Today’s smile… at least for me…
Yes, once again, a bad blogger… but anyhoo… As I was banging out my brief package from Monday night’s council meeting, I happened to read over the staff discussion on…
November 2011
Oscar short list for best doc comes up short – List of fifteen films is missing some solid contenders
The 2012 Academy short lists were announced recently and the list for Best Documentary—a collection of apolitical, liberal, biographical, historical and some punchy fare—is missing its usual heavy lifters and…
Like that’ll work
Sure, a reasonable government would have some shame over its obvious doctoring of Hansard. But isn’t the most likely outcome of the NDP’s new complaint for Clement’s departmental officials to…
Corporations do not become affiliates within the meaning of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) merely because one has a right to acquire an interest in the other
Bond v. Brookfield Asset Management Inc., 2011 ONCA 730 has a useful aside that makes it clear corporations do not become affiliates within the meaning of the Business Corporations Act…
Useless Tory MP Rob Anders falls asleep in Parliament
Despite his previous attacks on Nelson Mandela and longtime moronic behaviour, Tory MP Rob Anders has been continually protected by the central Tory brass around Stephen Harper from ever being…
Pizza May Contain Veggies, Boards Contain Nuts
Once upon a time, Saskboy made a pizza. It was not according to the design of the requester, instead it had nutritious onions on it. Saskboy got the cold shoulder…
A directed verdict is not available if there is any admissible evidence which, if believed by a properly charged jury acting reasonably, would justify a conviction
R.v. Barros, 2011 SCC 51 has some useful language regarding directed verdicts: A directed verdict is not available if there is any admissible evidence, whether direct or circumstantial which, if…
“Some honourable members: No.”
On Wednesday November 2 Members of the House of Commons stood to mark the start of Veterans Week. As appropriate the Hon. Steve Blainey, Minister of Veterans Affairs, started off…
Excerpt from UC Davis 2010-2012 General Catalog: pepper spray
From Jay Rosen: UC Davis course catalog, pepper spray edition Applied Biological Systems Technology (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science) 176. Introduction to Pepper Spray. (3) Lecture— 3 hours. Prerequisite:…
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
The winter of the #Occupy movement
Camp after camp has now fallen across Canada as the police have moved in, usually at night, to chase Occupiers out of public spaces. The ritual of order restoration has…
Anti-Science Hackers Recycle Stolen Emails Prior to Durban Climate Talks
It turns out the fossil fuel industry is into recycling (who knew?). The hacked emails from the University of East Anglia’s climate centre have been re-released just prior to COP17,…
Invisible Hand Has Failed Canadian Innovation
The Globe and Mail is running an interesting series this week on Canada’s miserable performance in business innovation and productivity. Here is the main page. Barrie McKenna’s long piece on…
Terence Corcoran: Disappointed that Climate Change Might Not be Happening Fast Enough?
No sooner was the metaphorical ink drying on my attack on National Post faux-environmentalist Lawrence Solomon’s paranoid conspiracy theory that climate change is being perpetrated by insurance companies as an…
Linda McQuaig gets it. Occupy signals a new era.
Occupy has been starved for meaningful commentary from the press corps. Most of what has been published varies from haven’t-got-a-clue to total bullshit. Most journalists need to be told what…
The landscape exhibition #19
Sunset Filed under: art, design, digital, painting Tagged: art, collage, digital, iPad, landscape, painting
Battle For Wetzel County: Short Documentary Chronicles Impacts of Fracking In West Virginia
This short documentary, “Battle for Wetzel County,” chronicles the impacts of the gas fracking rush in West Virginia, focusing on the damages caused by Chesapeake Energy’s drilling activity in the…