Bad Santa
From Reuters Editor’s Choice
2011
Cost consequences flowing from offers to settle do not apply on appeals
Smith Estate v. Rotstein, 2011 ONCA 833 deals with costs in the context of estate litigation. As part of the analysis the Court makes clear that the cost consequences flowing from offers to…
Wish I could write like that department
Roger Ebert, reviewing The Artist, a film by Michel Hazanavicius: “At a sneak preview screening here, a few audience members actually walked out, saying they didn’t like silent films. I…
Julián Conrado: Soon to be freed?
It’s too early to say yet whether he’ll be freed, but it looks like a certain FARC guerrilla (and folk singer) whose capture sparked a huge outcry will, at least,…
My five minutes watching Sun News Network. Plus, what does it take to be an SNN host?
Apparently, this. Jacqui’s television credits include co- hosting “Argos Access” with Michael “Pinball” Clemons, hosting “Dancing at the Palais” on Women’s Television Network, host/reporter on Sportsnet Ontario, co-hosting a late…
Few shadows cast in North America
A Moral Giant among Pygmies, By Erich Follath, Spiegel Online International “Since last Sunday, the world has been mourning the death of Vaclav Havel. The Czech leader led a rollercoaster…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – If there’s a more accurate description of the Cons’ entire political strategy than “taking advantage of the prejudice that’s already there”, I haven’t…
Happy holidays!
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc federal NDP riding association, please allow me to wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. The support of community members as yourself…
Happy holidays!
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc federal NDP riding association, please allow me to wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. The support of community members as yourself…
Happy holidays!
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc federal NDP riding association, please allow me to wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. The support of community members as yourself…
Happy holidays!
On behalf of the Edmonton-Leduc federal NDP riding association, please allow me to wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. The support of community members as yourself…
Muskrat Falls: the PUB review story #nlpoli
The Telegram has the best account of the unsuccessful effort by the public utilities board to get an extension on its review deadline for Muskrat Falls. The whole thing is…
Abortion to be recriminalized
Time to wake up and smell the coffee, folks. The countdown towards recriminalization of abortion has already begun. Because the Harper government borrows its moves from US far-right playbooks—voter suppression,…
Mark Steyn brings out the best in the wingnut. Brent Bozell: Obama is a “skinny, Ghetto crackhead”.
C'mon Bozey, say something outrageous. This is Fox News! Half-assed Canuck Mark Steyn is a lovely person. He attracts same. While on Fox News, filling in for some host or…
Will The (not)Premier’s Year-Enders Come Back To Bite Her?
TheThreeFingeredGrift Self-HoistingPetardVille Don’t know about you, but I’m surprised that there has been so little reaction to Christy Clark’s extensive and pretty wide-ranging year-end/round-up interviews that she held with pretty…
Review: Disidentifications
How do we come to be who we are? How can we relate to what we are told that we are or that we must be … especially when those…
mayan ruins in georgia are "wild and unsubstantiated guess" that "no archaeologists will defend"
Have you heard that 1,100-year-old Maya ruins have been uncovered in the US state of Georgia? Did it seem a bit hard to believe? There’s a reason for that. If…
More #CPC *cough* Respect for Veterans
For a period of 28 years from 1956 to 1984 DND indiscriminately sprayed millions of litres of Agent Orange and other highly toxic defoliants on CFB Gagetown exposing thousands of…