The Nipper has the Best Ideas Ever Invented. He said, last night on the way to rehearsal, “you know what would be cool, would be if they made a Call of Duty ™ game that’s age-appropriate for kids and they called it Call of Ducky. And you’d play this duck
Continue readingIn a voluntariness analysis the fact the statement was made by the accused must be demonstrated albeit to a minimal degree
Montgomery, 2011 ONSC 5331 (at para. 9): On a voir dire to determine whether a statement made to a person in authority is admissible, a trial judge is required to decide: (i) whether the statement was made; and (ii) if made, whether it was voluntary. To satisfy the first requirement,
Continue readingcartoon life: The lamp above the couch
Filed under: art Tagged: couch, Lamp, light
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Twitter links
Readers may recall I once looked at who was followed by the PMO’s Office — you do have to at least try to avoid inappropriate links but I don’t see that’s a reason to quit twitter: Story Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier has shut down her Twitter account after it implied associations that her office says were
Continue readingwmtc: new zealand joins the world of marriage equality and their parliament breaks out in celebratory song
This is so beautiful! New Zealand, we thank you! We love you!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ellie Mae O’Hagan and Nicholas Shaxson annihilate the claim that perpetually lowering corporate and upper-income tax rates offers any competitive advantage: Tax “competition”, it turns out, is always harmful. First, while people rarely move in response to tax changes – flighty financial
Continue readingdrive-by planet: ‘Bugsplats’: civilian death count from U.S. drone strikes
Some child casualties of covert US drone war The Pakistan government has released its figures for civilian casualties of American drone strikes. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that CIA drones have killed at least 2,200 people in the country, including at least 400 civilians. Around 600 have received
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Public sector wages lag private sector
Conservatives often suggest that public sector settlements are out of whack with private sector settlements. In fact, the evidence from Ontario over the last couple of decades proves the opposite. Public sector settlements have fallen behind private sector settlements. Here is the data from the Ontario Ministry of Labour: Percent
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Public sector wages lag private sector
Conservatives often suggest that public sector settlements are out of whack with private sector settlements. In fact, the evidence from Ontario over the last couple of decades proves the opposite. Public sector settlements have fallen behind private sector settlements. Here is the data from the Ontario Ministry of Labour: Percent
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Strengths and weaknesses
The ever-charming Bea Vongduangchanh of the Hill Times asked me to assess the various federal parties’ strength and weaknesses, for next week’s paper. I decided to share them with you, to kick-start endless debate and many hours of pointless speculation. Harper’s strength is he’s a known quantity; his weakness is
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Appropriate Dress Required
Sometimes you feel like putting on a pretty little sundress, and prancing around in a meadow with the butterflies. Other days, you wake up and think: rubber dress … fishnet stockings … gasmask and shotgun … fuck yeah! But pack … Continue reading →
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140Law – legal Headlines for Thursday, April 18, 2013
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, April 18, 2013: Ontario to crackdown on debt settlement company abuses: Roseman Top 10 Annoying Clichés Lawyers Love – The Careerist Law in motion: How senior partners switch firms Rushing to judgment on the Saudi “suspect” by
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: No "There" There
Taking his cue from Andrew Coyne’s recent column on the utter vacuity of Canada’s three major political parties, Zack Paikin writes that the Conservative Party has replaced values with venom. Whether or not you agreed with them, the Reform Party — which gave birth to the Harper Party — was
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: New column day
Here, building off of my previous analysis on the current positioning of Canada’s federal parties. For further reading, see:– Bob Hepburn and Carol Goar on the purpose and effect of attack ads in general; and– Andrew Coyne on the Cons’ particular brand of personal attack, featuring some suggestions to reduce
Continue readingeaves.ca: You Have No Rights – Because you are Breaking the Law Right Now
For those who missed it, which I suspect is most people, there is a fantastic Op-Ed in the New York Times by Peter Ludlow of Northwestern University. Titled Hacktivists as Gadflies it is a scary look at how much legal power the US government has over people who use the web (e.g.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: There’s something wrong in Nova Scotia
“Support the boys.” That’s what a flyer says that is being distributed in and around Halifax this week. “Support the boys” who gang raped Rehtaeh Parsons when she was just 15 years old, circulated photos of her being raped, mocked and harassed her in her pain, and who still walk
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Incoming Editorial Cartoon
Oh, I do so savor The Toronto Star. Recommend this Post
Continue readingThings Are Good: New Homes in Lancaster, California Required to Produce Solar Energy
Lancaster, California has nearly half a million citizens and they want to reduce their carbon footprint. Their most recent step to being a green city is a world’s first as far as I know: every new residential development in the city is required to produce energy using the sun. “However,
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