R. v. McGraw, 2011 ONCA 451, released today, is a useful current source for the law holding a trial judge ought to follow a joint submission on sentence unless contrary to public interest:[5] The trial judge was bound to accept the joint s…
Continue readingBuckdog: Federal New Democrat Caucus Proposes Amendment To Harper’s Libya Motion Which Would Prohibit Canadian Ground Forces
The House of Commons today is debating the following motion, put forward by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird:
No. 1 — June 9, 2011 — The Minister of Foreign Affairs — That, in standing in solidarity with those seeking freedom in Libya, the Ho…
Continue readingAngelic Boston Bruins head to game 7 in dirty Vancouver
Hi, Cathal Kelly here of The Star. Good to see my boys make quick work of the Canucks last night. Don’t you just hate the Canucks? Swedes, French Canadians, embellishments, Luongo, those arrogant fans, all in one ball ready to hate. And that Johnny Can…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Parliament In Review: June 13, 2011
As I’d suspected, there looks to be plenty of material for a review post from just a day’s worth of events in the House of Commons. So here’s an inaugural daily review of what you may have missed in Ottawa yesterday – with a few themes I’ll be developi…
Continue readingBuckdog: What ‘Boom’ Are You Referring To Premier Wall??
If you listen to Saskatchewan’s top salesman, Premier Brad Wall will try and convince you that the province is simply booming under his stewardship. What is not mentioned is the fact that for February, March and April, jobs and employment actually dec…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: "Global Warming" Is Out, "Global Weirding" Is In
Global warming used to be mainly a battleground for atmospherics science debates. Today the oceanographers and hydrologists are moving way up the prestige ladder because, as we’re finding out pretty much everywhere, global warming is as much about wa…
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Remarkable Pedro Infante Mix
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Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Kansas Throws In the Towel, Harvests Whatever Wheat It Can
The combines are early onto the wheat fields of Kansas this year. Accounts suggest they’re trying to salvage whatever they can from this year’s crop in regions hard hit by drought.
The worst droughts in decades are wilting wheat fields worldwide.
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The Disaffected Lib: Florida – Global Warming’s Punching Bag
What’s a “perfect storm” Florida-style? That’s easy, a property market collapse, a Tea Bagger governor and the onset of the ravages of climate change. That’s a real Trifecta.
Florida, like other states in that corner of America, is reeling from …
Continue readingOttawa police avert terrorist attack
Sgt. Paul Batista: now, there’s a name to conjure with. He’s the fellow who threatened some Naked Bike Riders with arrest this past Sunday if they removed their clothes, once again making Ottawa a laughingstock worldwide. Ottawa cycling activists have…
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Why I Garden
So I was away from this blog for a few days. Not intentionally, I hasten to add: but sometimes, it must be admitted, unintentional absences are the best. I was in fact dealing with miscellaneous garbage, like what I wrote about yesterday. The flotsam and jetsam of life. I would have rather spent time in […]
Accidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- I’ll agree with Barbara Yaffe that one of the most important tasks for the Cons as a majority government will be to avoid having their heads inflated to dangerous levels. But I’m not sure how Yaffe could possibl…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: John Bolton Slams Uppity World
Rightwing nutjob Stephen Harper, er, John Bolton, has slammed the United Nations and its membership of irrelevant countries, a.k.a. “the world”, for having the audacity to grant political recognition to a Palestinian state in a vote that’s scheduled …
Continue readingTories get criminals to turn themselves in, by hiring correctional workers and firing cops
The public’s first line of defense against crime are the men and women in uniform that, despite their pleasant demeanor when walking the beat, pack a 9mm and undergo training that most of us wouldn’t be able to endure.
The RCMP, in particular, o…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Montel – Has Gone to Pot
TV yak show host and pitchman Montel Williams is hawking medical marijuana. Williams has gone into partnership in an outfit known as the Albatin Wellness Cooperative in Sacramento.
Williams has used pot for years to relieve the neurological pain o…
Continue readingwmtc: former nfl star michael strahan joins the fight for marriage equality
This is reaching whole new levels of awesomeoness. Go go go!
Continue readingOh, This Is Just Too Precious!
Yes, indeedy, Stevie Spiteful!! You’ve been a very naughty boy!! And there is somebody, Terri-Jean Bedford, a dominatrix, who announced on a CBC interview, they would like to discipline you as she hits her hand with her riding crop.
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Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Belize wants to buy out Fortis interest in Belize power company
From Fortis: “The Government of Belize (the “Government”) issued a media release on Friday, June 10, 2011 announcing the Government’s interest, “…in purchasing majority shares in BEL so as to assume control of the company.” No purchase proposal ha…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Uphold the sex workers’ decision
This week the Ontario Court of Appeal is hearing arguments in the case involving three sex trade workers who have asked to have three sections of the Criminal Code, as it is applied to them and others similarly situated, to be declared unconstitutional…
Continue readingWise Law Blog: 140 Law – Legal Headlines for June 14, 2011
Here are today’s leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:U. of Alberta dean faces plagiarism investigation – http://goo.gl/DZuYtHackers Attack Senate Website – http://goo.gl/kGGP0Wal-Mart loses $187.6 million appeal over worker breaks -http://…
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