Parliament in Review: May 2, 2012
A combination of the one-year anniversary of Canada’s 2011 federal election and a relatively short day in Parliament left little room for a lot of debate on Wednesday, May 2.…
May 2012
You can be convicted of trying to pick and empty pocket
R v. Oersted 2001 BCSC 230 is a useful case dealing with attempt. Basically you can be convicted of attempted to pick an empty pocket – factual impossibility of the…
Saturday Photo: New Grown Everywhere
Evergreens are just that: trees which don’t lose their leaves in the fall, but keep them (or the needles which are a manifestation of leaves) all year round. This is…
And this is where we juxtapose
Gwyn Morgan in the Globe and Mail a month ago: Germany has given away $130-billion, mostly to solar-power companies. Yet solar power makes up a minuscule 0.3 per cent of…
4682…Strippers Suffering In Montreal
It is that darn student strike thingy. According to what I read in today’s Ottawa Sun business is down up to 45 per cent at peeler palaces in Montreal. Day…
ChitChat; Twitter and CVAF
Friday night I spent at Beer Bros with the best sort of party companions: Tweeters! Far from having their noses and thumbs buried in their phones, these Tweeters are social…
4681…Rob Ford Is At The Chinese Buffett
He’s gotta be coz he sure ain’t at City Hall in Toronto doing mayor stuff. Hizzoner, according to “Documents obtained by the Star…is doing half of the official work he…
Syria denies responsibility for massacre: Could it be Army Units acting unilaterally?
If the Syrian government story were true then that government has lost control of its territory — the closest to reality the story may be is the government is splitting…
Next time Angry Tom lectures everyone about the “tar sands”
…show him a picture of his FOUR CAR GARAGE.
Race In The Race
Frank Bruni writes in this morning’s New York Times, that race is still at the center of the American presidential contest: Although race represents a less central dynamic for Obama…
Johnny’s Burgers
I’ve been going to Johnny’s Burgers on and off for 15 years, and been served by the same gang (esp. the Russian fellow at right and little Chinese fellow center-left,…
Canada’s Sad "Democracy"
The Sixth Estate summarizes the basis of this post which highlights just how far we have drifted, or more corrected been steered, away from true democratic representation. Backbench MP opposes…
A Shield of Secrecy Protecting Toronto G20 Police Still Exists
Although two years overdue, that the abuses of Charter Rights and police brutality that occurred in Toronto during the June 2010 are finally being recognized for what they were can’t…
An unwavering band of light
One of my favourite quotes from Breakfast of Champions: His situation, insofar as he was a machine, was complex, tragic and laughable. But the sacred part of him, his awareness,…
Gee…
… corruption within the Catholic Church! Who woulda thunk it? I mean, it’s just a modern institution that is sure to have complex internal mechanisms to prevent such folly, right?…
Pollution monitoring cuts at Environment Canada
These cuts are truly irresponsible and should be of concern to all Canadians. This group provides an unbiased measurement, research and analysis function that allows for an accurate assessment of…
Tough to swallow…
… in the wee hours of the morning that one doesn’t have any history. Gee, I hope I have a “future”! Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario