A Member Of The Major Media Is On To Something

Insufferable Twits 29 Comments

Inimitable Ibbitson of the Globe and Mail (more here earlier), assisted by pllster Darrell Bricker, sees the multicultural suburban and western light–and David Akin of Sun News approves:

Harper “Birthers” and other Laurentian media conspiracies
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Many (most?) members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery should read this book if only for Bricker’s demographic analysis which may help those of us in Ottawa understand some of the shifts in thought and temperament in the rest of the country. Mind you, I and my press gallery colleagues will also learn that Ibbitson and Bricker think very little of most of our employers and their Laurentian bias when it comes to the news.
Ibbitson (though he works for a paper that is among the most guilty in terms of providing false comfort for the Laurentian elites — anyone see the Globe’s A1 after Redford won her Alberta premiership?) and Bricker are scathing when it comes to the the hysterics of Harper’s mainstream media critics. Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin and Toronto Star columnist Heather Mallick get singled out but there is no shortage of what Ibbitson and Bricker call Laurentian media elites who “believe that any government outside its ideological or geographical frame of reference is not a legitimate government. Its policies are not simply wrong, but destructive. The suburban voters who have detached themselves from their former allies in city centers are deluded. The elections that brought such a government to power had to have been corrupted. The Conservative government is not misguided; it is evil. Stephen Harper is evil.”..

Bit of worm-turning by Mr Ibbitson, I’d say.

Why Is There Always A Big Screen TV?

We Are All Treaty People 21 Comments

Some litigants are more equal than others;

A judge urged De Beers Canada Monday to “think twice” before launching lawsuits against demonstrators who blockaded the ice road leading to the company’s Victor diamond mine.
Superior Court Judge Robert Riopelle gave the caution to De Beers lawyer Neal Smitheman when he asked about opportunities to determine costs and file for damages.

And somehow, he’ll remain on the bench.

We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans

Alternative Subsidy 2 Comments

Via WUWT;

…the latest research in mesoscale atmospheric modeling, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, suggests that the generating capacity of large-scale wind farms has been overestimated.
Each wind turbine creates behind it a “wind shadow” in which the air has been slowed down by drag on the turbine’s blades. The ideal wind farm strikes a balance, packing as many turbines onto the land as possible, while also spacing them enough to reduce the impact of these wind shadows. But as wind farms grow larger, they start to interact, and the regional-scale wind patterns matter more.
Keith’s research has shown that the generating capacity of very large wind power installations (larger than 100 square kilometers) may peak at between 0.5 and 1 watts per square meter. Previous estimates, which ignored the turbines’ slowing effect on the wind, had put that figure at between 2 and 7 watts per square meter.

They ignore a lot of stuff.

Section 13 Repeal ‘not a done deal’

Freespeechers 14 Comments

Catholic Register;

Senator Douglas Finley warns the passage of Bill C-304 to eliminate the anti-free speech Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act is “not a done deal.”
Conservative MP Brian Storseth’s private member’s bill to eliminate the vaguely worded Section 13 clause that deems communication “likely” to expose a protected group to hatred or contempt discrimination under the act passed the House of Commons last June. Finley, the Conservative senator who is shepherding the bill’s passage through the Senate, said many pundits assumed the fight had been won then, leaving “a false impression.” […]
Finley said he “would really like to see the passion warm up again, especially among those who are passionate against Section 13.”
Opponents of Bill C-304 “are rallying their side,” he said. “They know the battle’s not over with.”

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