli #
.@climatekeith Glad we're still inventorying GHGs. ProTip. Make it voluntary next time, like the #census #whoneedsStats #
RT @climateprogress: US Study: No Relationship Between Renewable Energy Targets And Higher Electric Rates http://t.co/KRNcXBMo #
RT @mikedesouza Annual #oilsands emissions increased 14% in 2010. Emissions per barrel increased 2%. http://t.co/zKzb7gDA #cdnpoli #climate #
Zero Carbon Cement Production with Solar Thermal http://t.co/nIIqFAEK via @cleantechnica #
RT @stephenlautens: From now on, you're your own meat inspector (and that's not a euphemism) http://t.co/BxtR9w4o #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #
Epic RT @workcabin: Wow! RT @community_funk: The Great Blue Heron cam recorded a Great Horned Owl attack http://t.co/YuDX8beJ #
via @mikedesouza: @mpPeterKent officially claims #oilsands emissions/barrel decreasing. Industry Nos show opposite in '10. #cdnpoli #climate #
RT @naomidevine: What our history of #fracking tells us about our (US) short-sighted R&D system: http://t.co/1rCppRrf via @Slate #
BC natural gas superpower death watch. China's coalbeds spur unconventional gas supply boom. http://t.co/eB0W4CFI #bcpoli #
RT @heraldenergy: B.C., Ontario and Quebec lead Canada's climate efforts: @DavidSuzukiFDN http://t.co/Lj5ERsPX #
RT @pourmecoffee: U.S. locks up kids at 6x rate of other nations. Tough-to-view photos, supporting story from @wired: http://t.co/K2cti47g #
RT @schandraherbert: Coyne: The #F35 scandal; when governments lie, how do we respond? http://t.co/pRXfmLz2 #cdnpoli #
RT @laura_payton: A piece on how many times the government was asked to explain its costing on the #F35 http://t.co/vTWRkWKt #cdnpoli #
RT @victoriadra: via @timescolonist: No kitchen scraps in Hartland landfill by 2015… http://t.co/6uLZOqWA... http://t.co/as1EYgOz #yyj #
RT @climatekeith: Environment Canada pressured to weaken regulations on #coal emissions: @Pembina http://t.co/1psWILda #climate #cdnpoli #
RT @ubcc350: BC GHG exports 2x current in-province emissions, increasing significantly if new projects go thru http://t.co/wK6nkxuR #bcpoli #
RT @sustainubc: Coal plants are seven of the top ten sources of greenhouse gas pollution in Canada http://t.co/USWv26X9 #cdnpoli #
Standoff in the Kashmir mountains taking heavy environmental toll. http://t.co/AdegKb2C #India #Pakistan #
Cheaper War Means More War http://t.co/y87giL5o in which @mattyglesias goes all Jevons Rebound on war. #
RT @janekleeb: Cry Wolf: An Unethical Oil Story http://t.co/CYSHnxL7 #tarsands #unethicaloil #cdnpoli via @DeSmogBlog #
No "@cbcstephenquinn: Is riding transit a good enough reason for police to ask you where you're going with that six-pack or bottle of wine?" #
.@cbcstephenquinn @bc_transit routinely bans most carrying of alcohol on many holidays, no one restricts car drivers, of course. #
RT @drgrist: Reminder: Morally speaking, people who implement bad public policy are worse than people who say mean things. #
MT @dgardner: PMSH: It's 1982 and I'm Reagan. Latin American leaders: 2012 and Reagan caused the mess they're in. http://t.co/hrAXpJoo #
Wow, power was out in SIdney as well for 5 minutes or so, #yyj must have been a big outage. #
RT @frankejames: Kinder Morgan (several recent oil spills) plans $5B pipeline expansion to Vancouver http://t.co/codmt0fF #bcpoli #tarsands #
All attacks will stop now. Seeking to blunt Conservative attacks, Suzuki quits board of environmental foundation http://t.co/wdy7P0x1 #
So. Danielle Smith, the next Alberta premier (possibly) is a climate sceptic http://t.co/siaKG3pd via @andrew_leach #abvote #
Oh hi pacific http://t.co/E93ga5N0 #
Some birds are fearless http://t.co/fYZwLVLs #
RT @commonsensecdn: B.C. mayors steel themselves for fight against Kinder Morgan pipeline http://t.co/L4Xfjvi9 #bcpoli #tarsands #oilsands #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-08

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Apr 082012

Oil Wells from hell are now operating on the limits of what’s an acceptable risk’ http://t.co/vZm564n1 #total #elgin #
Bruce Carson Scandal Rocks Key Player in Canada's #OilSands PR Push http://t.co/naRm9Hlz #cdnpoli #Tarsands in @TheTyee via @beari8it #
Women pay for Kashmir's #water woes. http://t.co/mu1eBFXe #
Drinking #water scarcity plagues villages in India. http://t.co/UHnsIhCd #
More power for women in decision making means less #climate (and other) pollution http://t.co/12tslALq #
RT @ghoberg: Wow: Northern Gateway hearings in limbo as rowdy welcome unsettles panel http://t.co/cwNUmHzz via @globeandmail #NGP #tarsands #
Politics trumps reason as B.C. eyes bid to raid protected forests – @globeandmail ://ow.ly/a1LJQ #bcpoli #FAIL #
RT @heiltsukvoice: @ghoberg @globeandmail School children with signs and our elderly chiefs doing a welcome dance? Terrifying #NGP #tarsands #
This book by @pjrvswp called "Eat Awesome" – "a plant-based, whole foods cookbook" looks awesome too. http://t.co/vZ9bLLfk #
