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February 2012
4177…Mitt Romney Sounds Like Tim Hudak
The man who would be President of the United States, heaven forbid, Mitt Romney, told Soledad O’Brien on CNN that “…he’s not concerned about the very poor…” Sounds a lot…
Jury verdicts to be set aside rarely
Gutbir v. University Health Network, 2012 ONCA 66 is a sad case about medical negligence. As part of the decision the Court ruled on the standard to met setting aside a jury verdict:…
Washington Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill
Great news for our friends in Washington, today! A bill legalizing same-sex marriage was passed by the state Senate this morning. The bill, which was voted in 28 to 21…
Vic Danger – Third Eye. Toews doesn’t know ‘statistics’. But he sure knows fear.
Vic Toews doesn’t let reality get in the way of a good ideology (emphasis mine). “I don’t know if the statistics demonstrate that crime is down,” he said. “I’m focused…
4176…Fab Is Back
As in Melo. WFDS
"And yet, it moves"
“Eppur si muove,” Galileo is reputed to have grumbled sotto voce as he formally recanted his claim that the earth orbited the sun instead of the other way around. He…
CBC Licence Renewals Postponed Indefinitely as Criticism, Consultation Grows
The CRTC has received a letter from the CBC asking for hearings regarding their license renewal to be postponed, in large part due to the fact that the Corporation’s operating…
All About the Timing
The movie “Pink Ribbons“, which explores breast cancer fundraising by groups like Susan G Komen, is being released tomorrow. Komen’s decision to cut funding to Planned Parenthood has been in…
Time to tune out Minister Moore
Columnist calls for Stephen Harper to remove Heritage Minister James Moore from his portfolio over comments related to the appropriateness of the CBC’s French affiliate showing foreign pornography on its…
Competitive Carbon Footprint: GreenPocket
A German company had created a ‘game’ called GreenPocket that aims to make shrinking your carbon footprint competitive and fun. I’m quite curious how this will actually work, but I’m…
CTF cries foul on CBC link to ‘Friends’ By Kris Sims
FRIENDS disputes The Canadian Taxpayers Federation’s claims that steering committee members are on the CBC’s payroll.
Weathermen For Republicans
Most people don’t trust their weather forecaster celebrities to be correct more than 50% of the time. I just made up that statistic, the same way many weathermen have done…
Faux News North fakes it
Who’s the “state broadcaster” now? Unable to pull enough new Canadians away from their gainful employment to take a citizenship oath for a video clip, the folks at SunTV enlisted…
Federal cuts could push unemployment to 8%
Now that the government is planning for an $8 billion cut, the potential job losses could drive job losses to between 99,000 and 108,000 full time positions across Canada. At…
Raising The OAS Eligibility Age Would Raise Poverty in Old Age
Canadian Press have put out a story based on a research paper by Richard Shillington which was commissioned by HRSDC from Informetrica, and obtained by the CLC through an Access…
Canadian Country singer comes out in new video
A Canadian country singer Drake Jensen has come out. His latest video is in memory of Jamie Huberly and all the young people that have taken their lives as a…
Bringing a whole new meaning to the phrase "political theatre"
I’m sure a lot of my fellow bloggers will be all over this story but I wanted my own copy to refer back to. I expect to get a lot…
Anti Intellectual
The Harper government is willing to spend money — on prisons and F35 jets. The simple truth is that it’s not willing to spend money on pensions. Therefore, its “improvement”…
“StatsCan loses top economic analyst over census”
I have to say I’m having some difficulty getting incensed over this story. (Stats Can loses top economic analyst over census). A top Statistics Canada official has resigned his post,…