usda.png A major storm is brewing over the USDA’s sudden about-face on fracking and environmental laws. On Tuesday, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled a 180-degree U-turn and decided to reverse the call made by his staff specialists, who advised that the agency immediately stop giving special exemptions
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Alert! Episode 208
Judy Rebick, Murray Cooke and Dennis Pilon compare how the NDP would change under the leadership of Mulcair, Topp, Nash and Cullen. Greenpeace climate change campaigner Keith Stewart responds to the recent report claiming that coal and natural gas, not the tar sands are the real villains of global warming.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4369…We All Should Be Toronto Coppers
According to the Toronto Sun over 2,000 Toronto Police made the Province of Ontario’s Sunshine List. The way you make the Sunshine List is by earning 100,000.00 dollars and up. Boyz in blue.WFDS
Continue readingthe disgruntled democrat: Robocalls Show Disdain for Canadians and for Democracy
Slowly, ever so slowly, we are learning about the devious practice of automated phone calls that would prevent Canadians from showing up to the correct polling station to cast their votes. Underhanded, you say? It depends on your point of view. Maybe it’s just part of winner-take-all electoral politics and
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4368…Warning For Syracuse Fans In Ontario/FLA
Tennessee fans too. Texas, Florida and Clemson fans beware. Here is a cut and paste from The Toronto Star: Fourteen employees at a Florida law firm are claiming they have been fired for wearing orange shirts. The group all wear the shirts on pay-day Friday’s because they go out to
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4367…Dya Know What Today Is?
Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. I am going to mention that when I go play basketball tonight becuz they a l w a y s discriminate against me becuz I am white. And short. And fat. And old. And have a two inch vertical. Of
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4366…This Is Why We Should Elect Judges
Because of this woman: Manitoba provincial court Judge Catherine Carlson. She is the brainiac who sentenced three time convicted child molester Graham James, diddler to the stars, to two years in jail. Two years in jail, by the by, means that he may be home molesting children by Christmas. This
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: The collapse of the Easter Island civilization, finally explained
I knew there had to be a logical explanation, other than the depressing one provided by Jared Diamond in his book, Collapse. It was a societal Pez addiction. Alltop likes the chalky flavoured Pez. Wait…
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Are Police Too Sensitive Or Simply Arrogant?
For some time now I have been closely following abuses of power, with special interest in instances involving our politicians and our police. Because both groups wield so much power, I believe that they need to be held to a very high stand which, unfortunately, they often fail to achieve.
Continue readingHellberta: Canada and the fine line between reality and lies
Gone are the days of fairytale stories about Canada’s incredibly stable and safe banking system. These stories are now slowly being replaced by a stark reality: Canadians are carrying too much debt. It is now 2012, and the much promised economic security and stability isn’t here. Sure, many supporters of
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Enbridge Pipe Dreams and Nightmares
CCPA released today a report by yours truly on the economic costs and benefits of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline. In particular, I take aim at the outrageous claims about jobs made by the feds and Enbridge as part of their sales pitch. The report takes a closer look at the input-output
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The Most Logical Structure for NDP-LPC Cooperation
Those who favour a merger of the NDP and Liberal Party should not hold their breath. These two parties have values systems that are significantly different at the moment, and each brings to the table baggage which would make a hippopotamus choke. Harper united the right wing parties (with a
Continue readingForget The Cost…The Country Lost…
. …He Did It His Way. From the incomparable JimBobbySez! .
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Canada’s Newest Gay MP
Canada has a new, openly gay MP this week after a byelection on Monday filled Jack Layton’s old seat with the NDP’s Craig Scott. Congratulations, Craig!
Continue readingBono impersonator bamboozles Breitbart.com and The Blaze’s Jason Mattera
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. The disintegration of the wingnutosphere is delicious. I especially love that the ethical House O’Breitbart neither retracts nor apologizes for the embarrassing overstretch and leaves nothing but a 404 error page in the orignal post’s wake.
Continue readingwmtc: new survey: use of online directories
One more question, folks! Do you use directories to find information online? If you ask, “What’s a directory?”, it’s safe to say you don’t use one. Thank you very much! I really appreciate it. I will share the results of both surveys when I’m done with my research.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Jury verdicts seldom to be overturned as being perverse
Simao v. Hankook Ilbo, 2012 ONCA 175 deals with when a civil jury verdict may be overturned as being perverse. The Court makes the high threshold for such finding very clear, especially in the context of defamation cases: [21] The standard of review for findings of fact made by a jury is well-established. In Jones
Continue readingBuckdog: Is Speaker Andrew Scheer In A Conflict Of Interest On RoboCalls Issue In Guelph?
I am not at all comfortable with House of Commons Speaker Andrew Scheer making any rulings or decisions that have a bearing on the RoboCalls scandal. For whatever reason, Speaker Scheer has tied himself to the Guelph Riding with some cash. Optics are terrible …. “The political machine behind the
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Who’s Tired of Double Standards?
So, as I wrote this title, I realized that this post could have been referring to just about anything, so let me clarify: I’m talking about the double standard we’re witnessing in the debate regarding environmental organizations accepting some international funding.I was talking to my friend who runs a great blog over
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Liberal Party should not pay for Bob Rae’s defence against Tory attack ads
Harper’s trademark politicking rears its head again, with the Tories using the admirable money-raising machine they have created with the use of their vaunted CIMS outreach computer database to fund ads reminding voters (and most importantly, the fickle media, who rush after any shiny thing that Harper waves in front
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