Today we fulfilled a travel wish we’ve harboured for many, many years. We saw two sets of paleolithic cave paintings. * * * * The day started out a bit interesting, with an early-morning phone call that appeared to be from our dogsitter, scaring me (although it turned out to
Continue readingCanadian Trends: The hypocrite guilt mafia
Woah, this whole “crack scandal” about Rob Ford is sure getting attention. Everyone is outraged! People demand a statement, and he gave one! He said “I don’t use it”. Wow, no kidding? We can all feel better now that he didn’t come out and say “Yep you’re right, I’m a
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Investment Canada Act’s Tradition of Ad-Hockery Continues
I was invited to appear before the House of Commons Industry Committee this week on the subject of Bill C-60, this year’s omnibus budget bill. 18 paragraphs of that long bill describe proposed amendments to the Investment Canada Act, aimed at codifying the policy changes announced by Prime Minister Stephen
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: The Beaver Lake Cree Judgment: The Most Important Tar Sands Case You’ve Never Heard Of
Sure they’re bad for the environment, for human health, and for wildlife, but we rarely stop to wonder if the Alberta tar sands are in fact unconstitutional. But the constitutional standing of the tar sands – one of the world’s largest and most carbon-intensive energy projects – is just what’s
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Dix Takes ‘Full Responsibility’, Learns Nothing from Defeat
BC NDP Leader Adrian Dix issued a statement Tuesday, offering an explanation and form of apology for the surprise provincial election loss he presided over recently. In the letter, published here, he accepts responsibility for the loss, acknowledging a common criticism of the campaign – levied often in these pages
Continue readingLet Freedom Rain II: Huffington Post: "Who says women aren’t sexist?"
Dr. Dressler not going to be so popular after this one (emphasis mine): When I suggested to Sari that she was behaving in a pretty obviously sexist manner, she was shocked. In her mind, she was simply reacting to facts and patterns she’d seen over her long career. “Sexist?” she
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Ethical Amnesia: Confused As Harper
I’ve been misquoted as Stephen Harper by multiple public forum commenters at the Huffington Post, CTV News forum and on Facebook! The misquote was so plausible, and written originally by Kevin Wood, that I spent some time (like Stephen Lautens) trying to trace its source in newspapers. I couldn’t find
Continue readingCanadian Trends: The Bottom Line: Cutting off our nose to afford our face
Well I wasn’t sure what to write today, if I was going to write today, I have been feeling completely defeated. Oh look! another news article which is caked in propaganda but if you read between the lines tells you exactly how fucked we really are. Should I tweet it?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Freelance Filmmaker Christoper Di Armani Wins The Internet
You can no more outlaw “hate” than you can outlaw murder, rape, theft or lying politicians. Pride of the speechys, this guy.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6046…Amy’s Baking Company
It is Friday afternoon, seriously like you are going to do something constructive? I laugh. Out loud. Watch the train wreck that is Amy’s Baking Company instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XjgHEctcy0 Have I ever lied to you before? WFDS
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6045…The Most Popular Country In The World Is…
According to a BBC poll that I pulled off of CNBC’s website the most popular country in the world isGermany. Yes the same Germany that brought us World War I, World War II and The History Channel is, according to the survey of 26,000 humans in 25 countries, the most
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Washing Windows, Waxing Floor: Garbage Work Thad Must Be Done
I’ve put it off long enough–got to do some cleaning today. No time for any reflections other than to say that the kitchen floor is awfully dirty. Since Thomas is crawling everywhere (except when he can walk around something holding on) it would the proper grandmotherly thing to do to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate scandal undermines democracy
Stephen Harper’s silent treatment of the Senate expenses scandal is a dictatorship-style assault on our collective intelligence. The Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), a union representing newspaper and broadcast journalists, says it undermines Canadian democracy. This press release: OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper is undermining Canada’s democratic process by
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: It’s Time to Rein In the Prime Minister’s Office
If Stephen Harper wants to operate a quasi-criminal enterprise on the public dime then he has to take full responsibility for it. The Prime Minister’s Office is his and his alone. He decides who works there and he decides what they do or don’t do. It is funded from the
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 6044…Pam Wallin Is A Stupid
She really is. Dave Chan, an Ottawa photographer, www.davechan.ca, took some pics of the Senator this morning as she made her way from her office on Parliament Hill into the world. I love how she covers her face like she is an anonymous perp accused of buggery being dragged through
Continue readingknitnut.net: Scandals within scandals!
This has been a crazy week for news in Canada! Scandals within scandals! Between the scandal about the prime minister’s office covering up Conservative Senator Mike Duffy’s expense scandal, the sanitized Senate audit scandal, and the scandalous video of the Mayor of Toronto smoking crack, I’ve been riveted to my
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Conclusions You Can Confirm Using CIMS Computer #RoboCon #cdnpoli
Stephen Taylor was confused this morning. If he read my blog instead of dismissing me as a bother, he wouldn’t be so confused. He thought the Federal Court Robocalls judgement was saying that no Conservative could have been involved, because the judge had said he’d seen no evidence suggesting that.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Robocon: Court finds fraud; Council of Canadians should appeal
The court yesterday found that fraud had been used in the May 2011 election in 6 ridings in an attempt to suppress the vote, as this article from the Globe & Mail sets out: However, “fraud” did occur – particularly in Guelph, Ont. – and targeted people who had previously
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Judicial officers properly judge their own conduct
R. v. S.M., 2013 ONCA 333 holds there is no difficulty with judicial officers judging their own conduct: [23] As noted, the applicant submits that this court should take into consideration that the trial judge was assessing her own conduct. I do not see the relevance of this point. There are many occasions on
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