But they won't.The last time Britain saw widespread rioting, in the 1980s, street violence came after a long and failed political struggle against the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher, which…
Lately there has been a spate of reports about the rich flocking to high end shops and indulging in the sort of luxuries reminiscent of the days before the Great…
I’ve read the name ‘David Mabus’ a few times on Twitter, mostly in tweets from PZ Myers. Montrealer Mabus (real name: Dennis Marcuze) has made a name for himself by…
Talk about a loss of confidence!! A new Washington Post poll underscores the damage caused to President Obama and both political parties by the long standoff over the debt…
Over the past few days I’ve been contemplating the medium-term view of US stocks and whether I should reduce exposure to them. It seems difficult to be very bullish on…
He's just not that bright.UPDATE: Almost as fast as the tweet appeared for this post, I received this reply via Twitter from @rustlongwood:For federal tax purposes, you are considered a…
We eat a lot of instant ramen noodles here at the Woodshed. I wish to the FSM they would stop calling these little packets of instant noodles "ramen" since they…
What do you do if you have a riot? Well, if you are a British Conservative, you dictate who can and can't join Facebook and who can and can't own…
I've read the name 'David Mabus' a few times on Twitter, mostly in tweets from PZ Myers. Montrealer Mabus (real name: Dennis Marcuze) has made a name for himself by…
By Alexander Ly and Adam Webb for The Mark Canadian privacy online is about to be put at serious risk. As if internet malefactors and unruly privacy settings on major…
I listen to Kathleen Petty on the Ottawa Morning Show on CBC radio every morning. Just for a little while…from the time I wake up til the time I get…
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Glen McGregor breaks a bigger story than he seems to realize, as the Harper Cons are now quite explicitly declaring their intention to take a wrecking ball to the Canadian…
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has condemned Syria's Assad regime for its suppression of pro-democracy dissenters and withdrawn his ambassador. This is a very civilized thing to do in the face…
AllThePoisonPillsThatFitBuriedInTheCottonCandyCloudsVille Yes, that's right. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says that we, the people of British Columbia, who were told the HST was not even on their radar screens when…
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R. v. Kelly, 2011 ONCA 549 sets out the law related to the adoption of prior inconsistent statements. It is important to remember a prior statement may be admissible, though not adopted, if…
On June 28th 2009 the democratically elected Manuel Zelaya government was overthrown by the Honduran military.Zelaya was preparing to rewrite Honduras' constitution that was drafted by a previous US back…
“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.” —former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free trade…
“We kill trade unionists because they interfere with people working.” —former paramilitary leader Carlos Castaño Stephen Harper loves the way the government of Colombia operates. Defending the Colombia-Canada free trade…
