Powerful reason why Horwath should support PR now: her party is bleeding votes
The latest EKOS poll shows one dismaying finding that Andrea Horwath should respond to if she wants to end up on Friday in a position to influence the way the…
October 2011
No Surprises Here: Harper Government Set To Undermine Unions
As reported online in the Globe and Mail today, "The Conservatives are set to take another hit at labour organizations, this time through a private member’s bill designed to force…
Refuting my Fellow Blogger
My blogger friend Doggy and Owner talked about how I said that the Israeli settlements was for defense. I never said that or rather wrote that all. All I said…
Fiscal Austerity: Does it Work?
The Harper Regime is in the process of implementing some severe fiscal austerity measures. But does slashing spending and reducing deficits, as the advocates of such a policy claim, really…
Buddha painting in progress III
Filed under: art, Buddhism, painting Tagged: acrylic, Buddha, canvas, in progress, painting, Siddhartha Gautama, spirituality
Canada’s A Fit Place For Art, Artists And The CBC: Brian Topp
"Why would Mr. Harper want to end this seemingly-profitable relationship, through a lethal attack on the CBC's funding? The Conservatives lost their chance at a majority in 2006 over cuts…
Hudak Hones His Homophobia
Did I mention that I love alliteration? Ok, so following the "foreign worker" fiasco when Hudak and several PC candidates called new Canadians "foreigners" in a divisive ploy to cull…
Peter Youngren re-marries
Grace TV: Marriage announcement Peter Youngren and Taina Kuusiluoma were married on Friday, September 30th, 2011 in a ceremony at the Toronto International Celebration Church. The officiating minister was Rev.…
The Revolutionary Years
For those who loved the first volume of Boulder Publication’s compilation of Ray Guy columns, make sure you get Ray Guy: the Revolutionary Years. The first volume ended in 1971…
Hudak defends Ontario campaign flyer described as homophobic
It is reasonable to argue the age sex education should commence. It is right and proper that religious groups be able to say 'we hold this or that to be…
A proposal to resolve the articling crisis
There is an articling crisis in Ontario. Many students enticed to law schools by the prospect of being a lawyer, can’t overcome the final hurdle because they can’t find an…
Notification of adjournment dates in POA matters not required
R. v. Borges, 2011 ONCA 621 deals with adjournments in Provincial Offences matters. When a case is adjourned is notice of the adjournment to be sent to the defendant?Some Justices of the Peace…
Another slobber of hatred from Tim Hudak
Here we go again. Tim Hudak, desperately looking for ripe pockets of bigotry in the holes and corners of Ontario where Conservative votes may be harvested, issues a hate pamphlet…
Ontario Progressive Conservatives Go Gay Bashing
The article from Xtra in fairly in-depth. The most interesting bit:Liberal spokesperson Alicia Johnston says the flyers were distributed in English and Punjabi in a Brampton grocery store......which reminds me…
Andy Rooney: The Chief Grouch
His last appearance on 60 Minutes of CBS. I sure will miss the old man’s last grumble on 60 Minutes.
Question about the Tone of Future Novels: Will the Current Mess Have and Effect on What People Will Write 40 Years from Now
Interesting conversation between Colm Toibín and Jeffrey Eugenides in The New York Times yesterday. Both of them have new books out, hence the public chit chat about writing. But perhaps…
But none dare call it fascism…
…because it’s DIFFERENT when Israelis do it: A mosque in an Arab village in the Galilee, northern Israel, was set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning in…
Judge may properly make observations of fact to a jury
R. v Fry, 2011 BCCA 381 is a useful source for the proposition that a judge may properly suggest facts to a jury provided only that the judge is clear…
Safe injection facilities and arbitrary government decisions
I often talk to friends or strangers about law. I remember a debate I had with someone once about the government. Can it make arbitrary decisions? I said yes, and…
NPR Facebook Page Mentions, Storified
Here's another story I curated on Storify. There's so much more multimedia content that can be used. I'll be creating a storify collection(?) for what I worked on over the…