You know those people who use their mouths but not their brains, this video is for them. The gullible fall for conspiracy theories with alarming regularity and will attempt to suck you into their own vortex of stupidity. Potholer54 has the antidote to their claims – basic research and fact
Continue readingPlease welcome a new Barry Ontario Prog Blog affiliate
I love the name – Babel-on-the-Bay
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: If on a Summer’s Day, a Fridgularity
You are reading a blog posting about Mark A. Rayner’s most recent book, The Fridgularity. You had been hoping to find a funny picture, and maybe a microfiction that played off that image, but instead, you find yourself reading another … Continue reading →
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Note On Ontario Defamation Law
…re defamation on-line: Single Publication Rule Rejected in Ontario The Court rejected the defendants’ argument that the American “single publication rule” for mass publications should apply. This rule holds that a plaintiff alleging defamation has a single cause of action which arises at the first publication of an alleged libel,
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Will he bring more than guesses? #nlpoli
Corporate research Associates president Don Mills is in St. John’s on Wednesday to speak to the Board of Trade. He’s already teased up his visit with a news release on Tuesday. On top of that he gave James McLeod of the Telegram an interview that will appear in Wednesday morning’s
Continue readingAlberta Diary: User-pay disaster relief? A suddenly forgotten idea that needs to stay that way!
Canadian Forces soldiers piled sandbags as the water rose in Medicine Hat last weekend. CBC photo. Below: Chris Alexander, Parliamentary Secretary to the federal Defence Minister; CBC broadcaster Anna Maria Tremonti. If every dark and rain-filled cloud has a silver lining, one thing we can hope for from the horrifying
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Stephen Harper and the PMO Monsters
They are without a doubt the most dangerous political gang this country has ever known.Stephen Harper and his collection of ugly monsters in the Con PMO.They are brutish Republican-style operatives, bullies, grunting ideologues and religious fanatics.They will do ANYTHING to pleasure their depraved leader.Even send out their own little piglets to make idiots
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Climate Change: President Obama declares war on the Flat Earth Society
The President has a fight on his hands. I wonder if he has been briefed about the Flat Earthers? They are a stubborn and dogmatic lot, forever fighting with those globists who claim the world is round. You can bet that they will take up the President’s challenge with vigour.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Contented cats.
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Don’t worry about Vic Toew’s future
He can always make money giving mustache rides to babysitters.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: CPC MP John Carmichael Sounds Off
Don’t know if this was issued from Party Central or from straight from The Heart, but John Carmichael’s latest email to supporters says a brisk bye bye to Brent Rathgeber and disowns a couple of (former) Tory Senators: Again, it’s easier to read when you click on the .jpg. Also,
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Extend EI coverage for all Southern Alberta flood victims: AFL
by: Alberta Federation of Labour | Press Release: EDMONTON, June 25, 2013 – Alberta Federation of Labour President Gil McGowan has called on the federal government to extend EI coverage for all those affected by floods in Southern Alberta. Only about 22% of unemployed Albertans are eligible for EI and the waiting period is
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: President Barack Obama’s speech on climate change
by: Obert Madondo President Barack Obama (Photo: Pete Souza) Here’s the full text of U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech on climate change, delivered Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Thank you, Georgetown! Thank you so much. Everybody, please be seated. And my first
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Cycling is Smart but some Cyclists need to get Smarter
Despite the many arguments in favour of cycling, increased infrastructure always incites criticism – most of it unwarranted. And the behaviour of some cyclists doesn’t help. Two main criticisms are that bicycling initiatives hurt local businesses and impede car traffic. Numerous studies show the opposite is often true: over the
Continue readingBuckdog: Using Facts To Burst Sask Premier Brad Wall’s Mythology On ‘Record Job Numbers’ ….
Political parties on the Right in Canada do an incredible job of altering reality in the communications they send out to the public. No better example of that exists than in Saskatchewan under the administration of Premier Brad Wall.Premier Wall and his Saskatchewan Party have constructed a perception of the
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: CRTC to decide whether to allow Bell’s takeover of Astral on Thursday; OpenMedia.ca available to comment
Takeover_460x110_120816.png Decision will determine whether Bell will be given more control over Canada’s already highly-concentrated media system WHO: Lindsey Pinto, Communications Manager, OpenMedia.ca David Christopher, Communications Coordinator, OpenMedia.ca WHAT: The CRTC will announce whether they will allow big media company Bell’s proposed takeover of Astral Media. The CRTC denied Bell’s
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: President Obama Pegs Fate of Keystone XL On Climate Change Impact; Slams Climate Denial Flat Earth Society
“I refuse to condemn your generation, and future generations, to a planet that is beyond fixing. And that’s why today I’m announcing a new national climate action plan, and I’m here to enlist your generation’s help in keeping the United States of America a global leader in the fight against
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Provincial driving suspensions do not constitute any part of a punishment imposed by criminal law but are a form of civil driving disability
R. v. Fernandes, 2013 ONCA 436 holds: [98] It is also important to emphasize that driving prohibition orders under theCode, and provincially-imposed driving suspensions or restrictions are different in character and serve discrete purposes. Driving prohibition orders under theCode form part of a sentencing judge’s arsenal of sanctions on sentencing an accused for a criminal
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