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April 2012
Jerk of the Week Award Goes to James Moore
So, maybe Justin Trudeau was listening when I tweeted him this week, asking him when we could expect his hunger strike. Or maybe he read my recent post about Katimavik.…
That ol’ Nazi label
It’s just never appropriate, is it? Let’s take the two Canadian “free speech advocates” pictured above, Marc Lemire and Paul Fromm, as a case in point. I may have spoken…
April Used to Be the Smelliest Month in Montreal…
Sometimes things improve, believe it or not. One of them is the way that people here, at least, pick up their dog poo now. It used to be that when…
We Drove Gordon Campbell From Office for this Very Thing
The Auditor General has cut the legs out from under the Harper government’s claim that they were misled over the realistic cost of the F-35 light bomber. They knew full…
Mulcair ain’t much different from Harper
The NDP are proving that they are cut from the same cloth as the Conservatives this week… or at least that Mulcair is. Peter Julian’s actions in the house, while…
The F-35 Boondoggle
I know we’ve been over this ground before, but remind me again… why does Canada even need this heinously expensive new class of fighter jet at all? What possible military…
Just as it should be
Alltop is damn funny. Twain silhouette via Hirsute History t-shirts.
April 5: What’s a human life worth?
Well, it depends. Doesn’t it? In Haiti, some human lives are worth five dollars a day or less – if their ownders can find a job. They aren’t worth the…
Subhumans.
Nope. Not a horror movie. Well, kind of. The current Governments plans for the rest of us, are the stuff that horror movies are made of. I have a long…
Corporations are my friend, people.
Tax cuts, indeed, can create jobs. It’s not a preposterous notion at all. The more money an entity or individual can spend, the more potential economic development there can be.…
Facts in claim from foreign default judgment to be accepted for determining jurisdiction
Bank of Mongolia v. Taskin, 2012 ONCA 220 deals with the enforceability of a foreign default judgment. The Court holds the determination of "real and substantial connection" is properly decided by accepting the…
My Morning Ride: Nevermind The Blossoms…
…Here Come The Flip-Flops. Because they start popping up everywhere as you get closer to campus these days. Especially prominent on Frat Row as the pledges get ready to really…
Alberta Votes Day 11: A Wild Wave Sweeps Across Alberta
Dear Wildrose Party candidates, It’s time to book a return ticket from Vegas: Wildrose pulling ahead of PCs in election campaign: poll Wildrose poised for majority in Alberta: poll New…
NDP debuts non-election ad
Hey Liberals, here’s how you do it. However, some Liberals are not too happy with the ad. Something about Mulcair not blinking.
This Does ^NOT Pertain to #RoboCon
Because hyperlinks are still legal in Canada, I can provide you with the following hyperlinks, and I’ll let your fertile minds go to work on what will remain unsaid. It’s…
Bamboo is Super!
Bamboo grows quickly and so to is the market for bamboo. The plant can be used for many different things from building to bicycles, but what’s so great about it…