Israel Bans Palestinians From Living With Spouses
“Marriages between Jews and citizens of German or kindred blood are forbidden. Marriages concluded in defiance of this law are void, even if, for the purpose of evading this law,…
March 2012
My 5 Favourite Books
I read Emily of New Moon when I was 10. I wasn’t the first Canadian girl to love Emily because I wanted to be a writer, and I’m not the…
5 Robocon Facts
FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada is the only party presently being investigated for robocalls made during the last election. FACT: The Conservative Party of Canada was named in the…
Late night
A little late night horror story for you. John Doyle had a great column on the movie, which will be on HBO this weekend. Much of Game Change (airing Saturday,…
On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender Deficit
As the world celebrates women’s achievements, Naomi Klein (pictured) stands out among the many gifts Canada has given to the world. Her work and passion around globalization, capitalism, human rights…
On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender Deficit
As the world celebrates women’s achievements, Naomi Klein (pictured) stands out among the many gifts Canada has given to the world. Her work and passion around globalization, capitalism, human rights…
The achingly slow pace of iOS software development
The big news in the tech world yesterday was the launch of Apple’s latest iteration of the iPad. For those of us suffering the quintessential first world problem of being…
4327…We Need More Immigrants
Lots more. What brings this up is the CNN piece online a couple of days ago that posed the question “Is Canada the next superpower?” Well kiddies if we are…
Why Kony 2012 is Important, But Not Close to Being Enough
I have just viewed the Kony 2012 video and like most of you I feel a sense of sorrow and support for the Invisible Children’s Organization’s efforts. This video does…
Rob Ford’s Lackey, Gordon Chong, Rips Off Consultants for $80,000
Gordon Chong mismanaged his funds and ripped off consultants to the tune of $80,000 (hired them knowing there was no money to pay them).Now the city will be on the…
Firms Use #CPC Tactics To Halt Bad PR
Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning…
Firms Use #CPC Tactics To Halt Bad PR
Many of you will remember yesterdays post about John Fryer, the UVic professor who wrote a letter to the editor of the Globe and Mail about the two day Manning…
RoboCon – Jones’ing for Poutine
Pierre Jones is now the alias of Pierre Poutine, the anonymous coward who’s behind the illegal robocalls that misdirected non-Conservatives, and self-identified undecided voters, away from election polls last Spring.…
Fake Voters?…..In Eglinton?!
AllTheFraudThatFits TheManning-UpRepublicOfBananastanVille From the TStar (but only because the MoCo refuses to post a text version): Alleged voting irregularities in the 2011 federal election have taken a new twist with…
It Should Be By-Election Time In Eglington Lawrence Riding …
Hundreds of questionable votes were cast in Eglington Lawrence Riding in Toronto.
On International Women’s Day, A Focus on Canada’s Gender Deficit
As the world celebrates women’s achievements, Naomi Klein stands out among the many gifts Canada has given to the world. Her work and passion around globalization, capitalism, human rights and,…
4326…Fact Of The Matter Is
No matter how severe a crisis Robocall is, and it is severe, this is Canada and no one will get lined up against a wall and get shot. Ist gut.…
How Can a Political Scientist get this and many (freshwater) economists do not
O.k. I wrote this years ago. Maybe 2003, maybe 2005: And while NKs accept the basic logic of the rational expectations augmented Philips curve (that is, that the NAIRU is…
Mitt-tastic Tales of the Ordinary!
True Fact: After a hectic day of impersonating a human being on the campaign trail, zillionaire and would-be Republican front-runner Willard “Mitt” Romney likes nothing more than to chow down…
Joseph Stiglitz: not a gliberal economist
Stiglitz prefaced his 2001 Memorial Prize Lecture with a clear explanation of what motivated his study in economics: When I began the study of economics some forty one years ago,…