Larry Joy, Dad to my amazing, incredible sister-in-law Barb, passed away yesterday. He was a great Thunder Bay Liberal, and such a great guy. He will be greatly missed by many, in T.B. and beyond.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: That was then, this is now, etc.
Early morning: ”Ontario rethinking Toronto region’s $34-billion transit plan” Late morning: “Statement from the Minister of Transportation on The Big Move“
Continue readingThings Are Good: Cameras Capture How Safely Cyclists Cruise
It’s clear that car drivers don’t comprehend cyclists, and often I hear drivers complain that bicyclists aren’t safe and tend to be “dangerous” on the road. It turns out that cyclists are safer than cars, cause way fewer collisions, and are amazingly great at avoiding a collision. To reach this
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Tax-Time Assessment
Today at SlawTips, I suggest a checklist of questions for lawyers to ponder about their firms’ bookkeeping and accounting processes, with a view to making tax-day 2014 a bit more painless. See today’s post: New (Tax) Year’s Resolutions. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: May 2: ???????
It’s a big story, right up there on page 1 with the biggest, blackest headline of the page, “Doctors urged to oppose lawsuit”. To story arises because New Brunswick’s doctors are suing the New Brunswick government over its budget cuts affecting health. They are suing because Health Minister Fleming has been so loutish,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Dominoes of Democracy
Cause and effect. Sometimes the relationship is obvious, as in, for example, a cigarette left smoldering on a couch and the subsequent conflagration that destroys a house. Other times, to see the relationship requires some digging, some thinking, some connecting of the dots. To its shame the Harper regime, as
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Election lexicon
On the way in this morning, Son One and I were listening to a CBC Radio reporter I really like. At one point, he talked about Ontario being “plunged into an election.” “Plunging,” I suggested to my boy, is a clear pejorative. And it’s a case of letting language do
Continue readingcartoon life: Cat hears a can-opener
What was the cat thinking? That was hard. That casually drawn, too large left ear needed an ‘explanation’. And thanks to Delft for pointing the missing essentials! Whew. Filed under: art Tagged: can-opener, Cat, ear, hear
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Broadbent takes a look at how our tax system can combat inequality in more ways than one: The Broadbent Institute is presenting proposals Tuesday to the Finance Committee of the House of Commons. Our primary recommendation is that Canada establish as
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics: In Alberta, the billionaire walks and the working man gets the shaft.
TweetThe billionaire walks… There was little surprise among the cynical pundit class yesterday as Elections Alberta announced that it had found billionaire Daryl Katz and his Katz Group broke no laws when the company delivered a donation in the form of a $430,000 bank draft to Premier Alison Redford‘s Progressive
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, on how increasing inequality at the top of the income spectrum is creating a real disparity in opportunity affecting both middle-class and lower-income children. For further reading, see Sean Reardon’s column (or better yet, his study) discussing the U.S.’ experience in detail.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Carville gets the Shawinigan handshake
Forgot to post this one, from the dinner Monday night in Ottawa. Wanna know how to do deal with your political opponents? No “conversations” or “process”: let Chretien show the way! (Carville survived, by the way. Fret not.)
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Props thundering away
Off from the airstrip in Repulse Bay and on to Coral Harbour:
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Jon Ivison fear mongers: ‘Grim report warns Canada vulnerable to an aboriginal insurrection’
If you want to know the current state of the National Post, it is one of pure hate. Ultra-Conservative, the Post features racist rants from the likes of the Kay family, Kheiriddin, Blatchford and many more, all of whom hate Canada’s Natives without any intention of hiding their abhorrence for people of
Continue readingBlunt Objects Blog: Abacus Federal BC Poll
You may remember that a couple of days ago Abacus Data released their first poll for British Columbia’s provincial politics, showing what everyone else has been showing. It appears that they went into the field (maybe even with the same respondents) for BC’s federal politics as well, showing, again, what
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: How much time should I be spending on Social Media every day?
None. Next question. No, seriously, what is the right amount? It depends. Do you have other things to do? Like, I don’t know, a job? Let’s assume yes, and let’s assume it’s about eight hours a day. Okay, so that … Continue reading →
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Scientists In Chains
Melissa Mancini, over at the Huffington Post, has documented Stephen Harper’s war on science. Consider the record: Environment Canada put out 71 news releases in 2012, compared with 110 in 2005, a decrease of more than 35 per cent. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans put out 128 news releases
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Anti-Intellectualism in America
Browsing my news feed I found this piece and decided it was scary enough to share with everyone. I think I’d like to read Papantonio’s book and see what she has to say. Here is a radio dealing with her premise and some related information from Raw Story. “In
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Depraved Indifference – UPDATED
The term ‘cultural divide’ does not begin to explain this. Depraved indifference, on the part of both the company and the parents, perhaps does. UPDATE: This piece on Slate, which includes a ‘charming’ video on ‘My First Rifle,’ is well worth a look. Recommend this Post
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