Justice delayed is (hopefully) not justice denied
The latest in the Trayvon Martin tragedy, here. Hope it’s correct.
April 2012
Newspaper clipping from Mom: “A GAY JOCK TAKES OFF THE MASK”
It was on the front page of the Ottawa Citizen’s March 17 “Saturday Observer” section. The paper sat on a table beside Mom’s comfy chair, where she keeps anything she…
Fern Hill, Idiot: a continuing series
She doesn’t seem to understand why declaring the founder of Free Dominion her “good friend,” and linking to her, is a really bad idea. In fact, “Fern” has lately taken…
Reasonable and probable grounds must have an objective component
R. v. Brown, 2012 ONCA 225 is a good source for the proposition that reasonable and probable grounds must be objectively demonstrable: In our view, however, there must be something in the…
Prominent BCIT Conservationists Team Up to Save "Heart of the Fraser"
World Rivers Day founder and Chair Emeritus of BCIT’s Rivers Institute Mark Angelo and prominent fish biologist and BCIT professor Dr. Marvin Rosenau have launched a dynamic new initiative to…
Baseball and that freedom of speech thing
Sports is a tribal business, and Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen has upset his tribe. The outspoken Venezuelan had the audacity to express admiration for Fidel Castro in Time magazine.…
War vs. the Canadian Charter – Which is Worth Celebrating?
So, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Can you hear that sound? **crickets chirping** Right, because there was literally nothing planned for the…
Rick out Romney a Shoe Win to Win
With Rick Santorum suspending his campaign (A.K.A I am quitting this race) Romney is for sure going to win his nomination. Ron Paul is staying and so is apparently Newt…
Missing $$$ at Ottawa school…
Wow. This kind of puts some of the issues that we have to deal with on our own Parent Council into perspective! 70 K! I so completely sympathise with the…
Who’s a bigger drag on Canada’s future? The old or the young?
This is my latest column for Canadian Business magazine. Giorgio, a hard-working, smart-as-a-whip University of Toronto student, asked me a great question after a recent guest lecture: What if the…
An eBook #1
A shameless promotion for the link to the iTunes store version of the ebook for 20 Landscapes IV. I somehow left it off the book page itself. 20 Landscapes IV…
Diminished Honour is spelled Honor
F-35 $10B+ lie. Your polling station has been changed, lies. Your funding is ^NOT granted, lie. Canada is rapidly losing its honour (with a u). When our honour is diminished,…
Titanic Versus Lusitania?
What a waste of time, all this stuff about the 10th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Is it because it seems so gratuitous? Three years later another big…
Adult Assembly Required: A Political Series
If your custom to watching the news or have tuned into CBC lately, you’ve probably noticed a lot of chatter about the F-35’s and the price tag that our government…
The company you keep
Those of you who’ve been following the progressiveblogger.ca battle are probably confused right now, not sure really what the issue is. You aren’t alone on that point. Some people have…
Nov. 11; This part is just footnote to the real april 11 blog.
The Moncton Times and Transcript reports that the city has ordered testing of the soil to ensure its safe for a hockey rink. Good idea. The site originally held a…
April 11: The biggest international story is in the…..
…Sports section. For real. The coach of the Miami Marlins has been suspended for publicly saying nice things about Fidel Castro. Big Brother doesn’t like people who say nice things…
Be cautious of the promises of Princes: Richard III
BUCKINGHAM My lord, I claim your gift, my due by promise,For which your honour and your faith is pawn’d;The earldom of Hereford and the moveablesThe which you promised I should…
eBook #2
A shameless promotion for the link to the iTunes ebook version of the cat book. The cat book ebook An iBooks 2 version of the cat book is up on…