Rebekah Brooks busted
Wow, just wow. Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World and allegations that police officers were bribed to leak…
2011
Why doesn’t Harper act on Canadian citizen tortured in Bahrain?
Is it because of Canada’s bilateral trade deal with Bahrain or is it that Harper doesn’t want to ‘upset an important US ally in the Persian Gulf’? Those are reasons…
Why doesn’t Harper act on Canadian citizen tortured in Bahrain?
Is it because of Canada's bilateral trade deal with Bahrain or is it that Harper doesn't want to 'upset an important US ally in the Persian Gulf'? Those are reasons…
CBC covers the usage-based billing (UBB) hearing
Monday, July 11, marked the beginning of a two-week-long CRTC hearing on Internet metering. This is the result of Canadians signing our online petition, their engagement with Internet openness and…
Rob Ford will raise taxes next year
Ford opens door on 3% tax hike | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto SunAfter promising to not raise taxes or cut services, and, after finding that there is/was…
Mark Coatsworth on the Usage-Based Billing Hearing
Taking on Big Telecom: A Trip to the CRTC's UBB Hearings by Mark Coatsworth for The Torontoist The CRTC began hearings this week to help it decide whether to uphold…
Sunday Morning ‘Rider Blogging
Let's start a quick post on yesterday's game with a bit of relative optimism that figures to be lacking among 'Rider fans. Yes, the drubbing at the hands of the…
Rick Perry hears voice ‘calling’ him to be preznit
Turns out it was just his mom calling him to dinner.Ma and pa Perry disgusted with son Rick. "He's crazy but he's still our son".
Jose Baez and Ehud Barak
Jose Baez is the lawyer for Casey Anthony, the notorious woman who is alleged to have killed her two year old girl. Ehud Barak is the former Prime Minister of…
Rebekah Brooks busted
Wow, just wow. Meanwhile, on this side of the pond Roger Ailes and Kory Teneckye remain at large.
Well Then, Explain This, General
When someone says, "who could've known?" you're entitled to take that with a very large grain of salt. Usually it's a way to dodge two other questions - who should…
Visiting Gerardo again
6:50 a.m. Plane leaves Oakland California airport. 8:05 a.m. Plane lands in Ontario, California, wait for the rent-a-car bus, pick up the rental and drive northeast toward Las Vegas (how…
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Erin alerts us to the possibility that one of the most appalling aspects of the TILMA might soon be law across Canada with virtually…
Canada on track to clinch EU free-trade deal
http://bit.ly/o0TXU0 Huge implications. Standardizing standards with Europe. Allowing Europeans the right to work here.
Triage
The world in four patients, plus interruptions. Who’s next? Come in. Do you have your Health Card? Take off your hoodie and sit down. What brings you in today? Where…
villagers prevent felling of 800-year-old oak tree
Villagers and environmentalists in the Aegean province of Denizli have successfully prevented the felling of an 800-year-old oak tree standing in the way of road construction by having it declared…
I hate it when I get an attack of the Arrr-Jim-Lads
Surreal enough for you? Spike Milligan was a genius. Alltop has NO idea what is going on.
horseback rider, Bangladesh
via photography.nationalgeographic.com Filed under: Miscellany
I Hate Your Heat Wave
Yeah, that's right, your heatwave. It's the way things work these days, what The Guardian calls "global weirding." You swelter while out here on the left coast we're stuck with…
Bob Rae Heal Thy Self
Yesterday, Bob Rae met with the party faithful in Calgary for an airing of grievances, a mid-Summer Rocky Mountain Festivus, if you will.Talking with reporters about the meeting Rae said,“I’m…