Computer virus phone scams
Perhaps an unknown telephone caller claims your computer is corrupted by viruses and involved in alarming errors and electronic transgressions. The scammer might say, "We've had a report from your…
September 2011
Psst. Hey Mr. Afghani, you want to be an interpreter for us?
Risk your life. And your family's. And everyone you know.Now you've done your job. Thanks for all your help. But you're in danger at home?You want to seek refuge in…
Memoriam
Victims of 9-11: World Trade CenterVictims of 9-11: Pentagon and Flights
9-11-11 Persona Association: Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Layton, Michael Ignatieff,Jack Bauer
OK how about Michael Ignatieff to counter terrorism and Kiefer Sutherland takes over his grandpa's old job? "Copy that."
Professor: Harper most powerful executive in the world; there is nothing to restrain him
Astute observations about Harper and how he has complete domination over our laws and government. Ralph Heintzman, a professor at the University of Ottawa and head of the federal Office…
Ed and Red on federal politics
At the Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature in Ottawa this weekend, the media guests of honour were Ed the Sock and Liana K, known of course…
Mark Steyn pens another post designed to inspire future Breiviks
From Zandar Versus the Stupid, an astute observation on the world Mark Steyn inhabits. Over at the National Review, Mark Steyn is clearly upset that we haven’t declared September 11th…
Dogged Testimony
In upstate New York, an interesting case about jury bias is entering the appeals process. Why is it interesting? Because it involves a cute dog:Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom…
Your Daily Hillier: Tea Party Torys Celebrate Randy Hillier, Trash Ernie Eves!
Dave Krayden from the Canadian Centre for Policy Studies opines:Do you remember Ernie Eves? Yes, he was that Red Tory who helped destroy what Mike Harris had produced over two…
Ontario Court of Appeal: McNamee v McNamee, 2011 ONCA
McNamee v McNamee - an interesting analysis of "gifts" that may be excluded from calculation of net family property under s. 4(2) of the Family Law Act.FactsClayton McNamee, appellant, and…
Music for a Sunday: Hast du etwas Zeit für mich?
An only slightly fanciful version of how stupid the Cold War mentality could get. Germany was caught in the middle of it all, and Germans (including this Canadian one) were…
Law School Students v. Law Schools
Law graduates from Michigan and New York law schools have begun a class action lawsuit against their alma maters:The two class-action suits were filed by graduates of New York Law…
Google, Patent Trolling, And Canada
Google has acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion dollars, giving Google its very own smartphone manufacturer (even if Motorola isn't the mobile device force it was a decade ago, having…
Ontario Employment Law: Reasonable Notice And The Duty to Mitigate
When an employee is wrongfully dismissed by his or her employer, this means that he or she is entitled to pay in lieu of reasonable notice at common law. Where…
It’s Not Work-For-Hire: The Music Industry’s New (And Not At All New) Problem With Copyright
The music industry's problems with copyright have been legendary over the last decade, but their newest problem isn't the usual issue of music piracy that's kept the industry so litigious…
The Stanley Kubrick Patent Defense
Apple is currently suing Samsung over the Galaxy Tab tablet computer, claiming that the Tab violates Apple's design patents on the iPad. Samsung's response is, to say the least, original:…
U.S. Federal Judge: Online Music Lockers Do Not Violate Copyright
Despite the fact that Mp3Tunes has been found liable for copyright infringement, the way in that it was found liable means that it and future "online music locker" services will…
New PCPO slogan: We want you to pay taxes so we don’t have to
Seriously, Randy Hillier, stop making excuses and pay your fucking taxes. And Tim? A real leader wouldn’t allow one of his MPPs, who is paid with taxpayer dollars, to…
9/11 publishing…
I don't trust what they say happened. I don't solemnly commemorate the toppling of those two monuments to greed and power. I think people accept much too much of what…
Your Daily Hillier: Randy Still EvadingTaxes
I guess the question is: will Randy pay his taxes before the end of the campaign? Day three after the big revelation, he still seems to be on the dodge.