Low-Fidelity
I was going to make this whole big post that talked about how our platonic and romantic relationships can be seen and evaluated like any other system, and then I…
April 2012
The Honourable Moron-in-Chief
Check this out: “Mayor Rob Ford says he will work to defeat the Liberal candidate in the crucial provincial byelection in Kitchener-Waterloo. Ford, a proud supporter of the Progressive Conservatives,…
Double Them
The F-35 costs were (more than) double what MacKay and the Conservatives told the public. The books used to track expenses for the jets were doubled. The books for Fantino’s…
Stephen Harper and the Wall of Shame
Well I see we are still a couple of days away from the one-year anniversary of the dark day Great Ugly Leader won his precious majority. But that hasn't stopped…
Here they come again…
… the “royal” family, that is. Yup, time for the Harperites to once again waste some mega bucks – $1 million range – to host and fête members of Britain’s…
VICTIM SURCHARGE TO BECOME MANDATORY
Since the money doesn't go to victims and is, in any event, seldom collected this is just another press release: Justice Minister Rob Nicholson plans to change the Criminal Code…
Conrad Black Turned His Back On Canada When He Renounced His Citizenship …..
…. now Canada should turn it’s back on Conrad Black. The Globe & Mail
Rally for Zzzzzz…
Can one really call ten people gathered on Parliament Hill a “rally”? Perhaps a more concerning issue than the “robocall” scandal and the minimal effect some purport it may have…
A court cannot interfere with a municipal by-law that is unreasonable, but may quash one that is illegal
Friends of Lansdowne Inc. v. Ottawa (City), 2012 ONCA 273 is a helpful source for the distinction between illegal (ultra vires) and unreasonable bylaws: Since municipalities are creatures of statute, their jurisdiction…
Ottawa to sell off Canadian 20 valuable pieces of art
“La Cathédral enguirlandée”, 1951, oil on canvas, by renowned Quebec painter Paul-Emile Borduas is among 20 valuable pieces of art the Department of Foreign Affairs has designated for sale. THE…
Frank Klees: the Herb Tarlek of Canadian politics
You remember Herb Tarlek, don’t you? Well, Herb lives, to this day, in the Earthly form of Frank Klees, Tea Party North MPP. He does: they look the same, they…
The great Canadian bank bailout (now in technicolor)
In case you didn’t notice the plenty of black and white evidence showing you our banks are no more sound and stable than our U.S. counterparts then you are in…
Heather Mallick on Jan Wong
What a load of Deepest Annex bullshit. What a load of crap. Jan Wong wants sympathy, after turning in a student in China to the authorities, which resulted in the…
Stephen Harper And The Conservatives GAVE THE BANKS $114 Billion Of Your Tax Dollars During The Recession ….
Canada’s biggest banks accepted tens of billions in government funds during the recession, according to a report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Canada’s banking system is…
Recreating Eden 2012-04-30 11:44:00
Nearly four times as many people have been arrested in the student protests against Quebec’s tuition hike than were arrested during the October Crisis: 1,201 between April 7 and 27,…
Let’s Just Say It: When It Comes to Science, The Right is the Problem
polar_House_Means.jpg This weekend in The Washington Post, two deans of the Washington establishment, the Brookings Institution’s Thomas Mann and the American Enterprise Institute’s Norman Ornstein, finally stated what has been…
Media Bias Project Still Awaiting Report from Challenger
Two weeks have now passed since my favourite reader, “rory,” announced that he was drawing up a list that would prove that my Media Bias project is full of holes.…
State of Play
The opposition between the government and an important social movement like the student movement is reminiscent of a game of chess. Two organizations face off, each unravelling complex strategies both…
Dead and buried
Others have already pointed out last week’s news that oil-sands operators are pulling out of a major carbon capture and storage project. But it’s worth taking a closer look at…
April 30: It seemed to begin well….
(Oh, Oh, Oh…don’t forget. Tuesday, May 1, current events at the Moncton Library from 7 to 8 P.M. we’ll start with why coroporations love politicians, but hate civil servants. Then,…