“Nothing to see here. Nothing to see here.” Until the last couple days, that had been the mood in Calgary, as the Occupy Wall Street (#ows) movement seemed far from many peoples’ minds. Sure, by now, everyone’s seen the graphs coming out about American inequality that show 1% of that population controlling an exponentially widening
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: One person’s voice echoes widely
Alexandra Morton has been nominated at The Tyee for The People’s Order of BC and you are eligible to vote. These words — familiar ones to readers of Northern Insights — explain the nomination:
“Alexandra Morton has for many years sustained…
Wankers of the Week: Happy Hell-o-ween!
Crappy weekend, everyone! How are we enjoying this week from Hell? And Halloween is just around the corner, and with it, one may deduce, a zombie apocalypse. Between these people and the zombies, I know which ones I’d pick to hang out with…how ’bout you? 1. Silvio Fucking Berlusconi. Well, that was nice of him, […]
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Occupy This!
I’m a bit surprised that there are still some progressives who don’t “get” what the Occupy movement is truly about. Some think it’s just so much street theatre, a bunch of unambitious but greedy kids eager for attention.Bollocks!Quite predictably…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: The mind can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven
John Milton
Continue readingTransCanada : an "American company"
Hey, did you think that TransCanada, the company intending to extend the Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta to the Free Tariff Zone refineries in Texas, was a Canadian company? Me too. Must be something about that name. And the fact…
Continue readingThe World Famous Dan Shields: 4133…Selena Gomez SellsOut And Sucks
Well sorta sells out Scotia Bank Place in Ottawa.And the 59 year old dude, Denis Armstrong, who is reviewing this teen queen who appeals to teens and pre teens says she sucks.Is there no one more appropriate that the Ottawa Sun could task this to?Just …
Continue readingSo, If Lotusland Were To Have Its Own ‘Common Sense’ Revolution…
AllTheMargsThatFitDelahuntyVille…Does it mean that we would someday soon have 911 call recordings of Ms. Always Campaigning screaming…..”Don’t you F’ing who I am?…..I’m Always ‘F’ing Campaigning…And I’m the Mayor of this F’ing Town!”After she i…
Continue readingImpolitical: Saturday night
Love it but can do without the last minute or so. That part is too poseur-ish. We get it, you’re a guitar band, just wrap it up a little sooner, thanks! Woot.
Continue readingNorthern Insights / Perceptivity: It is class warfare…
begun [by] the financial overlords who control all of the major levers of power in what passes for our democracy.
… three decades of rampant upper-crust greed … will be well marked by future historians recording the death of the American dream. In…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading.- Susan Riley comments on Brian Topp’s mention of raising taxes as a necessary price of greater equality and better social programs:(H)owever reasonable, limited or incremental (Topp’s) plan turns out to …
Continue readingRob Ford: Today’s Worst Person In The World!
HAHAHAHAHA! Mayor Rob Fucking Ford made Olbermann’s Worst Person In The World last night.
Why am I laughing? Toronto is my home fucking town, I should probably be fucking mortified.
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Conrad Black Endorses Herman Cain
Good Lordy of the Hot Crossed Buns. I see Conrad Black has gone looking for Ronald Reagan.And found the Lord of Godfather Pizza Herman Cain.Herman Cain is a self-made African-American, well-educated, keyed to opportunity and not victimhood, a succ…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Suck On It, Ez
…you too, PKP.h/t
Continue readingOlbermann’s worst person in the f’ing world: Rob Ford
You knew the US media would not let a momentous occasion like Rob Ford’s freakout at Marg Delahunty and 911 dispatchers to go unnoticed. Keith Olbermann is the first US TV pundit to jump on the ridiculousness of Toronto’s wimpy mayor. He won’t be the l…
Continue readingFar and Wide: Zing
Why I love my public broadcaster(h/t @KimFox):Cheeky!
Continue readingImpolitical: The latest in Peter Puck Prime Minister
Oh look, a piece on hockey from Mr. Harper: “It was freedom versus repression.” Well, it is Saturday and all, so let’s indulge the sporty topic. A few things here! First of all, not being a hockey connoisseur or really, much of a fan, I have to say, mu…
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Picking up bad habits, in the church, and in the newsroom
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permissions There was an interesting online column from London’s Daily Telegraph newspaper a few days ago, which reports that some newer churches in the London area have learned some of the wrong … Continue reading →
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On complexities
Bruce Johnstone makes about the best case one possibly can for the Sask Party’s refusal to review potash royalties. But it necessarily misses a rather important point.After all, there’s absolutely no basis to consider the current royalty structure as a…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Similar fact evidence and issue estoppel
R. v. D.N.C., 2011 ONCA 672 is an interesting case dealing with the concepts of issue estoppel and similar fact evidence. An accused was charged with certain offences; the charges were (improperly) stayed by the trial judge. The Crown did not procee…
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