RT @harshawalia: So much for #prolife . Bomb went off at #PlannedParenthood clinic last night in Wisconsin: http://t.co/H6Fl8bXO #
The @HuffingtonPost article notes 114 violent attacks on women's healthcare centres in the US in 2011 #notTerrorism http://t.co/H6Fl8bXO #
RT @a_macleod_tyee: BC ag minister Don McRae is making an announcement about greenhouses and the carbon tax tmrw. Exception coming? #bcpoli #
RT @iglikaivanova: Concerned that winners & losers of #OAS change seem split along income lines in a way that widens income gap. #cdnpoli #
Unemployed young people a great economic threat | @armineyalnizyan http://t.co/dNvI3xog #cdnpoli #
Reading hurts brainz "@sherwinarnott: The National Post editors should read the Guardian FAQ on climate change http://t.co/q8K1QOFj #cdnpoli #
(Not)laughing potent GHG update. Fertilizer use responsible for increase in nitrous oxide in atmosphere http://t.co/BY30Gjgc #
RT @strategicthghts: Angus Reid poll: 14% of #bclib '09 voters now supporting #bcndp 33% switch 2 #bccp only 51% stick w/ #bclibs #bcpoli #
Federal Job Cuts: The Real Numbers by the @ccpa http://t.co/NYRgCYfD #bdgt12 and beyond. #cdnpoli #
RT @seanmoore80: The Assault on Statistics Canada Continues – http://t.co/keT8EDNr via @ccpa #WaronData #statscan #cdnpoli #
#Robocalls and the petrostate. Great article by Briony Penn, Victim one http://t.co/ujTtwuyK #elxnfraud # cdnpoli #
As I wait for a vaccine to prevent a hepatitis A outbreak, I appreciate the importance of a functioning public health infrastructure #
I heart #asbestos Why do some in this Quebec town want to continue to give people cancer? http://t.co/7v7BRYKq #
North Sea gas leak: 'Hellfighters' fly out to rig. http://t.co/yckuseV2 This comparison of oil/gas operations to "hell" is apt. #
Mulcair's first honeymoon poll http://t.co/RzA30YEo #cdnpoli #ndp via @308dotcom #
RT @dgardner: In this country, the evidentiary base on which policy is made is weak. And it will get weaker. http://t.co/RO2OnuZf #cdnpoli #
The wet dog smell in my office this morning is me #yyj wet and windy #
B.C. lawyers withdraw duty counsel service, citing gross underfunding http://t.co/4aEoryNx #bcpoli #FAIL #
Independent agencies go off message RT @natnewswatch: Rights And Democracy: Tories Killing Mulroney-Era Agency http://t.co/5LrGKu6N #cdnpoli #
The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services http://t.co/rmWWLwKU Via @EHPOnline Does monetizing help or hurt? #
Energy group CAPP successfully lobbied Ottawa to delay #climate and pollution rules http://t.co/lQDYZ9Il #cdnpoli #
RT @heiltsukvoice: #Heiltsuk community is gathering as #JRP hearings are finally set to commence. No apology yet for 1.5 days of delay. #NGP #
While RBC tax cheats RT @uvicnews: Credit Union donates $1 million for co-operative outreach http://t.co/NicQITou #uvic #moveyourmoney #
While RBC tax fudges RT @uvicnews: Credit Union donates $1 million for co-operative outreach http://t.co/NicQITou #uvic #moveyourmoney #
You mention oil tankers to a BC resident, opposition to the #Enbridge #NGP shoots up #oilsands #bcpoli http://t.co/e65Cazfb #
And… four more sleeps #helpingTraceymove RT @crosseyedstitch: Four more sleeps! #moving #
RT @softgrasswalker: Speaking of tankers, have you seen the blogposts here about tanker safety not being ensured?: http://t.co/jXLzPKCM #
RT @bcferrys: MV Spirit of #TarSands is delayed in Bella Bella. via @rwpickard. Follow @heiltsukvoice for updates from #Heitsuk at #JRP #
#android hipsters take note. RT @instagram: Instagram for Android — Available Now. http://t.co/t4QPBRb5 #
RT @ccpa: @MarcLeeCCPA says that the federal #budget2012 screws the planet for short-term profits: http://t.co/u50ZvbwK #cdnpoli #bdgt12 #
RT @noaaoceantoday: >3,000 dolphins wash up dead on north shores of Peru – seismic surveys by oil companies suspected. http://t.co/vcMmTVW8 #
What Does India's Poverty Line Actually Measure? http://t.co/lk6st86v #
Arctic warming is altering weather patterns, study shows. http://t.co/1OMVi4W8 #climate #
RT @bradplumer: My story on how Detroit automakers are finally figuring out how to make smaller, fuel-efficient cars: http://t.co/Rb4X4GYS #
RT @dave_eby: Stunning new allegations of workplace sex harassment at missing women's commission: http://t.co/0vwjVv4q #mwci #bcpoli #
If you keep publishing reports in pdf, people will keep printing them, so, if you want people to read on a screen, use a different format! #
RT @susandelacourt: "The control master of all time was misled," @bobraeMP says of #F35s saying all Harper had to do was google. #cdnpoli #
Of Janitors and Job Creators http://t.co/PQ6feCFR A great post by @NYTimesKrugman #
#bclibs not talking about what the federal #cpc crime bill is going to cost the province: @bcndp http://t.co/MIHkVPOy #bcpoli #
Wow. Quebec bans any #fracking pending studies http://t.co/keHUP3ME #
