What The Asbestos Debate Isn’t About
"This government will not put Canadian industry in a position where it is discriminated against in a market where sale is permitted." -Stephen Harper (April 26th, 2011)Chrysotile is "ethical" asbestosDespite…
June 2011
Just doing some housekeeping…
i'll re-publishing some older posts i'd taken down. if i come across something really close to my heart i'll update it with a true re-post.if what you're reading here grips…
Late night
More from Glastonbury, Ed Sheeran who is 20 years old! Man. "Cool girl, no phone...," great line.
Changing Public Opinion By Making It Right
Out from under the dark and vague misguided tendencies of tolerance and pluralism, popular opinion must be dragged, to be viewed in its proper place within human affairs.Too often has…
"He Who Will Not Be Named" Bravely Takes Swipe At WN Detractors. Once They Can’t Respond
We tried not to talk about him. We mean we tried really, really hard. But when you're given gold like this, how could we not share it with our readers?…
You’d never know it to look at her face
...but I think Mallory is either getting off easy or dealing well with the chicken pox. Last night did not see the three hour wail fest, and I expect this…
Protracted and tortuous reasons can be insufficient
R. v. Geddes, 2011 MBCA 44 deals with the sufficiency of a judge's reasons in an unusual context. Here the Court found the reasons were too long and complex. As a…
Another Real Pro Back In The Bloggodome
AllTheWordsThatFitWithMeaningVilleAlmost missed it following all the new arrivals at Clark'sVille station, but it is very much worth mentioning that the best of the proMedia writers on all things maritime off…
On downturns
Sure, it might seem like reason for concern that it's only the type of government spending which the Cons are determined to slash that allowed Canadians in general to somewhat…
#G20 anniversary: Queen & Spadina, one year later
Hundreds of citizens arrested on bullshit pretexts.Detained arbitrarily in conditions that were gross violations of human rights.Subjected to racist, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic slurs and harassment.Assaulted indiscriminately.Beaten, tear-gasse...
The Calculations Around Fracking
In response to David W. Campbell, who writes of the fracking issue, "I think a government could be brought down over shale gas. It seems quite easy to whip up…
Nowak: Interview with Cisco shows Canadians aren’t bandwidth hogs
By Peter Nowak A few weeks ago, I wrote about the latest internet usage report from Cisco and how it would inevitably be misconstrued by some folks. Some of the…
Radio Topics for June 28th
Happy early Canada Day. Next time the show airs we shall be into July and the future King and Queen of England will have departed Ottawa. We have an exciting…
Arts funding arbitrariness
Despite the diplomatic reaction by a SummerWorks board member, this does seem like a predictable result given last year's Prime Ministerial public pronouncement about the content of one play put…
Anatomy Of A Bad Ad
The theme is a solid one, but the execution is abysmal. The Ontario PC "Taxman" ad is your cookie cutter attack ad, ending with the always original "change" plea:The ad…
SCOTUS okays violent vid games
The US Supreme Court ruled today, 7-2, violent video games are protected by the First Amendment and California had no right to pass a law that banned the sale of…
Almost a week without rain
And the big news in health care today is that even though I waited very, very patiently for a very, very long time to see the new doctor (who seems…
English Translation of the Geert Wilders Decision
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Fetal Rights Legislation in the US and Canada
When I started this blog back in April (even though it had been on my mind prior to that for months), I decided that I wanted to focus on reproductive…
They are audacious…
“We Are Eager to Get to Gaza”: Democracy Now! Exclusive Report from Greece on U.S. Gaza Aid FlotillaUp to 50 Americans are set to sail from a Greek port on…