K, so I know you know that they, the authorities, killed one alleged bad guy and caught the other one. That is good. Here is what is not so good. According to The Guardian, a progressive paper out of Manchester, United Kingdom, the Department of Justice, intends on questioning suspect
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: Stealing a car to steal a truck
When I first moved to Africa my employer assigned me a luxury double-cab pickup truck. I quickly learned that that particular model was the number one choice of car jackers (a particularly nasty form of crime that was rampant in Tanzania at the time). So I gave back the pickup
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Patrick Watson
Hello readers! This time I’ve decided to feature a band not so unheard of, but one that has owned so much play time in my headphones over the last several days. Montreal’s Patrick Watson has a prolifically beautiful and articulate way of musically flirting with a marriage of classical and
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Wherein the Boston Globe pays rather too much attention to “root causes”
Will Mr. Harper now be condemning the Boston newspaper – as well as Mr. Obama, who said we now need to know the “how and why”?
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5887…Today Is 18’s Birthday
So of course Parliament Hill will be filled with pot activists, yes that is the definition of oxymoron, getting high. To celebrate Adolph Hitler’s birthday. I don’t quite get it. WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 5886…Mike Duffy Makes Other Funny Joke
Geez is this guy for real or wot?I am talking about the esteemed Senator Mike Duffy, Kanata. Er, Prince Edward Island. The man who took a housing allowance for living here when he lived there. Or something like that. Anyhow, the esteemed Senator cannot seem to get his sh*t straight.
Continue readingTaylorOwen.com: The OpenGlobal Show #1
This week, in partnership with Google, we launched a new feature on OpenCanada.org called the OpenGlobal Show. Each episode, I will connect with a panel of friends/colleagues/experts on international affairs through Google Hangout. For the first episode, the panelists were: Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices Joshua Foust, International affairs writer, analyst,
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Judges presumed to know the law
Cook v. Podgorski, 2013 NSCA 47 holds: [43] The fact that the judge does not refer to the Halliday case does not mean that he made an error of law. Halliday was argued before the judge. He is presumed to know the law and there is no need for him to recite the case or
Continue readingMorton's Musings: CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia. The Law Society of Upper Canada today released its decision with respect to penalty in regards to its discipline proceedings involving
Continue readingMorton's Musings: CLA deplores LSUC in its decision against Joseph Groia
April 19, 2013 – The Criminal Lawyers’ Association (Ontario) “CLA” deplores the decision of the Law Society of Upper Canada in its decision released today against Joseph Peter Paul Groia. The Law Society of Upper Canada today released its decision with respect to penalty in regards to its discipline proceedings involving
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Removing All Doubt
At Margaret Thatcher’s funeral this week, Stephen Harper couldn’t resist the opportunity to attack Justin Trudeau. Even though the reporter who asked the question made no mention of Trudeau’s comment that we should try to understand the “root causes” of terrorism, Harper said: “When you see this type of violent
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: DWR PSA – Helpful Gender Toy Chart
Filed under: Gender Issues Tagged: Gender, PSA, Toys for Girls and Boys
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Let’s do Some Gun Control!
If we are all over regulating women’s bodies, I’m thinking guns should not be a frakking problem. What if gun rights were regulated like abortion rights? Here’s a list of just some of the hoops you’d have to jump through before you could own a gun: Only one store
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On Harper’s Attack Ads
I hope to write an actual blog post on an entirely different topic later today, but since the latest poll shows a very strong reaction against the Prime Minister’s puerile attack ads directed against Justin Trudeau, I can’t resist reproducing a few of the letters from Star readers in this
Continue readingTrashy's World: The Cons castigate JT…
… for daring to wonder why young men would carry out something as horrific as the Boston bombings. The Harperites feel that the only thoughts should be of vengeance. “Don’t ask those mamby-pamby questions that need to be answered to mitigate against the possibility of future acts like these, boy!
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
A marriage equality bill that recognized gay marriage passed in the New Zealand parliament this past week. This is a speech that MP Maurice Williamson gave at that time. I wish Canadian parliamentarians were as clever and well spoken; there is precious little witty repartee in the House of Commons
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Organizations hold forum on missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada
Gone but never forgotten: First Nations women murdered in alarming numbers and little is done about it By: Ryan Bromsgrove | Vue Weekly: “She was just getting her life on track; she got married, she was settling down, she was really focused on keeping the family together, and she happened to be hanging out
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: This Writer’s Concern About Israeli Apartheid Week
This is going to require a more thorough response later on, but I would like to provide something of a start to the discussion. We've been asked on a number of occasions why this blog has never published anything supporting Israeli Apartheid Week events in Canada. While I can't speak
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: A VERY good first week
I supported Justin Trudeau. I voted for him for leader. But I had no idea he would burst from the gate with such incredible vigor. He has far surpassed my expectations. He has outperformed the much more seasoned leaders of the government and official opposition. And he has shown an
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