Rising CO2 levels linked to global warming during last deglaciation http://t.co/ZM9kXtmk Lather, rinse, repeat. #climate #
What a terrible idea. Delta farmland optioned to industrial group http://t.co/2VXQ44wm #ALR #bcpoli #
RT @dave_eby: Just me? Or is Commissioner of the #mwci continually surprised? First boycott, then Gervais, now this. http://t.co/v0OBElqv #
On cue, the carbon tax exemptions to sectors start happening, greenhouses first http://t.co/VpFHAWrC #bcpoli via @a_macleod_tyee #
RT @mornaballantyne: Think raising age for #OAS is ok because people live longer? Actually only the rich do. http://t.co/X1vnTin9 #cdnpoli #
RT @harrisdecima: New H/D-CP Poll – Conservatives and #NDP Neck and Neck http://t.co/oHY8B0ts #cdnpoli #
RT @trapdinawrpool: Liberal MP tables motion to investigate AG's findings that government hid F-35 costs http://t.co/aQu7XQED #cdnpoli #
Why it should be illegal to speculate using financial derivatives: @slate http://t.co/Wwi4NTkF #
MT @ggreenwald: This E.O. Wilson essay on human desire for tribalism explains much about many things, esp. political: http://t.co/uZBTFqEk #
Carrier bag charge: Plastic grocery bag use in Wales cut up to 90 percent after five penny charge http://t.co/Q4jLpDsI #
RT @arzeena: Survey shows cross-party support for cosmetic #pesticide ban in BC http://t.co/PAN5Ep2D #bcpoli #
RT @Ryan_Hobson: Ontario leads the country in job creation with 46,000 new jobs, unemployment down to 7.2% #onpoli #CdnPoli #Ontario #
RT @nathancullen: I have the priviledge to second @mpcharmaineborg 's Motion M-352 to #SaveKatimavik funding. Together we can #cdnpoli #
RT @dpan: There's a Mac virus going around. IMPORTANT
1) Quit browsers
2) Run software update
3) Run Java for OSX 2012-001 update
4) Be fine #
Cool. #yyj charged up over program funding electric-car charging stations http://t.co/rJ2BYo9v via @timescolonist #
.@andrew_leach has some good questions for #abvote http://t.co/sb1ocvMz My favourite is on Alberta underwriting environmental costs. #
RT @r_garrison: Sometime between 1230 and 130 2nd reading debate on my Gender Identity bill will begin. #ndp #cdnpoli http://t.co/uHKJFnvu #
RT @mikedesouza: #Tories block #NDP motion to summon #environmentca scientist – now working for #oilsands partnership – this week. #cdnpoli #
RT @kady: New Kadypost:"The executive" would have seen $25 billion F-35 cost estimate, AG tells committee http://t.co/LC4n0lox #cdnpoli #
RT @glen_mcgregor: CPC MP John Williamson quoting MLK "Free at last" to mark end of long-gun registration in Question Period. Okay #cdnpoli #
RT @geoffdembicki: Eco-Policies of Alberta's Next Government? Exhaust bitumen as fast as possible http://t.co/vb62Y9lq via @TheTyee #abvote #
Cabinet knew F-35's $25 billion costs when they said it was 14.7 Billion, says AG http://t.co/hQ01RFEw #cdnpoli #
RT @climatekeith: BC Residents Oppose Enbridge Proposal to Transport Crude thru Inside Coastal Waters http://t.co/gPGJ6ixD #NGP #bcpoli #
RT @acoyne: Certainly it suggests one reason why the government was so determined not to let Parliament see the documents. #cdnpoli #F35 #
RT @wicary: We’re all suckers when a government bets on casinos, @franceswoolley writes. http://t.co/RlbOEZi3 #cdnpoli #
Subsidies 101: A guide to corporate handouts, and why we shouldn’t stand for them http://t.co/OILXVcdD by @billMcKibben #
RT @bc_transit: #yyj Victoria Transit will operate its Sunday service sched tomorrow and Saturday sched on April 9. Details: 250.382.6161 #
via @avnishnanda: Citizenship Officer wrongly denies man Canadian citizenship for mouthing oath. http://t.co/q6NMH66e #cdnpoli #
RT @bcgeu: BCGEU endorses three candidates for the @Vancity Board of Directors. Voting on now for Vancity members – http://t.co/tsqnzCpO #
RT @Eric_Doherty: Save Canada's Environmental Laws http://t.co/6kqAvrc4 via @EnvLawsMatter #cdnpoli #
Town of Sidney Moves Quickly to Contain Oil Spill in Migratory Bird Sanctuary http://t.co/vwHNSvYH #yyj #
Must say, a day of using @swiftkey is making my phone typing a lot easier. #
More about Kinder Morgan than you ever wanted to know. http://t.co/uwD99RTU #
Is this socialist or communist? RT @wicary: Fair trade, sustainable development top Mulcair’s economic agenda. http://t.co/I4F5QWI3 #cdnpoli #
#FF to @CPRBlog for following Cass Sunstein's corporate friendly rewriting of environment and labor laws on behalf of Obama #
RT @jayrosen_nyu: If you hide your politics, then we can trust you. If you declare your politics, how can we trust you? http://t.co/6QysWlyT #
Shale shocked: USGS links ‘remarkable increase’ in earthquakes to #fracking http://t.co/6C5wg1dn via @grist #
The future is green, not black. Thomas Homer-Dixon on #Ontario and focus on the future, not on fossils http://t.co/386kafi2 #
Anti-poor RT @oakbayboy: Harper cuts internet access program, because an educated public is a voting public http://t.co/m8IDiBcw #cdnpoli #
