Not much of a story to start out, but we thought our readers would like to see a recent photo of Robert Reitmeier who, along with Tyler Sturrup, is accused of murdering a disabled man (Reitmeier is also dealing with forcible confinement and sexual assault charges as well): Hey, that's
Continue readingthe woodshed: Trash talking us into war
I think most reasonable people, at least in hindsight, would agree that one of the things the Liberals’ got right under Chretien and Martin was keeping Canada out of the gigantic deadly goat rodeo known as the Iraq War. Remember how in the months that lead up to the invasion
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Showing off WordPress
I’m showing the President of the South Zone Community Gardens a quick demonstration of the power of WordPress Content Management System.
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats
Ralph W. Sockman (October 1, 1889 – August 29, 1970)
Continue readingA Different Point of View....: Unless people take action, Harper’s scheme will mean ‘Goin’ Down the Road’ for Maritimers
By dramatically changing the health care funding formula, is Prime Minister Stephen Harper showing little concern for the future of the Maritime provinces? The Health Accord “deal” that Harper practically threw in the face of the provinces and territories this week, not only cuts health funding for all the provinces
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Three Happy Lessons for Progressives
In Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford sees his reckless budget derailed. Who says you can’t fight City Hall? Torontonians who successfully pushed back against Mayor Rob Ford’s reckless cuts are the real winners in this year’s budget process. By the hundreds, they came to all-night public meetings; they inundated city councillors
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: JoeyO on… Hard Spending Decisions
(As posted at JoeyO.ca) On June 24th, 2010, the provincial government released a fiscal update. The long and short of it was, “the 2010 budget said the deficit would be $4.7 Billion, but in reality it’s $1 Billion”. Which is GOOD. I would MUCH rather be spending $1 Billion more
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Effect of restrictive bail conditions on sentencing
An accused is released on bail — but under very restrictive conditions. In the event of a conviction and sentencing how does the restrictive bail impact on sentence? R. v. Downes [2006] 79 O.R. (3d) 321 states, "…that time spent under stringent bail conditions, especially under house arrest, must be
Continue readingLeftist Jab: Conservatives Unveil New Jobs Plan For Quebec
You too could embark on a new lucrative career in the Canadian civil service! With little fanfare, the Conservatives announced that they are back in the race in Quebec provincial politics yet again! That’s right! Despite not having had a MNA sitting in the Quebec National Assembly since 1935, the
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Rick Perry’s misguided ‘Islamic terrorist’ spin re Turkey
As though we need any more proof that American politics on the right risks a descent into unhinged nuttiness, up steps Rick Perry with his wisdom on Turkey. Perry, who isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer, has screwed up time and again in the course of the Republican race.
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Cleaning Up Links
Speaking of the end of posting at Nurse XY, I was looking over my blogroll the other day and was surprised by the number of blogs moribund or otherwise defunct. I need to update. Any readers with nursing/HCP blogs or know of good blogs? Leave me a note in comments. Filed under:
Continue readingAnd…we’re back.
Blackout ended. Regular posting (and venting) to resume shortly. Thanks for your understanding, folks. (And for those who also stood up against SOPA, big hugs and major good karma to you all.) Meanwhile, for a striking example of someone who Does. NOT. Get. It., click here. And have your anti-nausea
Continue readingNot With A Bang, But A Shilling.
AllTheSellingOutThatFits TheCorpIsNoLongerOurMotherVille The CBC in BC is running its student intern program (or a sort) again. Which is laudable, I reckon. What is not so laudable, by my reckoning anyway, is the fact that is being used as a shillophantic platform for ‘Sylvan Learning Centers’. Now. Regardless whether or not
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Regulators throwing loaded dice
Propaganda is a tool favoured by leaders who suppose unthinking citizens can’t determine the common interest. Noam Chomsky says it is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. The tar sands extraction industry and parasitical agents like Ethical Oil, along with Stephen Harper’s government, are investing
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: If This Is The Best They’ve Got…
My daughter just sent me this link. After reading a few of the comments, I couldn’t help but remember Charlton Heston’s famous line from the original Planet of the Apes: “Look on the bright side: if this is the best they’ve got around here, in six months, we’ll be running
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: Romney pays 15% tax on $200m personal fortune
Mitt Romney: the gaffes in full, Josh Marshall, The Guardian “As a fabulously wealthy man running to be the president of a country that prides itself on its middle class identity, Romney is permanently striving for the common touch while somehow keeping it real about just how different his life
Continue readingThe Enlightened Savage: Fish Creek Thinks Big on Health
(originally posted on JoeyO.ca) One of the issues that comes up most frequently at the doors and on the phones as we work through this process is the topic of healthcare. In particular, people in Calgary-Fish Creek want to know how to improve the care they receive, and they want
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rumour: Quebecor To Cut Management Staff
I heard yesterday there was finally going to be some trimming at the management level due to creation of one sales force. Less advertising managers was the story going around. Just a rumour, but from what’s left of the Toronto Sun Family blog, where rumours re the fate of Quebecor
Continue readingDeSmogBlog: Without Facts on Their Side, Oil Shills Try to Buy Keystone Support on Twitter
As the internet reacts to the State Department's bold decision to deny the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, you're likely to come across the moans and cries of the stumbling Goliaths of Big Oil. Having lost the Keystone XL battle, the oil industry and its shills in Washington are falling back on
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