A rather meaningless poll
I see Nanos is trumpeting a poll that says the Conservatives have fallen back into minority territory, while the Liberals have made big gains. It’s nice to see Conservative support…
August 2011
140 Law – Legal Headlines for August 8, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Who was that masked man? Court protects anonymity of internet users - http://goo.gl/ujAOj Group says it hacked U.S. law enforcement…
20 Tips for first-year students: #1 Make the most of your first few weeks (Orientation to Mount Allison University)
20 Tips in 20 Days for first-year students: #1 – Make the most of your first few weeks Your first days at Mount Allison are approaching quickly. In the first…
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2011 when…
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave... 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach…
Watch: iPad app helps children understand gay parents
Raghava KK is an artist originally from Bangalore, India, who now lives and works out of New York. His recent immigration to the US was due to censorship of his…
A Poll That Means Nothing
The honeymoon may be over, but they still have a majority in the HOC, and one soft poll this early in their term won't do a thing to impede whatever…
The Mumpsimus Blog – Simcoe County to consider rail line acquisition
The Barrie-Collingwood Railway (BCRY) may have a little more life left in it. There's a motion on the agenda for the County of Simcoe's Planning and Economic Development committee for…
Queer Thoughts 2011-08-08 06:09:00
It was 1976 - A British Columbia Court dismisses the appeal of the Vancouver Sun against a decision of the Canadian Human Rights Commission's board of inquiry that found the…
Brazil Ponders Heterosexual Pride Parade
The city of São Paulo approved legislation last week that would bring a heterosexual pride day to the city, if the Mayor approves it. Carlos Apolinario, the bill’s sponsor, said…
Nalcor Royalties – more information
Nalcor, the provincial government’s energy corporation, paid $142,332 in royalties on North Amethyst in 2010. The company has paid $317,399 in 2011 on the same project up to the end…
Harper’s travelling cabinet
Stephen Harper and several members of his cabinet have left for a six-day trip to Latin America to “bolster trade” with countries there, particularly Brazil, and sign a bunch of…
US Gives Alaska to AAA Rated Canada to Pay off Debt (CNN)
If you look carefully at the CNN map, it appears there is even a pixelfor the north of 49th American Indian reservation. Unfortunately, thatattention to detail didn't extend to Alaska...Oh,…
Terrific Autism News: Missing Severely Autistic Man Found Safe in Toronto
A 29 year old Toronto man with Autism has been found safe and sound. 680 Toronto News All News Radio reports that Gyafi Payne is described as having the "mental…
Symphony of Fire
It used to be called the symphony of fire, now it is called the celebration of light which sounds like Christmas to me. Thankfully it is still a bunch of…
5% GST Will Cost Canadians $156 Billion By 2016
When you're at a gas station buying that impulsive chocolate bar, do you still think of the two cents that the 5% GST saves you? No? That's good, because it…
Tim Hudak gets more heat on abortion issue
You know it’s bad when you’re a Conservative and even the Sun starts shitting on you: “Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak forgot and then eventually if grudgingly remembered that he…
All You Need to Know About the Economic Crisis
As the casinos meltdown, and the bankers run around like firefighters in tuxedos, and I'm forced to contemplate the possibility that the future of the global economy depends on whether…
Economics for Dummies: S & P = $ and Payola
Ah, nostalgia…it just ain’t what it used to be. Used to be that payola was just something that sleazy record promoters slipped to radio DJs to turn a mediocre pop…
Reswitching, relative prices and linearity
Ok so only 1000 people in the world understand this and only 10 care about it: economics for the most part has long since given up its empirical pretensions when…
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business: another AstroTurf organization attacking the interests of its own members
Alberta small businesses: not helped by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Below: The CFIB’s Dan Kelly, the CLC’s Ken Georgetti.Why does the so-called Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses push…