Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Michael Harris sums up the first year of a Harper majority by pointing out the overwhelming need for change from the government we’re…
May 2012
what i’m reading: what is the what by dave eggers
I’m in the middle of reading a pair of books that approach a similar subject in different ways. What Is the What is Dave Eggers’ fictional memoir of the Sudanese…
Diversifying the economy and slowing things down #nlpoli
Paul Oram was a colourful politician. Well, colourful in the sense that he flamed out very quickly. Regular readers of these scribbles will remember him as the guy who had…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, May 2, 2012: How to Become a Blogging Superstar Pew: Public assessments of the US Supreme Court…
Big media turnout for Tim Hudak’s dinner last night! Um.
Wonder if he got asked about his senior advisor getting tens of thousands from Ornge? He will today, if not.
Hang glider tragedy and obstruct justice
A reader asked: James, if you can answer without discussing the actual case involving a hang glider pilot, I would like to know how someone in his position could be…
ConCalls: Two Months
Our country is taking its sweet time to dole out justice to the culprits behind the illegal election robocalls one year ago. It’s been two months since this story came…
On The First Anniversary
On this, the first anniversary of Harperland, the Globe and Mail opines: On most of the issues that matter, on the economy, on reining in public spending, on addressing the…
Facebook has serious problems
Facebook dilemma. An Exile from the Kingdom of Me -Thomas Beller Whenever I try to sign into my Facebook account it asks me for my phone number and then a…
Zorg Report 2012-05-02 08:23:00
Alberta Votes, Redux: How Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Managed to Lose Huge Pollsters, Pundits, the Media, and Academics Ironically Make Danielle Smith Lose Election I chose the word “manage”…
Is Dalai Lama an alien?
Briony Westinghouse of The Huffington Post thinks so. Dalai Lama: “There are great mysteries hiding in the clouds of the Himalayas. It is suggested the extreme environment is inviting to…
Hudak advisor receives thousands to hire Ornge insider
Many years ago, while Conservatives were still the government, an Ontario PC lobbyist introduced me to Chris Mazza. Mazza was a Toronto doctor hoping to set up an air ambulance…
When Is A Police Quota System Not A Quota System?
Apparently, when it is a ‘performance standard.’ Recommend this Post
Tommy and the Division of Labour
In the window factory we had two routers, the machines that bored holes into the window frames for the moving parts and for the pieces that secured the glass in…
One year on…
One year ago today, a minority of Canadians elected a Harper majority government. So, what have I learned? I learned that growing pot is a worse crime than being a…
This Is What Liberal Renewal Looks Like
While others only talk about it, the PHP Liberal association is on the move, working on Liberal Renewal from the grassroots up. From their website: The Parkdale-High Park Federal Liberal…
The F-35 boondoggle in context: This “is oppressive, dictatorial regime-building that would do any petro-state proud”
We are definitely not in Kansas anymore, Canuckistan — and Michael Harris says that we just had our “Wizard of Oz moment”: The curtain has been well and truly whipped…
Canada’s message: "We’re all right Jack!"
Expectation of economic recovery in Europe is replaced now by talk of double dip recession — even depression. Nevertheless, Canada is lecturing nations there to institute the policies of economic…