The Cat favours Thomas Mulcair to replace Jack Layton
Thomas MulcairLayton is stepping down as leader of the NDP to fight a new cancer attack, and a temporary leader will be selected by the party, and might only serve…
July 2011
Layton steps aside
A frail-looking and raspy-voiced NDP leader Jack Layton announced Monday that his battle with cancer isn't over. The official Opposition leader said he was temporarily stepping aside to take care…
Layton Steps Down Temporarily
A very gaunt and weak-sounding Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has announced that he has a "new" cancer and is temporarily stepping aside appointing Nycole Turmel as interim leader.…
Layton Steps Down Temporarily
A very gaunt and weak-sounding Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has announced that he has a “new” cancer and is temporarily stepping aside appointing Nycole Turmel as interim leader.…
Layton Steps Down Temporarily
A very gaunt and weak-sounding Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has announced that he has a "new" cancer and is temporarily stepping aside appointing Nycole Turmel as interim leader.Best…
Layton Steps Down Temporarily
A very gaunt and weak-sounding Jack Layton, leader of the NDP, has announced that he has a “new” cancer and is temporarily stepping aside appointing Nycole Turmel as interim leader.…
Best Wishes Mr. Layton
You're in our thoughts. Let's all hope for the best.
Sad
Pretty hard to watch the normally vibrant Jack Layton at today's press conference. Having seen this look before, this appears an extremely serious and sad situation. Like everyone, I wish…
"If I have tried to bring anything to federal politics, it is the idea that hope and optimism should be at their heart"
Very sad news today, with Jack Layton announcing he is now battling a new form of cancer. He will be taking a leave of absence as party leader to focus…
Jack Layton stunner. Taking time off to treat ‘new cancer’. Nycole Turmel to be interim leader.
Good luck, Jack. Hope you return healthy and cancer free. We need you. God, we need fighters.Turmel's profile.Prediction: Blogging Tories will claim Layton is just doing it for attention. UPDATE:…
New Democrat Leader Jack Layton Announces That He Has New Cancer – Taking Leave Of Absence
New Democrat Party leader Jack Layton was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2009. He also underwent hip surgery just before the recent federal election campaign. Today he announced that he…
Mayor Ford: User Fees For Everyone…But Him
You probably don't need me to tell you that Rob Ford is a hyprocrite and a liar in addition to being a mean-spirited prick. All that is apparent every time…
Our ugly government
My friend and sparring partner deBeauxOs has a post up that everyone should read. And be sure to follow the link. Just a few weeks in office with their majority,…
IIlicit money flows
Not really into re-blogging articles but this essay effectively puts money laundering and corruption into context. It is useful for explaining key processes in the ‘the web of secrecy, collusions…
CNN’s Erick Erickson: “Secular leftists and Islamists are both of this world. Christians may be traveling through, but we are most definitely not of the world.”
Yep, he said that. And I must say, I agree. At least about the ‘leftists’ part. We are definitely of this earth. As for those non-leftists floating around…
Dispatches from a pool shark on the frontlines of Suburbia – Part 1
suburbia_diver_web.jpg Not that type of pool. I’m a lifeguard. I work at private swimming pools all around the island of Montreal as a substitute or stand-in. When you’re sick or…
Bike Sharing at a Women’s Shelter
Despite the local mayors attempts to stop cycling in Toronto, Torontonians are all about bicycling into the future. Now a local women’s shelter has stepped up to help women of…
If you get a tweet saying "someone said this really bad thing about you" DON’T FOLLOW THE LINK!!!
It is a bogus phishing program. Trust me, if people say bad things they do it openly… .
Sentence appeals
R. v. Preddy, 2011 BCCA 324 is a helpful source for the law regarding the limited scope of sentence appeals: Sentence appeals are limited in scope. The approach to be…
Morons and lunatics
The prescient Umberto Eco, in Foucault’s Pendulum: A lunatic is easily recognized. He is a moron who doesn’t know the ropes. The moron proves his thesis; he has a logic,…