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Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Weiner’s Campaign Falls Limp
Face it, nobody wants a mayor they know won’t be able to keep it in his pants. Anthony Weiner, your weiner has had its last hurrah. It’s time for you and your namesake to simply go away. The New York mayoralty candidate, once the frontrunner and apparent sure thing, has
Continue readingThe Progressive Right: Joy Smith, Minister of Censorship #cdnpoli #censorship #cpc
Joy Smith, the Conservative Minister for Censorship, has an op-ed up in the Huffington Post continuing her call to filter internet content at the internet service provider level. I won’t link to it because I can’t help but think I’m giving her more than the 15 minutes of fame she
Continue readingThings Are Good: Band of the Month: Kira May
Friday….What a day! Today’s band is Kira May. A Toronto musician whose hypnotic and soothing loop mastery quiets and captivates entire rooms upon her first breath. Powerful, layered vocal harmonies, and slow, softly haunting melodies keep you listening to every word. And at live performances she’s known to have appropriately
Continue readingMorton's Musings: No general constitutional right to bilingualism across all Provinces
scolaire francophone de la Colombie‑Britannique v. British Columbia – 2013 SCC 42 holds: [56] However, the Charter also reflects a recognition that Canada is a federation and that each province has a role to play in the protection and advancement of the country’s official languages. This is evident from ss. 16 to 20, which require
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Premier’s Pan Harper’s Make-Believe "Canada Job Grant" Scheme
If you’ve seen any of the seemingly endless TV ads (paid for out of your pocket) you would assume that the Harper regime has instituted something called the Canada Job Grant programme. We’re told it’s to fund job training for Canadians. There is no Canada Job Grant programme. Harper dishonestly
Continue readingLeDaro: Harper jumps off the cliff. :)
Will he really? 😉
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Lake North Pole – Don’t Forget Your Water Skis
Summer time is boating time. This year you might want to try something a bit different. How about a spin on Lake North Pole. Yeah, that’s right. A lake now exists atop the North Pole. That’s it in the picture, a photo provided by the North Pole Environmental Observatory. The
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Wind Farm Opponents Out Six Figures
A group of landowners who unsuccessfully sued a wind power developer and the farm corporation that leased it land have been ordered to pay legal costs of $107,370.78. The 21 landowners near Collingwood sued wpd Canada Corp. and Beattie Brothers Farms for more than $17 million over the plans to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: NASA Presents Two Scenarios for Global Warming of North America This Century. This Should Be an Eye Opener for Canadians.
Check out this animation. Notice that the heating our continent will experience is by far greatest in and from the north. (sorry for the horrible embedded ad) Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center teamed with scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in
Continue readingknitnut.net: Stolen Bunny!
I saw this sign on Percy Street today: “STOLEN!!! WTF? Last seen on washing line in our BACKYARD! The person responsible, who, incidentally, ought to be ashamed (no matter their affliction), stole a bunny from a baby. A gift at birth and a child’s favoured comfort at bedtime – We
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Bill Curry reports on the Cons’ continued refusal to provide accurate information to the PBO – with the end result being that an office intended to provide a fully-informed, unbiased perspective in evaluating government action is now being forced to make Access to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Trudeau, stoned
As pretty much everyone knows by now, Justin Trudeau has this week (re) announced that he supports not just decriminalization of pot, but legalization.  I think he’s made a mistake. Before I explain why, here’s some important factoids to remember. Legalization is the process of removing a legal prohibition against something which is
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Groceries Gone
The people in the green circle are entering a Food Desert in September, as Sobeys is opting to close the Lakeshore store on 23rd Ave. There will be no grocery store within walking distance for thousands of people. Bus service, limited as it is, is highlighted for the region. I’ve
Continue readingcmkl: Profits, government cost cutting before safety equals disaster incubation
The author of this opinion piece in the Citizen was an expert witness at the inquiry into the deaths caused by contaminated drinking water in Walkerton, Ontario. The incubation of the Lac-Mégantic disaster.
Continue readingLisaKirbie.com: PC candidate Matt Young = Tory puppet, flip-flopper
My friend, John Fraser, is the Liberal candidate in Ottawa South – former premier Dalton McGuinty’s riding. I’ve known John and his family since arriving in Ottawa in 2002. His wife and I are particularly close, and my kids consider her an honourary aunt. John is one of the most
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 26, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 26, 2013: S.F. cyclist guilty of vehicular manslaughter for running down pedestrian; could be a U.S. first Ohio Judge in contempt for barring journalist from courtroom in defiance of appeals court order Lawyer gets suspension for
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Why Chow should run for Toronto mayor.
It is the perfect scenario. Olivia Chow steps down from her job as MP next year. She runs for Toronto mayor. Chow loses. Toronto wins. Chow retires from politics. Toronto wins. Could you think of a better win-win situation? It might disappoint some New Democrats and leave a few pundits
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A search condition imposed on sentence without notice or consent is improper
R v Atadjuat, 2013 NUCA 06 holds a sentencing condition allowing a search of a convict’s premises imposed by the Court without notice or consent is improper: [1] Following a guilty plea, the appellant received a global sentence of 6 months custody and 18 months probation for one count of assault,
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: When Is Claiming To Take Full Responsibility Just A Platitude?
When it is proclaimed by Chris Spence, the disgraced former Director of the Toronto District School Board who lost his job earlier this year for extensive plagiarism. In what the Toronto Star describes as a ‘far reaching interview,’ Spence says “there are no excuses for what I did; I didn’t
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