Photos of Montreal lawyers marching against Law 78,
On Monday evening in Montreal, hundreds of lawyers donned their professional black robes and took to the streets on a silent march to protest Law 78 (also known as the…
May 2012
Jack, Alexis and Rack of Lamb
Tuesday my uncle Jack’s life will be commemorated at a funeral service in Walla Walla, WA where he was born. He was 83 when he died last week, leaving three…
Prisoner watched using toilet has drunk driving charges stayed
Remember, she was accused and not convicted: http://www.thestar.com/mobile/news/article/1201902–prisoner-observed-using-toilet-has-drunk-driving-charges-stayed Videotaping prisoners using the toilet in holding cells violates their Charter rights to privacy and is demeaning, a judge has ruled. The…
Excerpt from Our Times article
Today’s post is something a little different…an exerpt from an article I wrote for this month’s issue of Our Times magazine. THE PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION Only in America or…
Paul Godfrey’s big public push on newspaper ownership
Today, the Globe gets a copy of this: “Paul Godfrey memo to staff.” Long story short, Postmedia newspapers are having great difficulty financially. Precious advertising dollars are going to online…
Stunning Disruptors
Asbestos was a miracle mineral, preventing fires in places we didn’t wan to burn. Then people started dying from it. “Antibacterial” soap was lauded by people as the solution to…
The death of broadsheets
Quote: Reeling from a drop in advertising revenue, Postmedia Network Inc. will axe dozens of newsroom jobs across the country and stop the publication of Sunday papers in several of…
The Wolf You Feed Wins
The smartest people I know in politics use some form of this philosophy in their messaging. When you lose your shit and declare war on everyone, it’s all about your…
Conservatives appeal in Etobicoke-Centre
“Tory in overturned Toronto election to go to Supreme Court.” Under the Canada Elections Act, the Supreme Court is required to hear an appeal of a contested election result “without…
Strikes Help rather than Hurt. . . .
Just a quick blogpost to ask does anyone really buy the “this strike is hurting the economy” argument?? I find it amazing that even rightwingers aren’t up in arms about…
Is This Copyright Infringement?
I was just trawling some of the Canadian minor party websites because, hey, I’ve got 20 minutes to kill before dinner, and I saw this in the banner of the…
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here's some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here’s some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here's some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Separated at Birth: Michelle Courchesne and Carol Burnett
Here’s some lighthearted fun for the day on which talks resume between the Quebec Minister of Education, Michelle Courchesne, and Quebec student leaders.
Sometimes a Video Speaks for Itself
Courtesy The Tyee.
Germany Achieves 50% of Power Consumption from Renewable Sources
Germany continues to show the rest of the industrialized world how to be economical successful thanks to sound energy policy. This past week the country achieved a symbolic victory in…
4687…David Wilks, R.I.P.
In the same way that they have footage of kamikaze pilots slamming into destroyers on YouTube, they also have footage of the rookie MP, who represents Kooteney-Columbia in British Columbia,…
Why doesn’t SF produce “big idea” books anymore?
“…today you don’t need to read SF to get a sense of wonder high: you can just browse “New Scientist”. We’re living in the frickin’ 21st century. Killer robot drones…