Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Monday, March 26, 2012: “The heart is Mr. Cheney’s first” When former employees compete – protecting your confidential information Interview with US Solicitor General: ‘Grave’ consequences if Supreme Court overturns health reform Waiting in Line to See US
Continue readingtheKrellant.ca: Cat Reporter Infiltrates the NDP!
Risking all 9 of his lives, Cat Reporter infiltrated the NDP Leadership Convention to bring you the Cat Truth about their plans to overthrow the government–and paint 24 Sussex Orange!
Continue readingwmtc: shit men say to men who say shit to women on the street
A long time ago, when I was in my early 20s, I was once venting to my mom about some ongoing street harassment. There was a construction site near my workplace, and all the women in the area were forced to run a gauntlet of catcalls and obscene chatter, every
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Please, oh Please Let Rob Ford Run a Slate Next Time
So, in case you missed it THIS was on the cover of today’s MetroNews Toronto, and it made me almost giddy with glee. Let’s leave out for a second the dramatic amount of arrogance involved in most of these statements, but what a fantastic miscalculation of the current political climate. What I mean to
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Shining A Light On ALEC
Paul Krugman writes that one of the consequences of the Trayvon Martin shooting is that people are beginning to focus on so called Stand Your Ground Laws and the people behind them. What we’re discovering is that the people behind these laws have gathered under the acronym ALEC. And the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Harper Inc. Continues To Deform Our National Ethos
While it is probably impossible to define the soul of a nation, one aspect of the Canadian psyche must surely be a generosity of spirit and a concern for the collective that is absent in many other nations. It is the relentless attack upon this very spirit, with the intention
Continue readingwmtc: question for people using blogger with custom domains
A few years ago, I used Blogger with my own domain, wmtc.ca. There was an issue with individual posts not publishing correctly. The main page, wmtc.ca, was fine. But if you clicked on a post, you still got wmtc.ca, not wmtc.ca/todayspost.html. You could get a unique URL for a post
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: How Do You Build a Scientific Republican?
411px-Jon_Huntsman_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg It’s widely known that Republicans, far more than Democrats, reject modern climate science. And more and more, it has become apparent that this is at least partly because Republicans have a deep distrust of scientists in general, or at least environmental scientists. But there are many other causes for this
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Manly Origins of Cheerleading – Sociological Images
As usual Sociological Images is chock-full of interesting articles. I was intrigued by the title of this post and decided to reproduce it in part here for the benefit of my readership. While you are there, check out the article on how cheerleading outfits are shrinking over time. “You might
Continue readingwmtc: things i heard at the library: an occasional series: # 4
“Oh man, you gotta read these books! These books are the best! They’re not even really books. There are pictures! And jokes! And they’re really, really funny! And they’re super easy to read! These are the best! You gotta read these books!” The books that are “not even really books”?
Continue readinggay persons of character: Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the video would be yet another simple attestation of life’s merits, post the phase of high school bullying. But, Testimony is
Continue readinggay persons of character: Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the video would be yet another simple attestation of life’s merits, post the phase of high scho…
Continue readinggay persons of character: Video: Testimony, music by Stephen Schwartz
When I first read that the lyrics of Testimony were either taken from or inspired by the It Gets Better Project, I felt a slight repulsion in thinking that the video would be yet another simple attestation of life’s merits, post the phase of high school bullying. But, Testimony is
Continue readingMorton's Musings: A good reason to incorporate under the CBCA?
Under the Canada Business Corporations Act (see below) an appeal of a final order lies to the Court of Appeal; under the Ontario Business Corporations Act such an appeal lies to Divisional Court (see below). There is no obvious reason for this distinction but there is a significant practical impact
Continue readingeaves.ca: When Industries Get Disrupted: Toronto Real Estate Boards Sad Campaign
As some of my readers know I’ve been engaged by the real estate industry at various points over the last year to share thoughts about how they might be impacted in a world where listings data might be more open. So I was saddened to read the other day about
Continue readingPolitics Canada: Attack ad script on Harper’s trust issue
Here is a script for an attack ad which illustrates Stephen Harper’s trust issues: VIDEO AUDIO Camera up on Slick game show host in studio holding cue cards, smiling at the camera. HOST: Welcome back to Canada in Jeopardy! Mark it’s your board. CUT TO: Contestant looking up at the
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The history of English in 10 minutes
This is really quite impressive, and even funny in many places: -via Jim Anderson, who’s book, DEADLINE, you should check out if you like mysteries. Alltop speaks funglish!
Continue readingknitnut.net: Do you put your children or your marriage first?
I was scanning my google reader the other day and I saw Dumb Little Man had a blog post called Five Surefire Ways to Kill Your Marriage. It’s hard to live up to a killer title like that. The article itself was predictable: Date night, sex, mind-reading, negativity, blah blah
Continue reading350 or bust: Is The Climate Really Too Big To Fail?
350.org has a new campaign to bring home the reality of climate change to people in North America. They are asking people to “connect the dots ” on 5/5/12 by protesting, educating, documenting and volunteering along with thousands of people around the world to support the communities on the front
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