Canada’s golden tar bubble
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Canada’s largest mayor, oh and he does crack.
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“Anyone who doesn’t think Montreal is one of the greatest cities in the world is clearly not from this planet!”
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6300…It’s A Turtle; It’s A Hamburger
Oh my goodness check this out from the South China Morning Post via Ned Hepburn on deathandtaxesmag.com. The incident occurred on the morning of July 29, when a man, surnamed Li, was about to board China Southern Airlines flight 345 to Beijing, Guangzhou Daily reported. As Li passed through airport
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If Detroit was a font it would be an abandoned Chevy
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6299…Message To Premier Wynne
I know the right wing papers, the Suns, and the right wing talkers, CFRA, are all about the message that was sent to Premier Kathleen Wynne. Methinks they be interpreting said message backwards and opposite to what it is. The right won one election out of five. One. Ontario’s voters
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Martin vs. Chrétien, redux?
Quote: At a Friday news conference, Ms. Wynne blamed her party’s poor showing on Mr. McGuinty…”Some of the political management of that issue was not what I would have wanted it to be, and in fact was the opposite of what my approach would be.” I cannot believe what I
Continue readingThe HB-Log : The Importance of "Fashionable Degrees in Sustainability"
Margaret Wente’s latest piece on energy is for the most part another boring and predicable rant about how “green energy” is too expensive. But the more interesting point is that “people who know something about engineering, finance, economics and manufacturing will make a lot more difference to the planet than people
Continue readingScripturient: Blog & Commentary: Hell 2.3
Before I carry on with my exploration of Miriam Van Scott’s Encyclopedia of Hell, I wanted to note that I just got my copy of her other book – the Encyclopedia of Heaven, from Abebooks. It’s dated 1999, so it’s a year later than her book on Hell. Yet it
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: United Airlines Wins "Gold" for Environment Work While Fighting Climate Action
Sigh. Airline giant United was named “Eco-Aviation Airline of the Year” today by the industry trade publication Air Transport World. This comes at the same time that United is being called out by industry watchdogs for its major role in lobbying against new regulations to begin curbing the massive amounts of
Continue readingLeDaro: Glenn Beck: Reza Aslan is a "Phony Muslim"
More Comedy. Glenn Beck(The Idiot) is indeed an entertainer. “Glenn Beck whipped out his chalk board to connect Reza Aslan, the author who achieved internet fame this week for keeping his cool during a hostile and uninformed interview on Fox News that focused on his Muslim faith, to billionaire and
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Sometimes a Simple Graph Says It All – We’re Getting More Pessimistic With Each Generation
The Brookings Institute has undertaken a survey of economic values in America. The study also revealed that progressivism is far from extinct in the Land of Free Enterprise Capitalism. Despite these negative views of the economy and financial well-being, most Americans (54%) nonetheless believe that capitalism is working at least
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Is Chrystia Freeland Progressive?
Chrystia Freeland, The Globe and Mail’s candidate in Toronto Centre, recently wrote a book about inequality (which I have not yet read) and is supposed to “bring fresh thinking to the Liberal Party’s economic team.” She has already attracted a few jabs from right-wingers Terence Corcoran and William Watson. But
Continue readingcartoon life: Basilio harbour station Venice
I did the bottom part, the buildings and water in Paper app. The watercolour brush is just too fussy to get a big flat wash, so I imported from photo app and dropped in the sky in Sketches app with the big watercolour brush. That is the only cloud I’ve
Continue readingcartoon life: Facade in Murano
In Murano, down the lane from the second Actv stop at Faro. A small cafe and a view of a small marble building. It was hot and blazing bright. Filed under: art
Continue readingLeDaro: Reza Aslan interviewed by Fox News: The Stupidest Interview Ever by Fox News
All progressive folks consider Fox News a joke. A study was done which showed that the people who watch Fox News know less than the people who don’t watch news at all. This video is worth watching. “Reza Aslan, a religious scholar with a Ph.D. in the sociology of religions
Continue readingcartoon life: Venice chimney pots
Some chimney pots in Venice. Part of a larger drawing in Sketches app. Kind off king up a way t work in that app. Once again, the brushes are much more capable than those in Paper app by 53. Filed under: art
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Standing Up for Paul Bernardo
Yes, he did monstrous things, utterly heinous crimes. Yes he deserves to be imprisoned for the full, 25-year stretch if not for life itself. That said, why is Paul Bernardo still in solitary confinement? For 18 years, Bernardo has been housed 23 hours a day in a Kingston cell that’s
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Sen. Brazeau’s fraudulent expense claims a breach of trust: RCMP
Senator Patrick Brazeau fraudulent Senate living and travel and expense claims are a breach of trust, according to a sworn RCMP affidavit filed in an Ottawa court on Thursday. The post Sen. Brazeau’s fraudulent expense claims a breach of trust: RCMP appeared first on The Canadian Progressive.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Interjurisdictional immunity of highly limited application
Marine Services International Ltd. v. Ryan Estate, 2013 SCC 44 effectively eliminates the doctrine of interjurisdictional immunity: Interjurisdictional immunity exists to protect the “basic, minimum and unassailable content” or the core of the “exclusive classes of subject” created by ss. 91 and 92 of theConstitution Act, 1867: Bell Canada, at p. 839. This Court discussed
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