Swan Lake is a #yyj treasure http://t.co/RN3JcLve #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-04-01

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Apr 012012

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 #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-25

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Mar 252012

What Isn’t for Sale? Market thinking so permeates our lives http://t.co/aRFGSFai #
Campaigning as an anti-intellectual reflects poorly on the #LPC and Grant Gordon http://t.co/GPs53BJV #tordan #cdnpoli h/t @redaloud #
Dear @bell_support. When is the Samsung Galaxy S2 getting android ice cream sandwich? Available in Europe now #
NDP closes gap on conservatives in British Columbia: Polls http://t.co/0khwYFHT via @308dotcom #cdnpoli #
Great job of tallying and examining the electoral fraud #robocalls @unfuckwithableca http://t.co/XTyMUQoO #robocon #cdnpoli #
Great job of tallying and examining the electoral fraud #robocalls @unfuckwithabIe http://t.co/XTyMUQoO #robocon #cdnpoli #
E.J Graff writes eloquently about the complexity of Tyler Clementi's story @TheProspect http://t.co/12ZT7KZF #
But doesn't answer! "@Canada2020: Eugene Lang asks why the timing is never right for action on climate: http://t.co/DEuk0ge9 #cdnpoli #
A police chief calls a bunch of drunk kids rioting "the worst case of civil disobedience" http://t.co/sYuBXap3 Gandhi weeps #
"@chrismooney_ Got Framing? Why Scientists Must Pay Attention to Communication Science, and Not Just as an Afterthought http://t.co/fW1LZfgj #
RT @boraz: How to: Track down journal articles cited in news stories (when they don’t link directly) http://t.co/3zHSdBPf by @bonnieswoger #
Read the post RT @mattyglesias: All too often, improved public services lead to gentrification and displacement: http://t.co/j7vKR9MH #
Wait, @inklesspw, nice article, and I like @NathanCullen, but Jamie Heath is not thinking for himself, he's Cullen's campaign manager!! #
RT @inklesspw: Jamey Heath thinks for himself, which is always welcome. Here he is on the NDP leadership race. http://t.co/sbSBmdfN #
After inclusion of rapidly warming Arctic RT @seanmoore80: 2010 replaces 1998 as the warmest year on record.
http://t.co/qjGlj5RC #
Science news cycle #FAIL corrected by @drgrist: My new post: Does cap-and-trade produce technological innovation? http://t.co/lTbtmu6Y #
Wish @DeanBaker13 was more influential period RT @drgrist: +1 RT @ModeledBehavior: I wish Dean Baker was a more influential liberal #
No such thing. RT @marcleeccpa: Globe article on freak winter temperatures in Canada fails to mention climate change http://t.co/RUZwA6Wm #
hee! RT @dylansherlock: Yep, this isn't that bad… http://t.co/gm1FHWYA #ndpldr #
"I'm not racist and some of my friends are from different cultural backgrounds." http://t.co/LJW7FoxJ #textbook #racism #
There is a @NotRacistBot on twitter, my life is a little more complete than it used to be #
Yep "@ericmjohnson: Been reading The Spirit Level by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett on the tube. Highly recommended http://t.co/3V5VRfyT #
RT @commonsensecdn: Fisheries Act amendments would be an attack on Salmon: @WCELaw http://t.co/1RUtD9W4 #cdnpoli #DFO #
RT @uvicsjs: Social Justice & the Media • Sun Mar 25 1-5pm Legacy Art Gallery 630 Yates • Sign-up: http://t.co/KCF1OvLK #yyj #
This tweet could be misconstrued, especially in a crowded building RT @cmathen: Power panel is on fire today! #
#robocon robot? RT @davidnoble: Curious twist in the #robocalls drama: Key Racknine employee doesn't exist. http://t.co/rIHNBuo5 #cdnpoli #
RT @RazzleM: And most women! RT @iancapstick: NDP now have the largest LGBTQ caucus, well… ever. Congrats Craig Scott. #canqueer #cdnpoli #
Solar Grid Parity in North Carolina (New Study) http://t.co/UWdXIa2s via @cleantechnica #
Canada's #F35 bid process ‘hijacked’ by DND, enabled by the #Cpc conservatives: @IvisonJ http://t.co/eAQZK2sp #cdnpoli #
Canada's green party lists all "unsolved" #elxnfraud issues dating back to 2005 http://t.co/CKMVqIvC #robocalls #cdnpoli #
#BCNDP continues to hold wide lead 42-31 (Libs) 14(Cons) http://t.co/VWOhCoJY #bcpoli #
"@avnishnanda France reels from what appears to be race based violent rampage, Sarkozy's racial culture war under focus http://t.co/UQpIXB0Y #
.@bell_mobility Thanks, it's frustrating to have a great device that's multiple generations of software behind, it doesn't reflect well #
RT @drgrist: To all those outraged by Mike Daisey: an influential member of Congress is telling even bigger lies today. http://t.co/TAPWW8Hk #
Harper’s fallback plan: Yell at the ref, says @dgardner on #elxnfraud and #robocalls http://t.co/kcDyGUpP #cdnpoli #
Typical. RT @wicary: Tories rejected advice to reserve back-to-work orders for ‘extreme’ cases. http://t.co/vouqX4XZ #cdnpoli #
