OK, this is downright silly. I disagree with Rob Ford on almost every policy matter you can imagine. I was not impressed with his refusal to attend Pride Week. But gosh, “worst person in the world”? Seriously, he doesn’t qualify as worst person on…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for October 31, 2011
Just in case you were busy enjoying the Halloween festivities this weekend, Wise Law on Twitter has you covered with the leading legal headlines:
Rob Ford 911 Call: Keith Olbermann Dubs Toronto Mayor ‘Worst Person In The World’ http://hu…
Continue readingOccupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to the ills of our financial and governmental system, but for shelter and food. Mixing in with deter…
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Cut funding to secretive CBC: Worthington by Peter Worthington
Columnist says it’s wrong for the CBC to be bidding on programs that the private sector would run but can’t match because of government funding.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On divergent rules
Shorter Neil Reynolds:Taxes aimed at higher-wealth individuals only work if the people being taxed follow the law. And since when do we expect our wealthy betters to meet such an unreasonable standard?
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Ignorance is Strength – A view through the looking glass of “Conservative christian Thought”
I promised myself I would not do this again, but it happened anyways *sigh*. I went back to Usneakydevilu’s blog and perused the articles there. Bad move, I’m guessing my SIWOTI gnome needs feeding and wanted the *full* buffet style treatment. I am aware of the nuclear grade delusion running front and centre there, but […]
They Call Me "Mr. Sinister": An Iron Curtain Has Descended In Ottawa
Who the hell has ever heard of needing Ministerial clearance, to use a public auditorium in a library? No one, until now. Come on libertarians. Make some noise.
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": An Iron Curtain Has Descended In Ottawa
Who the hell has ever heard of needing Ministerial clearance, to use a public auditorium in a library? No one, until now. Come on libertarians. Make some noise.
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": An Iron Curtain Has Descended In Ottawa
Who the hell has ever heard of needing Ministerial clearance, to use a public auditorium in a library? No one, until now. Come on libertarians. Make some noise.
Continue readingNo Debate, No Fuss
Prime Minister Stephen Harper can pass any legislation he wants. The only trouble he can get into is if public opinion rises in opposition. To limit the chances of the public getting that mad at him, Harper has used closure seven times to end debate …
Continue reading350 or bust: Witch’s Fingers And Night Of The Living Duck
Who says climate hawks don’t have any fun? For years I have made “Witch’s Fingers” with my daughters and their friends for Halloween. Now both are university students living away from home, but each of them recently sent home pi…
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Another brilliant move by the National Capital
They are closing the one and only tourist informtion centre. The one across from Parliament Hill, perfectly located where all the visitors get their maps and other userful tips in both official languages.Article : Ottawa’s only tourist centre to close….
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Another brilliant move by the National Capital
They are closing the one and only tourist informtion centre. The one across from Parliament Hill, perfectly located where all the visitors get their maps and other userful tips in both official languages.Article : Ottawa’s only tourist centre to close….
Continue readinggay persons of color: Homophobic preacher named Britain’s most inspirational black person
Well, you know times are bad when in a competition for Britain’s most inspirational black person organised by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and Metro newspaper, the winner ends up being Agu Irukwu, an anti-gay pastor who leads an evangelical chur…
Continue readingDestroying long gun registry records could wake up Canadians to Cons’ petty and authoritarian nature
In a perverse way, I do hope the Conservatives destroy the long gun registry records. Vic Toews’ reasoning for the move says everything Canadians need to know about the majority party (emphasis mine):Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (Provencher, M…
Continue readingThe Skwib: The Halloween Feast of Madness Bird
Say what you will about Marge and Delia, but they served a mean turkey dinner. Sure they might have been witches. Sure, they tended to use a little too much salt when they were cooking. (Probably from all the dehydrated eye of newt, which is very high in sodium, but they could never seem to […]
Continue readingSlap Upside The Head: Saying It Gets Better Isn’t Enough
Canada’s own Rick Mercer posted a particularly good Rick Mercer Rant last week, prompted in part by the Conservative Party’s ill-thought-out and poorly timed contribution to the It Gets Better project. The rant quickly gained viral status online with its simple message: It’s not enough to just say “It gets better” and leave it at […]
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Truth in small things #nlpoli
If the truth may be found in the smallest of things, then the shifts and changes in Kathy Dunderdale’s second cabinet reveal a great deal. “It is very important to me that our government operates as efficiently as possible, while providing qual…
Continue readingThe roaring silence called "progress"
It looks like the Commonwealth Heads of
Government Meeting has been something of a disaster, with the human rights
components being rejected by several of the players, as was any declaration on
the rights of gays and lesbians in the form of decr…