The Guardian’s Steve Bell captures what America’s military justice system holds in store for Bradley Manning: In a preliminary ruling on the multiple charges Mr Manning faces, military judge Colonel Denise Lind threw out a defence motion that the prosecution had failed to produce evidence to sustain a charge that
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6256…Next For Ottawa: Locusts
Yer capital is going thru a nasty heat wave. Today there is a tornado warning. One would presume that locusts are next. Personally I blame Mike Duffy. WFDS
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Why Not Just Waterboard Them?
One of the dirty little tricks American interrogator/torturers adopted during the War on Terror has made it to the homeland. It is subjecting the prisoner to the prolonged stress of intense cold. That, according to lawyers, is a method being used against hunger-striking prisoners by California prison guards. Prison guards
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: It Worked for Capone, Now Let’s Use It on Multi-Nationals
Tax evasion is a crime. Multi-national corporations are criminals. In fact, the G20 is warning that advanced countries are facing “global tax chaos” as multi-nationals evade taxes by laundering their revenues through low-tax or no-tax havens. The buggers really do think they’re above the law, a clear impression they’ve received
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to end your week. – Patrick Wintour and Simon Bowers discuss the G20’s predictable finding that our global tax system isn’t set up to address the problem of offshore tax evasion: The long-awaited report, prepared for a meeting of the G20 finance ministers in Moscow this weekend, says
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Conjunctive, disjunctive
Ekos here. I don’t really believe the fed Grits are pulling down the Ontario Libs, or vice-versa. There’s a bit of brand overlap, but not enough to effect big shifts. I believe in the alternation theory: when the federal party is ascendant, the provincial party generally isn’t. There are three
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Complicity in international criminal law
Ezokola v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 2013 SCC 40 deals with complicity in a criminal organization for international criminal law purposes: [68] In sum, while the various modes of commission recognized in international criminal law articulate a broad concept of complicity, individuals will not be held liable for crimes committed by a group
Continue readingcartoon life: Shasta daisy
Stumbling through iPhoto I spotted this from a few weeks back. Better than I remembered it… Filed under: photo Tagged: daisy, flower, relief, wet
Continue readingLeDaro: It is Friday!
To cheer my readers up here is a GIF displaying the beauty of nature.
Continue readingBuckdog: Soon The Only Person Left In The PMO Will Be The Guy Who SHOULD Have Resigned In The First Place.
-Senior staffer who allegedly knew of Duffy payment leaves PMO (Chris Woodcock) -Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, resigns -Benjamin Perrin: ‘I was not consulted on, and did not participate in, Nigel Wright’s decision’
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Inflation Eats Up More Than Half of Wage Gains
Today, Statistics Canada reported an inflation rate of 1.2% for June, validating the Bank of Canada’s recent decision to keep interest rates low for the foreseeable future. The rationale to raise interest rates would be to curb inflation, which is already under control and well below the central bank’s 2%
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Making a list, checking it twice
Not surprisingly, the revelation that the Cons have assembled official enemies lists has given rise to some call for those lists to be made public. But I’ll take a quick look at why that process is bound to take at least some time – as well as the considerations involved
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for Friday, July 19, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 19, 2013: Texan Claims Bar Exam Is Unconstitutional — Which Kind Of Proves Why We Need Bar Exams Changes to Condo Act will offer greater protection for residents, Liberals say Magnotta video arrest: What does a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Tim Speaketh Yet Again
I doubt that Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has ever met a neoconservative nostrum that he doesn’t like. The latest pontification from the lad who would be Premier comes from his ‘bold’ assertion that Ontario must subsidize electricity costs for manufacturing if the province is to keep and attract
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay: Political donations do ads for Whigs.
An e-mail came from the Ontario Liberal Party the other day. It was from Deb Matthews and Tim Murphy, campaign co-chairs for Wynne’s Whigs. This e-mail explained that since becoming Premier “Kathleen Wynne has worked hard to create jobs—jobs for youth just entering the workforce, career-building jobs for families trying
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Longer He Stays, The More Damage He Does
Lawrence Martin has admitted that the title for his latest book was inspired by Rick Pearlstein’s examination of the Nixon administration. However, Martin writes, Harperland is not Nixonland — at least not yet: Harperland is not in a league with Nixonland, certainly not on the basis of what we know
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude: The Twelve Tone Row
Fantastic ideas contained within this video by Vihart. Consider my knowledge of musical styles expanded, and hopefully your too. 🙂 Wikipedia blurb under the video. http://youtu.be/4niz8TfY794 Twelve-tone technique—also known as dodecaphony, twelve-tone serialism, and (in British usage) twelve-note composition—is a method of musical composition devised by Austrian
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: USGS Study Connects Earthquake Risk To Wastewater Injection, Fracking Advocates Say, "Who Cares?"
A new study out in Science by US Geological Survey scientist William Ellsworth links earthquakes to wastewater injection sites. These earthquakes, thought to be caused by pressure changes due to excess fluid injected deep below the surface, are being dubbed “man-made” earthquakes. It’s not the first time scientists have used
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: I want my mummy
Dr. Fleshrender had been trying to learn ancient Egyptian mummification techniques for years, but he’d yet to master even the most basic principles. First of all, he just wasn’t into all that yucky stuff with the internal organs and putting … Continue reading →
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