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Ezra Levant on Ché: Commies Aren’t Cool
June 13, 2012 — xanthippaEspaña; te mereces más
June 13, 2012 — xanthippaEzra Levant on ‘Section 13’ and Richard Warman
June 13, 2012 — xanthippaAnti-Piracy Patent Stops Students From Sharing Textbooks
June 10, 2012 — xanthippaIf you went to University or College before electronic textbooks were a reality, chances are you bought at least some of your textbooks second-hand – or, perhaps, sold the ones you were done with in order to buy new ones. Textbooks are hundreds of dollars!
One could understand that: with a small target audience, the printing setup costs would drive the prices of individual books sky high!
Electronic textbooks are an excellent way to make education more accessible. Everyone should be happy about that!!!
‘The result is less money for publishers, and fewer opportunities for professors like himself[Joseph Henry Vogel] to get published. With Vogel’s invention, however, this threat can be stopped.
The idea is simple. As part of a course, students will have to participate in a web-based discussion board, an activity which counts towards their final grade. To gain access to the board students need a special code, which they get by buying the associated textbook.
Students who don’t pay can’t participate in the course and therefore get a lower grade.’
In other words, when you register for the course, you only get access to part of it. To access the full course, you also have to buy the textbook. New.
Scum!!!
Daniel Hannan: Tax is not the answer
June 8, 2012 — xanthippaHe mentioned Regan and Thatcher and lowering taxes in ‘the big EU room’: I suspect that the only reason he did not get lynched by the socialists there is because the room was, as usual, almost empty!
Time for Canada to leave the UN
June 7, 2012 — xanthippaI know I’ve said this before, in many ways and in many posts but it is tome for Canada to de-fund and leave the UN altogether. Our membership in this organization filled with theocrats, dictators and other thugs lends it an unearned air of legitimacy and respectability.
Time to get out!
I’m glad that others have begun to speak up as well!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLpHdFP6NoA&feature=colike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFj8x_fI15A&feature=colike
Yes – ‘Section 13’ gets the ax!
June 7, 2012 — xanthippaFor those of you who are unaware of what ‘Section 13’ is: it is the ‘hate speech’ clause in Canada’s Human Rights Act which makes it illegal to say things which have the potential to offend somebody.
‘Section 13’ had been used to stifle free speech to the point where people were handed lifetime bans to even speak to friends about certain topics on which they did not hold ‘politically correct’ views.
‘Section 13’ – and how it was used to silence legitimate criticism – is a big reason why I had started this blog in the first place.
Now, the largest step towards ridding ourselves of this selective gag order has been taken:
‘Canada is freer today than it was yesterday.
The federal government has just voted to repeal Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act. While the bill still has to pass a Senate vote, Canadians likely now have permission to speak more freely.’
Awesome!
UPDATE: now, with video…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH9v-jqWGwQ&feature=colike
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