Brad Love Convicted
One of Paulie's buddies, Brad Love, has apparently been convicted on, "all 7 counts of 'breach of probation" yesterday. Brad Love is known for harassing groups and individuals he, for…
May 2012
A vexatious litigant order cannot be obtained on motion in an action but only by application
Lukezic v. Royal Bank of Canada, 2012 ONCA 350 holds a vexatious litigant order cannot be obtained on motion in an action but only by application: My colleague concluded that…
Serving humankind
Christine Lagarde, scourge of tax evaders, pays no tax, Kim Willsher, The Guardian, May 29, 2012
A Final Push For Response To My Canada Crime Bill C-10 Hunger Strike: Letter to Stephen Harper
Below is a copy of my letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, send today and copied to leaders of elected parties and selected MPs. May 29, 2012 The Right Hon.…
Ornge and the Cons, a continuing series
You don’t see this gem too often in any of Frank Klees’ pious pressers: Ornge effectively started in at least 2000 (or sooner). You know, when the Cons were the…
Canada Tilts Leftward
The Canadian public is on a distinct tilt to the left, says a new national public opinion poll, suggesting concern over wealth distribution has traction beyond the Occupy tents and…
Germany Nears 50% Solar Record
Germany is going into solar power in a big way. On Friday and Saturday, the country’s new solar grid put out 22-gigawatts of electricity, the equivalent of 20 nuclear power…
I agree with articles in the National Fish Wrapper…
… about as much as I agree with the religious views of the Shitizen’s David Warren… but I do have to go along with this article penned by Jesse Kline…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Harald Bauder comments on the Cons’ continued efforts to provoke a race to the bottom when it comes to wages: (B)oth the…
what i’m reading: a long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier
I blogged about Dave Eggers’ What Is the What, while I was still reading it. It turned out to be an extraordinary book, both in the ordeals the Sudanese refugees…
Income Inequality – Visible From Space
Looking down on Earth from space, it’s easy to spot where the rich people live and where the poor don’t. The picture below, published at Grist.com, illustrates the point. That’s…
On shadow governments
Plenty of others are theorizing that it’s time for some radical action in response to the Cons’ continued contempt for democratic accountability. But I’ll take a few minutes to work…
4688…Point One Four Less Newspapers In Ottawa
It is widely reported that the paper of record in your capital, The Ottawa Citizen, is shutting down its Sunday paper. Paul Godfrey, the grand pubba of Postmedia, made the…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Tuesday, May 29, 2012: Supreme Court of British Columbia Declares Hearing Fees Unconstitutional George Zimmerman Case: Timelines and…
A Nurse Contemplates Leaving the Profession
Dinner last night with an old friend who toils in the mines of Labour and Delivery. She has worked there for four years. She told me of an incident not…
What they said… #nlpoli
Here’s what Premier Kathy Dunderdale said on March 6 about possible job cuts in the provincial public sector (emphasis added in all): Mr. Speaker, we have not talked about cuts….Front-line…
What are we to make of 100 days of mayhem in Montreal?
Coddled kids with a mistaken sense of entitlement? Yes there’s some of that. But if it were just that, the strike would have fizzled out long before now. The idea…
The Walkable City Still Has Legs
Last weekend friends from San Francisco were in town and we spent hours walking around Montreal. It’s always a pleasure to have out of town guests because you do and…
Best comment on Baird’s decision to “speak loudly” on Syrian pogroms…
…by someone who knows whereof he speaks. Like he says: too little, too late.