h/t to Barbara for the screencap. (Now corrected. Heh.)
A CBC Survey Goes Horribly Wrong
In your opinion, how important is it for Canada to have a national public broadcaster like CBC/Radio-Canada? (h/t Mike In Calgary)
Two Months
Last week I celebrated two months cigarette free. It’s good thing. I’ve previously used drugs, patches, gum, and cold-turkey. Two months ago I ordered my e-Stick from Juicy (an E-Go style).
There isn’t anyone, anywhere that is going to tell me that e-cigs don’t help quit smoking or that it’s as bad for you as smoking.
There are four ingredients in e-cig juice. Propylene glycol (think asthma inhaler), and/or vegetable glycerine, artificial/natural colour and flavourings, and optionally nicotine.
The PG gives you the ‘throat hit’. The irritation on the back of your throat that you get from smoking is replicated with it. The VG adds a sweetness, a mild throat irritation and vapour. Flavour and nicotine is self-explanatory.
All of the above and hundreds more chemicals are in cigarettes or are a by-product of combustion. Vaping is a magnitude safer, by virtue of not inhaling the balance.
Honestly, I love it. I haven’t needed or wanted a cigarette since I started. At all. I’m on my second juice buy and dropped the nicotine level from 18mg to 12mg. I’ve bought from the aforementioned Juicy as well as Flavour Crafters and the local store, Vapor Jedi. Some flavours I like, some are too much. The next buy will go down one more level of nicotine.
I would be very angry at any level of gov’t that takes this quit tool away from me.
We Need 30 Volunteers
Indeed it could: Saskatoon’s first “Feminist Summer Camp” will involve much more than women talking about women’s rights. (h/t Rob H)
What Would We Do Without Peer Review?
Peer Review & Changing a Lightbulb: a Historian’s View
I Amuse Myself
.@sunlorrie Twitter has a feature that no other medium possesses – it enables the ideological bigots in journalism to self-identify.
— Katewerk (@katewerk) March 31, 2014
UPDATE – Pollspotting!
We Are All Treaty People
“After the Gormley event I was left in a state of confusion. I didn’t know how to feel about what I had experienced. I wasn’t sure if I was feeling like a coward or a warrior? If by being there was I being relentless or abiding? I found myself wondering if I was so desensitized not to lift a finger…Wondering have I allowed my colonized mind to get in the way of my passion for justice. All because of my patterned straying from over-sensitivity in a public setting.”
Note: Those who wish to engage their spirit passions (relentless or abiding) in the discussion should probably consult this page as a style guide.
Six Californias?
As Kate’s “O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas” posts frequently prove, California is an absolute mess, proof positive of an entirely corrupt and incompetent government. While “The Big One” may indeed come one day, tech investor Tim Draper has a much quicker solution: Break it up into 6 smaller states. He argues that this will create competition, which will in turn force governments to do a much better job.
Recently Draper sat down with Adam Carolla to discuss his initiative. Columnist Jeff Jacoby weighs in here. If you know someone in California, you can direct them to the Six Californias website.
Pollspotting
Trouble for Alberta’s first NDP premier; “Is all forgiven after Alison Redford repays $45,000 for South African trip?”
h/t marc in calgary
BUMPED FOR UPDATE: @Premier_Redford leaves PC caucus meeting Gov House in a hurry. She didn’t look happy.
#skpoli @PremierBradWall 's office confirms @Premier_Redford no longer coming for NWP meeting. @christyclarkbc will be here. #abpoli
— Stefani Langenegger (@SLangeneggerCBC) March 13, 2014
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Pollspotting! …hideous, noisy and not welcome near my community
A Bloggies Award Goes Horribly Wrong
Mischief is important.
Last year the Best Science or Technology Weblog category was dominated entirely by climate science blogs, and 4 of the 5 were skeptics. Not surprisingly Watts Up won for the third time (congrats to Anthony). Tellingly, Skeptical Science withdrew even though the skeptics vote would have been split. (I guess they know their traffic stats.)
This year, the bloggies has quietly announced “Best Science or Technology Weblog has been discontinued”. Ho hum? Have the organizers succumbed to political correctness for fear of letting skeptics win the award again? Seems so.
Now we could lodge a protest, or we could just nominate our favourite blogs for other categories…
The Canadian Invasion
Of the US is right on schedule.
I Amuse Myself
I neither confirm or deny my rumoured appointment to the Canadian Senate. @spaikin
— Katewerk (@katewerk) January 6, 2014
(Just getting ahead of the story).
A Person of the Year Poll Goes Horribly Wrong
Well it’s 40 below and I don’t give a f***, got a mask in my truck and it’s off to the rodeo..
You can cast a vote for Tuffy here.
h/t andycanuck
I Amuse Myself
Calling Dick Gozinya, Buster Hymen and Hugh G. Rection >> http://t.co/IJjmrZ5Y3P #byelxn41 #cdnpoli
— Katewerk (@katewerk) November 28, 2013
E. Jack U. Layton just sent his regards.
Poll Spotting
The Big Question.
Trouble, trouble, boil and bubble
In a direct challenge to the Prime Minister’s authority, Conservative MP Adam Afriyie said people did not trust David Cameron’s pledge to hold a vote on Europe in 2017.
Backed by Tory and Labour Eurosceptics, he is set to force a Commons vote on the issue in five weeks’ time.
And they laughed
“You say the president has threatened to veto the bill?” Rogers asked.
“No. He hasn’t threatened. He said he absolutely will veto,” McGovern responded.
“He’s drawn a red line, has he?”
“Yep,” McGovern answered.
And the room burst into laughter.
Hunting Season
It’s that time of year, again.
Whether you’re trap, bow, black-powder, shotgun, rifle or harpoon, good hunting everyone.
Via, @leonaaglukkaq
#StandWithCruz
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