Freepers, Creepers…
On twitter this morning, Steve at Far and wide makes the following observation: 44% believe robocalls changed outcome of election, 36% do not. That is surprising! #angusreid I am not…
March 2012
Del Mastro redux. . .
As I have said all along, the strength of the Harper regime is also its weakness. Being controlling and secretive can serve you well under certain circumstances but when people…
This Is What (A) ‘Democracy’ (Centre) Looks Like.
AllTheTrainingThatFits EthicalVoterSuppressionVille If this is for real which, according to Dave, we have no reason to think that it is not, this is much, much worse than anyone has imagined…
Robocon: Crushing poll results for Tories on the voter suppression in the last election
Hat tip to Kinsella for pointing the way to this March 6, Angus Reid poll. Almost two out of three Canadians believe there were many voter suppression telephone calls during…
Cardinal O’Brien’s extremist rhetoric on same-sex marriage
The leading Roman Catholic cleric in the UK, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, made the rather bizarre statement recently that acceptance of same-sex marriage would be like legalizing slavery. The Cardinal has…
Steve Sends China Our Oil, They Send Us Their – Ozone?
As much as 20% of ground level ozone in the western US is arriving from China. Scientists have been documenting the phenomenon of pollution crossing the Pacific Ocean since the…
Observations and conscriptive evidence
R. v. Brode, 2012 ONCA 140 considers the authority of border guards to investigate impaired driving offences. In the course of the Court’s review the Court holds that mere observations…
Patrick Ross pens post on his suicidal tendencies
No matter what his appearance before a judge will yield, this post this morning from Patrick Ross is sad. It sounds like the judgement against him has finally hit home.…
He said. She said. “Expenditure review” edition #nlpoli
Starve reporters for real news and you can apparently make them believe anything. That seems to be the case with the idea that Kathy Dunderdale’s Tories plan to actually cut…
Huff Post: Sex’t Up Kids
Here’s an excerpt from my blog in Huffington Post Canada: Already wise and weary at age 15, the teenagers in Sex’t Up Kids talked about sending private photos to their…
Clean up Corruption at Home
By Wadner Pierre When will the U.S. Department go after U.S. officials for the $6.6 billion in “lost” for the reconstruction of Iraq in 2004? The U.S. Justice Department has…
Clean up Corruption at Home
By Wadner Pierre When will the U.S. Department go after U.S. officials for the $6.6 billion in “lost” for the reconstruction of Iraq in 2004? The U.S. Justice Department has…
Clean up Corruption at Home
By Wadner Pierre When will the U.S. Department go after U.S. officials for the $6.6 billion in “lost” for the reconstruction of Iraq in 2004? The U.S. Justice Department has…
Clean up Corruption at Home
By Wadner Pierre When will the U.S. Department go after U.S. officials for the $6.6 billion in “lost” for the reconstruction of Iraq in 2004? The U.S. Justice Department has…
Robocon: Bob Rae has 14 days to protect Canada’s democracy by stopping the clock
The clock is ticking and there are less than three weeks to go (around 14 days as of today) before voters lose their right to appeal to the courts under…
Super Tuesday proejections
A few hundred delegates will be up for grabs today and I have a few projection on who will win which state. In 2008 there was more than 20 states…
Italy’s Mason-Dixon Line
Their leaders have names such as Durnwalder, Klotz, Widmann, and Mair. Their neighbours include Swiss, Germans and Austrians. And at the moment a good many of them are wondering why…
Mic-check at AIPAC earns displeasure
Odd behaviour from folks who object to the term “Israel firsters.” Just saying. Shortly after the people’s mic began , the crowd of AIPAC attendees reacted forcefully. Some of them…