#OccupyWallStreet. ACR notes.
CNN is desperately trying to fit these actions into a construct they can understand and capitalize on. Today's suggestion is that #OWS will become a political party. A Liberal "tea…
October 2011
Feingold gets it: The message of OccupyWallStreet is that people have been ripped off
At last someone has dug down to the root of the swell of public protest that has manifested itself in the OccupyWallStreet movement:Feingold rejected the argument — made even by…
Tory Candidate Blames Campaign Troubles on Tim Hudak
More Tory troubles. This time, however, it's with an active Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidate who comes clean about how difficult it is to deliver her leader's divisive and…
Steve, You’ve Got Mail. Stop Being Such a G__damned Socialist!
Dear Exalted Ruler, you have mail from the OECD and the IEA. They want you and other world leaders to cut out the billions of dollars you waste each year…
Spanish duchess marries
She is 85 and he is 60. She is one lucky hag. Maybe the man is impressed by her title of duchess.Spain's Duchess of Alba Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart y Silva…
Why politics is stupid much of the time: the flip-flop attack
Trying to save is drowning campaign the day before e-day, Ontario C leader (I've redacted the P) Tim Hudak was in Mississauga today, where he used Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty's…
Fair & Challenged
Fox News dispatched their fatuous cub reporter Griff Jenkins to Liberty Plaza recently to interview some of the dirty hippies and bizarre characters at the Occupy Wall Street protest, but…
Representative democracy, public participation and social media
There was an interesting controversy in Waterloo this week. A city councillor, while sitting in Council listening to a delegation of residents who were concerned about a proposed development in…
What people are saying about the Ontario Liberal plan
Here's a collection of quotes about the Ontario Liberal plan to move forward together:"He is trying to build a healthier, greener, more prosperous and better educated province...McGuinty's experience in government…
‘But for’ remains test for causation
Donley Investments Limited v. Canril Corporation, 2011 ONCA 625 is a good source for the (uncontentious) point that the test for causation is 'but for': 3. Faulty causation analysis  ...
Globe: CRTC to keep its hands off online video
By Susan Krashinsky for The Globe And Mail The federal broadcast regulator has said there is still no conclusive evidence that Internet-delivered TV services such as Netflix (NFLX-Q116.972.071.80%) are disrupting…
Taxes and the Ghost of Bob Blair
Robert Blair died in April 2009. “Bob” – as he was best known – headed Nova Corporation and became in time a very wealthy man. Unusual in the oil and…
CNN on Occupy Wall Street: “Bang on the bongos, smoke weed!”
If there any doubts that CNN turned a far right with the hiring of far right blogger Erick Erickson and Breitbart flunky Dana Loesch with no progressive counterpart, take a…
Has Huffington Post run out of stories?
This is one of the most disgusting stories I have read on the Huffington Post, and I am a regular reader of the Post. It is about a bridesmaid having…
Greenpeace Calls On Congress To Investigate Koch’s Illegal Practices
Kochtopus money bags.png Greenpeace USA today called for a full Congressional investigation of Koch Industries and the illegal practices detailed in the Bloomberg Markets Magazine piece, &qu...
Right-wing Economic Ignorance. . . . .
The issues surrounding the Vancouver 'safe injection site' are actually an excellent illustration of what is wrong with right-wing ideology here and abroad. I have heard right-winger continually criticize Insite…
Great week for an election….
…and golf! It really is October, right? I wonder if any researcher has ever run a statistical analysis of the correlation between weather conditions on E Day and the success…
Bought My New Winter Bike
Well my old Supercycle winter bike finally died after two winters and I decided to go searching for something better to replace it with, something with a somewhat better derailleur…
Candle Power!
Who knows where our power is coming from in the future? Canada’s candlelight providers: ready to meet the surge in demand that comes from people wanting to turn the lights…
Drabinsky seeks bail, intends to appeal fraud conviction at Supreme Court
Hardly a surprise; will he get bail? My sense is likely yes -- he's hardly a flight risk:Former theatre mogul Garth Drabinsky is once again applying for bail and has…