Simple solution to Abortion Access on PEI
The PEI Liberals, under the leadership of Robert Ghiz are saying that Women on PEI do in fact have access to abortion services. They have access because they can drive/fly/bus/hitchhike/taxi…
February 2012
The Genderbread Person
Presenting the Genderbread Person.
The High Cost of Corporate Tax Cuts
The Harper government’s plans to reduce the deficit with savings from Old Age Security, are absolute nonsense. Their argument is that it will be more beneficial for younger workers. Just…
"Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?"
That was Adolf Hitler in 1939, who had found a model for his own policies of mass extermination. He was explaining that the genocide of the Armenians would become, as…
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver Unable To Answer Question re: Hydrocarbons & Climate Change
Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, who most recently has been publicly vilifying ordinary Canadians who are concerned about clean water, clean air, and a stable climate, demonstrated in the…
Oh Raj Sherman, Stop Trying to Get Into the News
Attacking the federal Liberals and Bob Rae over the Northern Gateway Pipeline is not how you’ll boost your poll numbers. You’re flogging a dead horse, my friend. And this comes…
Vancouver Observer: Canada’s right-wing media monopolies move further right
I’ve made the domination of Canada’s right-wing media the centrepiece of this blog. Sometimes I wonder why. Those posts are the least travelled, the least linked of any on this…
Virginia State Senator Janet Howell Has A Brilliant Plan
Virginia State Senate is trying to put through a bill requiring women to have an ultra-sound before an abortion. Senator Janet Howell has formed a brilliant protest manoeuvre Howell expressed…
Most in Kamloops favour CBC expansion, poll finds by Mike Youds
Study shows that a substantial majority — 73 per cent — of Kamloops area residents surveyed would like CBC to establish a local radio station to cover community affairs.
Is the application of a legal test to specific facts a legal or mixed question of fact and law?
R. v. Hirsekorn, 2012 ABCA 21 deals with whether the application of a legal test to specific facts can give rise to an error of law. The Court holds it…
Republicans Just Cannot Help Themselves
They’re complete boneheads, the lot of them. The real contest between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney at times seems to be which of them can talk without jamming a foot…
European Youth Reeling
We’re flooded with stories about Greece and the Euro and the European Union leaders and their deals. Blah, blah, blah. What these stories almost always overlook are the real victims,…
Talking the Talk: Shakespeare Didn’t Say It the Way We Do
This is something for all those North Americans who find it strange to see “pain” rhyme with “again” in some English poetry. Language is a living thing, and, strangely, I…
4171…Welcome To Black History Month
February. WFDS
10 Questions for Banner Health
Lo, a Tweet from Banner Health on the Amanda Trujillo incident, and possibly the most content-free in the history of Twitter: Uh, huh. “Listening” and “hearing” rather imply, in this…
Pentagon Ups the Ante on Iran
Count the carriers. One US Navy fleet aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf is routine. Now there are two, the Lincoln and the Vinson. A third is scheduled to deploy…
Flying Books Video
Watch the whole video–it’s gorgeous and inspiring and made me bawl. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore from Moonbot Studios on Vimeo. h/t Pieces Filed under: Beautiful, Literary…
NDPers dreamin’ of victory, ‘trash’ power sharing with Libs
The issue of having the New Democratic Party form an alliance with other parties – if such a move would keep the Conservatives out of power in 2015 – is…
Snowy Owl
All the snow has melted here. Yesterday was sunny and warm, spring weather, but the temperature is dropping, the sky grey. I can’t hope to see one of these birds…
Rejecting The Frame
In the last six years, the Harper Conservatives have been very good at defining the terms of debate. That is, they have set the premises of those debates, and the…