. …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
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Signing Off for Few Days: Going to Politic and Promote in Toronto
Thursday morning very early I’m taking the train to Toronto for several very good reasons. 1. I’m giving a presentation on Making Waves: The Continuing Portoguese Adventure at 5:30 pm. Thursday at the Centro de Língua Portuguesa Camões (800 Lansdowne). 2. Friday morning I’m going to hand over the latest
Continue readingRecreating Eden: ERDC Annual General Meeting: Maybe the Last One?
All right, boys and girls of the print media: next Tuesday the Electronic Rights Defence Committee will holds its annual general meeting to elect officers and to review progress in our long-standing class action against The Gazette and its successors over theft of electronic rights. The meeting will be held
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Why become like Tony Blair when we can stay social democrats?
I’m getting really disturbed by the vision of now already dozens of political journalists, advisers and “pundits” claiming that the only way for Canada’s New Democrats to move forward is to become a “Third Way” party of the Blair type, thus abandoning effectively their adherence to social democracy per se
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Why become like Tony Blair when we can stay social democrats?
I’m getting really disturbed by the vision of now already dozens of political journalists, advisers and “pundits” claiming that the only way for Canada’s New Democrats to move forward is to become a “Third Way” party of the Blair type, thus abandoning …
Continue readingA voice from Riverbend: Why become like Tony Blair when we can stay social democrats?
I’m getting really disturbed by the vision of now already dozens of political journalists, advisers and “pundits” claiming that the only way for Canada’s New Democrats to move forward is to become a “Third Way” party of the Blair type, thus abandoning effectively their adherence to social democracy per se
Continue readingI got my ballot, I got my Orange Crush.
Peggy Nash, here’s lookin’ at you.
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Spring Will Not Be A Little Late This Year, and Hasn’t Been For Some Time
Snow drops again! They’re out in front, which is in contrast to the date the ones in the photo appeared. The pix was taken April 22, 2008, and the snow was just melting. Now there is practically no snow left in town, a month ahead of usual. The New York
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The Scourge of Rogue Elements
Following Canadian Tire’s conviction for gasoline price-fixing in Kingston and Brockville, a spokesperson for the company, Liz Hamilton, had this to say: “… the company’s participation in the price-fixing ring was the work of a single regional business manager, who is no longer with the company after an internal investigation.”
Continue readingCarbon49 - Sustainability for Canadian businesses: TD Greening from Inside Out
While some ‘green’ businesses do little more than changing light bulbs and focus on greening their reputations, TD Bank take a long term view and green themselves slowly and steadily from the inside out. In this exclusive interview, TD Chief Environmental Officer Karen Clarke-Whistler explains how this long term approach
Continue readingOh, Canada…..Who Stands On Guard For Thee?
AllTheAnalysisThatWeNeed NotQuiteMainstreamVille The following are three things you should read, today, about the potential impact of a pan-Canadian voter suppression… First – Alison to get the gist of the thing. Second – Professor Anke Kessler’s draft academic paper wherein she does a statistical analysis on the differences in turnout in
Continue readingBetterParks for Vancouver: Central Park: NAMING RIGHTS
By Sandra Thomas, Vancouver Courier March 21, 2012 A former park board commissioner says a proposal to change the way parks and public spaces are named by the Vision Vancouver-dominated park board opens the door to nepotism. Stuart Mackinnon served one term on the park board as a Green Party
Continue readingPolitics Canada: Create your own attack ad on Harper
In this day and age media and communication tools are available to almost anyone who wants them. I am suggesting that there are many Canadians out there who can create an effective attack ad on Harper and the Conservatives. There is a veritable bonanza of material available for anyone to
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