You remember Bruce Carson, a [former] top adviser to PMSH? And, then there was that $90K cheque from PMSH’s right-hand man, Nigel Wright, to Mike Duffy… Well, now there’s Saulie Zajdel… you remember Saulie Zajdel, right? Saulie Zajdel was arrested this morning by Sûreté de Québec and faces five charges,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Why Canada Should be Wary of U.S. Missile Defence
There has been talk that Ottawa might jump aboard the U.S. missile defence programme out of fear of a rogue missile launch from North Korea. Before we do, let’s make sure it works. There are plenty of dirt cheap reasons to think otherwise. America’s hyper-expensive missile interceptors (does that sound
Continue readingThings Are Good: Organic Farming is Better than Factory Farming for Carbon Capture
It turns out that not only is eating organic food better for you than processed foods, growing organic food is better for everyone. Organic farms (and likely home gardens) are better at capturing and retaining carbon than farms that are focused on mass production. Last year, researchers reexamined all 74
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6152…Aislin Salutes Applebaum
And, presumably, all past and future mayors of Montreal. WFDS
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Canadian Medical Students Condemn Conservatives’ Refugee Health Cuts
The Canadian Federation of Medical Students (CFMS) and the Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ), condemn the federal government’s cuts to essential health services for refugees. This press release: OTTAWA, June 17, 2013 – On June 17th, 2013, National Day of Action Against Refugee Health Cuts, the Canadian Federation of Medical Students
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Beer and popcorn boy is heard from
I was up at the cabin all weekend, attending to more important matters. So I didn’t hear about Scott Reid’s attack on Jean Chretien in the Ottawa Citizen until I got back. I won’t link to it. It’s a piece of shit, and what you’d expect. Here, however, is just
Continue readingcartoon life: Blown through
Sometimes, it’s not clear what its about. Pen & Ink app has come out with an update and some new brushes. Filed under: art Tagged: art, Cat, dissolve
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6151…MTL Tory Gets Busted With Mayor
I am cherry picking from The Globe and Mail this morning but it is being widely reported that Saulie Zajdel, who “…unsuccessfully ran as a Conservative candidate against Liberal Irwin Cotler in the 2011 election…[and]…then acted as a ‘shadow MP’ working to undermine him [Cotler] while he had a job as
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Look good and lie a lot: Tory Action Plan.
It is good to hear that some think tanks are taking a hard look at the Conservative government’s Economic Action Plan. They act surprised. What seems to puzzle the academics is that the Conservatives are spending more taxpayers’ money on the advertising than they are on the programs. Those of
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Thomas Walkom, Dan Leger and Michael Harris write about the sketchy surveillance programs in place on both sides of the 49th parallel. But there may be an opportunity to make common cause with the 1% in criticizing constant intrusion on personal privacy, as
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Today, Canadians Fight For Refugee Health Care: 2nd National Day of Action
By: Obert Madondo Twitter: @Obiemad Today, June 17, 2013, is the 2nd Annual Day of Action for refugee health care! Canadians, rights activists, doctors and other health care workers assemble in cities across the country to protest the federal government’s 2012 draconian cuts to essential health services for refugees. On June 30, 2012,
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Justin Ascends To Enormous Heights
This, then, is the measure of the man! O Glorious, GLORIOUS Justin!!! Myself I wouldn’t have offered a penny back to these silver-haired con-artists! No! I would have told them to go stuff it, and if that didn’t appease ’em I’d have melted ’em down into bricks of Soylent Green
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: PRISM: Tap It
Some really excellent criticism of wide swaths of the MSM, from… Gawker??? Let’s be honest: Edward Snowden (pictured), the man who made a calculated decision to risk everything he has in order to reveal the NSA’s secret spying program, did something heroic. You don’t have to believe Edward Snowden himself
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Monday, June 17, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, June 17, 2013: Lawsuit as Two Groups Rekindle Fight Over Anne Frank Legacy Man suing lawyers fights vexatious litigant ruling All Leaks Are Illegal, but Some Leaks Are More Illegal Than Others Federal judge strikes down Colorado
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Who Will Give Us Hope?
I recently wrote a post on the ailing Nelson Mandela and why he is so important a world figure. Last Friday Gerald Caplan wrote a piece in the Globe entitled The world will be poorer without Nelson Mandela. I hope you will take the time to read his thoughts on
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Hudak Should Watch His Back
When Tim Hudak was elected the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, he came in with Mike Harris’ blessing. He was, after all, one of Harris’ young guns. But, since his ascension, Hudak has proved repeatedly that he can’t shoot straight. Two elections ago, he began with an overwhelming advantage
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Criteria for overturning discretionary decisions
Mission Creek Mortgage Ltd. v. Angleland Holdings Inc., 2013 BCCA 281 holds a discretionary decision should be overtruned only where the decision was clearly wrong or the court of first instance gave insufficient weight to one or more relevant considerations: [53] This court can interfere with the discretion exercised by the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Summertime, And The Livin is Easy (For Some)
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Toxic Beauty Industry – International Vogue
Nothing you shouldn’t already know. Killing Us Softly 4, with Ed. D Jean Kilbourne Pop-culture is another avenue through which white/Western imperialism and misogynistic standards are spread. This is how the thin, able-bodied white woman ideal was created and WoC and “third-world”/Global South women and girls were devalued, denigrated and
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