RT @tara_paterson: #UVic survery about the sale of bottled water on campus! It will take less than a minute #yyj #uvss https://t.co/sxXolFbY #
Will read this soon, from the VTPI RT @marcleeccpa: A New Social Equity Agenda For Sustainable Transportation, http://t.co/7x1z8JDP #
India's "shining" new development has greatly exacerbated inequality while modestly reducing poverty http://t.co/aHHLlw9p #
When microloans were corporatized, they failed. Media response: Microloans Suck!! http://t.co/9Q12xAzO via @dougsaunders #
TH=hought you might like this article @vicmicrolending http://t.co/jAzNwGsx – Don’t blame microcredit – blame its distortion #
RT @dgardner: Q: What's the average sentence given child sex offenders? If you don't know, what's your answer based on? http://t.co/OHHK9qRm #
Oil Under Our Noses – http://t.co/rMWD1G4u Man, one editorial, so many logical errors, amazing. #
RT @nytindia: Why Has India Become the World's Top Arms Buyer? http://t.co/X98At8us @HariNYT reports #
FACT CHECK: Does more US drilling ease gas pump pain? Math, history show that hasn’t happened http://t.co/ovm8p1FX #
Is it effective for journalists to do fact check articles when they continue to quote people lying to them without correction? #
India must implement food security law despite flaws: Amartya Sen – The Eco http://t.co/OkRP01UY #
Enbridge Pipe Dreams and Nightmares, a new report by @ccpa. http://t.co/2T6zUQ7X #tarsands #oilsands #bcpoli #cdnpoli #
RT @MarcLeeCCPA: I'm up on CBC radio Prince George at 7:40, Kelowna at 7:50, Victoria at 8. All on new Enbridge rpt http://t.co/Abf39920 #
RT @fiverupees: India eyes Pakistan for access to Afghan mine bonanza http://t.co/eciGSeIS #
Fabulous @tomphilpott article about Vimala; restaurateur, food activist, chef, friend! http://t.co/jYQyJzWn (from 2010) #
This @globeandmail article is a press release from UK's conservative party, incl. headline, massive #FAIL http://t.co/Zq6LW9WW #
Here's the real take from a conservative, Clive Crook on the utter failure of UK's "austerity" conservatives http://t.co/Nqsj7MH1 #
As always, data trumps theory, capital gains tax cuts do not stimulate growth http://t.co/Uyd4kx8n via @ezraklein #
Via @lacouvee: New food truck in downtown Victoria, the @Hungry_Rooster – Perogies and more, keep the them coming! http://t.co/si0La3cT #yyj #
Logical… RT @democracyreform: The Most Logical Structure for NDP-LPC Cooperation http://t.co/xcRVn0PG #demreform #cdnpoli #
Next time you see someone quoting a physicist #climate denier, send them to SMBC-Comics http://t.co/erG618pE #
RT @justinpjtrudeau: What is Harper so afraid of? What are the Tories trying to distract us from? A reminder: http://t.co/0SicvKM4 #cdnpoli #
Expect Media Corruption To Get Worse, Not Better, says @mattyglesias of @slate http://t.co/ZmFzTbBX #
"@billmckibben: Know I'm a little obsessed with this heat wave-but it's not just off the charts, it's off the wall the charts are tacked to #
Canada's Clean Energy Manufacturers Spared from Rising Petro-Dollar Job Losses: @InsideClimate http://t.co/yQtBqdan #
People who defend free markets should also explain why they are only occasionally observed: Credit card edition http://t.co/tdlgDSnB #
Hey, check out @nsoumya workshop "Race BIngo" http://t.co/tCwnUTtg at #uvic #m21 today 4PM, and special musical guests! #yyj #
Below 40% of the Unemployed Get EI – Erin Weir writing @ccpa http://t.co/Z88izaRE #cdnpoli #FAIL #
Failed #CPC candidates on taxpayer dime RT @globeandmail: The 'shadow MP,' his salary and pub stop with Harper http://t.co/rPzhLrBt #cdnpoli #
So proud RT @thehill: Obama: We've added enough pipeline 'to encircle Earth and then some' http://t.co/9vzll4mD #Keystone #KXL #Obama #oil #
India’s Wind Energy Potential 30 Times Greater Than Believed, Study says http://t.co/H2M6TtBm #
My Samsung galaxy s2 is on android 2.3.3. The latest update is 4.0. This is an inexcusable #fail on @bell_mobility #
Hard to comprehend how extreme the current weather in most of the American continent is this year http://t.co/2nUrxP6e #climate #
RT @susandelacourt: Does indeed look like Paradis is the *2nd* minister to be in breach of the conflict act: http://t.co/DodtWdmT #cdnpoli #
RT @can_ada: Alberta colleges, universities made illegal donations to Conservatives. #abpoli #cdnpoli http://t.co/2TMUhREr #
India votes for resolution censuring Sri Lanka for human rights violations against Tamils http://t.co/T3jbBLnF #
RT @armineyalnizyan: Inequality is jeopardizing Cdn prosperity: Martin Prosperity Institute http://t.co/rrUlmjMq #cdnpoli #
On covert weakening of Canada's env. laws RT @ecojustice_ca: Great article by former ED, Dr. David Boyd http://t.co/V7KbMZyJ #cdnpoli #
So, what percentage of #tarsands revenue go to the public? http://t.co/VAROwjHD @ParklandInst investigates #cdnpoli #oilsands #
#twitter keeps unfollowing people randomly, which is irritating… #
RT @harshawalia: One of largest demos in Cndn history. 250K Montreal students against tuition hikes, austerity http://t.co/NwcBI3Fx #cdnpoli #
