Reblogged from Edenborough: Essential viewing for fans here. A very interesting, and potentially useful collection of stills from Hitchcock films.
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: ● “People have got to know whether or not their…
● “People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” – disgraced American president Richard Nixon ● “I don’t recall. I don’t recall that.” – disgraced American president Ronald Reagan ● “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof?
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6041…Deep Breath Everybody: It Ain’t 2015 Yet
Yes I can read and yes I know that I read in today’s National Post that the Justin Trudeau’s are at 44 points, massive majority territory and the Stephen Harper’s are at 27 points. Election is not for another two years. Deep breath. WFDS
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: AIN’T IT AWFUL!
By Betty Krawczyk. This article was first written as a Facebook posting and is reproduced by permission of the author. In the book”Games People Play” by Eric Berne (1964) the author delineates some of the more common social transactions between humans and describes them as games. AIN’T IT AWFUL is a
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Gladue principles do not trump other sentencing criteria
R. v. Killiktee, 2013 ONCA 332 holds that Gladue principles are factors but not necessarily dispositive factors in sentencing: [3] Further, in our opinion, the sentencing judge gave proper effect to Gladue principles. Her reasons demonstrate great sensitivity to them. She held, however, that while rehabilitative and Gladue objectives must inform a fit sentence, they do not automatically
Continue readingBuckdog: Saskatchewan Senator David Tkachuk Has Long History With Corrupt Conservative Governments …
In the dying days of the corrupt Conservative administration of Brian Mulroney, David Tkachuk was named as a senator from the province of Saskatchewan. His patronage reward of appointment to the undemocratic, unelected Senate was due to his may years served as Principle Secretary to Saskatchewan’s Conservative Premier Grant Devine.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Fraud, but No Punishment #RoboCon #cdnpoli UPDATED
The Federal Court found there was fraud in the 2011 federal election (duh), but decided the irregularities were not enough to justify calling byelections to let a fair election play out in each of the six challenged ridings. Six contested election results stand but Federal Court finds evidence of robocalls
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper stands with mining companies, against human rights in Pacific Alliance
By: Council of Canadians | Press Release: Stephen Harper’s executive decision that Canada should try to join the Pacific Alliance political and trading bloc should be as controversial as his taking a trip to Peru and Colombia to dodge questions about overspending and lack of accountability in the Senate, says the
Continue readingChadwick's Blog & Commentary: Midway in our Life’s Journey…
So begins The Inferno, the first of the three books that comprise Dante’s magnificent and complex work, The Divine Comedy.* It’s a rich, complex and challenging read. I have to admit I have not read it all – all three books … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6040…Canadian Tuxedos
I always thought they were called Calgary tuxedos but then I don’t play major league baseball. Elite Daily, the voice of generation Y, reports that when the Baltimore Orioles visited the semi-pro Toronto Blue Jays for a series that starts tonight they got dressed up for the occasion. Tuxedos. Canadian
Continue readingSenate Abolitionists Are Wrong
Abolishing the Senate is not the answer. The NDP are playing the worst kind of populist politics by calling for Senate abolition at this time. Despite the abuses by some Senators – and the horrible appointments made by an out of control PM – the Senate still plays a vital
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why the Rob Ford Scandal is also Hurting the Harper Cons
OMG. This is so spooky.I knew they were as close as peas in a pod.I remember how in that video of them at Rob Ford's bush party, they were falling all over each other.But who knew that just days after Stephen Harper lost his Chief-of Staff, Rob Ford would fire
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6039…Rob Ford And Drug Dealers
One of the falsehoods to come out of this whole Rob Ford fiasco is that drug dealers cannot be trusted. Steve Desroches, a city pol in Ottawa said as much on CFRA’s Lunchbunch today and the rest of the radio talking heads, led by former Sun newspaper guy Rick Gibbons,
Continue readingwmtc: madrid to segovia to cantabria
Getting out of Madrid was a whole lot easier than getting in. We found our way to the highway easily, and had a short drive to the town of Segovia, to see its famous Roman aqueduct. It’s pretty amazing to see a gigantic, completely intact stone aqueduct right in the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6038…Hamburgers For Life
OMG what a great, great, amazingly great deal that is.The Cleveland Plain Dealer tells all that “The man who famously put down his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive for a decade in an Ohio house will never have to pay for another burger in his hometown. Charles Ramsey
Continue readingPeace, order and good government, eh?: BC provincial election elaboration 1: Narrative?!
A narrative is like a frame only bigger. It’s an overall frame that fits most of your policies together and sums up why you object to the other guys. It’s a story that says what you stand for and why not standing for that means the other guys are standing
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Today Big Oil’s spin gets a much-needed reality check
TarSandsRealityCheck.com launches today (May 16, 2013) to reveal the gritty truth about the tar sands and counter misinformation spread by the oil industry By: Environmental Defence Canada | Press Release: Toronto/Washington/Brussels – Launching today in Canada, Europe and the United States, TarSandsRealityCheck.com presents up to date, accurate facts about Alberta’s tar sands to counter the high-level
Continue readingIn This Corner: Gas prices soar! Media yawns.
The price of gasoline has soared in Edmonton in the past week, beginning with the traditional holiday weekend gouging, and continuing with another outrageous 6-cent a litre hike on Wednesday. Gas in Edmonton is now at $1.29 a litre; one month ago, it was at $1.04. That means a 50-litre
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: How the scandal-plagued Canadian Senate can be abolished
If history is any guide, some amount of subterfuge and/or bribery will probably be required By: Lee Tunstall | Troy Media Sick of the senators? And by senators I do not mean the ones on skates, although admittedly the other ones are skating on pretty thin ice right now. Given the recent
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Looking For Rob Ford Imposter
An ad that appeared on Canadalisted in January, 2012: Do you look like Mayor Rob Ford? I need someone who looks like Rob Ford to play the mayor in my film. It’s a short shot of the mayor smoking a cigar and chuckling into the camera. Presumably unrelated. But why
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