F-35 insanity: The movie reel
Is this a “tactical retreat” as the Globe very generously frames the Fantino backtrack on F-35s this week? Is Harper admitting he was wrong? It’s hard to believe anything this…
March 2012
March Madness: South Mississippi band chants "Where’s your green card?" to Hispanic opponent
Wow. The racism from the right, especially from those in the south, is accelerating exponentially as the November elections come closer.
Is Liuna Local 183 Trying To Stifle Dissent?
As I have indicated in past posts, Liuna local 183 seems to be the poster boy for bad union behaviour. Not only has it made some very questionable decisions that…
The Cry Hollywood–live!
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Faytene Grasseschi’s The Cry Hollywood will be webcast online live starting at 2 PM Pacific, 5 Pm Eastern (about an hour…
How to support a new Public Interest lawyer
Thursday, March 15, 2012 No, that title is not an invitation to donate to West Coast Environmental Law. Law students who want to work as public interest lawyers face massive…
Broadbent Comments About Mulcair Betray NDP Principles
Given that Thomas Mulcair the perceived front-runner in the NDP leadership race, it’s not surprising that rival campaigns would attack him. It is perhaps a bit more surprising when a…
Obama addresses Rex Murphy, Ezra Levant, Stephen Harper
Rex and Ezra look for Stephen. “I know he’s around here somewhere.” Not by name of course; Obama has no idea who the first two are and merely a begrudging…
Forum, Nanos Polling in Ontario Battle it Out
Two polls provincially in Ontario talk about, the first one being Nanos’ Research poll (they did one in November as well that didn’t make the radar), and the next being…
Christy Clark To People….
. “Budget? Me Don’t Need No Stinkin’ (Office) Budget!” I’m beginning to wonder…. Did the VSun’s J. Fowlie get a Holmanesque brain transplant recently? Why? Because he (i.e. Fowlie) sure…
Uhm, No. Not Us.
We've been receiving a few media requests regarding the proposed anti-racism rally being organized in Edmonton. And we've been forwarding those requests to people who ARE organizing the rally. We…
4346…Rush Limbaugh Controversy
It is similar to what is happening at St. Paul’s in Ottawa. Sandra Fluke is a 30 year old student at Georgetown University, a Roman Catholic University in Washington, District…
To Be Fair
What’s “fair” in politics. Is is necessary to do everything you’ll say you do, and nothing of what you say you won’t and don’t like? A clear cut answer would…
Canadian Deindustrialization
I thought I had been reading Jim’s posts carefully enough, but I was still kind of stunned when I did a quick stat check to respond to a comment on…
Forum choices should be respected
Momentous.ca Corp. v. Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball Ltd., 2012 SCC 9 holds that, where parties have selected a forum to resolve disputes they should, generally, be held to…
Sledgehammer against refugees
In recent days Jason Kenney, the federal immigration minister, has proposed tightening some of the rules regarding refugee claims. I have these thoughts. First, it is true that there are…
Christy’s Right Hand Man Cares About What Diploma Mill Makers Do
AllTheDonorsWithTheirHandsOut GetWhatTheyNeedVille Yup, that’s right. It’s Bloy. Harry Bloy. Again. (Hint: look for the money quote, which is ‘People care about what we do.‘) .
Transfats, ANGRY BAIRDS!
Honest, a study came out about the effects of transfats and aggressive behaviour. "If the association between trans fats and aggressive behaviour proves to be causal, this adds further rationale…
A well-deserved slap in the chops
…to the greasy, deceitful Con man Dean Del Mastro. There will be no McCarthyite replay anytime soon at the amusingly-named House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy…
New from the right, stickers that read: "Don’t Re-Nig in 2012"
Whatever gave you the impression the right was racist and anti-Semitic? How silly of you.
ConCalls: How Secure Was CIMS and Your Data?
Sixth Estate has learned that if Pierre Poutine had just asked nicely (or bribed the right people?), they could have had a duplicate copy of CIMS, potentially. It’s not clear…