See this from @NYTimeskrugman http://t.co/gx8EYiyO and banish anyone who says "austerity" or "tightening belts' from public discourse #
RT @green_uvic: Tonight: Panel discussion on tankers & pipelines with @Elizabethmay and others, 7 PM, David Lam, MAC building #yyj #
The brainwashing of conservative economic dogma is so evident in this article on the NDP http://t.co/pfvN7hvI #cdnpoli #
The incredible corruption that results from patent based drug "markets" is evident here http://t.co/kG0RlfSY #aricept #
Nice link, good choice! RT @la_cornish: Why I didn't go into aid work but decided to focus on climate policy in Canada: http://t.co/XfXPq01D #
RT @AlexatFWW: Depressing. Fracking fluid soaks Ohio: http://t.co/tBlqq11F <oil/gas companies injected 511m gallons into Ohio wells in '11 #
RT @ProPublica: TV stations have a bounty of public data on political ads. They won't put it online. So we'll do it http://t.co/r3d23LoS #
Rights mean little w/o the power to enforce RT @thejives: Do island nations have rights when sea levels rise? http://t.co/4rWX97MV #DeepSN quot; #
Incredible that this story by Louise Dickson in the @timescolonist does not mention fetal alcohol syndrome http://t.co/xmvtPeyM #
Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim Will Lead The World Bank http://t.co/Xoy6efXg A public health practitioner, good. #
RT @la_cornish: Canadians trust #NDP to govern, poll finds http://t.co/RQeVcMQN via @globeandmail #cdnpoli #
.@thejives But rights based language is also very important, so establishing the right is a good first step… #
Waves to the many friends at the #ndpldr convention, be good, folks, and have fun! #
RT @victoriadra: Victoria Regional Transit Commission + extra 5,000 hours bus service = fewer riders left behind. #yyj http://t.co/MMpTEWc0 #
RT @esooze: There were 200k students in the street in Montreal. That's like twice the population of the CBRM. Amazing. #cfsfcee #
How to get data from the US Federal Reserve economics super database FRED! http://t.co/Ui0l7PYY #OpenData #
I would pay $$ for a course on the world's data systems and how to work them #OpenData any online courses around? #
RT @q_e_d: Lisa Raitt asks the RCMP to "arrest these animals" after Air Canada workers slow clap: http://t.co/fq9KiHzw #wildcat #cdnpoli #
The pros and cons of having a doctor run the World Bank http://t.co/QTgjrCiJ @bradplumer Public health is VERY different from medicine! #
+10^9 RT @drgrist: The tone of some energy debates makes more sense if you substitute "manly" for "baseload" and "girly" for "intermittent." #
Subsidies for Oil/Gas, not for Film. Simon Enoch of the @CCPA nails selective marketitis http://t.co/9R0nHUpU #
RT @alexsteffen: Way developed world is built now is unsustainable, period. There is 0% chance we can leave as is, just swap energy sources. #
The Parable of the Prius. http://t.co/EelxyKUX Always like reading posts like this one by @marcleeCCPA at the Xn of personal and policy #
Woah! FDA must act to remove antibiotics from animal feed: judge. http://t.co/wum4RYTp #
RT @susandelacourt: Hey @CBC, what's with all the boys on big-thoughts panel and all the girls on floor working? #its2012 #ndpldr #cdnpoli #
Reminding #ndpldr members that if they haven't voted, they can still vote in round 2, c'mon, 50%, pick it up! #cdnpoli #
RT @alvinsingh: On the convention floor, hearing from many Dewar and Niki supporters that they're moving to Brian Topp. Makes sense. #NDPldr #
RT @susannakelley: pat martin says in total #'s more ppl voted on first ballot than in any ldrship convention ballot in cdn history #NDPldr #
RT @cupeceta: Problems voting online? Faster in French try it! #ndpldr #
RT @globepolitics: Live: NDP says it may have been hit with denial of service attack that slowed down vote http://t.co/0mJ1n9O5 #ndpldr #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-03-18

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Mar 182012

Northeast US #RGGI Cap-n-Trade Program to Tighten Caps due to success – @CleanTechnica http://t.co/YBMxIstS #
At the rally against election fraud. Join us! #yyj #robocalls #robocon http://t.co/B89q4m9R #
200+ at Victoria rally against election fraud #robocalls #robocon #cdnpoli #
RT @HockeyOpera: @lorene1voice @uvicsjs @oliveridley I thought it was more like 400! That was me with upside down flag and loud voice #
Hundreds attend Victoria rally to denounce election fraud http://t.co/qhmO66W8 #tobocon #cdnpoli via @timescolonist #yyj #
Wow. Crazy start to leap forward work week. It is stormy out here. Check @bc_ferries for cancels #yyj #
RT @cfax1070: 7am and 9am @bc_ferries sailings between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen cancelled both ways due to wind storm. #yyj #wind #
Santorum repetition of extremist views shifts the debate, says lakoff. http://t.co/flrClxym via @huffingtonpost and @jayrosen_nyu #
