Warren Buffett Barack Obama.png On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly from President Barack Obama’s recent cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. If built, TransCanada's Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline would carry tar sands crude, or
Continue readingA Guide to Labour Relations by Rob Ford
In a move they surely hope will force their workers to walk off the job the Fordites have delivered an ultimatum in the form of a totally unacceptable (cough) offer that must be accepted by 12:01 Sunday or see it imposed on them by the city. Clearly this is an
Continue readingArt Threat: Little pink blenders for you and me – Friday Film Pick: Pink Ribbons Inc
This week’s Friday Film Pick is a fantastic new NFB documentary opening in theatres across Canada (rest of the world: you’ll have to probably wait a little). Pink Ribbons Inc goes behind the scenes of the breast cancer campaign (the pink ribbon campaign) and reveals the absolutely grotesque levels of
Continue readingRusty Idols: Sun Media’s Jihad against the CBC so blatant even a Conservative Minister can see it
Initially, Heritage Minister James Moore said he would like to see more warning on the website regarding the show’s content while stressing that Sun is “in the business of going after the CBC.” Wow. Somebody went off message. sdnxry5z7g
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Justice in the American Jungle, Part 1
The story which follows is drawn from a charge laid in an American court a week or so ago. One of the themes of this blog is that the rule of law is a supreme principle never to be violated. This often leads me to take a stand on issues
Continue readinggritchik: Big Brother goes to the theatre
“For the second time in [a] year, a Toronto playwright has felt the chilling reach of the federal Conservatives…” Wouldn’t it be great if the Opposition parties would get their collective shit together and hold this government accountable? Just sayin’.
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4181…What I Meant To Say Was
Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, a Stephen Harper, who earlier in the week said that he thought that capital murderers should be have access to a rope in case they wanted to perform a self capital punishment has now changed his tune. Sorta. It is being reported widely that the esteemed Cash-For-Lifer
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4180…Not A Good Time To Be A Chicken
According to The National Chicken Council, quoted in Wednesday’s Globe And Mail, over 1.25 billion chicken wings will be devoured on Sunday. The occasion is the Super Bowl. Through in another 100 mill or so in Canada and you have a lot of chickens who have moved to, as they
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Cup size confusion in Canada
Sorry guys, I’m not writing about A, B, C or DD…this is about Tim Hortons and the new sizes for their coffee cups. If you’re a Timmies customer you’ve probably already found out that your large or medium coffee is bigger than it was before. I’m in Kingston where they’ve
Continue readingMorton's Musings: What is the appropriate remedy where a trial judge has misapprehended the evidence?
R. v. B.W., 2012 NSCA 13 deals with the appropriate remedy where a trial judge has misapprehended the evidence. The Court holds that where there is evidence that could reasonably result in a finding of guilt, the appropriate remedy is a new trial; hardly a surprising result. The Court holds:
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Bad Boy Salmon Activists Teaming Up in Norway
The Norwegian salmon farming industry got a lesson in the old adage, “be careful what you wish for” this week when it learned of industry critic Don Staniford’s next job. The British-born, globe-trotting salmon activist announced on his blog yesterday that following his scheduled deportation from Canada later this month
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: REPLAY: Liberal plan of action
Reader Lorne Finlayson provided this to us a year ago. However, he didn’t indicate when the change would take place. Is the time growing close? Being in either a realistic, or pessimistic state of mind this morning – take your pick – I foresee the following events unfolding for this
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Rogers to Stop Throttling the Internet
openmedia_logo.jpg Big Telecom company responds after being caught restricting access to online services February 3, 2012 – In what pro-Internet group OpenMedia.ca is calling a victory for Internet openness, Rogers has responded to the CRTC’s Compliance and Enforcement division saying that they will cease throttling (the slowing of traffic) on
Continue readingknitnut.net: Peanut butter blues
A naturopath recently told me I should eat nut butters. I hate peanut butter. Even the smell of it makes me gag. One time my mother married someone who loved peanut butter. We had meat and potatoes for dinner every night, and he always had to have a stack of
Continue readingIs Rick Santorum the essence of Compassionate Conservatism?
Sometimes I feel bad calling conservatives names and pointing out their rank hypocrisy, greed and utter self-absorption. Then I see something like this. Here’ GOP presidential wannabe Rick Santorum lecturing a mother who expressed concern to him about the cost of her son’s medication. “People have no problem paying $900
Continue readingCalgaryGrit: Stories of the Week
After spending the week talking about Liberal leadership on this blog, a brief look at what else is making news. 1. The Harper government has made noise about pension reform, prompting a round of howls from the opposition benches about Harper throwing grannies out on the street. I’ll reserve judgment
Continue readingFisking Komen’s non-apology apology
Source: We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives. “We misspoke ourselves. Let us make things perfectly clear.” The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: That’s the best he’s got #nlpoli
As a rule when you start attacking the other guy’s character or attributing motives to him, you’ve admitted you don’t have much of an argument of your own Natural resources minister Jerome Kennedy went back to the line on Wednesday that critics of the Muskrat Falls project are “politically motivated”
Continue readingsamupress: The cat book ebook
An iBooks 2 version of the cat book is now up on iTunes at: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/cat/id499745919?mt=11. Its a free download. Signed print versions are still available.
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