Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has recently confirmed his support for the legalization, taxation and regulation of marijuana. This approach is fairly bold, and it is exactly the kind of leadership we, as Canadians, need. The reasons for legalization are extremely well-known, researched regularly for everything from intense policy discussions, to
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Voids and Spatter #nlpoli
Watch too many crime shows and after a while a few of the ideas start to sing into your skull. Take blood spatter for example. In some kinds of violent death, lots of blood will fly around. The drops leave a distinctive spray pattern that can tell you lots about
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Sammy Yatim and the Fatal Legacy of Stephen Harper
When I went by Dundas Square this evening after work, a march had already departed heading for the place where Sammy Yatim was killed. All that was left was a chalk memorial that the rain will soon wash away.But I will not easily forget what happened to that troubled teenager. Not only because
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Gone Fishin’
No posts today from me. Time for some long overdue moto-photo therapy. The moto part is my now 8-year old BMW R1200GS, “The Beast”: It is widely considered the best touring motorcycle ever. Not the most comfortable, the Hondas and Harleys, but by far the most capable. I bought this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Michael Geist outlines how Bill C-30 could have allowed for the U.S. NSA’s PRISM-like surveillance in Canada
Over 150,000 of you spoke up to stop the government’s online spying Bill C-30 – and here’s yet more proof that you were right. Privacy expert Michael Geist points out that Bill C-30 would have enabled PRISM-style blanket surveillance of innocent Canadian Internet users. By Michael Geist: As the revelations
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The long course of civilization
“With the collapse of totalitarian empires, we believed that living together, peace, pluralism, and human rights would gain the ascendancy and the world would leave behind holocausts, genocides, invasions, and wars of extermination. None of that has occurred. New forms … Continue reading →
Continue readingBuckdog: Right Wing ‘News/Talk’ Radio In Major Decline – Large US Radio Distributor Drops Rush Limbaugh And Others ….
The demise of a toxic, aggressive Right Wing radio talk show format appears to be on the decline in both the US and Canada … good news for the vast majority of us. “In what might be the biggest blow to Rush Limbaugh’s career as a radio personality as of yet,
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Toronto Cops Killed 18 Year Old Bus Passenger For Not Dropping His Swiss Army Knife
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Our police are out of control right across the country. The latest fatality 18 year old Sammy Yatim was the sole passenger on a Toronto bus. He apparently was holding a Swiss Army knife. Of course he should have dropped the knife after repeated demands but what
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6292…Dya Use Your Smart Phone During Sex?
As an aside, what is this sex thing everyone seems to be going on about?Rock 103, Memphis, drops the knowledge from University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio that if you feel compelled to use your cell phone during sex you may be addicted.MAY be addicted? In other ground breaking work
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: The Ontario Conservative Party’s Hail Mary #pcpo #onpoli
Yesterday, the Conservative Party of Ontario released copies of emails it obtained that showed that Ontario Liberal staffers wanted to pressure the Speaker of the legislature into reversing his decision requiring the release of documents pertaining to the “gas plant scandal” – to suggest using partisan leverage against a non-partisan
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6291…End Of The World Is Nigh
I am not sure what nigh means but it sounds scary. Kia Mennie, a real world and Facebook friend, saw this at The Garden Market in Smith’s Falls, Ontario. Yum E. WFDS
Continue readingPostArctica: Lisa Ross “After Night”
Having previously photographed ritual objects and burial sites of the Uyghur people of Western China in the series, Living Shrines, she has created a new series that documents the surprising number of beds to be found, apparently in the middle of nowhere, in the landscape outside of the Uyghur community.
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper government should stop wooing Verizon Communications: Union
The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada opposes the Harper government efforts to woo US telecom giant Verizon Communications “to take over Canada’s telecommunications.” The post Harper government should stop wooing Verizon Communications: Union appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Now that’s a cough suppressant!
This cough remedy contained codeine, chloroform and cannabis:
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: In Tuesday’s Sun: the next Conservative leader
HALIFAX – When a political party has been in power for a long time, and they are desperate to hold onto it, they will usually opt for something new — and something that is strikingly different from what they’ve had. So, the cerebral francophone Pierre Trudeau begat the WASPy jock
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: Why should CSIS have all the fun?
We learned recently that the policy framework which allows CSIS to trade in information that might be the result of torture, or might lead to torture, or both, was actually a collaborative effort involving several federal agencies and departments. Now we have confirmation that CSEC is playing by the same
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CBC: Is Verizon the "bogeyman" Big Telecom claim it is?
Not sure what the big hoopla is about Verizon entering Canada’s #wireless market? Here’s your 101. Article by Amber Hildebrandt for the CBC: Canada’s three big mobile-phone providers have been ramping up their campaign to sway public sentiment against the potential entry of U.S. telecom giant Verizon into the wireless
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Oh, How The U.S. Right Must Hate Him
If you’re not sure why, watch this short Noam Chomsky video, in which he shares his thoughts on Edward Snowden and American hypocrisy: Recommend this Post
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Cold Lake Spill: “There is No Control on this Incident,” says Energy Regulator
Canadian Natural Resource Limited (CNRL), the company responsible for a massive ongoing spill on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range southeast of Fort McMurray released a public notice last week claiming the release was “secured” and that “clean-up, recovery and reclamation activities are well under way.” Cara Tobin, Office of
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