Okay. RT @mandyleith @gletham: I wish victoria #yyj could align w/ the rest of the planet & adopt "wx" hashtag for weather tweets eg. #yyjwx #
Rebuilding land destroyed by #oilsands may not restore it: Researchers #tarsands http://t.co/anEf2K5H #
Study: Even a small temperature increase will obliterate Greenland ice cap http://t.co/J5LeKb3U via @grist #
RT @ipsosnewspolls: Full Majority (75%) Supports Independent Judicial Inquiry into election fraud http://t.co/C1J7t7aa #cdnpoli #Robocalls #
RT @mikehudema: In Alberta no separation between oil & state: AB, Ottawa, oil lobby formed secret committee: http://t.co/dNGYsxzt #tarsands #
RT @drgrist: This story on electric cars reminds me: we overestimate short-term change & underestimate long-term change http://t.co/1kNF421W #
MT @GwenBarlee: Repeated fish kills at Indep Power Projs revealed by @Wildernews and @VancouverSun. http://t.co/74AxmI7R #bcpoli #bcrivers #
Yep. @ccpa rocks. RT @janniaragon: Just going to say that I like most of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative's papers. #cdnpoli #
RT @askessler: My new study of #robocalls effect on turnout: significant negative effect http://t.co/r5nnTDKK #cdnpoli #robocon #
RT @askessler: Regarding my study of significant voter suppression of #robocalls http://t.co/7yrLi5Gb. Effect > 1,000 votes in avr riding. #
RT @gvcc: Safely cyling through roundabouts http://t.co/eyknaL2Q #yyjbike #
RT @georgiastraitbc: RT @CBCQuirks: #Oilsands mining carves up carbon sinks – U of Alberta research http://t.co/SiclEPjW #climate #oilsands #
RT @jenditchburn: One Ontario woman's story about getting a misleading #robocall on Election Day. http://t.co/SKxerrGm #cdnpoli #robocon #
My hat intact. RT @cbcsmart: No wonder I was having trouble keeping my hat on this morning, peak #yyj wind gust 111 kph Trial Island. #yyjwx #
MT @iglikaivanova: Bank of Canada calls for control of free markets, less income #inequality to boost economy. http://t.co/t2YXN4Du #cdnpoli #
RT @gernotwagner: South Africa gets into the game of putting a price on carbon http://t.co/KbNFPdOe #climate #
RT @ghoberg: Ugh. Feds discreet about foreign funding of climate skeptics: http://t.co/aqniwt4c by @mikedesouza #cdnpoli #IOKIYAC #
Afghanistan Massacre: Unstable Soldiers, Untreated Brain Injuries, PTSD http://t.co/99D8FeCA #
Mysterious hog farm explosions stump scientists. More factory farm goodness http://t.co/vUnoMELp via @arstechnica #
Cloudy in Victoria, sunny in Sidney RT @rod_phillips: Snowing in Colwood!!! What? #yyjwx #
RT @mikedesouza: @MeganLeslieMP says tories quote themselves and shut down committtee review of #ceaa without adequate research #cdnpoli #
RT @climateprogress: Medellin’s Amazing Metro System: Colombia Uses Public Transport To Drive Societal Change http://t.co/QPhI3M9J #
RT @mikedesouza: "They're aiming at approving projects without reviewing the envronmental assessments," says @ElizabethMay #ceaa #cdnpoli #
RT @ghoberg: [post] Can University Campuses Become Nodes of a More Formidable #Climate Movement? http://t.co/enFOOGTy #climatehawk #
RT @softgrasswalker: Fox News’s Attacks on Climate Science Now Include The Denial of Basic Physics http://t.co/QoppFrx5 : @chrismooney_ #
RT @mikedesouza: @ElizabethMay sorry, there was a typo in that quote. last word should be "impacts." #ceaa #cdnpoli http://t.co/zAU9GXb1 #
RT @350: New study confirms that there is no way to repair the damage that #tarsands mining does to land, water: http://t.co/HWUS6lvR #noKXL #
Yes, and schools pay as well. RT @geoffdembicki: Is BC Paying Too Much for Carbon Offsets? http://t.co/OuEJCfcs via @TheTyee #bcpoli #
When you steal a billion dollars, you most likely get away with it #MFGlobal http://t.co/Z6RXu87F #
RT @victorianews: CFB Esquimalt Blue Boat commuters worry about joining Colwood Crawl: Region's mayors concerned http://t.co/s5uqlr59 #yyj #
Greece on the breadline: the children of Athens too hungry to do PE #austerity via @guardiannews http://t.co/DSLy6WEq #
Via @mikedesouza: Opposition concerned about plan to "modernize" environmental reviews: http://t.co/8npqAaeZ #cdnpoli #environment #CEAA #
RT @adam_stirling: Who has the lowest approval ratings of any participant in the #BCTF dispute? Christy Clark. #bcpoli http://t.co/GQk9TJk5 #
Interesting poll results, @Adam_Stirling But Christy Clark is a main player, she's the premier, it's her responsibility to resolve dispute #
Env. assessments of projects in First Nations lands gutted after cmte heard from FNs for 10 mins http://t.co/eAs4ree9 #cdnpoli #
Sweet RT @janniaragon: I so love this! Thanks for sharing. RT @SaraLang: Tumblr of the day: http://t.co/0tln1gIX (h/t @lauraolin) #
RT @ipsosnewspolls: Full Majority (75%) Supports Independent Judicial Inquiry into #Robocalls http://t.co/C1J7t7aa #cdnpoli #
+1 "@benwest Y'all should vote for @ClaytonIEN He's nominated for the @globalexchange 10th Annual Human Rights Award http://t.co/qOgKo8qL #
