A few days worth of news from the NDP’s leadership campaign… – Niki Ashton appealed to NDP members to consider the need to build among younger voters. – Co-campaign manager Jamey Heath took to the opinion pages in defence of Nathan Cullen’s joint nomination proposal. But I seem to recall
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Friday Musical Interlude – Somewhere over the Rainbow
It has been a long winter here in Canada. Not particularly cold, but the washed out monotones of the season begun to wear on even the most study of us by March. The answer, the magic tonic, is great music, great musicians and verdently great scenery from Hawaii, no less!
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Undertaking as to damages and injunctions
Mercer Gold Corporation (Nevada) v. Mercer Gold Corp. (B.C.), 2012 BCCA 103 deals with leave to appeal from an order granting an interlocutory injunction. The appellant argued that the respondent, who obtained the injunction, was excluded from such relief because the respondent could not give a meaningful undertaking as to
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: What Did He Know, And When Did He Know It?
That was the question Senator Howard Baker asked as the United States Congress moved toward its decision to impeach Richard Nixon. And that is the question Lawrence Martin asks this morning. At present, we have no definitive answer: Thus far, the evidence as to the incidence of the dirty work
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Vermeer’s Girl With Funky Hat About to Be Sucked Into A Naked Singularity
Few people know the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer had an advanced understanding of modern physics, but only alluded to it in some of his works because he dare not reveal his knowledge. He lived in the mid-17th century, so if … Continue reading →
Continue readingTrashy's World: Jason Kenney rises in the House…
… to screech that fraudulent calls were the result of a massive solar storm. Possibly caused by Stephen Dion. Or Taliban Bob. Solar system frauds. A proud legacy of the Conservative Party of Canada. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Labour Force Exodus
Statistics Canada reported this morning that 38,000 people gave up looking for work in February. The official unemployment rate fell because these Canadians were no longer counted as being unemployed. However, this huge withdrawal from the labour force is a sign of weakness in the job market. Most of those
Continue reading350 or bust: The Harper Government’s Approach To Scientists: Control The Pests
* Although Rick Mercer treats the current situation regarding control of scientists and their tax-payer funded research in Canada with humour, unfortunately it is no laughing matter when the government of a democracy goes to great lengths to suppress information that doesn’t line up with its agenda. In fact, it
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Job Recovery Remains Stalled
Today’s job numbers underscore the need for a federal Budget to create jobs rather than destroy jobs. The overall picture since September of last year has been one of job losses, a decline in the quality of jobs, and falling real wages. The recovery in the job market has stalled
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCon – Black Knight Winning
Why do reasonable people consider that only supporters of Conservatives were responsible for the illegal robocalls? It’s because of evidence like this: ““Last week I was contacted by a voter who told me she received two calls during the election campaign. The first call was a live call asking her
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Cheery Chart For A Friday Morning
Unions Not In Decline (Quite)! Time to slam a celebratory 6-pack in the parking lot, lads! Then its off to build cars.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: John Baird’s Absurd Democracy Lesson
Well I see that John Baird’s Screaming Buffoon World Tour has arrived in Burma. Only to have the stench of hypocrisy follow him all the way there. Canada will be monitoring Burma’s elections next month with a keen hope to see reform amid allegations of voting “irregularities,” Foreign Affairs Minister
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Enough of the Political Day-Care #nlpoli
In some respects, it is a threat that would strike fear only into the hearts of Danny Williams’ Tories: If this problem is not resolved today, you can expect me to absolutely vilify your minister on Monday morning on Open Line. No broken limbs. No financial ruin. A call to
Continue readingClues to the Robo-call origins
It appears there may be a case in the robo-calls from Guelph, and a clue as to who “Pierre Poutine” might have been. While the trail of clues may have been pretty well concealed – a PayPal account fed with pre-paid Visa cards linked to an anonymous Gmail account, it sounds like
Continue readingeaves.ca: Access to Information, Open Data and the Problem with Convergence
In response to my post yesterday one reader sent me a very thoughtful commentary that included this line at the end: “Rather than compare [Freedom of Information] FOI legislation and Open Gov Data as if it’s “one or the other”, do you think there’s a way of talking about how
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Pregnancy Update | she’s a girl.
Thronged were the streets with people; and noisy groups at the house-doors Sat in the cheerful sun, and rejoiced and gossiped together, Every house was an inn, where all were welcomed and feasted; For with this simple people, who lived … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Israel Bans Palestinians From Living With Spouses
“Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law, they were concluded abroad.” – Nuremburg Laws, September 15 1935, Germany In the United States by the late 1960s all
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: My 5 Favourite Books
I read Emily of New Moon when I was 10. I wasn’t the first Canadian girl to love Emily because I wanted to be a writer, and I’m not the first to blame Emily for becoming a writer. But I’m not sure if anyone else did this: when I decided
Continue readingsomecanuckchick dot com: 5 Robocon Facts
FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada is the only party presently being investigated for robocalls made during the last election. FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada was named in the search warrant which compelled RackNine to turn over documents pertaining to robocalls made in the riding of Guelph. FACT: The
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