Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chantal Hebert highlights how the Harper Cons are making a show of ignoring the needs of Quebec - and indeed making matters worse…
September 2011
On arbitrary standards
I'm sure we can look forward to Mitch Wexler's numbers on the total count of left-wing versus right-wing elected representatives in Canada being trotted out plenty during the course of…
Tim Hudak sure changes his mind a lot
“This contains practical and affordable measures to help new Canadians find and create jobs here in Ontario. It is an example of forward thinking that is badly needed and…
Tarek Fatah: “What’s happened is that any attempt to attack Islamism is portrayed as racism. It’s very disturbing.”
And any little criticism of Israel is an invitation to be called an anti-Semite. It’s the official position of the ‘Harper Government’! That is what is disturbing; it’s your weapon…
Australia’s Climate Scientists Expose Shock-jock Distortion Tactics
Rupert Murdoch.png Authored by Stephan Lewandowsky. This post originally appeared at The Guardian. Re-printed here with permission. Australia has unwittingly become a social experiment. A ...
Steve Coogan: the key to exposing the heart of the phone hacking scandal?
If you know of Steve Coogan you know of a very funny man who made his fame as the blustery TV host, Alan Partridge and in movies such as "Tropic…
The Joy of Destruction
A short animated film by Xaver Xylophon & Laura Junger celebrating “the human drive to destroy and the absurd entertaining value that’s attached to it.”
Platon: Amazing Photographer
I am a visual person and like photos. Platon is an amazing photographer. In this video he did photos of some of the head of states. It is a video…
140 Law – Legal Headlines for September 6, 2011
Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:Jacques Chirac won't have to attend corruption trial -http://goo.gl/Fch2uSpeaker's Corner: Lawyers' letters can be perilous - Law Times -http://goo.gl/8h0NEAn illuminating…
Addiction to Oil: A Parent’s Call To Action
Dr. Sarah Warren is psychologist and addictions expert who understands our addiction to oil and how to go into “recovery.” She appreciates what it takes to move from denial to…
I’m glad to see the Toronto Sun takes a fair and balanced approach to the Liberal platform
Not!There are legitimate issues to raise about the platform -- I think it's a good and sensible platform but reasonable people can legitimately differ. But the Sun's cover? Candidly it's…
Critical Choice For The NDP
Twice in my life I've had the misfortune of working in a unionized workplace. I say misfortune, because those two stints easily stand out as the most dysfunctional, backass experiences…
New Zealand marriage equality campaign – Legalise Love
At present in New Zealand, non-heterosexual couples cannot have their committed relationships legally recognized in the same way that their heterosexual counterparts can. Furthermore, New Zealand's gay couples are forbidden…
Celestial’s junk gets excited
Too little, too late, too crazee. But she sure is purdy.H/T: @canadiancynic
As the race begins in Ontario
The writ has still not dropped but the unofficial race is on. A few things this morning on the campaign as it begins...The Nanos leadership numbers are back, in the…
Rollins down the river: can’t take the crazy anymore
"Whew."In a move that will no doubt be a relief to both the departing staff and to Michele Bachmann herself, campaign chief Ed Rollins and a top deputy have left…
The Ontario election (un)officially starts today (and it’s a horserace)
I’m fairly confident in saying that other then political junkies, not a lot of attention was paid to the Ontario election campaign by potential voters in Ontario. With Labour Day…
Everyone’s a critic
Hank didn’t care that act had won the Most Unconvincing Bear Award six years running. He had been practicing on his flugelhorn, and he was sure that this season would…