Every Murakami novel ever, a graphical analysis http://t.co/tH41nYf4 #
"@jayrosen_nyu: Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs. By Greg Smith, executive director of the firm. http://t.co/URgU71td Absolutely devastating #
RT @bobmackin: Telus competitors accuse B.C. govt of unfair tendering, violating trade pacts. Billion $ botch? http://t.co/IU9Su2w6 #bcpoli #
.@sherwinarnott makes the best crepes ever, especially early in the morning… #
RT @gernotwagner: Nobel economists urge Obama to back EU carbon limits http://t.co/0C5SXAEK aka "Nobel economists understand economics" #
RT @ericmjohnson: Australian government approves a bill that makes aboriginal land a nuclear dumping ground http://t.co/Pr8Tdm7S #indigenous #
The Human Cost of Animal Suffering -Mark @bittman http://t.co/yTbbDkAG #
RT @kimnayyer: "Fraud is fraud whether or not it has the intended results." #cdnpoli @OttawaCitizen http://t.co/Dtzn1Jse #robocon #robocalls #
RT @anthonyfloyd: I refuse to acknowledge meaningless coincidences of improper date formatting. #14032012 #notpiday #
Top ten media failures in the Iran war debate | Stephen M. Walt http://t.co/HxPzRn8I #11 Israel has 400 nukes. #
Good for them. RT @fiverupees: Wow, McAfee backs out of the Pakistan firewall reckoning. Keep spreading this petition http://t.co/oHYB3WiV. #
RT @golderassociate: British Columbia's #CleanTech sector key to growing exports to Asia. Report to be released today at #GLOBE2012 #bcpoli #
US wins extradition of college kid from England over copyright infringement?? http://t.co/LMwlWjFl at @arstechnica via @jordan_keats #
But also less necessary to recall… RT @dgardner: Is it harder to recall what we read in an e-book? http://t.co/Ccydcb45 #
RT @emilybazelon: Expert skewering of the Goldman Sachs dude: Why I am Leaving the Empire http://t.co/u61F26mI via @fmanjoo #
RT @lisahelps: @timescolonist today: Federal funding for E&N could be coming, MPs say http://t.co/GbkpNTHr #rail #yyj #
RT @mgeist: RT @IvisonJ: Tories lift foreign ownership limits on small telecom players; guarantee prime spectrum for new entrants like Wind. #
RT @libartsandminds: Jeeezus. Toews just used the term 'state broadcaster' for #CBC while presenting to the Senate. #cdnpoli #
"@susandelacourt Congrats to @timescolonist @katiemderosa, winner of first Jim Travers fellowship in foreign corresponding. #cdnpoli #yyj #
Words fail me… RT @adam_stirling: Wait, the government's plan to ship people on welfare to northern BC is actually real? #bcpoli #
Unlikely that election fraud could have been carried out by one person: #cpc source http://t.co/dyBP8Vt4 #cdnpoli #robocon #
Republicans in US senate may oppose violence against women Act because it helps immigrants, same-sex couples http://t.co/oOeowJvh #
RT @mgeist: Bland over Bold: My take on the government's new telecom and spectrum policy http://t.co/qf9UOSsY #cdnpoli #
The @CCPA releases Alternative Federal Budget 2012: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives http://t.co/AVrQ6RMs #cdnpoli #
Science Educators Troubled by Heartland's #Climate "debate" Curriculum @InsideClimate http://t.co/eHNrwBfQ #
Low doses, big effects: Scientists seek 'fundamental changes' in testing, regulation of hormone-like chemicals http://t.co/9a34xnBb #
RT @wicary: Misleading #robocalls went to voters ID'd as non-Tories, @CBCTerry reports. http://t.co/omEG2Dlx #cdnpoli #robocon #
NPR Tackles 'False Equivalence' and is going to limit 'he said-she said' journalism, good. http://t.co/GxmtDhOY #media #
Heartland Institute is looking at 'every place' in grades K-12 for #climate "debate" propaganda http://t.co/1M4AE9sw #
RT @theturner: One of those things you can't overstate: Germany, vast majority north of 49th parallel, has 2 Albertas worth of solar power. #
RT @first_power: Truth = Canada acted with brutality, Reconciliation = we can come together to heal this, it is all of our work to heal this #
IMF economist: Crisis begins with #inequality An Interview with Michael Kumhof http://t.co/EPUwar5Z #
RT @cfhorgan: Robocalls revelations warrant "f-king huge investigation,' says former Harper PMO chief of staff http://t.co/KYNlWkVp #cdnpoli #
RT @democracyreform: #Robocon Was there a conspiracy and who conspired? The wide net of the law http://t.co/LaPstFqc #demreform #cdnpoli #
RT @askessler: @NytimesKrugman on Why Giving Oil Companies Free Reign Will Not Fix The (US) Economy. http://t.co/4QUaE3Z0 #fracking #cdnpoli #
Healing ozone layer lowers UV exposure, report finds. http://t.co/lQkYgOw2 Montreal protocol FTW, global action works. #
The WHO warns on antibiotics concerns, tags market failures in drug development, but avoids livestock overuse. http://t.co/LHZ3lCPS #
University of Minnessota and Iowa State Study ties GMO corn, soybeans to butterfly losses. http://t.co/lHUlpIiQ #

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